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Fumikiri

Fumikiri is the Japanese word for a level rail crossing.

Closed rail crossing with pedestrians waiting on the other side
Rail crossing with an overpass in Tokyo
Open rail crossing for pedestrians
Pink train approaching a rail crossing
Train passing by while some cars wait
Train track switch
Blue train passing by
Read of a green train passing by a rail crossing
Orange train passing by while a motorbike is waiting
Pedestrians waiting for the train to pass by

My favorite areas to photograph level rail crossings were near the Yoyogi-Hachiman station (behind the Little Nap Coffee Stand if memory serves me right), in Jiyūgaoka and along the Toden Arakawa Line (one of two remaining tram lines) in Tokyo. In Kamakura just walk along the Enoshima Dentetsu Line.

All photos taken between November 2016 and February 2017 with the Contax T3 (except the one square photo, this was the Fujifilm GF670).