Waking up on Coming of Age Day 成人の日 (Seijin no Hi), I was grateful both for the day away from work and for the thick quilt of snow that wrapped itself around Tokyo. The snow hit the city nearly a year after a storm of similar size. I have come to enjoy taking pictures of this now annual ritual…

Day

Atago shrine, NHK Broadcasting Museum, and the “Success Steps” 出世の石段:

Beneath Atagoyama runs the Atago tunnel 愛宕隧道 :

And an artist’s rending of the Atago Tunnel: Atago Tunnel, by Morimura Rei / Ray: ¹

Near Kamiyacho station, then the outer moat of the Imperial Palace.

And night…

Snow in Yurakucho and the edge of Ginza.

See also:

• A snowy night in Tokyo 東京の雪の夜 (Atago Shrine at night)
• Christmas in Tokyo 東京のクリスマス

Footnotes:

1. Source: Atago Tunnel woodblock print ↩︎