Still having a little time to kill after shooting at the breakwater, I came on back to the more developed and touristy Odaiba area, built on reclaimed land from Tokyo Bay. Since I was parked right below the elevated
Yurikamome tram line that serves the area and is the sole rail connection with the main portion of Tokyo, I decided to go up and take some photos from the station.
The tram line is different from the other rail lines in a couple of ways. First, it runs on rubber tires. Second, the cars are unmanned; there is no driver and no conductor.
The interior of the station is entirely lined by glass walls, making it impossible to fall off the platform or leap in front of a train. Quite a few stations in Tokyo have gone to adding some sort of platform-edge barrier to cut down on accidents and suicides. The trains are most remarkable for precision stopping, so the train doors and the barrier doors open together in a style similar to the double doors of elevators. The textured yellow tiles are for the benefit of the sight-impaired.
And I couldn't resist taking a shot of the large Ferris Wheel as reflected in the Telecom Center building adjacent to the track. The Ferris Wheel is notable for arguably being the location of more nudity and surreptitious sexual thrills than a good many actual red light districts. Keep a weather eye on the surrounding cars when you ride and you stand a good chance of seeing some clothes going on or off.
#1 and #3 SMC-A 35-105/3.5
#2 Cosina MF 20/3.8
Originally posted by Heinrich Lohmann 
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