Enoshima Island is a Legendary Power Spot

Ruth Marie Jarman — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:30:23 +0000

Article by Sayaka originally published on Deep Japan

Enoshima Island and Enoshima Shrine

I work on Enoshima, a small island with a legendary past that is known as a power spot.

Enoshima has the myth of a five-headed dragon. The dragon was responsible for the hardships in the surrounding area, and the benevolent goddess Benzaiten eventually came from above to soothe the dragon’s rage. Along with her coming, she raised a large landmass from the ocean to serve as her dwelling. The dragon, wooed by Benzaiten’s beauty and benevolence, fell in love with her, but she rejected his proposal as punishment for the adversity he had brought to the humble fishing communities. The dragon, in repentance, then became a dormant part of Enoshima island where it still remains today (an area called “Dragon Hill” on Enoshima.) The Enoshima land of Goddess has Enoshima shrine, which is famous for a god of match-making.

http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/spot/shritemp/enoshimajinjashrine.html

Enoshima Healing Power Stone

Crystal healing with mineral power stones is used from ancient world as an alternative medicine technique or therapy. Each unique stone has gentle and mysterious light attractions and they claim to have healing powers over body and soul and give spiritual guidance. At our shop, we have more than 90 kinds of power stones fully charged with Enoshima nature energy and Goddess power. Please choose your favourite stones and design then our staff can make an unique accessory only for you on the spot – you can order any type of designs such as bracelet, earrings, neckless, strap, rings, etc. Our staff is willing to help you with designs. Our shop, “Spa Life Shop Trend” is located inside Enoshima Island Spa.

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Dragons in Enoshima

Ruth Marie Jarman — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:05:00 +0000

Japanese folklore tells a fantastic tale of how Enoshima rose from the ocean. The surrounding small fishing villages were plagued by violent storms and poor fishing seasons and such. The myth is that a five-headed dragon was responsible for the hardships in the surrounding area, and eventually the benevolent goddess Benzaiten came from above to soothe the dragon’s rage. Along with her coming, she raised a large landmass from the ocean to serve as her dwelling. The dragon, wooed by Benzaiten’s beauty and benevolence, fell in love with her, but she rejected his proposal as punishment for the adversity he had brought to the humble fishing communities. The dragon, in repentance, then became a dormant part of Enoshima island where it still remains today (an area called “Dragon Hill” on Enoshima.

You’ll encounter more than a few dragons in a day trip to Enoshima. Here, you are meant to wash your hands and mouth before visiting the shrine, where the larger dragon resides. The proper order for washing is:

Left hand, right hand, then wash your mouth with your left hand, then wash your left hand once more. And always place the ladle back face down..

This dragon here has 3 claws.The number of toes can be significant when speaking of dragons in a mythological sense. In general, Chinese dragons have 5 toes, Korean ones have 4, and Japanese ones have 3.

This is a Japanese shrine, so the fact that its defender is Japanese makes perfect sense I suppose. I don’t think they outsourced military around 1000 C.E!

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Enoshima Island is a Legendary Power Spot

Dragons in Enoshima