After getting off from "Hanayome Noren" express at Kanazawa Station, I transferred to Hokuriku Railway Asanogawa Line. The platform of Hokutetsu-kanazawa Station on Asanogawa Line is underground near Kanazawa Station.
From there, I travelled with 8800 Series (ex- Keio 3000 Series) 8802F set.
8800 Series came from Keio Inokashira Line in 1996. Those originally had been designed as the early model of 3000 Series, which equip single-leaf passenger doors and straight bottom of their body. Only eight carriages had been manufactured. Among those, four cabbed carriages are still in service on Asanogawa Line.
8801F set consists of two cabbed carriages of the first-made fleet of Keio 3000 Series, 3701F.
8802F set went to the railyard neighbour to the station. Instead of that, 8801F came to the platform track. By coinsidence, I could travel with the oldest one.
It was memorable because it could be the first but last time to travel with 8800 Series. I heard that both sets of 8800 Series retire their service within a few years.