It's getting warmer in Tokyo. The maximum daytime temperature is about 15 degrees Celsius. It has started to be a good season for a stroll not only in the daytime but also in the evening. I visited the Hibiya moat near Tokyo station after sunset, and enjoyed a night view of the Hibiya area. Please look at the photo below. You can see a beautiful stone wall on the left. It was completed in 1608 as a part of the Edo castle. I was surprised that the stone wall was lit up. This illumination was designed by a female lighting designer, Ishii Motoko, in 2021 in the midst of the COVID-19 calamity. To protect the ecosystem of the moat, the light doesn't shine on the water surface. Thanks to that, visitors can enjoy both the lit-up stone wall and the reflection image of the Hibiya downtown area in the still water. What a fantastic night view it is!
After enjoying the night walk, I returned to Tokyo station, and enjoyed shooting trains for a while. Please look at the top photo. The EMU JR East E657 series, limited express "Tokiwa", stands at the station. Tokiwa is operated between Katsuta on the Joban line and Shinagawa terminal in Tokyo. Its travel distance is 133.7 kilometers. Tokiwa is a convenient train for people in Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures, because it's directly operated to Tokyo central station, which is the starting station of Shinkansen trains and Shinagawa, which is a transfer station to the Tokyo International Airport (Haneda).
