Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway) | Departing Train and Opening Crossing Gates

Year 2025April 2025AprilKobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway)Gunma prefecture (Kantou area)Various Sceneryblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)train
At Kobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway), a photo that evoked the feeling of "a departing train and a level crossing just beginning to open."

This photograph captures the moment immediately after a Watase Valley Railway train passed through the peach blossoms. The railroad crossing gates had just begun to open, and a quiet stillness hung in the air, hinting at the end of spring. At Kobe Station in spring, a beautiful scene unfolds where Watase Valley Railway trains meet the peach blossoms in full bloom. The area around the station, dyed in deep pink, looks like a scene from a movie.Waiting for the moment the train arrives or departs to press the shutter creates a single frame full of movement and color. It is a place where stillness and dynamism coexist.

Date & TimeApril 12, 2025
photographerwithout batting an eyelid
LocationKobe Station (Watarase Valley Railway)
Address891 Higashimachi Kobe, Midori-shi, Gunma
Photography EquipmentCanon EOS R
lensCanon EF70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM
F value7.1
suspended solids1/500s
ISO1600
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