Chocolate Yamanote Line train

The Yamanote Line is the central nervous system of Tokyo’s transport system, looping around the city joining 29 stations.  To commemorate 100 years of the Yamanote Line, Japan Railways (JR) has released one train in an apparently original chocolate brown colour, instead of the normal silver carriages with the light-green stripe.

Yamanote Line Circuit

Tokyo Bay cruise boats berthed between Hamamatsu-cho and Tamachi

Today’s excursion around the Yamanote Line reinforced that Tokyo is a great city to get around by bicycle.  Phil and I had been thinking about doing this ride for a long time, and finally put the plan into implementation today.  We met at the Marunouchi entrance to Tokyo Station this morning, and set out clockwise. 

Ueno

No 26, and back to one of the more major stations, Ueno Station.  Our Yamanote Line circuit ride is nearly all the way around now.

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