Living in Fujisawa

The gateway city of the Shonan area, where four lines meet. Its strength is that you can commute to Tokyo while Enoshima and the Shonan beaches are close, so you can enjoy a seaside atmosphere on weekends. Department stores and shopping streets around the station make daily life convenient too, but it has a two-sided nature: a commute that is not easy by Tokyo standards, and tourist crowds.

It is the central city of Shonan where three lines meet: the JR Tokaido Line, the Odakyu Enoshima Line and the Enoden. With Enoshima and the Shonan beaches close, it has a resort atmosphere and its commercial facilities are solid. It is far from central Tokyo and there is tourist crowding in the summer holiday season. You can reach Tokyo and Yokohama by the Tokaido Line and Shinjuku by Odakyu, so it is popular with those who want to enjoy both the sea and the city.