It’s still cold in Tokyo. The daytime high is around 10 degrees Celsius, but the sunlight is gradually getting stronger. I couldn’t just stay fidgeting at home, so I went out with my family over the weekend. Our destination was the Nobi Coast on the Keikyu Kurihama Line.
Let me start with a brief review of the Keikyu network. Keikyu is one of the major private railway companies in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Its network stretches 87 kilometers across the southern part of Tokyo Metropolis and the northern part of Kanagawa Prefecture. Keikyu faces strong competition from Tokyo Monorail on the route between central Tokyo and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda). In addition, it also competes with JR East on the section between downtown Tokyo and the Yokohama–Yokosuka area. The key factors that influence passengers when choosing a route are fares, speed, and service.
We took the Keikyu Main Line from Shinagawa Terminal because it’s convenient, fast, and reasonably priced. To ensure we had comfortable cross seats, we reserved “Wing Seats” (see the top photo) in advance. The Wing Seat car was coupled within an eight-car train of the EMU 2100 series. The reservation fee was only 300 yen (about 1.94 USD). After about 70 minutes from Shinagawa, we got off at YRP Nobi Station and took a walk along the coast of the Miura Peninsula. We enjoyed the blue sky, blue ocean, green hills, and the graceful bow-shaped beach (see the photo below). They were definitely beautiful and made us feel relaxed. Spring is just around the corner.
