The sakura (cherry blossom) season in the Tokyo metropolitan area is almost over. Feeling a little sad to say goodbye to the 2025 blossoms, I’d like to keep sharing a few more scenes of this year’s cherry blossoms in Tokyo.
I recently visited Takaido on the Keio-Inokashira Line, just as I do every year. Beautiful cherry trees were blooming along the Kanda River and beside the railway track. I admired the blossoms in full bloom from the platform of Takaido Station. This place is filled with memories for me because I went to kindergarten in Takaido when I was a child. I remembered how we used to walk along the stream and track with our teacher. Where has the time gone?
About five minutes later, a westbound express train approached the station. It was the perfect timing for taking a train photo with the full-bloom cherry trees in the background. Now or never! I pressed the shutter—and thank goodness, I got it! Please take a look at the top photo. It’s trainset 1780 of the EMU Keio 1000 series. During the cherry blossom season, trainset 1780 displayed special round plates on the front and back of the train. The design of these plates was inspired by “Sakura (Cherry)”, a once-famous overnight sleeper train operated by the former Japanese National Railways. You can see the original Sakura plate design in my post in 2020. That really brings back memories!
I fully enjoyed the combination of the full-bloom cherry trees and the special “Sakura” train plate on the Keio-Inokashira Line.
