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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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Online threats cases

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2013 on Enoshima Island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows a cat thought to have been used by the man suspected of sending a series of threatening e-mails in 2012. A memory card containing a virus that can remotely control computers had been attached to the collar of a cat on the small island. A man caught on a security camera (back C) approaching the cat resembles a man arrested in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2013, over the e-mails, the police said.

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E-mail threats arrest

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2013 on Enoshima Island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows a cat thought to have been used by the man suspected of sending a series of threatening e-mails in 2012. A memory card containing a virus that can remotely control computers had been attached to the collar of a cat on the small island. A man caught on a security camera (upper right) approaching the cat resembles a man arrested in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2013, over the e-mails, the police said.

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E-mail threats arrest

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2013 on Enoshima Island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows a cat thought to have been used by the man suspected of sending a series of threatening e-mails in 2012. A memory card containing a virus that can remotely control computers had been attached to the collar of a cat on the small island. A man caught on a security camera approaching the cat resembles a man arrested in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2013, over the e-mails, the police said.

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People enjoy cool air at 1,000 lantern-lit Enoshima

YOKOHAMA, Japan - People walk along a stone pavement illuminated by some 1,000 lanterns in Enoshima, a small offshore island connected by bridge with the mainland, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2014, in an annual event to enjoy cool air in the evening.

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Enoshima

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 19, 2010, shows Enoshima, an island off Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Typhoon approaches Tokyo area

KAMAKURA, Japan - Crashing waves hammer the beach in Kamakura, south of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2010, as Typhoon Chaba approaches the Tokyo area. In the back is popular tourism spot Enoshima Island.

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Olympic medalist Takahashi joins Shonan Int'l Marathon

FUJISAWA, Japan - Some 12,000 runners taking part in the first Shonan International Marathon in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 18 set off with Enoshima Island in the background. Olympic medalist Naoko Takahashi joined the race as a guest.

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Coast guard receives report 'suspicious people' entered Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials board the North Korean freighter Sonamu at Funabashi port in Chiba Prefecture along Tokyo Bay on Jan. 7 to inspect the ship. The coast guard received information that five or six ''suspicious people'' entered Japan the previous night via Enoshima Island near Yokohama and the freighter was found off the area.

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Coast guard inspects N. Korean ship

FUNABASHI, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials inspect the North Korean freighter Sonamu docked at Funabashi port in Chiba Prefecture on Tokyo Bay on Jan. 7 after receiving a report that five or six people in wet suits came ashore at Enoshima Island southwest of Yokohama on Jan. 6. Enoshima is located off the Miura Peninsula, which is southwest of Tokyo.

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Typhoon Danas lands near Kamakura

KAMAKURA, Japan - High waves crash against a quay in Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture on Sept. 11 as Typhoon Danas arrived nearby. Enoshima Island is seen in the background.

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Coast guard inspects N. Korean ship

FUNABASHI, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials inspect the North Korean freighter Sonamu docked at Funabashi port in Chiba Prefecture on Tokyo Bay on Jan. 7 after receiving a report that five or six people in wet suits came ashore at Enoshima Island southwest of Yokohama on Jan. 6. Enoshima is located off the Miura Peninsula, which is southwest of Tokyo.

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Staying overnight at Enoshima Aquarium

TOKYO, Japan - Children are getting ready to sleep in front of a big water tank designed to resemble Sagami Bay in Enoshima Aquarium in Kanagawa Prefecture. Enoshima Island is located off the Miura Peninsula, which lies southwest of Tokyo. The photo was taken on Sept. 10, 2004. (Kyodo)

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Olympic medalist Takahashi joins Shonan Int'l Marathon

FUJISAWA, Japan - Some 12,000 runners taking part in the first Shonan International Marathon in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 18 set off with Enoshima Island in the background. Olympic medalist Naoko Takahashi joined the race as a guest. (Kyodo)

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Coast guard receives report 'suspicious people' entered Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials board the North Korean freighter Sonamu at Funabashi port in Chiba Prefecture along Tokyo Bay on Jan. 7 to inspect the ship. The coast guard received information that five or six ''suspicious people'' entered Japan the previous night via Enoshima Island near Yokohama and the freighter was found off the area.

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Enoshima lit up with winter illuminations

People stroll the walkway under winter illuminations on Nov. 28, 2015, on Enoshima, a small island, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eboshiiwa, at Enoshima

A small island in Sagami Bay, Enoshima was a place of faith from the ancient days, but after the Edo era, pilgrimage to the island also became popular among the common people. Felix Beato, who left many photos of Japan at the end of the Tokugawa era, introduced this island as the island of pictures (E no shima) , and strongly recommended people to visit the site by writing that it is worth a visit .==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐16‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima is written with different Chinese characters all describing the beauty of the island. It is an island with a perimeter of 2.2 km, and the northern part is connected to the mainland during low tide by a sandy beach. Three men stand to the back of the man pulling his horse, and a person in the left corner with a towel over his head stands talking with the man.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐14‐0]

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The cave on Enoshima Island

The cave in Enoshima can no longer be entered. Three people are seen in the photo. The person in the centre holding the helm may be a guiding boatsman.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐20‐0]

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The cave on Enoshima Island

Photographer unknown. Entitled 1101 Cave at Enoshima. The entrance to the cave, Oniwaya, and a pier-like wooden passage is visible at the bottom of the cliff. This cave, the focal point of Enoshima worship, is also called Ryukutsu, Hongu Iwaya, or Okunomiya. The same photograph, tinted with color, is on display at the Yokohama Archives of History.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐49‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Photographer unknown. Possibly taken in the Meiji Period. Entitled Yenoshima. A horseman and a cart are visible in the foreground with Cape Koyurugi and the village of Koshigoe on the right. There was a watch tower on the cape at the end of the Edo Period to watch for foreign ships.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐28‐0]

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The Benzaiten (the Indian-origin Goddess of fortune),Enoshima Island

Photographer unknown. Entitled ENOSHIMA. 523. The small shrine visible in the centre could be the one located in the middle of Hongu Iwaya, or the small shrine worshipping tennyo (heavenly maidens). The Illustrated Map of Enoshima, Kugenuma, Zushi, and Kanazawa published in 1898 mentions the existence of two small shrines and a washroom.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐18‐0]

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Enoshima Island

This photograph, titled Yenoshima, is said to have been taken by Shimooka Renjo (1823-1914). It captures the view from the pine forest at Katase at low tide. The sand dune stretches to Enoshima, and what seem like bridge beams are faintly visible. Chayamachi, the inn street, is in the centre of the island with Higashi-machi to the left. This may have been taken at the beginning of the Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐52‐0]

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The cave on Enoshima Island

The entrance to the cave called Iwaya number one at Enoshima, a view similar to that in #2242 and #4874. The cave eroded by the sea was called Oniwaya, Hongu Iwaya, or Okunomiya. There is a wooden passageway with railing to the right. Said to have been taken by Shimooka Renjo (1823-1914), this photograph bears the note Cave of Yenoshima.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐42‐0]

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The torii gate of Enoshima Shrine

Photographer unknown. Entitled No. 338 GATE OF ENOSHIMA. This is Chaya-machi in the Meiji Period. The bronze torii gate with the name plate Enoshima Shrine (existent) stands in the centre. Behind it are inns such as Ebisuya Mohachi. The dates, 1747 and 1821 (in Japanese calendar years) are carved on the gate.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐80‐0]

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Ferries to Enoshima Island

Photographer unknown. The title, Ferry Boat at Enoshima, indicates that it depicts the ferry between Enoshima and Katase. However, no details are available.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐163‐0]

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Enoshima Island

The same photograph at the Yokohama Archives of History indicates that this was taken by Kusabe Kinbei (1841-1934). It was shot from Katase and shows inns and a fishing village on Enoshima. The small island on the left is Shotenjima. In 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake caused the land surrounding the island to rise and connected the island to Enoshima.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐49‐0]

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Enoshima Island and Benten Bridge

Taken by Kozaburo Tamamura (1856-?). Same as #2148. The first time the bridge appeared in a photograph was the article in Japan Day by Day by E. S. Morse (1838-1925), who spent a summer here. An American zoologist, Morse is known for his discovery of the ancient shell site at Ohmori. At the time, he had opened a small marine biology station on the island to conduct research.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐96‐0]

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The cave on Enoshima Island

Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo (1856-?). Entitled 96, Cave at Enoshima. This eroded sea cave was called Okunomiya. A passageway is visible on the right. Until the end of the Edo Period, this was the site of both Buddhist and Shinto worship. However, at the beginning of the Meiji Period, Buddhist structures were demolished. Since then, the shrine consists mainly of the Okunomiya and Enoshima shrine buildings.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐95‐0]

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Enoshima Island and Benten Bridge

Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo (1856-?). It appears to be high tide, and the wooden bridge leads to the centre of Enoshima Island. The bridge is said not to existed during the Edo Period, nor does it appear in the photograph in the April 1st issue of The Far East (February 24th, 1872). Therefore, this photo must have been taken after that date.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐1‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima from the opposite bank. Enoshima can be seen in the distance.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number41‐14‐0]

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The cave on Enoshima Island

The Benten cave in the south beach of Enoshima. A man looks at the cave from the rocks leading to the cave, and to his left, a man sits on the rock.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐89‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima from the opposite shore. The beach can be seen stretching to Enoshima to the right. A man stands facing in the direction of Enoshima on the dune with his back to the camera. A pine tree stands to the left.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐20‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima from across the shore. To the right can be seen the sandy beach stretching towards Enoshima. To the fore grass is growing.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐22‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima as seen from the beach on the opposite shore. The sandy beach stretches toward Enoshima and some people can be seen in the distance on that beach. Many small boats lie on the beach, and people with fetched branches and balancing poles walk along. (The same as the picture numbered 11-27, but the left, right and bottom parts have been trimmed.)==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐71‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima seen from the beach across the sea. Many men wearing straw hats and women with children holding parasols stand on the beach.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐31‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima could be reached on foot at low tide. The distance was about 500 m. The Renka poet Iio Soshi says in his book Meisho Hokakusho that he used to go to Enoshima on foot at low tide, and the Renka poet Socho mentions in his book Togokukiko that ferry boats were used at full tide. The boats in the distance may be a ferry boats.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐33‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Same as the photo numbered 14-28. Enoshima of Kamakura. A village can be seen in the centre. The other bank is divided by the sea. Five men and a horse stand on the other bank. One of them is a mago (road-horse man) and is talking to a person passing by.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐44‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima at Kamakura. In the centre is a village. The other side of the bank was separated by the sea. Five men and a horse are seen on the beach. One is a mago (road-horse man) talking to a person passing by.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐28‐0]

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The cave on Enoshima Island

The cave in Enoshima. At low tide, people can walk along the banks. There are scaffolds set up so that people can walk inside the cave at full tide. The entrance to the cave seems to be about 5-6 m from the comparison with the height of people in the cave.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐20‐0]

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Enoshima Island

This is probably a scene near the photo numbered 4-14. The village in Enoshima can be seen clearly. Enoshima is mentioned in Azuma Kagami when Minamoto Yoritomo recommended the construction of a Benzaiten there in 1182. There is said to have been an oracle from the Enoshima Myojin on January 15, 1216. The seas turned into a road and people profited, so the Shogun at that time, Yoritsune, came to worship at the shrine in 1228.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number13‐30‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima at ebb tide. Two people are in the photo, probably carrying wood for fire and food from Katase.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐27‐0]

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The cave on Enoshima Island

The beach of Enoshima was composed of shore-reef, and many reefs and caves created by erosion can be seen. The wooden bridge connecting the caves is seen in the picture.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number9‐4‐0]

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima, a small island in Sagami Bay, has been a place of worship since ancient time. After the mid-Edo era, pilgrimage to the island became popular among the common people. Many foreigners visited the island after Yokohama Harbour was opened for trade. Enoshima, Kanazawa and Miyagase in the Tanzawa mountains were the most popular tourist spots for foreigners.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number9‐3‐0]

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Enoshima Island

A view of Enoshima from the opposite bank (Katase). Three shrines are built on Enoshima: the Hetsunomiya, Nakatsumiya, and Okutsumiya. The name of the temple is Kinkizan Koganji. They were each administered by the Shimonobo, Chunobo and the Kaminobo. The Chunobo was also called Enoshima dera and belonged to the Shingon Sect.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐19‐0]

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People enjoy cool air at 1,000 lantern-lit Enoshima

YOKOHAMA, Japan - People walk along a stone pavement illuminated by some 1,000 lanterns in Enoshima, a small offshore island connected by bridge with the mainland, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2014, in an annual event to enjoy cool air in the evening. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon approaches Tokyo area

KAMAKURA, Japan - Crashing waves hammer the beach in Kamakura, south of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2010, as Typhoon Chaba approaches the Tokyo area. In the back is popular tourism spot Enoshima Island. (Kyodo)

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Enoshima Island

Enoshima Island ==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Entrance of Enoshima Island

Entrance of Enoshima Island==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)