Hot mid-summer continues in the metropolitan area. I evacuated from Tokyo, and stayed in a resort city for a while. My destination was Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture.
To start, let me quickly review Atami City. It's located about 100 kilometers southwest of downtown Tokyo. The name of the city, "Atami", means "hot sea". Obviously, it represents that hot springs and the ocean are seen in the city. From Shinagawa, one of the city centers in Tokyo, Atami is close, only 29 minutes away by the fastest Shinkansen train.
First thing's first. After arriving at Atami station, I enjoyed shooting the Shinkansen trains at the end of the platform. I made my family wait, but it couldn't be helped as I'm a rail-fan. East bound Shinkansen trains arrived one after another. The top photo is the latest model, the EMU N700S series debuted in 2020. A total of 680 cars have been introduced by JR Central, JR West and JR Kyushu companies. The N700S series has a full active vibration control device operated by a pump to prevent rolling. The maximum operating speed is 285 kilometers per hour due to the timetable restriction, but it recorded 362 kilometers per hour in a test run. The outer design of the N700S series is similar to that of the N700A series, but there are several minor changes. For example, the shape of the nose became sharper. The number of the blue colored side stripes was increased from two to three.
To be continued...
