SNOWY DAY
Heavy snowfall surprised everyone one morning.Tokyo is a sight worth admiring.
On a snowy morning, there are fewer than cars and pedestrians than usual on the main
street, where tour buses, postal carriers and taxis pass slowly by.
TOKYO STATION
Located at
Tokyo Station, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
GETTING THERE:
Tokyo station on the JR or Marunouchi subway lines
On a snowy day,Here and there about town, children were shouting and throwing snowballs,
their umbrellas thrown aside.
IN FRONT OF GEIHINKAN
Located at
2-1-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
GETTING THERE:
7-minute walk from Yotsuya subway station on the Marunouchi line
Yotsya-mitsuke Bridge was built at the turn of the 20th Century. The verdigris
rails of the 100-year-old bridge create a contrast against the pale white snow.
YOTSUYA MITUKE
Located at
Yotsuya 1-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
GETTING THERE:
Near Yotsuya station by JR or subway
Around NIKORAI-DO, just before risshun on February 3rd—the start of spring according to the lunisolar calendar—the line of gingko trees
hinted at sprouting new buds on the tips of their wintered branches.
NIKORAI-DO
Located at
4-1 Surugadai, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
GETTING THERE:
2-minute walk from Ochanomizu station on the JR Line, or by subway on the Chiyoda Line
NIKORAI-DO is designed by British architect Josiah Conder during the Meiji Period under the auspices Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Japan.
This information was written in July 2015.
paintings copyright ©Rumiko Hotta
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