Ikegami looks to be an urban residential area like any other in Tokyo, but once a year, this local area receives a great deal of visitors in February. What is going to happen?
During this period, people flock to Ikegami Plum Garden to see full-blown plums. I visited this beautiful garden with my family last weekend. Although it was the late blooming period, we could see various kinds of plum blossoms with white, pink and red colors. I saw many people who wore masks to prevent infection of the new coronavirus. I hope that infectious disease will be controlled as soon as possible.
After admiring full-blown plums, I visited Toei (the Transportation Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government) Magome Rail Yard on the Toei-Asakusa line. The yard is conveniently next to the plum garden. Although it was not open to the public that day, I could see inside of the yard from a pedestrian bridge, and found lovely small electric locomotives named the Class Toei E5000. The Class E5000 was launched in 2006 as Toei's first electric locomotive model. A total of two sets, four units, were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The mission of the Class E5000 is to pull the Ooedo line trains to and from the rail yard. It happens when legal inspection of the Ooedo line train is conducted at Magome Rail Yard on the Asakusa line.
I enjoyed both the beautiful plum garden and the lovely locomotives on the weekend.
During this period, people flock to Ikegami Plum Garden to see full-blown plums. I visited this beautiful garden with my family last weekend. Although it was the late blooming period, we could see various kinds of plum blossoms with white, pink and red colors. I saw many people who wore masks to prevent infection of the new coronavirus. I hope that infectious disease will be controlled as soon as possible.
After admiring full-blown plums, I visited Toei (the Transportation Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government) Magome Rail Yard on the Toei-Asakusa line. The yard is conveniently next to the plum garden. Although it was not open to the public that day, I could see inside of the yard from a pedestrian bridge, and found lovely small electric locomotives named the Class Toei E5000. The Class E5000 was launched in 2006 as Toei's first electric locomotive model. A total of two sets, four units, were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The mission of the Class E5000 is to pull the Ooedo line trains to and from the rail yard. It happens when legal inspection of the Ooedo line train is conducted at Magome Rail Yard on the Asakusa line.
I enjoyed both the beautiful plum garden and the lovely locomotives on the weekend.
