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Heat wave hits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Katase Higashihama beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, crowded with people on Aug. 10, 2013. A severe heat wave across much of Japan intensified that day, with temperatures topping 40 C for the first time in six years, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Summer beach in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Katase Higashihama beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, crowded with people on July 14, 2013, a day before the Marine Day national holiday in Japan.

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Beach crowded amid spell of hot weather

FUJISAWA, Japan - Colorful parasols are seen on the Katase Higashihama beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 21 as people flock there for sea bathing amid a spell of hot weather.

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Rainy season ends in Tokyo, Osaka, most other parts of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Katase Beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, is crowded with bathers on July 30 as the Japan Meteorological Agency declared the end of the rainy season in most parts of Japan.

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U.S. Navy chopper makes emergency landing on Kanagawa coast

FUJISAWA, Japan - A U.S. Navy helicopter made an emergency landing near a beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 30 after an oil pressure warning light was activated. The four crew members were safe and no injuries were reported among people at Katase Kaigan beach.

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U.S. Navy chopper makes emergency landing on Kanagawa coast

FUJISAWA, Japan - A U.S. Navy helicopter (at top) made an emergency landing near a beach (bottom half) in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 30 after an oil pressure warning light was activated. The four crew members were safe and no injuries were reported among people at Katase Kaigan beach.

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Beach crowded by a number of sea bathers, swimmers

FUJISAWA, Japan - The photo, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter July 25, showing Katase Beach in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, just south of Tokyo, crowded by a number of sea bathers and swimmers. The mercury shot up as the Japanese archipelago, where the rainy season is over except in the far northeast, was enveloped by a high pressure system in the Pacific.

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Head Office of Enoshima Electric Railway

Headquarters = Katase Kaigan, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, November 10, 2018; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Head Office of Enoshima Electric Railway

Headquarters = Katase Kaigan, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, November 10, 2018; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Head Office of Enoshima Electric Railway

Headquarters = Katase Kaigan, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, November 10, 2018; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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U.S. Navy chopper makes emergency landing on Kanagawa coast

FUJISAWA, Japan - A U.S. Navy helicopter (at top) made an emergency landing near a beach (bottom half) in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 30 after an oil pressure warning light was activated. The four crew members were safe and no injuries were reported among people at Katase Kaigan beach. (Kyodo)

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Rainy season ends in Tokyo, Osaka, most other parts of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Katase Beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, is crowded with bathers on July 30 as the Japan Meteorological Agency declared the end of the rainy season in most parts of Japan. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Navy chopper makes emergency landing on Kanagawa coast

FUJISAWA, Japan - A U.S. Navy helicopter made an emergency landing near a beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 30 after an oil pressure warning light was activated. The four crew members were safe and no injuries were reported among people at Katase Kaigan beach. (Kyodo)

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Beach crowded amid spell of hot weather

FUJISAWA, Japan - Colorful parasols are seen on the Katase Higashihama beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 21 as people flock there for sea bathing amid a spell of hot weather. (Kyodo)

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View in front of the gate of katase ryukoji temple

Jyakukozan Ryukoji Temple. Nichiren was arrested in Ankokuronji at Nagoe for interrogation by the regent Hojo Tokimune. He came to Ryunokuchi and prayed facing south at midnight, and is said to have been saved from beheading by miracles. This is the so-called Honan of Ryunokuchi , and Ryukoji Temple was built there after the death of Nichiren.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐44‐0]

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Tatsuno-dera Temple,Katase

This is the Ryukoji main hall completed in 1832, a wooden building roughly 22 metres wide and 27 metres deep. The official name of the temple is Jakkozan Ryukoji. According to temple records, Nippo, an apprentice of Nichiren, built the temple in 1337, but this was just a small hut at first. The temple buildings were constructed in 1601. Both the lanterns at the bottom of the stairs and the washing place on the right exist today.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐30‐0]

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Tatsuno-dera Temple,Katase

The main hall is visible through the Sanmon (main gate). The official name of the temple is Jakkozan Ryukoji Temple. The construction of the gate in 1864 was sponsored by Kashimaya, a wealthy merchant house in Osaka. The main hall, Sanmon, and the all night lanterns remain to this day. The construction of Nio Gate at the bottom of the stairs in 1973 changed the landscape dramatically.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐29‐0]

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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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Tatsuno-dera Temple,Katase

This is the Ryukoji main hall completed in 1832, a wooden building roughly 22 metres wide and 27 metres deep. The official name of the temple is Jakkozan Ryukoji. Both the lanterns at the bottom of the stairs and the washing place on the right exist today. Shichimendo is visible above the stairs on the left. It was built in the early Edo Period to enshrine Shichimen Daimyojin of Mt. Minobe-Shichimen-zan. This is how the area looked before the reconstruction in 1989.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐22‐0]

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A teahouse at Katase

These are Katoya and Kashihaya in front of Ryukoji Temple. The torii gate and lanterns of Ryukomyo Shinto Shrine are visible on the right. Gakushuin (Peer's School) designated Katase Beach as a place for swimming lessons in 1891. The three-story Kashiwaya with its veranda evokes the atmosphere of the time. At present, the Enoshima Electric Railway passes in the left foreground of the photograph.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐56‐0]

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Katase

This photograph was taken from Shichimendo in the precincts of Ryukoji Temple. The roof of the main hall is visible to the lower right and the Sanmon (main gate) to the lower right. This was the location of an execution site called Tatsunokuchi during the Kamakura Period. Ryukoji Temple was built here because the site was considered sacred by Nichiren Sect followers, the reason being that Nichiren was almost executed here for criticizing government policies.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number58‐28‐0]

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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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A teahouse at Katase

A two-story teahouse in Katase on the other shore from Enoshima. The paper doors have signs such as Resting and Staying and Chazuke . To the left are stone steps and a pair of stone lanterns, and the background is a forest.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number24‐26‐0]

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View in front of the gate of katase ryukoji temple

The left side of the photo numbered 19-44. The founder of Ryukoji and the main object of worship is Nichiren. In the hall is a stone cushion. Legend has it that when Nichiren was about to be executed, he worshipped the south sitting on this stone, a miracle occurred and he escaped peril.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐43‐0]

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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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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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Beach crowded by a number of sea bathers, swimmers

FUJISAWA, Japan - The photo, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter July 25, showing Katase Beach in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, just south of Tokyo, crowded by a number of sea bathers and swimmers. The mercury shot up as the Japanese archipelago, where the rainy season is over except in the far northeast, was enveloped by a high pressure system in the Pacific.

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Beach crowded by a number of sea bathers, swimmers

FUJISAWA, Japan - The photo, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter July 25, showing Katase Beach in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, just south of Tokyo, crowded by a number of sea bathers and swimmers. The mercury shot up as the Japanese archipelago, where the rainy season is over except in the far northeast, was enveloped by a high pressure system in the Pacific.