Season of the Sun Monument — Attraction in Zushi

The Zushi beach itself is maintained clean and offer splendid view of Mt. Fuji. The stone monument overlooking the beach commemorates a book titled " Taiyo no Kisetsu" or " The Season for the Sun." The writer Shintaro Ishihara was raised in Zushi and the story takes place in Zushi, especially on the Zushi beach. That is all. Unfortunately, the story that depicts a life style of well to do youngsters soon after the war is a second class novel. I re-read the novel when they were making a fuss about the monument, but felt it is not the best novel I can recommend to others. There must have been political reasons( Ishihara was a governor of Tokyo) or more sinister reasons for building this kind of boring monument. Not worth visiting. But you can sit on the stone steps to look at the ocean. The sunset with Mt. Fuji siluette...

Just a small monument upon entering the beach. ⛱️ 😎 Nice place to relax and enjoy. Watching all the various windsurfing and other fun activities happening, and you can even see Mt.Fuji in the distance and the Enoshima tower, which would be before Mt.Fuji. If you want to just relax on a nice beach, then sure, I'd...

I visited by bicycle. This is a literary monument honoring Shintaro Ishihara's achievements. On clear days, you can sometimes see Mount Fuji. It's also impressive how many people are windsurfing...