SNOWY DAY

 

Heavy snowfall surprised everyone one morning.Tokyo is a sight worth admiring.


TOKYO STATION IN THE SNOW

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



SCENE FROM A SNOWY DAY

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



WINTER, YOTSUYA-MITSUKE

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



NIKORAI-DO IN WINTER

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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