Photographers at Gokurakuji Station

What was the mystery subject at Enoden Railway?

Por Takako Sakamoto

Community writer

Photographers sitting down along the iron fence of Enoden Line at Gokurakuji Station

This is Gokurakuji Station of Enoden Line. How pretty!

A photographer taking an angled shot of Gokurakuji Temple. I followed suit and tried the same angle after him!

A dedicated photographer waiting for a train to come out of a tunnel

One by one, the number of photographers increased

Sign of Gokurakuji Station on the platform

I wonder what kind of photos they imagined taking as they waited so patiently along the rail?

In late February this year, I was taking photos of Gokurakuji Temple, which is located just in front of Enoden Gokurakuji Station. I heard voices, and the sound of camera shutters behind me. Looking around, I found many photographers had suddenly materialized from nowhere. They were virtually 'attached' to the iron fence of Enoden railway. At the time I was trying to decide whether to go inside Gokurakuji Temple or not, but decided to wait. These photographers seemed more interesting than looking inside the temple! They seemed to be waiting for a train to come out of a tunnel. Some were crouching down while others were negotiating something with a station staff. I still don't know what they were trying to do, but I can tell they were a bunch of dedicated photographers!