Oh I do like to be beside the Shinagawa seaside...

[railsquid]

No, not Shinagawa Seaside Station, but Shinagawa Station as it was about 100 years ago (Meiji 45). No longer possible to jump off the platform into the sea (at least not without some kind of high-performance rocket backpack).

 

[kvp]

It's even shown on the wikipedia page of the station. Imho, it was a nice place...

Technically, since the channels east of the tracks are salt water ones, that area is considered to be in the sea, on islands. This means only the narrow flat strip of beach (visible on the photo above) that was filled is part of the land and the nearest channel is somewhere right from the right side of the photo, where the deeper water starts. The original S curve of the coastline is traceable by following the tracks north. So pretty much anything east from the tracks until at least Tokyo station are on filled land. (at least until 1907 the imperial palace had a sea connection)

[SuRoNeFu 25-501]

At least we know that the size of Shinagawa station in the early Meiji period is comparable to a rural British station (located on the seaside) 

Edited January 21, 2016 by SuRoNeFu 25-501

[railsquid]

Hah, I never even thought of looking on Wikipedia. I was pointing out to someone I know who was complaining that their office had moved from the east side of Shinagawa station to one of the artificial islands in Tokyo bay that it didn't really change their situation all that much (i.e. from artificial infill to artificial infill).

 

I'm continually amazed about how little Tokyoites know about the geography of their own city...

[railsquid]

At least we know that the size of Shinagawa station in the early Meiji period is comparable to a rural British station (located on the seaside) 

 

Funny, that's the first thought that popped into my head. Mind you, guess who built the line? ;)

 

Going slightly off-topic (hey, I'm the OP) a visit to the foreigner's cemetery in Yokohama is an interesting destination for railfans - there's a corner full of graves of British railway engineers recruited to Japan in the late 19th century.

[SuRoNeFu 25-501]

Funny, that's the first thought that popped into my head. Mind you, guess who built the line? ;)

Well, it is no other than the result of Edmund Morel's hard work on teaching and supervising Japanese engineers to build the railway from (old) Shimbashi to (old) Yokohama