新宿からお届けします。#スーパーブルーブラッドムーン #皆既月食 pic.twitter.com/79TpySHdbo

— まいまい (@maimai_type87) January 31, 2018

Meanwhile, over on the west side of downtown, the scarlet moon appeared to pass through the paired towers of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, also known as Tocho.

. . 【皆既月食・豊田城】 . . 天気予報ではダメそうだったのに よくぞ現れてくれました‼️😆 . . #team_jp_ #special_group_ #special_spot_ #photo_shorttrip #photo_jpn #top_world_shot #tokyocameraclub #japan_of_insta #japan_night_view #cityspride #colors_of_day #lovers_nippon #ptk_japan #wu_japan #whim_life #ibarakiphotoclub #s_shot #pt_life_ #daily_photo_jpn #igersjp #bestjapanpics_ #皆既月食 #豊田城#iba_geo

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And for those watching in less urban parts of the country, the blood moon looked less sci-fi and more mystical when sharing a field of vision with structures such as Ibaraki’s Toyoda Castle...

皆既月食撮ったンゴ #moon #moonlight #japan #supermoon #temple #superbulebloodmoon #architecture #nightscape #nagano #地味 #皆既月食 #皆既月食2018 #スーパーブルーブラッドムーン #長野 #長野県

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... and a pagoda in Nagano Prefecture.

The next morning, it was back to overcast conditions with snow in the forecast, but at least when it needed to, the weather cooperated and gave Tokyo a gorgeous reason to step outside and look up in the cold.

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