Summer Train Rides – Joshin Line
Yesterday I blogged about the summer Bonodori festival and here’s another thing that I am really looking forward to in coming summer: going on long train journey on small local trains deep in the countryside! This is the Joshin Dentetsu Joshin Line (上信電鉄上信線), or the Joshin for short, running between Takasaki and Shimonita in Gunma prefecture, north of Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo. There’s a special kind of feeling to go on one of these slow local trains, passing small stations, the blast of hot air when the doors open and the slow pace of life on the side of these tracks, where you don’t really know if the stillness and the quiet is because of the mid-day heat or just the countryside ambience. I’m really looking forward to this summer’s traveling!
Really like these pictures! Especially as you can see through the drivers’ window! Gives the images a different perspective. Look forward to seeing more.
Thank you for the kind comment! I am like a kid in that way – always tries to head up to the driver’s cockpit to see out of the front window, even in subways! (^-^;)
Love these photos… it’s different from the usual train photos. It also reminds me of a detective Conan epsiode
Thank you Kes! (^-^) Is that a specific episode of just general Conan-feeling? (^-^)
Here comes a white tiger train! Did the driver open the door for you to take his photo?
Hi Emma! No he didn’t, but he might have stepped out. I was lucky to be able to shoot out of the window without too much glare. It also helps if you have a polarizing filter on the camera… (^-^)
I remember, oh, so, well, as a young girl, many, many years ago, the wonderful, exciting and fun train ride from Sendai to Tokyo and back.
Oh Birdie, just reading you talking about it makes me nostalgic! I can imagine! Was it on the Joban line? I hope they rebuild it quickly!
Aa, if I would live there, I would go to a tour once in a while
with this scenery, it’s pretty calming
Thanks for the comment Timi! I would love to do a bike tour of this place…! (^-^)