Fujisawa

Fujisawa (藤沢市 Fujisawa-shi) is a small town in Kanagawa, Japan, near Kamakura . It is also the name of the municipality that encompasses Shonandai and Enoshima island.

Understand

Tourist information site

The local tourist association has a multilingual guide site.

Get in

Most visitors arrive to Fujisawa station via the Odakyu line from Shinjuku and Machida in Tokyo, or from Hakone to the west. After arriving, they immediately change to the Enoden Line and continue onward to Enoshima and Kamakura.

The Odakyu Line trip from Shinjuku to Fujisawa takes 54 minutes via Rapid-express (快速急行) or 66 minutes via Express (急行) and costs ¥570.

The trip to Fujisawa on JR takes about 50 minutes from either Tokyo and Shinjuku. The trip costs ¥950 from both locations and is a good choice for Japan Rail Pass holders.

Get around

Enoden

Enoden

This is a small, scenic train that connects Kamakura and Fujisawa station. This train runs along small roads, near Shichirigahama Beach and on roads with cars like a tram. For any railfans, this train is one of the famous lines in the Kamakura area.

Oddly, you catch the Enoden in the Fujisawa station at the Odakyu department store, but you catch the Odakyu Line across the plaza underneath the JR station.

See

Enoshima

• 1 Enoshima (江の島). Surf island Enoshima is administratively a part of Fujisawa City and just a short train ride away. (updated May 2024)

Other beaches are also nearby, including:

• 2 Kugenuma Beach (鵠沼海岸). (updated Oct 2018)
• 3 Shichirigahama Beach (七里ヶ浜). (updated Oct 2018)

Do

Every year, a festival is held in August. Here, you can try kingyo sukui, a game which you scoop goldfish with a paper scoop. In this festival, you can see the largest kingyo sukui in the world. It is even registered in the Guinness Book!

Eat

• 1 Burger Park, 2F, Chogo 672-2 (Just east of Chogo Station), ☏ +81 466-96-0271. A high-end hamburger shop with delicious milkshakes. (updated Aug 2024)

Drink

• 1 Free Culture, Tatsumi Bldg 1F, Fujisawa 556, ☏ +81 466-26-4880. Tu-Su 11:30-midnight. Expats and locals party at one of the few hot spots in the city. (updated Oct 2018)

Sleep

• 1 Sotetsu FRESA INN Shonandai (相鉄フレッサイン 藤沢湘南台) (2 min. from Shonandai Station), ☏ +81 466 41-0213. This hotel has a convenient location. ¥7300, internet reservation ¥5250. 

Go next

• Kamakura
• Zushi
• Hayama
• Yokosuka
• Miura
• Chigasaki
• Samukawa
• Hiratsuka
• Ebina

Routes through Fujisawa

Shizuoka ← Atami ←	W  E	→ Kamakura → Tokyo
Shinjuku ← into ← Sagami Ōno ←	N  S	→ Katase Enoshima
END ←	W  E	→ Enoshima → Kamakura