New Age spa

Enoshima Shrine

Socially Japan often lapses behind the West by some thirty years or so, and in recent years it’s been evident that a New Age boom has been sweeping the country, with shops appearing selling witchcraft products and ‘power stones’.  Even at Ise Jingu, the country’s spiritual stronghold, shops have appeared selling crystals alongside the traditional charms, and shrines increasingly market themselves as ‘power spots’. Now in Japan Today news comes of a New Age spa using ‘purified stones’ at the attractive Enoshima island, about an hour from downtown Tokyo.  The island has several shrines dedicated to Benten, goddess of good fortune and patron of the arts.  She is believed to have created Enoshima before subduing a five headed dragon that had been terrorizing the area.

A collection of 'power stones' on sale at a shop at Ise

Enoshima Island Spa: Hot Stone Massage with “Purified” Stones

Ruth Marie Jarman (Shiraishi) CEO
The Enoshima Island Spa  Feb. 05, 2015

Enospa’s exclusive Beng Teng Spa with Asia-inspired private therapy rooms for your full relaxation and refreshment offers a variety of ways to relax even more deeply with massage treatments using aromatic oils and hot stones.

At the Beng Teng Spa, you can try a hot stone massage with stones that have been blessed at the local hilltop Enoshima Shrine. The highest quality of basalt stones, originating from the volcanic eruptions of Mt Fuji, have been cured and hand-polished for hot stone massage at the Beng Teng Spa.

The purified stones (fuku-ishi) retain heat for up to 45 minutes and when taken to the shrine, a prayer was carried out to ask for better fortune, health and beauty for those who receive a hot stone massage using these stones. Each month the stones are placed in the light of the full moon in order to purify and recharge their power!

Enoshima spa surrounds