About this location: Shinagawa
Shinagawa traces its origins to the first post-station on the Edo-era Tokaido road and is now a key Tokyo transport hub. Skyscrapers and bustling Shinkansen/Yamanote Line platforms provide urban subjects. Rush-hour crowds, station illumination, and canal-warehouse contrasts are strong compositions.
Key features
- Shinagawa Station Takanawa and Konan Exits — Tokaido Shinkansen arrivals and departures; combinations of bullet trains with skyscrapers; evening rush hour
- Shinkansen Bird's-Eye View — capture high-speed passings of the Tokaido Shinkansen from the Takanawa pedestrian bridge — a shutter-speed challenge
- Tennozu Isle — a waterfront where Tokyo Bay meets office towers; the canal nightscape is otherworldly
- Shinagawa Intercity — glass corridors and skyscraper clusters; geometric compositions of contemporary architecture
- Tokyo Bay-side and Oi Wharf — the logistics landscape of a container terminal, with sunset against gantry cranes
