We visited 72 stations on the Keikyu Line, and we would like to look back best stations and towns that left the strongest impression on us.
However, it was difficult to narrow down the list to the best five or three, and after much deliberation, I managed to select the top six stations, just as I did for the Olympic prizes. It is difficult to put them in any particular order, so I will start with them in no order. Here are some of my most memorable photo walks.
Anjinduka (2017.10.9).
This is a small station tucked away in the mountains or valley of Yokosuka. What is memorable about this place is that I made the mistake of going there without doing much preliminary research, thinking, “Since I am going all this way, let’s visit Anjin Mound (the grave of Anjin Miura) according to the name of the station. I ended up having to climb a mountain.
Guilty of ignorance. When it was first published, I said, “It’s so high. The view is amazing. I mean, did you just come from that town at the bottom of the valley? How far up did I climb!”
However, it was worth the hard work, and I was able to pray at Anjin Mound in Tsukayama Park, and the exhilarating photo hike from Anjinduka st. to the park and then all the way down to the neighboring Hemi st., was an unforgettable experience.
Haccho-nawate (2017.2.12)
I went through the downtown area in front of Keikyu Kawasaki station, entered into the so called skid row area, and was caught up by the unique atmosphere on the street corner. When I arrived at Haccho-nawate station, it changed my moment. I woke up, or was surprised and came back to myself.
First I asked myself, “What’s going on at this station?”
I was completely fascinated by the unusual structure of the station, where the Keikyu line and a branch line of the JR Tsurumi line intersect in a unique connection. The station itself was interesting, another valuable experience.
Kojima-shinden (2021.2.13)
Kojima-shinden is also memorable in that it stimulated the “railfun” in me. As I wandered aimlessly around the station and came to a large bridge, I happened to catch something moving out of the corner of my eye and, not knowing what it was, I pointed my Pentax KP, which happened to have a telephoto lens, at it and took this shot anyway.
I think something supernatural came down at Kojima-shinden. It’s a rare “beginner’s luck masterpiece” for me, a tanker train coming from JR Kawasaki Freight Station with a coincidental good composition. Unfortunately the something came down at that time disappeared soon.
Well, the remaining three stations will be in the next issue.
