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2015/08/29

"June, July & August 2015; August & December 1991, Etc."

Thinking what to title this post, I at first had a feeling of staring into a cluttered closet and needing to summarize a jumble of half-forgotten contents... and then it suddenly occurred to me that what I had in mind while taking the 2015 material and while editing the 1991 material wasn't the content so much as the time of year and (for the 1991 material) the year itself.  Thus this material - for me - is all about summer in Tokyo (especially the month of August), with the December 1991 views kind of out-of-category, although fitting in historically via being from 1991.  (I wouldn't have found December 2014 material acceptable for this batch...)

That said, a couple of things do stand out when I look over this batch of video views.  The east exit views of Shinagawa Station are important to me (especially of the old east exit pedestrian tunnel), as it shows something that disappeared a bit too quickly for me.  I had a real Rip-Von-Winkle experience some years back when I went to the east side of Shinagawa Station for old-time's sake and was shocked to discover that - save for a tiny remnant of the former (soon to be eradicated) east entrance to the station, there was nothing left of the things I had come to see!  And so the video footage I took in August 1991 is a welcome way of revisiting what is no longer a part of this world.

And then (also in 1991) there's my first visit to Kawagoe, where I just walked out from the station, spent the better part of the day walking around and (amazingly) managed to completely miss all the famous tourist spots of the city!  In hindsight, I feel I'm lucky it worked out that way, as I think I recorded a part of Kawagoe that probably is under-recorded - certainly there are no shortage of visual records of the famous parts of the city, so it's good that I went somewhere else.  This video is also important to me in that I very distinctly remember stopping in the empty park and looking around from the top of a slide - feeling melancholy about things, but (until I came across that scene again while editing that footage) I had forgotten exactly where that experience had taken place.  After being in the back of my mind all these years ("Where was that, anyway?"), now there's the relieved feeling of a solved riddle; "So that was in Kawagoe then!  Huh..."

And... some other things.  As with my last blog post with links to some of my videos (July 25th, 2015), I would really like to go over each of the videos one-by-one and comment on all (or most anyway) of them, but too many things are making demands on my time, so I'll just have to post the titles and links - hoping the titles are up to the task of introducing what each video is.  (A long-held dream is to have a sponsor so I can work on video full-time...).

- Lyle H Saxon
     Tokyo

有楽町駅-東京駅 京浜東北線右側 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 150612
https://youtu.be/Rrtx9Eb3l68

東京駅-有楽町駅-新橋駅-浜松町駅-田町駅-品川駅 山手線の左側 Yamanote Line 150625g
https://youtu.be/jxCw-VpjeWY

夏の大塚 市電が通る Otsuka in Summer - Passing Streetcar 150704
https://youtu.be/bhGXystmYD4

新宿サザンテーラス夕方360 Shinjuku Southern Terrace-360 150630
https://youtu.be/KW243SxHrb4

池袋駅-新宿駅 埼京線の右側 Ikebukuro to Shinjuku - Saikyo Line 150630
https://youtu.be/FhzLUZbe1us

池袋駅の線路工事の機械器械 埼京線 Ikebukuro Track Maintenance Equipment 150630
https://youtu.be/mGkzt5GsyW0

新宿駅 埼京線夕方ホーム Shinjuku Station Evening Saikyo Line Platform 150630
https://youtu.be/c1PrvaW4r60

有楽町駅の出発電車 Trains Departing Yurakucho Station 150619
https://youtu.be/iAXK-KhSybc

銀座奧野ビル階段 150619
https://youtu.be/o7Qfl5MAIII

Station Escalator 駅のエスカレーター 150619n
https://youtu.be/XnQw0PZyYuY

中央線が四ッ谷駅に到着 Chuo Line Arriving at Yotsuya Station 150613n
https://youtu.be/9oHNvAhsyEs

Table Chair and Window at Okuno Building 150613
https://youtu.be/Kq7E_7v1gqg

Main Road with No Cars 150613n
https://youtu.be/v5YiSsqGO_U

Outside Escalator 外のエスカレーター 150619
https://youtu.be/MTqdWgmM1Lg

神田明神の見回り 神社神社 Kanda-Myojin Temple Courtyard 150623
https://youtu.be/5exlxHGi-bc

神田明神前の店 (A) Old Shop Near Kanda-Myojin 150623
https://youtu.be/lOT55xtE9Jk

神田明神前の店 (B) Old Shop Near Kanda-Myojin 150623
https://youtu.be/G2jsgmgVU60

品川駅-大崎駅 山手線の右側 Shinagawa to Osaki - Yamanote Line 150625
https://youtu.be/WBg0awF5GyE

茶ノ水駅 夕方電車の到着 Ochanomizu Station Evening Trains 150623g
https://youtu.be/dbiK6xkYEIY

新宿駅夜ホームの様子 Shinjuku Station Platform Scene at Night 150728
https://youtu.be/6rL2-ovoeVw

新宿駅南口夕方見回り Evening Shinjuku South Exit Street View 150728
https://youtu.be/BAhqVBi895s

夜の有楽町SB (A) Nighttime Yurakucho-SB 150716
https://youtu.be/vWtn2_xqrH0

夜の有楽町SB (B) Nighttime Yurakucho-SB 150716
https://youtu.be/3d-c8rhBzBg

西東京の雨中央線 Rainy Chuo Line Station in Western Tokyo 150716
https://youtu.be/qVfbi2hNBhk

有楽町夜 居酒屋の音 Sounds at Nighttime Yurakucho Izakaya 150716
https://youtu.be/PCiZBWNV1Dk

Gallery Party at Ginza One 150612
https://youtu.be/fdOUvEzBWoc

Park - Summer View 夏の公園 150711
https://youtu.be/ZS2jjbTv-JM

Summer Morning Near Tokyo Tower 東京タワー近くの夏の東京 150722n
https://youtu.be/DZDndOAcE9o

夕方西新宿散歩 Evening Nishi-Shinjuku Stroll 150721
https://youtu.be/dKRU6F4o8Og

中央線 右側 Outbound Chuo Line Window View - Old Type Train 150706
https://youtu.be/16bBwT0zrjQ

高尾山ケーブルカー 清滝駅-高尾山駅 Takao Cable Car - Kiyotaki to Takao 150713
https://youtu.be/AQykHRR9wWc

高尾山ケーブルカー 高尾山駅-清滝駅 Takao Cable Car - Takao to Kiyotaki 150713n
https://youtu.be/Jh-DMqeLhSA

高田馬場駅前 Looking Around by Takadanobaba Station 150704
https://youtu.be/84CEGqtkrJk

高田馬場駅前の壁画 Mural by Takadanobaba Station 150704
https://youtu.be/QpzAX9T2Oq0

Departing Tachikawa Station in Old Type Chuo Line Train 150706
https://youtu.be/CKEvii4TaZM

高尾山のビアマウント近くの眺め Mt Takao - Looking Around Near Beer Mount 150713
https://youtu.be/AdW5eQZkzrE

清滝駅から高尾山口駅までの夜散歩 Walking from Kiyotaki to Takaosanguchi 150713n
https://youtu.be/OvMopKqLaWM

有楽町駅-新橋駅-浜松町駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Hamamatsucho - Yamanote 150722g
https://youtu.be/rj2_QsfKPck

京浜東北線と山手線が同時に出発 夜の駅 Keihin-Tohoku and Yamanote 150710
https://youtu.be/xTb0HFxjGLk

神田川と電車 昌平橋からの眺め Bridge View of Trains and Kanda River 150707g
https://youtu.be/Vh1QKr50YqI

神田駅-東京駅 夜の山手線 Kanda to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 150710
https://youtu.be/b8lctfY9XA8

高尾山口駅-高尾山駅 京王線 Takaosanguchi to Takao - Keio Line 150713
https://youtu.be/ebBjncyVKF8

有楽町夜の居酒屋散策散歩 Yurakucho Izakaya Night Walkabout 150716
https://youtu.be/8S7PrCFefGo

東小金井駅で中央線の雨出発 Boarding Chuo Line at Higashi-Koganei Station 150716
https://youtu.be/-YQNUG4xZ0s

有楽町駅-東京駅 京浜東北線の右側 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 150716
https://youtu.be/Q7jGMB6Csx8

夜の有楽町駅前 Nighttime Street by Yurakucho Station 150710n
https://youtu.be/GXanminIQ1s

1991 東京中央郵便局 内部 切手選択など Tokyo Central Post Office 911210n
https://youtu.be/TxMxz23AM7Q

1991 東京駅-神田駅 中央線 Tokyo to Kanda - Chuo Line 911210
https://youtu.be/3lFivxOBktU

1991 有楽町駅-東京駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 911210
https://youtu.be/L9GWg4wohOQ

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅-川越駅 西武線と埼京線 Hibarigaoka to Kawagoe 911207
https://youtu.be/zDoPZfOeMGA

1991 川越駅-新宿駅 埼京線 Kawagoe to Shinjuku - Saikyo Line 911207
https://youtu.be/9fjm3e-X-g4

1991 日吉駅-渋谷駅-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Hiyoshi to Hibarigaoka 911207
https://youtu.be/ytzaRr5p828

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅-銀座駅 西武池袋線と丸ノ内線 To Ginza 911210
https://youtu.be/O3xKIjseXT4

1991 銀座と有楽町の散策散歩 Ginza and Yurakucho Walkabout 911210
https://youtu.be/r62qVOBHt2M

1991 川越市散策散歩 Kawagoe Walkabout - No Tourist Places 911207
https://youtu.be/yEqZSG5sK9U

1991 新宿駅-渋谷駅-日吉駅 山手線と東横線 Shinjuku to Hiyoshi 911207
https://youtu.be/ym6NPYrV6wA

1991 夜西新宿の散策散歩 Nishi-Shinjuku Night Stroll 911207
https://youtu.be/-nyX7Xg8UxU

池袋駅-石神井公園駅 西武池袋線右側 Ikebukuro to Shakujikoen - Seibu Line 150801
https://youtu.be/G2lxFS2L1UU

石神井公園駅-東久留米駅 西武池袋線 Shakujikoen to Higashikurume - Seibu Line 150801
https://youtu.be/-xJGSh9iIVE

所沢駅ホームの見回り 暑い八月の日 Tokorozawa Station Platform in August 150801
https://youtu.be/XBwc9EMYeSc

夕方新宿駅前の南口 Evening Shinjuku South Exit Area 150804
https://youtu.be/7bRPwnyVwrE

国分寺駅前の工事現場 Construction Site by Kokubunji Station 150801
https://youtu.be/c99HxE3uT04

池袋駅前東口 暑い八月の日 Ikebukuro One Hot August Day 150801
https://youtu.be/ekjYGQAN17k

池袋駅内 Ikebukuro Station Concourse 150801
https://youtu.be/5OPIwYst2a0

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro 910801
https://youtu.be/c-DuBCBdTfc

1991 池袋駅辺りの散策散歩 厚い八月 Ikebukuro Hot August Day 910801
https://youtu.be/gU7EadrkWjQ

1991 南馬込散策散歩 厚い八月の日 Minami-Magome Walkabout - Hot August Day 910801
https://youtu.be/3fJ0ykqIBz0

1991 新宿駅-五反田駅 山手線 Shinjuku to Gotanda - Yamanote Line 910801
https://youtu.be/U0lazVGXNCs

1991 新宿駅辺りの散策散歩 厚い八月の日 Shinjuku Hot August Day 910801
https://youtu.be/HtO-ZR01qak

1991 池袋駅-新宿駅 埼京線 Ikebukuro to Shinjuku - Saikyo Line 910801
https://youtu.be/O4uW9Lo2BwQ

1991 西馬込駅-五反田駅 都営浅草線 Nishi-Magome to Gotanda - Asakusa Line 910801
https://youtu.be/N612DXRR4JA

1991 五反田駅-東京駅 山手線 Gotanda to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 910801
https://youtu.be/4BVt3Zvv0Og

1991 東京駅 雷雨 Tokyo Station Rain Lightning and Thunder 910801
https://youtu.be/R3WRPzs5unk

1991 東京中央郵便局で切手を買う Tokyo Central Post Office in Rain 910801
https://youtu.be/2UP_lIKSpfQ

1991 夕方池袋駅など Evening Ikebukuro Station Etc. 910801
https://youtu.be/IkENzm6mwOM

1991 夕方ひばりが丘 Evening Hibarigaoka 910801
https://youtu.be/Qd33RFyHhxs

1991 東京駅-池袋駅 鉄の丸の内線 Tokyo to Ikebukuro - Marunouchi Line 910801
https://youtu.be/59o0Ki0nASo

1991 五反田駅-西馬込駅 都営浅草線 Gotanda to Nishi-Magome - Asakusa Line 910801
https://youtu.be/TCEdoJei9FI

1991 ひばりが丘 厚い八月の日 Hibarigaoka Hot August Day 910801
https://youtu.be/5kBHg2VulvQ

1991 中野駅-武蔵境駅 朝一の中央線 Nakano to Musashi-Sakai - Chuo Line 910803
https://youtu.be/PhKwd9fj40U

1991 午前四時十分の中野駅 410AM Nakano Station 910803
https://youtu.be/4oHrZ-LwWUM

1991 野方駅からの夜バス Night Bus from Nogata Station 910802
https://youtu.be/aclo5F7Q6fI

1991 田無駅-鷺ノ宮駅-野方駅 西武新宿線 Tanashi to Nogata - Seibu-Shinjuku Line 910802
https://youtu.be/TlilISPtqow

1991 夜のバス ひばりヶ丘駅-田無駅 Hibarigaoka to Tanashi Night Bus 910802
https://youtu.be/5f1d_4PYErI

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-渋谷駅-渋谷-東横線 Hibarigaoka to Shibuya Etc 910803
https://youtu.be/2beR5B7kWHM

1991 朝の散策散歩 武蔵境駅から田無駅まで Western Tokyo Morning Suburbs 910803
https://youtu.be/5rS6_m5msuk

1991 東急東横線渋谷駅 1991年の様子 Toyoko Shibuya Station 910803
https://youtu.be/4LEQxcckmR0

1991 朝のバス 田無駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Morning Bus - Tanashi to Hibarigaoka 910803
https://youtu.be/1Ue7N2eK0N4

1991 東急東横線の車内アナウンス 急行駅 渋谷-桜木町 In-Train Announcement 910803
https://youtu.be/oyJtRnDfaBU

1991 Big Truck - Difficult Turn 910803
https://youtu.be/KWhnB7VgQrY

1991 品川駅東口(港南口)横断トンネル Shinagawa Station East Exit Tunnel 910810
https://youtu.be/9q9jKc5ITqw

1991 品川八月散策散歩 東口(港南口)水辺など Shinagawa Walkabout 910810
https://youtu.be/L65OaW5NNHo

御茶ノ水駅 暑い八月の日 Ochanomizu Station - Hot August Day 150811
https://youtu.be/hBi2azmT6sc

湯島聖堂の３６０ 暑い八月の日 Yushima-Seido - Hot August Day 150811
https://youtu.be/ZfQLSeq8HwU

Yushima-Seido Courtyard - 湯島聖堂 暑い八月の日 150811
https://youtu.be/rLAStZoUIJ4

神田明神 暑い八月の日 Kanda Shrine 150811
https://youtu.be/tZpB3OFo32E

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2015/07/25

"1990, 1991, 1993, and 2015 - Various Stuff..."

So many videos have piled up that all I can do is to just put a list of them below and hope the titles I made when I posted them are self-explanatory.  I would like to go through the lot and say something about most of them, but suffering in a sauna-like room (no air-conditioning) with the temperature at 32C (90F) and humidity at 65%, I honestly don't think I would be able to sit here and spend the next seven to ten hours going through everything and writing about it, so I'll just have to leave you with the titles and links.  Hopefully I'll find time someday to get back to these and write about them (when the weather is cooler!).

- Lyle

1990年の江戸川を渡る電車など Rail Bridge Views by Edo River 901006
http://youtu.be/7RuckO9OAmc

1990 江戸川からバスで一之江駅まで Night Bus Ride to Ichinoe Station 901006
http://youtu.be/RwAvfCXa5GU

1990年の手紙お姉さん 江戸川隣 Letter Reader by Edo River 901006
http://youtu.be/iiU6WAkZnMA

1990 一之江駅-本八幡駅 都営新宿線 Ichinoe to Motoyawata - Toei-Shinjuku Line 901006
http://youtu.be/9L2ezx9glpA

1990 本八幡駅辺り散策散歩 Motoyawata Station Area 901006
http://youtu.be/l-8jbEbSJcE

1993 東京の彼方此方 新宿など Here and There - Shinjuku Etc 930228
http://youtu.be/jMBRrvKOc5s

1993 東京の彼方此方 池袋 新宿など Here and There - Ikebukuro Etc 930306
http://youtu.be/t1nE5LQqnWE

1993 東京の彼方此方 中央線など Here and There - Chuo Line Etc 930309
http://youtu.be/ZGQ14yvgq2M

1993 東京の彼方此方 新宿でビデオカメラ買い物など Video Camera Shopping Etc 930321
http://youtu.be/_FsdHRkAQU4

1993 東京の彼方此方 戸塚 新宿など Here and There - Totsuka Shinjuku Etc 930327
http://youtu.be/WWPzJtUg3jI

1993年のひばりが丘団地桜と花見 Hibarigaoka Danchi Hanami 930404
http://youtu.be/kUnrVY-NCy4

1993年の東武東上線 池袋駅-上板橋駅 下り列車 Ikebukuro to Kami-Itabashi 930404
http://youtu.be/y-8D5ply0fY

1993年の上板橋駅辺り Kami-Itabashi Station Area 930404
http://youtu.be/ewwdxCEwvz0

1993年 ときわ台桜まつり Tokiwadai Sakura Festival 930404
http://youtu.be/LEtQ03SbooM

1993年の上板橋駅 Kami-Itabashi Station 930404
http://youtu.be/eX3DVpc0zKM

1993年 常盤台散策散歩 Tokiwadai Walkabout 930404
http://youtu.be/hPV7H4dMbOg

1993年の夕暮れ上板橋駅前商店街 Twilight Kami-Itabashi Station Area 930404n
http://youtu.be/ZuU327eOX3I

1993年 上板橋駅-池袋駅 夜の東武東上線 Kami-Itabashi to Ikebukuro - Tobu-Tojo Line 930404
http://youtu.be/YKs-HpqjK-E

1993年の池袋駅乗り換え 東武東上線-西武池袋線 Ikebukuro Station Transfer 930404
http://youtu.be/h0d9w5_DAAE

1993年の東急渋谷駅ホームと周りの様子 Tokyu-Shibuya Station Platform 930417
http://youtu.be/mLyKs_RSJxw

1993年 東急渋谷駅-自由が丘駅 東横線 Shibuya to Jiyugaoka - Toyoko Line 930417
http://youtu.be/9_Uq2_PWXa0

1993年 自由が丘駅前の土曜日人込み Jiyugaoka Saturday Crowds 930417
http://youtu.be/3oROMuiG36A

1993年 居酒屋内の一見 Izakaya Interior 930417
http://youtu.be/UnFR-4pBHNg

1993年 友達と梯子飲み Saturday Night Izakaya Visit, Etc 930417
http://youtu.be/YcGV27PKULI

1993年 朝の電車 山手線と西武池袋線など Early Morning Yamanote Line Etc 930418
http://youtu.be/HoTZ0Fn18kQ

1993年 下り西武池袋線の窓風景 Outbound Seibu-Ikebukuro Line Window View 930418
http://youtu.be/clrXtXVsJGo

Quiet Suburban Scene - Western Tokyo 930418
http://youtu.be/Cj-YXvAw1C0

1993年の東京彼方此方 Here and There in Tokyo 930418
http://youtu.be/LWLs0-fbpk0

1993年 東京彼方此方_成田空港とか Trip to Narita Airport Etc 930510
http://youtu.be/xj013FEzXHw

1993年 西武池袋線など Seibu-Ikebukuro Line Etc 930511
http://youtu.be/EA6NjrdN_YI

1993年の池袋と渋谷など Ikebukuro and Shibuya Etc 930513
http://youtu.be/A8p-RwgcutU

1993年 池袋と浅草など Ikebukuro and Asakusa Etc. 930515n
http://youtu.be/iyfmq6RrMxM

1993年の市電と三ノ輪橋と彼方此方 Minowabashi and Streetcar Etc 930516
http://youtu.be/-N8Wkft_--k

1993年 朝の下り電車 九秒間 Outbound Train Pantograph Shadow - Nine Seconds 930517n
http://youtu.be/mak8_YU2-jc

1993年 松本市までのドライブ 松本城 Drive to Matsumoto Castle Etc 930522
http://youtu.be/jNKbEwiFv1g

1993年の高山 Takayama in May 1993 930523
http://youtu.be/ktmVJ7Tl_iY

Midnight Chuo Line Interior - Quick Look 150225
http://youtu.be/VErGTFkPnAE

朝の神田駅 Early Morning Kanda Station 150227
http://youtu.be/Bec9dg7NVeQ

浜松町駅-田町駅-品川駅 - 山手線 Hamamatsucho to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150227
http://youtu.be/mJUnBw4ArvM

夜中のがらがら東京駅 Empty Midnight Tokyo Station 150228
http://youtu.be/5E-GAPql6SA

夕暮れの秋葉原駅前 Akihabara Plaza 150303
http://youtu.be/RxpxekjzrnI

西武高田馬場駅のエスカレーター Seibu Takadanobaba Escalator 150307
http://youtu.be/JU4lmLBeg-U

新宿駅の夕方山手線 Evening Yamanote Line at Shinjuku 150226
http://youtu.be/kej_BgvaNMA

Evening Atrium 150226
http://youtu.be/zQDDZjO59VY

Shinagawa Station Shopping Area 品川駅内の買い物 150307
http://youtu.be/5HVTYPNwLsI

夕方新宿駅 中央線など Evening Shinjuku Station Platform Scene 150307
http://youtu.be/kh8RVbMqOjM

田端駅-西日暮里駅-日暮里駅-鶯谷駅-上野駅-御徒町駅-秋葉原駅 150310
http://youtu.be/NsbO5Xllh_w

銀座線 末広町駅-神田駅 Suehiro to Kanda - Ginza Line 150310
http://youtu.be/6IYaqk5sEa8

夜中の山手線 車内 Yamanote Line Late Night Reflections 150225
http://youtu.be/kcRcjyENqnM

五反田駅-大崎駅 夕方の山手線 Gotanda to Osaki - Evening Yamanote Line 150226
http://youtu.be/j9H2iCLwXCE

Old Hallways 150227
http://youtu.be/6BuTPo5SBvM

渋谷駅-恵比寿駅 山手線 Shibuya to Ebisu - Yamanote Line 150307
http://youtu.be/Vm2gC0806TI

品川駅 土曜日のお昼 Saturday Shinagawa Station at Midday 150307
http://youtu.be/rpkZBTS48hE

Main Road in Suburbia (A) 150314
http://youtu.be/dlonpH0TVLc
 
Main Road in Suburbia (B) 150314
http://youtu.be/AS43p3rpIcM

Main Road in Suburbia (C) 150314
http://youtu.be/a-lLFNuAy-M

Shotengai (A) 150314
http://youtu.be/VfIpX4aVuJE
 
Shotengai (B) 150314
http://youtu.be/2n5IjStbW2M
 
Bicycle Path (Early Spring) 150314
http://youtu.be/XBXjJ_cHWmM

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅辺り散策散歩 Hibarigaoka Station Area 910529
http://youtu.be/SpPSKpeNd8g

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro - Seibu Line 910529
http://youtu.be/eV8prM2ecyI

1991年の山手線回数券を買う 機械から Buying Kaisuken Batch Tickets 910529
http://youtu.be/fjR0EjYCSJ8

1991 池袋駅-東京駅 快速京浜東北線と山手線 Ikebukuro to Tokyo - Yamanote Line Etc 910529
http://youtu.be/q7GncSJUpLk

1991 東京駅内と前 丸の内側 Tokyo Station Interior and Marunouchi Side 910529
http://youtu.be/BzFDb1g-s58

1991 東京駅-新宿駅 中央線 Tokyo to Shinjuku - Chuo Line 910529
http://youtu.be/Muv5hZ_Pxu8

1991 新宿散策散歩 Shinjuku Walkabout C4 910529
http://youtu.be/dZQJ-arbgew

1991 新宿駅-池袋駅 埼京線 Shinjuku to Ikebukuro - Saikyo Line 910529
http://youtu.be/xHEvzBESGhg

1991年 池袋駅で乗り換え JR線から西武線へ Ikebukuro JR to Seibu Transfer 910529
http://youtu.be/OaEoYCD_DUI

1991 池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka - Seibu Line 910529
http://youtu.be/4EJuVug7LUc

1991年 午後のひばりが丘 Afternoon Hibarigaoka 910529
http://youtu.be/o0M6gKw8izA

1991年 夜のひばりヶ丘駅 Nighttime Hibarigaoka Station 910529
http://youtu.be/cZWwvsDEsEo

1991年の東京中央郵便局 Tokyo Central Post Office 910529
http://youtu.be/PeJJ1HKPZ78

1991 夜中の新宿など - ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅-新宿駅 Midnight Shinjuku Etc 910529
http://youtu.be/G8CVEKltlks

1991年 朝早くの新宿と池袋とひばりが丘 Early Morning Shinjuku Etc 910530
http://youtu.be/m9tQfuKEWMM

1991年 ひばりヶ丘駅辺り散策散歩 Hibarigaoka Station Area Walkabout 910530
http://youtu.be/jCO8zmMvtQ8
 
1991年 雨のひばりが丘散歩 Rainy Day Walkabout in Hibarigaoka 910531
http://youtu.be/Ayfhy6GjAhI
 
1991年 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro - Seibu Line 910601
http://youtu.be/tWZMhnm-q7c

山手線 池袋駅ホームの様子 Yamanote Line at Ikebukuro 150317
http://youtu.be/13GtYmSfSGk

Deluxe Waste Station - Demo 自動トイレ 150317
http://youtu.be/ts7D_E1w5rY

有楽町ガードの下 一目 Yurakucho Under Tracks Quick Look 150317
http://youtu.be/c_9mo4ymS_I

Fire Engines in Ginza 銀座にあった消防車 150317
http://youtu.be/xw_47CgexKw

新宿駅夜の南口見回り Half Blurry Look at Shinjuku South Exit 150317
http://youtu.be/V_jHJU-EX7Y

Departing Shibuya Station on the Yamanote Line - Auto Focus Sucks 150319
http://youtu.be/0h_G6yMJuVE

Riding Narrow Escalator to Platform at Osaki Station 大崎駅のエスカレーター 150319
http://youtu.be/_1xNI86LoOs

Contraption for Steaming Chicken at Restaurant Table 150318
http://youtu.be/3sQAaFfmb4Q

渋谷自転車と飲み街古い居酒屋 Shibuya Bicycle Parking Etc 150319
http://youtu.be/WCbkz_BBgxw

渋谷 昼の居酒屋街 Walking Through Old Izakaya Area in Daytime Shibuya 150319
http://youtu.be/mexOkzCfzZU

Brief Look Inside Late Night Chuo Line Train 150318
http://youtu.be/SSUgCv_h-z0

Exiting Hachioji Station 八王子駅 改札を出る 150318
http://youtu.be/DqXhUJ8AJI4

Hachioji Backstreet View 八王子の裏道 150318
http://youtu.be/-v6KjXbrXGk

Buses in Hachioji - Quick View 八王子のバス 150318
http://youtu.be/R2tv_K5mwXE

国分寺駅 上り中央線 Inbound Chuo Line Arriving at Kokubunji 150318
http://youtu.be/mB0tcvI-97M

国分寺駅 下り中央線 Outbound Chuo Line Arriving at Kokubunji 150318
http://youtu.be/nZmINJX6p7c

渋谷駅 山手線が出発 Yamanote Line Departing Shibuya Station 150319
http://youtu.be/95MwYIyEf5I

Shibuya Walkabout - Under-Bridge to Construction Area Etc 渋谷雨の日 150319
http://youtu.be/VJ5G7-6-ZHI

有楽町駅ホームの様子と新幹線とか Yurakucho Station Platform View 150317
http://youtu.be/5zgjjtRIrvs

夜遅くの新宿駅ホーム Midnight Shinjuku Station Platform Scene 150318
http://youtu.be/Hfa1IXg_3gs
 
最終山手線 新宿駅 Last Yamanote Line Train - Late Night Shinjuku 150318
http://youtu.be/sB8GetylQ_s

工事中の渋谷駅 散策散歩 Shibuya Station Under Construction Walkabout 150319
http://youtu.be/gfLJ3QvZ9oY

渋谷駅前東側工事現場 Construction at Shibuya Station East Side 150319g
http://youtu.be/n00Pnp96CQA

渋谷駅前ハチ公広場 人人人 Shibuya Hachiko Square Crowds Etc 150319
http://youtu.be/OHTs44nBTfM

渋谷 銀座線が上に Shibuya Elevated Section of Ginza Line 150319n
http://youtu.be/N0NQSP2kH7o

1990 Tsukiji Tuna Auction Etc 朝の築地市場など 901101
http://youtu.be/nnnjGQ3h7IM

1990 銀座 朝早く Ginza Early Morning 901101
http://youtu.be/kkMzZGI1PxU

1990 有楽町駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 朝 Morning Yurakucho to Hibarigaoka 901101
http://youtu.be/otLDvXLdSRM

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅朝七時半の通勤ラッシュ Morning Rush at Hibarigaoka Station 901101
http://youtu.be/W60cEW4KeKM

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 西武線と埼京線 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901101
http://youtu.be/b6VX6uDCzIE

1990 夕暮れの夕方新宿 Twilight Shinjuku 901101
http://youtu.be/X72McyDVP-Q

1990 夜の西新宿 新宿駅前とか Nighttime Nishi-Shinjuku 901101
http://youtu.be/yTm499QzBas

1990年 夜の新宿駅内 Nighttime Shinjuku Station Interior 901101
http://youtu.be/_71XPOyNh54

1990 埼京線 新宿駅-池袋駅 Saikyo Line - Shinjuku to Ikebukuro 901101
http://youtu.be/6hEpztzUFzo

1990 埼京線-西武池袋線の池袋駅で乗り換えなど Saikyo to Seibu Transfer 901101
http://youtu.be/F7HEF9vpM_g

1990年 ひばりが丘-武蔵境駅 西武バス Seibu Bus to Musashisakai 901104
http://youtu.be/ipU00sPRpdg

1990年 八王子市散策散歩 浅川など Hachioji Walkabout - Asakawa River Etc 901104
http://youtu.be/ueBA3CJwpVM

1990年 武蔵境駅-八王子駅 中央線 Musashisakai to Hachioji - Chuo Line 901104
http://youtu.be/HDBTvEWz9vY
 
1990年 八王子駅-新宿駅-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 中央線 Hachioji to Hibarigaoka 901104
http://youtu.be/opHLqRunxI4

1990 The Basement 地下 901106n
http://youtu.be/NYcBn4CbCyU
 
1990 夜のひばりヶ丘駅南口 Hibarigaoka Station South Side at Night 901106
http://youtu.be/HK3iSUrXoQ8

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 西武線と埼京線 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901106
http://youtu.be/eYc5jPDxMKI

1990 夕暮れの新宿駅辺り 東側と西側 Twilight Shinjuku Station Area 901106
http://youtu.be/ji5L8v9hh0U
 
1990 夜西新宿の道 Nighttime Nishi-Shinjuku Streets 901106
http://youtu.be/uv9LVoo9Ras
 
1990 新宿駅南口辺りの店 Shops Near Shinjuku Station South Side 901106
http://youtu.be/_vI0ujB6CT8
 
1990 新宿駅内下の通路 Shinjuku Station Lower Concourse 901106
http://youtu.be/1CeZk8kte8M
 
1990 新宿駅-池袋駅 埼京線 Shinjuku to Ikebukuro - Saikyo Line 901106
http://youtu.be/zobj95HOOkI
 
1990 池袋駅内 JR線から西武線までの乗り換え JR to Seibu Ikebukuro Transfer 901106
http://youtu.be/RJYobOlPxX4

Construction Noises at Shinjuku Station 新宿駅工事の音など 150312
http://youtu.be/KWWYuZjm45I

大崎駅で湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速の出発 Osaki Station SSLTKSTK 150312
http://youtu.be/aDqnPMKJ9-Q

Art Space Rondo Exhibition アートスペース ロンドの展示会 March 17th 2015 - 150317
http://youtu.be/11s2jrlbB4Y

Yamanote to Nanboku Transfer at Komagome Station 駒込駅 山手線-南北線の乗り換え 150324
http://youtu.be/7AxRODGz_xE

Komagome to Todaimae - Nanboku Line 馬込駅-本馬込駅-東大前駅 南北線 150324
http://youtu.be/hdpv3ec0lxE

Glass Roof in the Twilight with Amusement Park Sounds in the Background 150324
http://youtu.be/fZEwYdbNqtg

Baseball Player Cutouts at Tokyo Dome - Evening View 150324
http://youtu.be/6Eyxc7xWQY4

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 小田原行き Shinjuku to Osaki SSLTKSTK 150312
http://youtu.be/IxE4rwNfucs

東大前駅-後楽園駅 東京メトロ南北線 Todaimae to Korakuen - Nanboku Line 150324
http://youtu.be/_6TvxMFOSmY

後楽園駅 南北線 Korakuen Station on the Nanboku Line 150324
http://youtu.be/5EpFEpk2b4Y

夕暮れの東京ドームと遊園地 Twilight Tokyo Dome and Amusement Park 150324
http://youtu.be/S_sc4xOtwNo

Abstract - Old Blue and Green Paint on Concrete Parking Surface 150324
http://youtu.be/x6OqbW5DJ_o

Sotobori-dori 外堀通り 150324
https://youtu.be/J-XCrDlw9jo

Yotsuya Rampart Sakura Hanami A 四ツ谷桜花見 150331
https://youtu.be/Z_kT3_v-UL4

Crosswalk to Nishi-Shinjuku 西新宿へ 150324
https://youtu.be/ikgnzWh0JGU

新宿駅の人々 Shinjuku Station Upper Concourse 150324
https://youtu.be/VVSmW0UdlUc

Room-502 and Room-503 150326
https://youtu.be/qF8pJSDCPIs

Hallway Flowers 150326
https://youtu.be/wwMbQvWZe2s

Bicycle Ride Along Tamagawa-josui Canal 150328
https://youtu.be/orBcVEyIYYk

武蔵小金井駅-三鷹駅 中央線 Musashi-Koganei to Mitaka - Chuo Line 150331
https://youtu.be/WX7HNtD7ZIQ

三鷹駅-新宿駅 中央線桜時期 Mitaka to Shinjuku - Chuo Line Sakura Season 150331
https://youtu.be/nF9JJtjWbUc

新宿駅-四ッ谷駅 中央線 Shinjuku to Yotsuya - Chuo Line 150331
https://youtu.be/w-E2d4szVCU

四ッ谷駅昼ホームの様子 Afternoon Yotsuya Station Platform View 150331
https://youtu.be/k-PzCpPE_ig

Yotsuya Rampart Sakura Hanami B 四ツ谷桜花見 150331
http://youtu.be/4R09RsgFUIU

People Cars Trucks and Sakura 人々と車とトラックと桜 150331
https://youtu.be/hIeQHR09hE8

千鳥ヶ淵桜 A Chidorigafuchi Sakura 150331
https://youtu.be/QQNjdNBiqNo

Cars Buses People and Sakura 車とバスと人と桜 150331
https://youtu.be/7UP6yglH8Ws

Musashi-Koganei Station - Platform to Lower Concourse Escalator 武蔵小金井駅 150401
https://youtu.be/VLsd_YGI-Zg

新宿駅-東京駅 中央線 Shinjuku to Tokyo - Chuo Line 150326
https://youtu.be/SjQFHx47_FY

銀座奧野ビル501号室 Okuno Building Room-501 150326
https://youtu.be/OTUPPX40qcA

品川駅-大崎駅 山手線 Shinagawa to Osaki - Yamanote Line 150326
https://youtu.be/LifkknPc_qQ

桜と青空 Cherry Blossoms Against Blue Sky 150331
https://youtu.be/2jKioXzPgj0

三鷹駅 桜ホームの様子 Sakura Mitaka Platform 150331
https://youtu.be/0-RQodTwU_o

四ッ谷駅-飯田橋駅 中央線 Yotsuya to Iidabashi - Chuo Line 150331
https://youtu.be/aWbh6TtAvUc

飯田橋駅 電車を出発と西口の方へ歩き出す Train Departing Iidabashi Station 150331
https://youtu.be/3BkRYiayXf4

Twilight Kyobashi Sakura 夕暮れ京橋桜 150331
https://youtu.be/4E4p_89_u2g

東京駅-御茶ノ水駅 中央線 Tokyo to Ochanomizu - Chuo Line 150331
https://youtu.be/8yRuDJpwb38

三鷹駅-新宿駅 中央線快速 Mitaka-Shinjuku - Chuo Line 150326
https://youtu.be/L8NOIJfEgP0

Ginza Okuno Building 銀座奧野ビル External 150326
https://youtu.be/9cX-X4zwxx0

夜中最終中央線 武蔵小金井駅で 130AM Chuo Line - Midnight Musashikoganei Station 150401
https://youtu.be/wGMGwaZEkxw

Walking Towards Suidobashi Station 水道橋駅まで歩く 夕暮れの東京 150324
https://youtu.be/XmoHC1odRCo

夕暮れの水道橋駅辺り Twilight Suidobashi Station Area 150324
https://youtu.be/u-EYhpUhHck

水道橋駅 総武線を出発 Evening Suidobashi Station - Departing Sobu Line 150324
https://youtu.be/BKqu5dgdqS0

総武線 水道橋駅で到着と出発 Suidobashi Sobu Line - Arrival and Departure 150324
https://youtu.be/0wEZefIdBxo

夜新宿駅南口辺り Nighttime Shinjuku Station Area Near South Exit 150324
https://youtu.be/bxr1lN5dnTg

有楽町駅 山手線が遣って来る Yamanote Line - Yurakucho Station 150326
https://youtu.be/ufQbp0n9KC0

有楽町駅-品川駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150326
https://youtu.be/D5LHDi9eJEU

Yotsuya Rampart Sakura Hanami C 四ツ谷桜花見 150331g
https://youtu.be/Kdl-EeNb-jc

Blue Light Platform 150331
https://youtu.be/zP0no5Fh6kg

飯田橋駅の西口辺り 桜の時期 Iidabashi Station West Exit Area Sakura 150331
https://youtu.be/tj1yIrIvY54

千鳥ヶ淵桜 B Chidorigafuchi Sakura 150331
https://youtu.be/cH-8_GUh7_s

千鳥ヶ淵桜 C Chidorigafuchi Sakura 150331
https://youtu.be/8CHMBramk-c

東西線の九段下駅 Tozai Line Kudanshita Station 150331
https://youtu.be/6XXpl4rLGYU

九段下駅-竹橋駅 東西線 Kudanshita to Takebashi - Tozai Line 150331
https://youtu.be/xuA_new1hhs

Otsuka - Passing Train on Windy Day 150404
https://youtu.be/ErKV0JxfS34

Waiting for Suburban Train 150404
https://youtu.be/cL39p0hjn-A

大塚駅-御徒町駅 山手線 Otsuka to Okachimachi - Yamanote Line 150404
http://youtu.be/d78nF9XogNE

御徒町駅 ホームから改札口と出口まで Okachimachi Station 150404
https://youtu.be/xadDsM-7jmk

Waving Flags and Passing Motorcycle 150404
https://youtu.be/ZL-4T3R-yOA

Conan Classroom Display in Akihabara Station 150404
https://youtu.be/TeETiqAIhmk

秋葉原駅 有楽町駅 山手線 Akihabara to Yurakucho - Yamanote Line 150404
https://youtu.be/D4PswQudCxU

Ginza No Fire Breathing Machinery Day 150404
https://youtu.be/oVchOKAHq9w

Room 306 (150404)
https://youtu.be/XsTmsxCJ44E

Voices (150404)
https://youtu.be/zkvsV2lN4GM

Iron (150404)
https://youtu.be/cBHvNXfHt3U

Echoes - Footsteps - Shadows // Listen with Headphones
https://youtu.be/VUn7NG4fzPM

Exhaust Fan Passageway in Old Building
https://youtu.be/37r7Lxi1nik

Shinjuku - Waiting for Late Night Train 150407
https://youtu.be/VQ4pSq3QfrU

有楽町居酒屋散歩 Yurakucho Izakaya Area 150404
https://youtu.be/H1YfhnZ3Wus

Tokyo Evening Platform Scene 150409
https://youtu.be/J1LzaJ_Gh8Q

有楽町駅の電車 Trains coming and going at Yurakucho Station 150409
https://youtu.be/FXIZfTVv-PU

新橋駅-東京駅 東海道線 夕暮れ Shinbashi to Tokyo - Tokaido Line - Twilight 150407
https://youtu.be/FAvkgW617No

新橋駅夜ホームの様子 Shinbashi Station - Evening Platform Scene 150417
https://youtu.be/TGrxK_x_WOs

銀座四丁目夜 Nighttime Ginza 4-Chome 150404
https://youtu.be/vmBJNZdVGZU

Construction Site in Yurakucho 有楽町工事現場 150404
https://youtu.be/Df_Phtyz32k

夜の有楽町駅ホームの様子 Yurakucho Station at Night 150404
https://youtu.be/MBdf1DztiYo

有楽町駅-東京駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 150404
https://youtu.be/0MBtnWrOT5w

Escalators
https://youtu.be/WKQvqtfXSg4

Nighttime Marunouchi
https://youtu.be/lcAfqdIElU0

1990 夜の総武快速線 東京駅まで Nighttime Sobu-Kaisoku 901110
https://youtu.be/JTxTCoV5Nyo

1990 東京駅 土曜日の夜 Tokyo Station on Saturday Night 901110
https://youtu.be/N53xD3fq78c

1990 東京駅-新宿駅-渋谷駅 土曜日の夜 Tokyo to Shinjuku to Shibuya 901110
https://youtu.be/lbj6yrt4MJM

1990 渋谷 土曜日の夜 Shibuya on Saturday Night 901110
https://youtu.be/CFIOYBH09a4

1990 渋谷駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 土曜日の夜中 Shibuya to Hibarigaoka - Midnight 901110
https://youtu.be/gUJpebVhIeI

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-原宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Harajuku 901112
https://youtu.be/dYqO-uPQC9A

1990 夜の原宿散策散歩 Nighttime Harajuku 901112
https://youtu.be/WiyvY0n7H_U

1990 原宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Harajuku to Hibarigaoka 901112
https://youtu.be/OzTSPcnpoqc

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 夕方 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901113
https://youtu.be/U6lI_hepqaQ

1990 西新宿 夕方散策散歩 Nishi-Shinjuku Evening Walkabout 901113
https://youtu.be/CYKlwOqv6mk

1990 新宿駅南口辺り 夜の風景 Shinjuku South Exit Train Watching Etc 901113
https://youtu.be/1HPuhvtPZZU

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 901113
https://youtu.be/2-S6f7_blF8

Tobu-Tojo Line Train Arriving - Subway Type 150421
https://youtu.be/RhAL4byoRpU

Ceiling Air Vent Boxes on Train Roof 150423
https://youtu.be/DU8-52iYW04

Yamanote Line Train Arriving at Station 150423
https://youtu.be/qrJ-UOZkuhs

Diagonal Water Fountain 150430
https://youtu.be/-_zsiNCXEOg

Early Morning Before the Lights Went On 150430
https://youtu.be/aFFQURfQ-FM

Morning Flowers and Bird Sounds 150430
https://youtu.be/H11qqCmOEho

Tokaido Line Arriving at Shinagawa 東海道線 品川駅 150430
https://youtu.be/XNAG4T3sj4o

Mysterious Stage-like Platform in Old Building 150502
https://youtu.be/4gT0U3frRGA

新橋駅-東京駅 東海道線 Shinbashi to Tokyo - Tokaido Line 150508
https://youtu.be/dLSFfr54xiU

Shadows at Art Space Rondo 銀座奧野ビル 501号室 150508
https://youtu.be/aRtWx-eF_Fk

大崎駅-田町駅 山手線 Osaki to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 150423
https://youtu.be/ECbi0A617ms

Echoes of 1932 and 1934 - Ginza Okuno Building - April 2015 150423
https://youtu.be/X2cBsLqHMTI

神田駅-秋葉原駅 山手線 Kanda to Akihabara - Yamanote Line 150424
https://youtu.be/ndBAqgmuT_g

有楽町駅-東京駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 150428
https://youtu.be/bbjN1C8eeQk

秋葉原駅-浜松町駅 山手線 Akihabara to Hamamatsucho - Yamanote Line 150501
https://youtu.be/s1nfmFI6p8g

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150501
https://youtu.be/snSQe673vI4

Time Slip Residential Area 150508
https://youtu.be/Gg2SlKsQ1nM

品川駅-新橋駅 東海道線 Shinagawa to Shinbashi - Tokaido Line 150508
https://youtu.be/LSezfnl5E2M

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901115
https://youtu.be/gf-I0Q3OSgM

1990 夜の西新宿 ドラマロケなど Nighttime Nishi-Shinjuku Walkabout 901115
https://youtu.be/YEON81BGnFU

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 901115
https://youtu.be/_45L8p_VP4g

1990 土曜日朝早く ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku Early Morning 901117
https://youtu.be/Mry_DexKwA0

1990 新宿駅 貨物列車 Freight Train at Shinjuku Station 901117
https://youtu.be/RhdAe8YsXhc

1990 新宿駅 特急の出発 Shinjuku - Express Train Departure 901117
https://youtu.be/dOhUOYz2XCg

1990 新宿駅 土曜日の朝早く Early Morning Shinjuku Station 901117
https://youtu.be/FHl_hDwnX8M

1990 新宿駅-四ッ谷駅 中央線各駅 Shinjuku to Yotsuya - Chuo Line 901117
https://youtu.be/K17aGzndndI

1991 Planning Next Days Trip 910405
https://youtu.be/yopUSO5iHIk

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅-上野駅-浅草駅 土曜日の朝早く Hibarigaoka to Asakusa 910406
https://youtu.be/2dmPRnnvif0

1991 浅草散策散歩 Asakusa Walkabout 910406
https://youtu.be/CUPEDfi06Gc

1991年の古い銀座線 浅草駅-上野駅 Asakusa to Ueno 910406
https://youtu.be/Y3uvXpfhztE

1991 上野花見騒ぎなど Ueno Sakura Hanami 910406
https://youtu.be/qQ-RA7CBMzE

1991 上野駅-浅草駅 古い銀座線 Ueno to Asakusa 910406
https://youtu.be/-9BK03GKepc

1991 浅草の夕方雨花見 Afternoon Hanami and Rain 910406n
https://youtu.be/Snj1kkG6coI

品川駅-新橋駅-東京駅 東海道線 Shinagawa to Tokyo - Tokaido Line 150522
https://youtu.be/zeaAJWTJW0I

Art Space Rondo Exhibition アートスペース ロンドの展示会 June 6th 2015 - 150606
https://youtu.be/1VEQgl9LPi8

東京駅-浜松町駅 山手線 Tokyo to Hamamatsucho - Yamanote Line 150605
https://youtu.be/a8oAY3sXaRk

Akihabara Back Streets 秋葉原裏道 150606
https://youtu.be/zCaDxsSOhoo

秋葉原駅の夕方ホーム Akihabara Station Evening Platform View 150512
https://youtu.be/JJ_TmjkhK0Q

渋谷東口の工事現場 Shibuya East Side Construction Zone 150514
https://youtu.be/b3v8XAZuqs0

下北沢工事現場 元小田急線の線路 Construction at Shimokitazawa 150514
https://youtu.be/zMlH9CVSaKw

下北沢散策散歩 Shimokitazawa Walkabout 150514
https://youtu.be/ZLiXDu8EXMg

小田急線の地下の下北沢駅 Underground Shimokitazawa Station 150514
https://youtu.be/wmuYEvRrocY

小田急線のロマンスカー 新宿駅から出発 Odakyu Romance Car Departing Shinjuku 150514
https://youtu.be/zOODQd-W-rI

大崎駅 ホームの様子と山手線がやってくる Osaki Station Platform View 150522
https://youtu.be/u79vlBfaIiM

暮れの新宿思い出横丁 Twilight Shinjuku Omoide-Yokocho 150514
https://youtu.be/_J4LP6KMycI

夜の西武新宿線 窓と光と反射 Nighttime Seibu-Shinjuku Line 150514g
https://youtu.be/_ZXwA4fsgHU

品川駅ホームの大崎駅向き眺め Shinagawa Station End-of-Platform View 150522
https://youtu.be/A1ZKdt8hSRQ

大崎駅-品川駅 山手線の右側 Osaki to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150522
https://youtu.be/9iVvmvnWz60

15車両の東海道線が品川駅到着 Tokaido Line Arriving at Shinagawa Station (15 Cars) 150522
https://youtu.be/Oj-vr0mrAbQ

中央線 御茶ノ水駅に到着 Chuo Line - Arriving at Ochanomizu 150605
https://youtu.be/CGRpW3ykYSo

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150605
https://youtu.be/Xt-L1TwN0jg

神田駅 ホームの様子 Kanda Station Platform View 150605
https://youtu.be/t2X_ilC26Ow

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2015/02/23

"1990 Shibamata, etc.; 1991 Seibu-Ikebukuro Line, etc.; 2015 Ginza, etc."

Big mix of 1990, 1991, and 2015 views.  Rather than put off posting this blog entry with links any longer, I'm going to go ahead and just post the links without writing much.  Hopefully I'll find time to add more text to this later.

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150108
http://youtu.be/UwtL5JGhs6A

Down Escalators - Walking Back to Ground Floor 下りエスカレーター 150109
http://youtu.be/YWy5uwwnlOo

西武新宿線窓ビュー Outbound Seibu-Shinjuku Line - Window View 150110
http://youtu.be/9Rbsft9wp1Q

所沢駅-東村山駅 西武新宿線 Tokorozawa to Higashi-Murayama - Seibu-Shinjuku Line 150110
http://youtu.be/9dYCXxPFvTM
 
御茶ノ水駅-神田駅 中央線 Ochanomizu to Kanda - Chuo Line 150108
http://youtu.be/noV21P62Dsg
 
朝の神田駅 ホームの様子 Early Morning Kanda Station 150108
http://youtu.be/se6v-ol1Efk
 
丸の内 夜電車と一月の光 Marunouchi - Trains Passing in the Night 150109
http://youtu.be/UxVqRhP_Zl0
 
Yamanote Line Departing Takadanobaba 高田馬場駅から出発の山手線 150110g
http://youtu.be/7nTK5DDXdxk
 
高田馬場駅-目白駅-池袋駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Mejiro to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 150106
http://youtu.be/ImKlm3dGubY
 
池袋駅-大塚駅-巣鴨駅 山手線 Ikebukuro to Otsuka to Sugamo - Yamanote Line 150106
http://youtu.be/5Q1MO1A4rOo
 
Shinkansen Passing Yurakucho 有楽町の夜 150109
http://youtu.be/QsSTEP-ra78
 
Basement Corridors 地下の通路 150109
http://youtu.be/eqCD5apZ9bY
 
キッテ丸の内 Kitte Marunouchi Interior Quick-360 150109
http://youtu.be/HuQiC64KnmQ
 
キッテ丸の内の一見回り Kitte Marunouchi Interior 150109
http://youtu.be/JH91px-Wjo0
 
丸の内冬の夜光 Marunouchi Lights on a Cold January Night 150109
http://youtu.be/Io75-w5N55E

1990 豊島園遊園地の一日 A Day at Toshimaen Amusement Park - (900925)
http://youtu.be/-MG2uRAlO3E

1990年 豊島園駅-練馬駅-池袋駅-新宿駅 Toshimaen to Shinjuku 900925
http://youtu.be/9_eDfOYL_oM
 
1990 新宿-東から西へ Shinjuku Walkabout - East to West 900925
http://youtu.be/9_j4XIOwhAE
 
1990 西新宿夜散策散歩 Nishi-Shinjuku Walkabout 900925
http://youtu.be/-S1TXpn50P8
 
1990 新宿駅-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka 900925
http://youtu.be/A1Uiu15wFl8

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro 900926
http://youtu.be/E5B6fxU-SNE
 
1990 池袋雨散策散歩 Ikebukuro Rain Walkabout 900926
http://youtu.be/20A1TAlLQao
 
1990 池袋駅-巣鴨駅 山手線 Ikebukuro to Sugamo - Yamanote Line 900926
http://youtu.be/67ctjy8FVhE

1990 巣鴨から赤羽までの雨散歩 Sugamo to Akabane Rain Walk 900926
http://youtu.be/kM1Xw7K1DBE

1990 赤羽駅-武蔵浦和駅 埼京線 Akabane to Musashi-Urawa - Saikyo Line 900926
http://youtu.be/3sWbDhjMKYY

1991年の平和島アンティーク骨董市 1991 Heiwajima Antique Fair 910302
http://youtu.be/XfQyUOVcbms
 
1991 流通センター駅-浜松町駅 東京モノレール Ryutsu Center to Hamamatsucho - Tokyo Monorail 910302
http://youtu.be/8wPnFc6cWlU

Tatami Room in Concrete Building-A Early Stage of Demolition 150112
http://youtu.be/UUdVKRDYUew
 
Tatami Room in Concrete Building-B Early Stage of Demolition 150112
http://youtu.be/nnhgG1VPcZw
 
魚たち展 by 円風太 Madoka Futa - Art Space Rondo アートスペース ロンド 150113
http://youtu.be/MZ3sdXHnz8k
 
新宿駅から出発 中央線 Departing Shinjuku Station via Chuo Line 150113
http://youtu.be/1eSDV_iIua0
 
神田駅 朝早く Early Morning Kanda Station 150115
http://youtu.be/0ZhpEnoX1EA
 
Commode Control Panel 150120
http://youtu.be/dFR-3cvDyks

湯島から外神田へ入る所 Entering Soto-Kanda from Yushima 150120
http://youtu.be/WBeREno-GDw

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Shinjuku to Osaki SSLTCTK 150122
http://youtu.be/cS9yuZjbW9U
 
新橋駅-浜松町駅 山手線 Shinbashi to Hamamatsucho - Yamanote Line 150115
http://youtu.be/JpORXcWkjew
 
田町駅-品川駅 山手線 工事現場 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150115
http://youtu.be/3xjBmZifeGg
 
Tokyo Kotsu-Kaikan Light-up 東京運送会館イルミネーション 有楽町 150116
http://youtu.be/l9mIKIOtmUY
 
新宿駅隣の工事音 Shinjuku Station Construction Noises 150122
http://youtu.be/pd6khQfUC-0

日本橋夜の反射と光 Night Reflections and Sound in Nihonbashi 150116g
http://youtu.be/KUc3YQ6wg1c
 
上野アメ横 御囲地町駅隣 Ueno Ameyoko - Near Okachimachi Station 150120g
http://youtu.be/6M_7l_NRixA
 
文京区湯島の道 Walking Through Yushima in Bunkyo-ku 150120
http://youtu.be/M9GDU1edB_Q
 
新宿駅で待っている間の埼京線ホームの様子 Shinjuku - Waiting for Train 150122
http://youtu.be/lmPao_lSM1E
 
新橋駅-東京駅 京浜東北線 Shinbashi to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 150123
http://youtu.be/qKMa0QfinPk

1991 土曜日の新宿 Saturday Shinjuku Walkabout 910302
http://youtu.be/HsoOV7vgNyI
 
1991 Manual to Automatic Ticket Gate Transition Period 910302
http://youtu.be/NYm5qzUBQFs
 
1991 土曜日の池袋散策散歩 Saturday Ikebukuro Walkabout 910302
http://youtu.be/7tA0dN820sQ

1991 池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka 910302
http://youtu.be/v7UM3xNF0b8

1991 ひばりが丘-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro - Seibu Line 910303
http://youtu.be/FKbB4DewrZc
 
1991 池袋散策散歩 Ikebukuro Walkabout 910303
http://youtu.be/EzF1w_h1f3w
 
1991 池袋駅-椎名町駅 Ikebukuro to Shiinamachi 910303
http://youtu.be/fr78SEW8Gyk

1991 椎名町駅辺りの散策散歩 Shiinamachi Walkabout 910303
http://youtu.be/STHKbxcugqA

1991 椎名町駅-東長崎駅 Shiinamachi to Higashi-Nagasaki 910303
http://youtu.be/cBjLtHCPfLE
 
1991 東長崎駅辺りの散策散歩 Higashi-Nagasaki Station Area Walkabout, 910303
http://youtu.be/sxZSEG42iys

1991 東長崎駅-江古田駅 Higashi-Nagasaki to Ekoda 910303
http://youtu.be/G1VoqALGHwE
 
1991 江古田駅辺りの散策散歩 Ekoda Station Area 910303
http://youtu.be/FrhBKDKB2M4

池袋駅-駒込駅 山手線 Ikebukuro to Komagome - Yamanote Line 150127g
http://youtu.be/S69bKBCAbKM
 
駒込駅前のピンク郵便ポストとホームの青い光 Entering Komagome Station 150127
http://youtu.be/7xR1xvTJU_g
 
新宿駅前 南口辺り Looking Around by South Exit of Shinjuku Station 150127
http://youtu.be/HgwmchOR338
 
Platform on a Bridge - Road Noise from Below and Etc 神田駅のホームの様子 150129
http://youtu.be/LnvMP-0fnsU
 
新橋駅-浜松町駅 山手線 Shinbashi to Hamamatsucho - Yamanote Line 150129
http://youtu.be/2HXhiMVd0-U
 
浜松町駅-田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Hamamatsucho to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150129
http://youtu.be/_quwifJZ6O0
 
Maruyama Norio 丸山則夫 写真展 Photo Exhibition - Art Space Rondo アートスペース ロンド 150130
http://youtu.be/i0tO5fClYGM
 
Quick Look at Food in Shinjuku Izakaya as a Customer 150127
http://youtu.be/I9mJaGgvaXY

1991 江古田駅-桜台駅 西武池袋線 Ekoda to Sakuradai - Seibu-Ikebukuro Line 910303
http://youtu.be/FMS3lNi7zaI
 
1991 桜台駅と桜台駅辺り 西武池袋線 Sakuradai Station - Seibu-Ikebukuro Line 910303
http://youtu.be/KNNoGIzhq7c
 
1991 桜台駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Sakuradai to Hibarigaoka - Seibu Line 910303
http://youtu.be/Y4g_BKztfRo
 
1991 ひばりヶ丘駅辺り 散策散歩 Hibarigaoka Station Area Walkabout 910303
http://youtu.be/n-sj8RVEDRY
 
1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro - Seibu Line 910303
http://youtu.be/t-L1oggNaOM
 
1991 夜の日曜日池袋の散策散歩 Nighttime Ikebukuro Walkabout 910303
http://youtu.be/_ujNkafx_i8

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 西武池袋線と埼京線 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 910305
http://youtu.be/YBogmqoabM0
 
1991 西新宿散策散歩 Nishi-Shinjuku Walkabout 910305
http://youtu.be/He3427Jw0TU
 
1991 夜西新宿から新宿駅までの散策散歩 Night Walk to Shinjuku Station 910305
http://youtu.be/FA_MIheymbA
 
1991 新宿駅-中野駅 中央線 Shinjuku to Nakano - Chuo Line 910305
http://youtu.be/B0bIroCwa_4
 
1991 夜の中野 散策散歩 Nighttime Nakano Walkabout 910305
http://youtu.be/5hkx-Z27A2Q
 
1991 夜中の野方駅-上石神井駅 西武新宿線の終電下り列車 Midnight Nogata to Kamishakuji 910305
http://youtu.be/g-HCZ9_TQk4
 
1991 西側の東京夜中散策散歩 Midnight Tokyo Suburb Walkabout 910305
http://youtu.be/pdnA4JB4ly8
 
1991 池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka - Seibu Line 910303
http://youtu.be/L8_s3WISsyc

高田馬場駅の山手線が高速で到着 Takadanobaba Station - Yamanote Line 150203
http://youtu.be/LVFiwtzIluU
 
高田馬場駅-大塚駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Otsuka - Yamanote Line 150203
http://youtu.be/DeUQWJ4wnNs
 
大塚駅-巣鴨駅-駒込駅 山手線 Otsuka to Sugamo to Komagome - Yamanote Line 150203
http://youtu.be/NqzO9HbFegc
 
夕暮れ秋葉原裏道の一回り Quick Lookaround on Akihabara Back Street 150203
http://youtu.be/V5TmNmhcLlI

戸越銀座駅-五反田駅 東急池上線 Toshiginza to Gotanda - Tokyu-Ikegami Line 150206
http://youtu.be/1Bdy9ysmU8w

高田馬場駅-鷺ノ宮駅 西武新宿線 Takadanobaba to Saginomiya - Seibu-Shinjuku Line 150207
http://youtu.be/qjusjwuYfFQ

Nakagawa Luna 中川るな展示会 Installation at Gallery Kobo 巷房 150203
http://youtu.be/ludJo6_Rapw
 
田町駅-品川駅 山手線 工事現場 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150205
http://youtu.be/oNKUVv0uVDk

戸越公園 水と空と光と反射 Togoshi Park - Water, Sky, Light and Reflections 150206
http://youtu.be/PWokps3SWxk

戸越公園鴨たちの声 Duck Sounds at Togoshi Park 150206
http://youtu.be/hv7MIRxCn38
 
東急池上線五反田駅ホームの様子 Tokyu-Ikegami Line - Gotanda Station 150206
http://youtu.be/HzTNjAlLleA
 
五反田駅-大崎駅 山手線 Gotanda to Osaki - Yamanote Line 150206
http://youtu.be/CxTRbgeuamg
 
夕暮れの有楽町駅ホーム Twilight Yurakucho Station Platform 150206g
http://youtu.be/sF8CvcB6hao

夕暮れの有楽町 Twilight in Yurakucho 150206
http://youtu.be/bKxeeJdkfLI

高田馬場駅-池袋駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 150207
http://youtu.be/MRW07426Axc

Old Section of Platform with White Line (Pre-Yellow Line) 150207
http://youtu.be/34-uqQ1zPs8

山手線 Boarding Yamanote Line Train 150207
http://youtu.be/JyOc4mBc0sY

大塚駅-池袋駅 山手線 Otsuka to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 150207
http://youtu.be/_SlczuAR3_E

池袋駅-高田馬場駅 山手線 Ikebukuro to Takadanobaba - Yamanote Line 150207
http://youtu.be/qPd__M6wScE

東京駅１００周年の茶色山手線が出発 Tokyo Station 100-Year Anniversary Yamanote Train 150207
http://youtu.be/URJaqwMa7a8

高田馬場駅の南口 Takadanobaba Station South Exit 150207
http://youtu.be/EpY9Nxlkybg

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 910307
http://youtu.be/rW6S8aDafeM
 
1991 西新宿散策散歩 Nishi-Shinjuku Walkabout 910307
http://youtu.be/JjkA35lQB2Q
 
1991 新宿駅-池袋駅 埼京線 Shinjuku to Ikebukuro - Saikyo Line 910307
http://youtu.be/S6XZkHomXGM
 
1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-東村山駅 西武線 Hibarigaoka to Higashi-Murayama - Seibu Line 910315
http://youtu.be/YgH8NiguBos
 
1991 東村山駅辺りの散策散歩 Higashi-Murayama Daytime Walkabout 910315
http://youtu.be/7BjSDmu3eh0
 
1991 東村山駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武線 Higashi-Murayama to Hibarigaoka 910315
http://youtu.be/7oemFcxlihE

1990 両国駅辺り 夜様子 Ryogoku Station Area at Night 900928
http://youtu.be/AUmeqSQ-IWM

1990 両国駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Ryogoku to Hibarigaoka 900928
http://youtu.be/FJ88vsnOQ8k

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro 901006
http://youtu.be/4jRNWXKKvAs

1990 池袋駅東口辺り Ikebukuro Station East Side 901006
http://youtu.be/30joZ2bz-ds

1990 池袋駅-日暮里駅 山手線 Ikebukuro to Nippori - Yamanote Line 901006
http://youtu.be/PGdyQ_VmVR4

1990 暮里駅辺り Nippori Station Area 901006
http://youtu.be/09qUgz8cxxA

1990 日暮里駅-高砂駅-柴又駅 Nippori to Shibamata 京成線 901006
http://youtu.be/4PVzJMQqBtE

1990 柴又と江戸川散策散歩 Shibamata and Edogawa River Area Walkabout 901006
http://youtu.be/eGp1ECKX8nI

八王子駅から下り列車 Old Outbound Chuo Line Train 150209
http://youtu.be/YKDsCPxeBUA
 
馬込駅 山手線 Departing Magome Station - Yamanote Line 150210
http://youtu.be/0pbKT90wSEo
 
御徒町駅辺り Roads Cars Trucks - Main Streets Side Streets Etc 150210
http://youtu.be/nWrBExESb4Y
 
秋葉原近くの車など Cars and Trucks Near Akihabara 150210
http://youtu.be/BN68zKzUvfY
 
夜昭和通り車など Nighttime Showa-Dori Cars Trucks Etc 150213
http://youtu.be/baszFwbGkH4

神田駅 山手線 Yamanote Line Train Arriving at Kanda Station 150219
http://youtu.be/I6ONiE71gkc

新橋駅-浜松町駅-田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Shinbashi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150219
http://youtu.be/1CqzsDWU3wE
 
オールドバカラと春への憧れ展 - サロンドゥラー銀座 150220
http://youtu.be/AOrn2WzW_QY

浜松町駅-田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Hamamatsucho to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 150212
http://youtu.be/kqaO_jSb_SI

Night Trees in Nihonbashi 日本橋の夜木 150213
http://youtu.be/t69KKC2Sgqw

中央通り-日本橋駅-三越前駅 銀座線 Street to Ginza Line - Nihonbashi 150213
http://youtu.be/9K1zJleQdPQ

三越前駅ホームの様子 Platform Scene at Mitsukoshimae Station 150213
http://youtu.be/olAzVLBT87U

新宿駅 夜ホームの様子 Nighttime Shinjuku - Waiting for Train 150218
http://youtu.be/yNx_9lprTAk

新宿駅夜のアナウンスなど Nighttime Shinjuku Station 150218
http://youtu.be/k72AhfyTvp4

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/12/31

"1990 Here and There; 1991 Tokyo Motor Show; 2014 Here and There"

I'm waaaay behind with updating this.  The last time I updated my list of videos was a month and a half ago.  I've been busy with one thing and/or another and just barely had time to  upload videos - there wasn't any time to write about them and put the links in a list.  So - here I am on New Year's Eve, determined to at least get started!  I doubt I'll get this finished before crossing over to 2015, but should be able to wrap it up in a day or two (or three...).

For this batch, I've separated the 1990 and 1991 stuff - putting it at the top of the list.  Most of the 1990 material consists of going about town.  I had the video camera with me as I went around for work, etc., and took scenes as I went.  Getting into 1991, there are views that were taken as video projects, such as spending a day at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show (two hours of views, in two videos) and a fairly detailed look at the old Korakuen Amusement Park (since rebuilt and renamed).

1990 町田一回り Machida Quick Walkabout 901005
http://youtu.be/dFvdzhOOJdc

This starts off with a look out the front of a first generation Okakyu Romance-Car train that I took to Machida.  I had to go to Machida every week for some contract work, and often splurged on the way there, followed by taking a regular train back to central Tokyo.  Playing it back while I write this, I'm - once again - struck with how important the soundtrack is to conveying the atmosphere of an area at a given point in time....

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 夕方 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro 901211
http://youtu.be/PWaLDWcxXQE

Late evening view of taking a Seibu-Ikebukuro Line train into town.

1990 夕方池袋駅内 Evening Ikebukuro Station 901211
http://youtu.be/XhplNWwf7IQ

Walking through busy Ikebukuro Station from the east side to the west side.

1990 夜池袋駅西口前と駅内 Evening Nishi-Ikebukuro and Station Interior 901211
http://youtu.be/9Ifg3wu9U28

Walking around on the west side of Ikebukuro Station in the rain with an umbrella - lights, reflections, street sounds....

1990 池袋駅-新宿駅 埼京線 Ikebukuro to Shinjuku - Saikyo Line 901211
http://youtu.be/zIYYYU8S8H0

December 1990 and you were beginning to see automatic ticket gates at some entrances to some of the stations.  At Shinjuku, I think the south exit may have been the first.  In any case, in this video, both the ticket gate I enter in Ikebukuro and the one I exit in Shinjuku are automatic, but still much of (most of?) the system had manual gates.

1990 夜雨の新宿散策散歩 Evening Shinjuku Walkabout in the Rain 901211
http://youtu.be/cvBN3jC0v68

Exiting Shinjuku Station via the south exit and walking into Nishi-Shinjuku in the rain at night.  (This was taken with my first video camera, which was hypersensitive to florescent lights, causing the picture to suddenly darken in places.)

1990 Underground Passageway to Shinjuku Station 新宿地下通路 901211
http://youtu.be/9eGFWQIdAWk

To escape the rain, I went into the underground passageways to continue on to the station without getting the camera wet.

1990 新宿駅-中野駅 中央線 Shinjuku to Nakano - Chuo Line 901211
http://youtu.be/geMAC3F8R9w

The first two minutes are of Shinjuku Station.  Different lighting, different trains and some other changed details give Shinjuku a different feel from what it is now....

1990 Midnight Rainy Streets in Nakano 夜中の中野雨道 901211
http://youtu.be/UzzPCsIls-Y

Very short, but it does show the atmosphere of a street in Nakano away from the busier station area.

1990 中野駅-武蔵境駅 夜中の中央線 Nakano to Musashisakai - Chuo Line 901211
http://youtu.be/_n-Gi5xjIpA

Taking a midnight train in December.  Rustic looking now on the screen, but at the time I just wanted to be home and out of the cold, wet night.

1990 夜中の雨道 Midnight Streets in the Rain 901211
http://youtu.be/a6ISYB7hYxA

After getting off a midnight train, I walk away from the station in the middle of the night.  Tokyo depends on its residents to provide the vibrancy the megacity is know for, so lonely streets in the middle of the night can be quite desolate.

Incidentally, the population of Tokyo is often vastly undercounted by ignoring the suburbs.  Including them, the population is 37,900,000 (according to Wikipedia on January 1st, 2015:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacity )

1990 町田駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Machida to Hibarigaoka 901005
http://youtu.be/C7gqrM2rW2w

A technical note (about the first minute or so of this video):  This was taken with my first video camera (a CCD-V900) that overreacted to bright light, causing very dark scenes if there was a bright element somewhere in the picture.  There was a manual override, but it was difficult to control and often led to bleached out pictures... which is what happened with parts of this video.  (It's a 10-minute video, so there are many elements to it.)

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro 910102
http://youtu.be/aGpeb8HpyVk

1991 池袋駅内の様子 Ikebukuro Station Interior 910102
http://youtu.be/34Keb5nXhjY

1991 January Shrine Visit 910103
http://youtu.be/82T13edVFZM

1991 池袋駅と西武池袋線など Ikebukuro Station and Seibu-Ikebukuro Line 910103
http://youtu.be/TbdMBTexQhM

1991 夕方のひばりが丘 Evening Hibarigaoka 910118
http://youtu.be/q_RRb1K-5XQ

1991 池袋とひばりが丘とか Ikebukuro and Hibarigaoka 910213
http://youtu.be/U5gJfG-znbk

1991 原宿駅-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Harajuku to Hibarigaoka 910220
http://youtu.be/OL67qMpp-xQ

1991 Harajuku Walkabout 原宿散歩 910220
http://youtu.be/ndbWZ-M6B4Q

1991 後楽園遊園地 Korakuen Amusement Park 910223
http://youtu.be/GMXBjRcSKgg

This 18-minute video of Korakuen Amusement Park is interesting now in a historical way, since the entire amusement park has been rebuilt and renamed.  One interesting element of the old park is how its around-the-park train ride and roller coaster both ran in parallel with a short section of the Marunouchi (subway) Line where it runs on the surface.  Looking at this video now, I'm also struck with how many trees there appear to be.

At the time, I nearly always went to Toshimaen Amusement Park (it was closer to where I lived and had faster attractions), and rarely went to Korakuen, so I may never have visited it in the summer (this was taken in February).  In any case, it makes me feel nostalgic watching this now.  It seems like it was long, long, long ago... which I guess 24 years is.  One generation back basically, although from the feeling in this video, it seems like two or three generations back.

1991年の東京モーターショー 29回 (前半) 幕張メッセ 1991 29th Tokyo Motor Show 1/2 911026
http://youtu.be/1x8TP7O5erQ

If you want to know what it was like at the 1991 Tokyo Motor show, these two (above and below) videos will give you a good idea of the sights and sounds of the event.  The first one is 42-minutes long and the second 91-minutes, so it's a pretty detailed look at the event.  It starts at Kaihin-Makuhari Station, showing the fairly long walk over to the main exhibition spaces and then ends after I walk back to the station and up to the platform at night.

October 26th, 1991 was a busy day for me with the video camera.  I recorded the trip out to the event (several trains) and then the trip to Hiyoshi after the event (several more trains).  While over two hours of motor show footage may seem excessive, there was a lot to see at the event and I was there for around six hours.

1991年の東京モーターショー 29回 (後半) 幕張メッセ 1991 29th Tokyo Motor Show 2/2 911026
http://youtu.be/b0BnTUzHIwk

1991 海浜幕張駅-東京駅-渋谷駅-日吉駅 Kaihin-Makuhari to Hiyoshi 911026
http://youtu.be/rcO_zZ0Qg0I

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro 911025
http://youtu.be/ou35R3Mr9V0

1991 池袋東口雨の散策散歩 Ikebukuro Rain Stroll on East Side 911025
http://youtu.be/K8xaUwMboUk

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅-東京駅-海浜幕張駅 Hibarigaoka to Kaihin-Makuhari 911026
http://youtu.be/C6SxCI8LVmU

1991 山手線 FCビュー 池袋駅-東京駅 FC-View - Ikebukuro to Tokyo 911025
http://youtu.be/yHiedDx2gVU

1991 東京中央郵便局 地方記念切手 Special Issue Stamp Crowds 911025
http://youtu.be/5rk0TcKFt_M

1991 東京駅-新宿駅 中央線 Tokyo to Shinjuku - Chuo Line 911025
http://youtu.be/QVvxQBccaUQ

1991 新宿西口と東口の散策散歩 Shinjuku West and East Side Walkabout 911025
http://youtu.be/M48meMma5lA

1991 新宿駅-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka 911025
http://youtu.be/hze3XSiZlpM

From here, the videos jump up to the year 2014:

Boarding Yamanote Line Somewhere 山手線 141104
http://youtu.be/5gzCZwBt4nc

夕方秋葉原駅前広場 Akihabara Plaza 141104
http://youtu.be/41T3ZqeKfos

新宿駅南口夜の見回る Shinjuku Station South Exit 360-View 141104
http://youtu.be/tWkbUUpbNAo

新宿夜の思い出横丁 Stroll Through Shinjuku Omoideyokocho 141104
http://youtu.be/PpdXdt1_FDI

The old style izakaya street - looking a bit like the set from Bladerunner in the rain....

朝早くの中央線 水道橋駅-神田駅 Early Morning Chuo Line 141106
http://youtu.be/cfiDruZi7Os

Chuo to Yamanote Transfer at Kanda 朝早くの神田駅の様子 141106
http://youtu.be/UDyTutXUfhU

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 141106
http://youtu.be/ZR83d9XuEds

品川駅-大崎駅 山手線 Shinagawa to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 141106
http://youtu.be/hpo50fcBbE4

バスで駒込からお茶の水まで Bus Ride - Komagome to Ochanomizu 141118
http://youtu.be/if7-3XtnvGk

If you like buses, these two videos (above and below) might be of interest.  I don't use buses so much in Tokyo, so tend to enjoy the experience when I do ride in them (city buses that is, I really hate the long-distance highway buses!).

都営バス 御茶ノ水-秋葉原 Toei Bus - Ochanomizu to Akihabara 141118
http://youtu.be/x9MwN_1zOCw

Bicycle Ride in Suburbia-A 自転車 141108
http://youtu.be/nxw8G12UT-s

Bicycle Ride in Suburbia-B 自転車 141108
http://youtu.be/398o6e5UZGs

Bicycle Ride in Suburbia-C 自転車 141108
http://youtu.be/nzC_Zrdai2A

Hallways and Staircases - Echoes of the Past 141114
http://youtu.be/BQV3lmCFb8U

Friday Night Yurakucho-SB 金曜日の有楽町SB 141114g
http://youtu.be/Z6eLHwwgza0

Freight Train Passing Nishi-Kokubunji Station 西国分寺駅 141115
http://youtu.be/y0k6f8nd8D4

Midnight Escalator 夜中のエスカレーター 141115
http://youtu.be/P5beX48Gcfk

大崎イルミネーション End of Year Illumination in Osaki 141106
http://youtu.be/ACZ5tHOAbfs

東京駅八重洲口バスエリア散歩 Tokyo Station Yaesu Side at Night 141107
http://youtu.be/wXE9k7Eaynw

東京駅-秋葉原駅 山手線 Tokyo to Akihabara - Yamanote Line 141107g
http://youtu.be/BgUYzTAJwbw

上野駅-日暮里駅 夜の山手線 Ueno to Nippori - Yamanote Line 141107
http://youtu.be/6j9yRX_VOeg

夜中の新宿駅ホーム Midnight Shinjuku Station Platform 141107
http://youtu.be/tVoA5XD_Kiw

目白駅-池袋駅 山手線 Mejiro to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 141111
http://youtu.be/cF2nb7LIX4E

池袋駅-巣鴨駅 山手線 Ikebukuro to Sugamo - Yamanote Line 141111
http://youtu.be/oPRaMYvkn2U

巣鴨駅-駒込駅 山手線 Sugamo to Komagome - Yamanote Line 141111
http://youtu.be/VqJDnhPofCU

西日暮里駅-日暮里駅 山手線 Nishi-Nippori to Nippori - Yamanote Line 141111
http://youtu.be/z2uGwuHhpLY

Old Stairway 古い階段 141111
http://youtu.be/XfmQXaz_-sA

日本橋散策散歩 Walking Through Nihonbashi 141111n
http://youtu.be/Q9gbzzsJpYs

浜松町駅-田町駅 山手線 Hamamatsucho to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 141113
http://youtu.be/PwV-kwITyIM

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 141113
http://youtu.be/GzZ30h98AJA

東京駅開業100周年の茶色山手線 TS100A-Brown Yamanote Line Train 141114
http://youtu.be/hcJntFurCBg

Twilight Evening Melody in Osaki - Plaza Fountain 141114n
http://youtu.be/lm-mKXInaI8

Yurakucho Night - Shinkansen Passing 有楽町夜 新幹線が通る 141114
http://youtu.be/yBldKYqiEeQ

高田馬場駅ホームの様子 Takadanobaba Station Platform 141118
http://youtu.be/cOJvYsx9Y0A

高田馬場駅-巣鴨駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Sugamo - Yamanote Line 141118

秋葉原駅の夜ホームの様子 Akihabara Station Platform - Waiting 141118
http://youtu.be/XATTJQF8kac

Train Shadows on Platform 電車の陰 141119
http://youtu.be/CZGNY_J21Lc

豊田駅-八王子駅 中央線 Toyoda to Hachioji - Chuo Line-FCV 141119
http://youtu.be/H4dsrqBvCwQ

夕暮れの大崎 Twilight in Osaki 141121
http://youtu.be/flamUl2Ia6w

山手線が有楽町駅から出発 Yamanote Line Departing Yurakucho 141121
http://youtu.be/jbC5SNhbro0

Autumn Yurakucho Night Stroll 秋の有楽町夜散歩 141121
http://youtu.be/LlcrS0z2tJw

Bicycle Ride Near Tamagawa-Josui Canal 玉川上水近くの自転車ビュー 141123
http://youtu.be/fgMNWFeCU-8

Looking Over Autumn Rikugien Gardens 秋の六義園の林 141125
http://youtu.be/nr--U0Q8p24

雨の銀座晴海通り Ginza Harumi-Dori in the Rain 141125
http://youtu.be/LcsjBP4YPio

品川駅-大崎駅 山手線 Shinagawa to Osaki - Yamanote Line 141127
http://youtu.be/qgCNyAIZJ6c

Rooftop Photographers in Marunouchi 夜の丸の内 141128
http://youtu.be/40gc30DX8rg

高田馬場駅-巣鴨駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Sugamo - Yamanote Line 141118
http://youtu.be/_h6MUKwTVMk

ミヤチ.Y.ヒロミ展示会 - 銀座YsARTS-508 - Miyachi Y Hiromi - Ginza Exhibition 141125
http://youtu.be/kKQAK0t_OXI

Shinjuku Southern-Terrace Illumination Quick View in the Rain 雨と風の新宿サザンテラス 141125
http://youtu.be/Xz5rK1dxC_8

Trains Arriving at Kokubunji Station 国分寺駅の到着電車 141126
http://youtu.be/kIJR4iPfsWA

Walking Towards Osaki Station at Night 大崎 141128
http://youtu.be/90TwDCy-Hbc

大崎駅-品川駅 山手線 Osaki to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 141128
http://youtu.be/oeoP5EEQnYo

Walking Through Crowded Bus Area - Tokyo Station Yaesu Side 東京駅八重洲側 141121
http://youtu.be/Zw49AsDDkfo

神田駅 山手線と京浜東北線 Kanda Station - Trains Arriving and Departing 141127
http://youtu.be/m3CjtYi4YFo

田町駅-品川駅 山手線の左側 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 141127
http://youtu.be/gbYD9IOI_Lc

Waiting for the Yamanote Line 山手線を来るまで待っている 141128
http://youtu.be/04vp-Rww2HY

品川駅-田町駅 山手線 Shinagawa to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 141128
http://youtu.be/vdjAcogQ6Us

有楽町駅-東京駅 京浜東北線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 141128
http://youtu.be/DZpaEgcPaPs

Marunouchi Night View from Former Central Post Office Roof 丸の内 141128
http://youtu.be/KKZnRevuexA

夜の丸の内 Lights and Towers in Marunouchi 141128
http://youtu.be/drE-5J-92Fk

市ヶ谷駅-飯田橋駅 中央線 Ichigaya to Iidabashi - Chuo Line 141030h
http://youtu.be/J7QHH335IqQ

神田駅ホームの様子 新幹線が通るとか Kanda Station Platform 141030h
http://youtu.be/-GHJaTrgDqE

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 141030h
http://youtu.be/NQVTNkOK0UU

Kanda Station Platform Lookaround 神田駅 141031h
http://youtu.be/m-Hg7DQQ8tM

Yamanote Line Arriving at Kanda Station 神田駅の山手線 141031h
http://youtu.be/Cs_D3CXNp14

東京駅-新橋駅 山手線 Tokyo to Shinbashi - Yamanote Line 141031h
http://youtu.be/v_2T3h2Lk-o

新橋駅-田町駅 山手線 Shinbashi to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 141031h
http://youtu.be/CQDj2KU4NvA

Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 田町駅-品川駅-山手線 141031h
http://youtu.be/H3_p1ZSg5jA

中央線 神田駅に到着 Chuo Line Arriving at Kanda Station - FC View 141009h
http://youtu.be/la732ZgfQuU

神田駅で山手線を来るまで待っている Kanda Station - Yamanote Line 141010h
http://youtu.be/YM-O0qW8WlA

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 141010h
http://youtu.be/kDh4oYbdXD8

秋の六義園 Autumn Rikugien Gardens Hill View-A 141202h
http://youtu.be/AApbmuwlhgE

Autumn Rikugien Gardens Hill View-B 秋の六義園 141202h
http://youtu.be/cDZkdYSPX04

有楽町SB - Yurakucho-SB 141128g
http://youtu.be/VRGWT3Mvu8w

大崎駅エスカレーター Osaki Escalator to Platform 141120g
http://youtu.be/q7TW5OD3t_Y

上野駅-有楽町駅 快速京浜東北線と山手線 Ueno to Yurakucho - Yamanote と KTL 141125g
http://youtu.be/ouXsyfhovYo

電車台風 新幹線 山手線 京浜東北線 東海道線 Tokyo Train Typhoon 141125g
http://youtu.be/v1hKmqBTHUo

御茶ノ水駅-神田駅 中央線 左側後ろ向き Ochanomizu to Kanda - Chuo Line 141127g
http://youtu.be/j5axwNp7mGk

夜大崎駅辺りの電車と光風景 Trains Passing in the Night at Osaki 141127g
http://youtu.be/gr_uwHVOgEw

六義園 秋-1 Rikugien Gardens - Autumn View 141202
http://youtu.be/hG6oxJzjIl8

六義園 秋-2 Rikugien Gardens - Autumn View 141202
http://youtu.be/BLAbUDUbb3w

六義園 秋-3 Rikugien Gardens - Autumn View 141202
http://youtu.be/1C-7lIEBvOc

六義園 秋-4 Rikugien Gardens - Autumn View 141202
http://youtu.be/Chp2PJ3LyeQ

六義園 秋-5 Rikugien Gardens - Autumn View 141202
http://youtu.be/2YRvYQdpcjw

六義園 秋-7 Rikugien Gardens - Autumn Night View 141202
http://youtu.be/IWdBwSVBylI

六義園 秋-8 Rikugien Gardens - Autumn Night View - Bridge 141202
http://youtu.be/wH3HsW5SGrU

Main Street at Night in Komagome 駒込夜の大通り 141202
http://youtu.be/LtRDXVESN_M

高田馬場駅 西武新宿線 Waiting for Seibu-Shinjuku Line Train 141202
http://youtu.be/DzcSi6dIXbM

豊田駅-八王子駅 中央線 国鉄115系電車 JR Series-115 - Toyoda to Hachioji - Chuo Line 141201g
http://youtu.be/By2GqimODDg

Looking out the window of an old Series-115 JR train... listening to the sounds of this type of train.  The sound of the motors and the various creaks and rattles make me feel nostalgic for when I often rode this type of train on the Tokaido Line in the mid-eighties.  Oh, and the sound of the train's PA system!

高田馬場駅-目白駅-池袋駅-大塚駅 Takadanobaba to Otsuka - Yamanote Line 141206
http://youtu.be/YGOQsNy3zqU

玉川上水隣の散歩 Walking Along Tamagawa-Josui 141206
http://youtu.be/7_J0zADze_w

夜の神田駅 Kanda Station at Night 141204
http://youtu.be/LqCfo-nXh1M

A look at newly opened shops within Kanda Station - part of extensive renovation of the station.

神田駅-東京駅 山手線 Kanda to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 141204
http://youtu.be/W2AM0VVUA1g

Ginza Line Train Departing Kyobashi Station 銀座線 京橋駅 141205
http://youtu.be/4LJlC9p1pnY

Illumination at Tokyo Square Garden 141205
http://youtu.be/f5yEBHp8TIE

東京駅八重洲口前の光 Tokyo Station Front Lights - Yaesu Side 141205n
http://youtu.be/QLQvi_qLdkM

東京駅-神田駅 山手線 Tokyo to Kanda - Yamanote Line 141205
http://youtu.be/rXsUXO_rmTg

神田駅-秋葉原駅 山手線 Kanda to Akihabara - Yamanote Line 141205
http://youtu.be/Eq4H3XoPSJk

秋葉原駅-御徒町駅-上野駅 山手線 Akihabara to Ueno - Yamanote Line 141205
http://youtu.be/9tdk-2OI0ts

Nishihara Taiji Exhibition 西原大路展 Art Space Rondo アートスペース ロンド 141205
http://youtu.be/IIDDl4mDcOI

新宿駅南口内部一回り Shinjuku Station Upper Concourse 141216
http://youtu.be/U6Iwr-TovHQ

Shinjuku - Waiting for Late Night Train 夜遅く新宿駅中央線ホーム 141216
http://youtu.be/oQf2lQeAXMY

夜遅く中央線が遣って来る 新宿駅 Late Night Chuo Line at Shinjuku 141216
http://youtu.be/u57KYUmITS0

Takahashi Mariko Exhibition 高橋まり子展 Jungaro 純画廊 141209n
http://youtu.be/cHHPG018F94

神田駅-東京駅 山手線 Kanda to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 141209
http://youtu.be/q78hGEnUhWg

神田駅の朝の電車 Morning Trains at Kanda Station 141211
http://youtu.be/vm0Tkmt7E2E

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 141211
http://youtu.be/QnYWAlnf1QI

新橋駅-田町駅 山手線 Shinbashi to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 141211g
http://youtu.be/IRuDRjQx02k

雨の新宿思い出横丁 Shinjuku Omoide-Yokocho in the Rain 141216g
http://youtu.be/4tDP7vpZj9U

東京交通会館イルミネーションの一見 Tokyo Kotsu-Kaikan -December Lights 141218n
http://youtu.be/VqhgavVm66s

Walking Towards Ginza 銀座へ向かう 141218
http://youtu.be/BKBUoxRn__s

新宿駅埼京線ホームの様子 三列に並んでお待ち下さい Shinjuku Station Saikyo Platform 141225
http://youtu.be/lXtFnTJNxJA

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン横須賀線直通 Shinjuku to Osaki - Shonan-Shinjuku Line - Yokosuka Line 141225
http://youtu.be/UYGVliqLPNw

立川駅買い物通路 Tachikawa Station Shopping Concourse 141224
http://youtu.be/LvPlUlcHMrg

立川駅 改札からホームまで Tachikawa Station - Concourse to Platform 141224
http://youtu.be/afHUgabL9fw

立川駅南口 クリスマスイブ Tachikawa South Side - Christmas Eve 141224g
http://youtu.be/ldKs7WgeayE

Tachikawa Christmas Eve Shopping 立川駅 クリスマスイブなど 141224
http://youtu.be/KXW2fAsZvTY

立川駅北口イルミネーションとか Tachikawa - Escalator to Street Level 141224g
http://youtu.be/5b48SlpltAk

立川駅へ向かう クリスマスイブの夜 北口 Christmas Eve Tachikawa - North Side 141224
http://youtu.be/4xVIYENxsUI

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2014/10/25

"1990 Ueno, Tamachi, Shinjuku, Etc.; 2014 Ginza, Shinjuku, Etc."

This batch opens with views of 1990 Ueno Ameyokocho - an area that visually *looks* quite similar today, but *feels* a bit different.  The area has become a little more of a tourist destination for foreign tourists, and a little less of a shopping destination for local residents.  Or at least that's how it seems to me - I could be wrong.

After that is a trip to Omiya, trips to Tamachi, Machida, Shinjuku, Machida, etc.  Thinking back on this period of video recording, I think I had separated the use of the two cameras I had into using the one this batch was recorded with for daily around town stuff, and the other (newer and better) camera for video recording expeditions.

1990 上野のアメ横丁 Ueno Ameyokocho 900921
http://youtu.be/653zPA8vyao

1990 上野駅と上野駅辺り Ueno Station and Station Area 900921
http://youtu.be/LnjeZsW9cXM

1990 大宮駅の見回り Omiya Station Look-around 900921
http://youtu.be/gmAYlfrvzTs

1990 大宮散策散歩 Omiya Walkabout 900921
http://youtu.be/jzmBKHFzHlM

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-田町駅 朝の通勤 Hibarigaoka to Machida Morning Commute 901001
http://youtu.be/UnASV9YEy1Q

1990 田町駅から仕事まで歩く Walking to Work in Tamachi 901001
http://youtu.be/YtD0k5Zng7k

1990 忙しくない月曜日 Slow Work Day in Tamachi 901001
http://youtu.be/5f5mE-oUKIM

1990 夕方田町 Evening Tamachi 901001
http://youtu.be/CBdGUyzUFOc

1990 Tamachi Rail Ticket Office 901001
http://youtu.be/a6qStdlnZ1I

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901002
http://youtu.be/15mavbFW6fU

1990 田町駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Tamachi to Hibarigaoka 901001
http://youtu.be/w1N3mN2KQoo

1990 新宿彼方此方 Shinjuku Walkabout 901002
http://youtu.be/OczutMJTpwA

1990 夜西新宿から新宿駅まで散歩 Night Walk to Shinjuku Station 901002
http://youtu.be/2D1dlBeVfkc

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 901002
http://youtu.be/mT29uNgZW1w

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901003
http://youtu.be/DDa0F_UpZzo

1990 Shinjuku Sky Angles 新宿角度空 901003
http://youtu.be/byscTSZAOU0

1990 小田急新宿駅 Odakyu-Shinjuku Station 901003
http://youtu.be/4l0sKgRZ3WU

1990 新宿駅-町田駅 Shinjuku to Machida 901003
http://youtu.be/_s0jLdt9u7A

1990 町田駅辺り一見 Machida Station Area Quick Look 901003
http://youtu.be/3a8ldnHYT-s

1990 町田駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Machida to Hibarigaoka 901003
http://youtu.be/3l-kWBZIyfY

The following few views are basically the same category as the previous batch from 24 years ago in 1990.  Comparing how it felt to record video in 1990 with how it feels now in 2014, there was a novelty to it in 1990 and now it's just an ordinary thing....

飯田橋駅-御茶ノ水駅 中央線 Iidabashi to Ochanomizu - Chuo Line 141003
http://youtu.be/iUhiUDTYF7I

元万世橋駅-神田駅 中央線 Manseibashi to Kanda - Chuo Line 141003
http://youtu.be/ASUMCTtqjTQ

The Sound of Crickets Singing Away at Kanda Station 141003
http://youtu.be/TLijVcFZZek

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line FC-View 141003
http://youtu.be/S664fD-Hpak

大塚駅の山手線 Yamanote Line Train Arriving at Otsuka 141004
http://youtu.be/xnPrEZViCe4

And back to around town views - again showing Tamachi, Shinjuku, Hibarigaoka, etc.

1990 Tamachi Overcast Morning 朝の田町 901004
http://youtu.be/TTkZtgRMF5E

1990 Tamachi Late Afternoon 午後の田町 901004
http://youtu.be/0dBJ6m8e84o

1990 夕方田町駅 Evening Tamachi Station 901004
http://youtu.be/U6eYnrBvGXE

1990 田町駅-新宿駅 Tamachi to Shinjuku 901004
http://youtu.be/TdB3-Yzv3Lk

1990 夕方新宿駅南口から西新宿へ Evening Walk Into Nishi-Shinjuku 901004
http://youtu.be/HP6QfSY9Eh4

1990 夜の西新宿から新宿駅まで Nishi-Shinjuku to Shinjuku Station 901004
http://youtu.be/1Z6M6Sfmx6M

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 901004
http://youtu.be/QA7RX6A_Fiw

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901005
http://youtu.be/HdYaA3atJ1Y

1990 新宿駅南口隣のお昼の様子 Noontime View of Shinjuku South Exit Street 901005
http://youtu.be/PZaLfsjOyIs

1990 Odakyu Shinjuku Station 小田急新宿駅ホームの様子 901005
http://youtu.be/XNdojDVV5Ow

And then the rest of the views in this batch of video views are all from 2014.  I've been busy this past month+ and so some time has passed since taking them (over a month!).  Ideally, I'd like to comment on these soon after taking them, or at least watch them again before commenting, but I really don't have the time at the moment to do that.

高田馬場駅隣土曜日お昼の様子 Takadanobaba Afternoon Stationside Scene 141004g
http://youtu.be/-ofN01NDpDI

有楽町駅-品川駅 雨の山手線 Yurakucho to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140925
http://youtu.be/RW3PT_edcJA

Arriving at Ochanomizu on the Chuo Line 中央線 総武線 御茶ノ水駅 140926
http://youtu.be/JApDNyELYFs

Quick 360 on a Tokyo Station Platform 東京駅ホーム360度 140926
http://youtu.be/82_cr53YWZc

田町駅-品川駅 左側の山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140926
http://youtu.be/_DFiupROy7c

中村千代展 Nakamura Chiyo Exhibition - Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 140926
http://youtu.be/W0CMyk3xlow

駒込駅隣の360度 Afternoon Komagome Station Area 360 140930
http://youtu.be/nXs-oA6PGjY

駒込駅の山手線 Waiting for the Yamanote Line at Komagome Station 140930
http://youtu.be/PDyD8yx5aF0

西日暮里駅-上野駅 山手線の右側 Nishi-Nippori to Ueno - Yamanote Line 140930
http://youtu.be/UMBd8qyHE9c

御徒町駅-秋葉原駅 山手線 Okachimachi to Akihabara - Yamanote Line 140930
http://youtu.be/cyT4gaOQjDw

Rattling Vertical Signs in Akihabara 秋葉原電気街 140930
http://youtu.be/TSNDNZwDycg

Although this was taken back in September(!), I remember this one very clearly.  I was in Akihabara when I noticed an unusual rattling sound and looked up - discovering the source of the sound to be the many metal rollers inside the vertical metal frames for vertical display banners - being pushed back and forth in the metal frames by a fairly strong wind.

They used to have more of these on building sides, but they're much less common now.  Outside billboard-style advertising in general is becoming less and less common, since people are walking around looking down at their cell-phone-computer screens all the time and hardly ever bother to look around when they're outside.

夕暮れの西新宿 元淀橋 Twilight Nishi-Shinjuku Stroll 140930g
http://youtu.be/I_GLjBfuyPQ

新宿工事現場 ホームの様子 Shinjuku Construction Symphony of Noise 141002g
http://youtu.be/6h1yrDayRrw

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Shinjuku to Osaki SSLTCTK 141002
http://youtu.be/nVKMJMbojqM

Akihabara Plaza 360 秋葉原広場360度 141002
http://youtu.be/2CQ3M9WKmJE

Kawase Kazuyo A 河瀬和世展示会 和紙の世界-V2 Exhibition at Art Space Rondo 141003
http://youtu.be/4zC2eP-h1jU

Kawase Kazuyo B 河瀬和世展示会 和紙の世界-V2 Exhibition at Art Space Rondo 141003
http://youtu.be/JWAGqRVYGK8

駒込駅 夜ホームの様子 Nighttime Komagome Station Platform 141003
http://youtu.be/dps-d_-aeak

Yamanote Line Train Arriving Behind Platform Wall 山手線 高田馬場駅 141007
http://youtu.be/Re8L7hdMl4k

Akihabara Side Street 秋葉原横道 141007
http://youtu.be/U_RtghL-jqg

Looking Up and Down Late Afternoon Platform at Akihabara Station 秋葉原駅 141007
http://youtu.be/Jn5EGKvoBgE

秋葉原駅で総武線電車が遣って来る Sobu Line Trains at Akihabara 141007
http://youtu.be/PP7cBl8UTF0

大崎駅の夕暮れ電車など Twilight Trains Passing Osaki Station 141009
http://youtu.be/YNKsnfyjO8E

Twilight Osaki Residential Towers 夕暮れの大崎 141010
http://youtu.be/Pg6xzbhk_y0

Yurakucho Evening Street 夕方有楽町の道 141010
http://youtu.be/XAD1wtJ-htA

堀越千秋展示会 (ア) Horikoshi Chiaki Exhibition at Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 141010
http://youtu.be/P_Ol6YEAUTM

堀越千秋展示会 (イ) Horikoshi Chiaki Exhibition at Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 141010
http://youtu.be/Li8-5iXuDsg

堀越千秋展示会 (ウ) Horikoshi Chiaki Exhibition at Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 141010
http://youtu.be/797K_vXSjWE

堀越千秋展示会 (エ) Horikoshi Chiaki Exhibition at Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 141010
http://youtu.be/dgZWlW1koCY

Una Lee Exhibition at Ginza Art Space Rondo ウナ・リー展示会 銀座アートスペース・ロンド 141010
http://youtu.be/AoCqqrHztjI

In this view (above), the artist briefly explains a couple of her paintings.

横山光伸展示会 (ア) Yokoyama Mitsunobu Exhibition アートギャラリー石 141010
http://youtu.be/EKy53pMccRA

横山光伸展示会 (イ) Yokoyama Mitsunobu Exhibition アートギャラリー石 141010
http://youtu.be/JAmUup1oXdw

Asphalt Desolation 141010
http://youtu.be/JWIVuTqrNQA

With high-rise towers now being the standard form of new construction in Tokyo, there appears to be a requirement to have a certain amount of green that goes with each tower, so areas with no plant life whatsoever like this desolate late-night view are becoming rare (fortunately!).

有楽町ガード下の居酒屋 Yurakucho Under-Tracks-Izakaya 141010
http://youtu.be/bObExwn98Kg

Yurakucho Autumn Street Izakaya 有楽町秋道居酒屋 141010
http://youtu.be/tZnBxabc9ys

Yurakucho Autumn Street Izakaya 有楽町秋道居酒屋 141010
http://youtu.be/tZnBxabc9ys

有楽町ガード下スタンドバー居酒屋ストリートシーン Yurakucho-SB 141010
http://youtu.be/EfYAHAmedsQ

有楽町駅-東京駅 金曜日の夜十時山手線 10PM Yurakucho to Tokyo - Yamanote 141010
http://youtu.be/_B3UaYlYWY0

Chuo Line Arriving at Kunitachi Station 国立駅に中央線が遣って来る 141010
http://youtu.be/fvq8n0jf8pY

Train Race to Shibuya 渋谷駅まで 山手線の隣 141011
http://youtu.be/LHW-0tsZxqo

渋谷駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン Train Race with Yamanote Line from Shibuya 141011
http://youtu.be/_J-CiYs9yCI

大崎何とか祭り Walkway Event in Osaki 141011
http://youtu.be/ol_EbqhPxxo

Halloween Exhibition and Performance Art at Ginza Forest Gallery 141021
http://youtu.be/-EXB9PyeD5w

Interesting Visitors at Art Space Rondo 銀座アートスペース ロンドの不思議の客様 141021
http://youtu.be/7xaimDKJOCo

夕方新宿駅 Evening Shinjuku Station 141021
http://youtu.be/h1rw6MdBEp8

Welding Light Show in Nighttime Shinjuku 新宿南口 夜の工事現場 141021
http://youtu.be/1h2r_2mrMyU

新宿東口の夜道散策散歩 Shinjuku East Side Night Walkabout 141021
http://youtu.be/iKBWykMGCFw

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Riding Past Former Shinagawa Rail Yards in October 2014 (141017)
http://youtu.be/v52IYQ5PFYY

Boarding Tozai Line at Nihonbashi 東西線 日本橋駅のホーム 141017
http://youtu.be/_8GlgSr8gVU

西武新宿線の夜高田馬場駅ホーム Seibu-Shinjuku Line Takadanobaba Station 141017
http://youtu.be/BCh8E2JO0Mw

夜の秋虫音 Insect Noises at Night 141017
http://youtu.be/XpZ9U3U3tik

Narrow Stairs 141021
http://youtu.be/N9NVydSp5WQ

有楽町駅夕方ホーム Evening Yurakucho Station Platform View 141014
http://youtu.be/IcRFpK_RjDM

新宿駅夕方ホーム Evening Shinjuku Station Platform View 141014
http://youtu.be/J2tbd8HDPB4

新宿駅南口前の様子 Shinjuku South Exit Night Sidewalk Scene 141014n
http://youtu.be/VX-VlYDVdlY

新宿駅南口の夜 Shinjuku Station Night South Side Quick Look-Around 141014n
http://youtu.be/tQ5bllggd6Q

Shinjuku South Side Pedestrian Overpass Look-Around 新宿南口の夜 141014
http://youtu.be/NztYOZ_1VGY

Shinjuku Southern Terrace at Night - Installing End-of-Year Lighting 141014
http://youtu.be/ZQpi4PJKiFQ

Riding Chuo Line into Kanda Station 中央線 神田駅 141017
http://youtu.be/CVrWKXamPbA

Yamanote Line Platforms at Kanda - Early Stage of Platform Wall Construction 141017
http://youtu.be/PSGB2ut8-kQ

有楽町駅-新橋駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Shinbashi - Yamanote Line 141017
http://youtu.be/9GIV3BrII8o

秋葉原駅山手線ホームの様子 Akihabara Station Platform View 141021
http://youtu.be/Q0qNV9UW-lQ

神田駅-有楽町駅 山手線 Kanda to Yurakucho - Yamanote Line 141021g
http://youtu.be/L_yAsu10FfY

Shinkansen Trains Passing Yurakucho 夕方新幹線が有楽町駅を通る 141021g
http://youtu.be/WyUWzsolNy8

Boarding Train in Shinjuku 141023
http://youtu.be/fRyF1lkJFP4

神田駅の電車 Watching Trains at Kanda Station 141024
http://youtu.be/DE5ScWMq48Q

Keio Line Side Window View 京王線 141025
http://youtu.be/I1j0-MrtG-0

Hachioji Station Elevated Plaza 八王子駅前広場 141025
http://youtu.be/Z7EH1KUJCr4

Twilight 141025
http://youtu.be/TTPHZbOW0o4

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Shinjuku to Osaki SSLTCTK 141023
http://youtu.be/WrzSZmQUEDA

夜の大崎 Nighttime Osaki 141023
http://youtu.be/Ad5khHx2kUw

Osaki Escalator Ride 大崎駅ホームまでのエスカレーター 141023g
http://youtu.be/Gl7S9E_cw0k

飯田橋駅-神田駅 中央線各駅と快速 Iidabashi to Kanda - Chuo Line Local and Rapid 141024
http://youtu.be/E6421m0rKHg

有楽町駅-浜松町駅-田町駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 141024
http://youtu.be/EeQx14HSX2E

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 141024
http://youtu.be/HkfYZrdVGJA

日本橋の夜 Nighttime Nihonbashi 141024
http://youtu.be/DyFknS0kHfU

Waiting for a Train at Keio-Takao Station 141025
http://youtu.be/YKQMpswzZI4

高尾駅-狭間駅 京王線 Takao to Hazama - Keio Line 141025
http://youtu.be/HtJk_J3R6Zc

北野駅ホームの様子 京王線 Kitano Station Platform View 141025
http://youtu.be/a3i8m-i9K3Y

北野駅-京王八王子駅 京王線 Kitano to Keio-Hachioji - Keio Line 141025
http://youtu.be/5aIpOF2n11M

The timing for this video was good and after pulling out of the station at the same time as the train on the other platform (and briefly running in parallel) a JR train comes alongside and then while passing under another JR line, a train is going by overhead while we pass underneath.  All in all, it was  a great ride for seeing other trains.

Twilight Akihabara Streets 夕暮れの秋葉原の道 141028
http://youtu.be/Ey0K8Ysmbuw

有楽町駅-東京駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 141031
http://youtu.be/JqdlQkm5iR0

西武新宿線の窓情景 Seibu-Shinjuku Line Window View 141101
http://youtu.be/2YDWLdWFmIQ

Seibu-Shinjuku Line Window View 西武新宿線の窓情景 左側 141101
http://youtu.be/XyLqWhdmB60

池袋駅東口前 雨の日 Ikebukuro Rainy Day Sidewalk on East Side 141101
http://youtu.be/eRjZwQGUcuU

練馬駅-保谷駅 西武池袋線 Nerima to Hoya - Seibu-Ikebukuro Line 141101
http://youtu.be/U5BrheWPVRo

保谷駅-清瀬駅 西武池袋線 Hoya to Kiyose - Seibu-Ikebukuro Line 141101
http://youtu.be/Voe-cbV7rXU

所沢駅ホームの様子 Tokorozawa Station Platform View 141101
http://youtu.be/8J6ggrNZjWc

夕方東京駅内 Evening Tokyo Station 141028
http://youtu.be/paQNwULTdTU

東京駅八重洲口夜散策散歩 Tokyo Station Yaesu Side - Night Walkabout 141028
http://youtu.be/mmOZCYBWJZw

夜の高田馬場駅 Nighttime Takadanobaba Station 141028
http://youtu.be/mfq4I5pegns

西武高田馬場駅 夜ホームの様子 Evening Seibu Takadanobaba Platform View 141028
http://youtu.be/c_bYCfZAG0A

西武新宿線の夜窓ビュー 高田馬場駅-鷺ノ宮駅 Seibu-Shinjuku Line Night Window View 141028
http://youtu.be/o68eeufGqHk

東村山駅で西武拝島線を乗る Boarding Seibu-Haijima Line at Higashi-Murayama Station 141028
http://youtu.be/K6NcnQpSgqs

Evening Train Arriving at Osaki 夕方列車が大崎駅に到着 141030
http://youtu.be/_N6F8apW0EM

新宿駅中央線ホームからの左右の様子 Shinjuku Chuo Line Platform Left-Right View 141030
http://youtu.be/xnLwVQfiHC0

Osaki Station Area Night Walkway 大崎駅へ向かう 141031
http://youtu.be/CbLv10Dgcns

大崎駅辺り東側夜見回り Osaki Station Area - East Side Look-Around 141031
http://youtu.be/bMdu8efwuFs

大崎夜回る情景など Osaki Spinning Night View Etc 141031
http://youtu.be/KiJtvCrBmDQ

大崎駅夜山手線ホーム Osaki Station Night Yamanote Platform 141031
http://youtu.be/ObSUomowEFY

山手線が大崎駅に遣って来る Yamanote Line Arriving at Osaki 141031
http://youtu.be/n7OHYsm5dMw

有楽町金曜日の夜 駅辺り Yurakucho Friday Night 141031
http://youtu.be/RlL7UmyS614

夜の有楽町スタンドバー辺り Yurakucho-SB - Passing Night Train 141031
http://youtu.be/nKJgVehqn7E

有楽町駅の方に走るなど Elevated Keihin-Tohoku Line at Yurakucho Etc 141031
http://youtu.be/NI2q1_NlnYg

東西線車内移動 早稲田駅-高田馬場駅 Evening Tozai Line Interior 141028g
http://youtu.be/XsftAr6bbQo

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/09/27

"1990 Kanda, Shinjuku, Machida, Etc.; 2014 Shinjuku, Osaki, Ginza, Etc."

Views of 1990 and 2014.  The 1990 views are basically a 1990 version of taking video here and there while going about the city for other reasons, so there are a lot of central Tokyo views.  The 2014 videos include views of Ueno Park, the large pedestrian overpass at Ueno Station, Ginza, etc.  (The photos this time, by the way, are fairly random - some related to nearby video links and some unrelated.)

1990 日本橋のさびしい雨道 Lonely Rainy Streets in Nihonbashi 900917
http://youtu.be/wT4xZHbTCuA

1990 神田駅西口通り商店街 夜の神田駅辺り Kanda Station Area at Night 900917
http://youtu.be/3YqWwhSQ90E

1990 夜の神田駅 改札口からホームまで Nighttime Kanda Station 900917
http://youtu.be/QHAlriVDTqg

1990 神田駅-池袋駅 夜の山手線 Kanda to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 900917
http://youtu.be/3_gw05JNQRI

1990 池袋駅で山手線-西武池袋線の乗り換え JR-Seibu Ikebukuro Transfer 900917
http://youtu.be/0Ne6ANVVY80

1990 池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka at Night 900917
http://youtu.be/H6OZRx-FUMs

1990 The Map あの時の使った地図 900919
http://youtu.be/fByMXNdPUmk

A look at the map I started the Around Tokyo video project with - marking areas I'd videotaped by highlighting them in yellow.  I'm not sure what became of this map - it's probably sleeping in a box somewhere.

1990 Hibarigaoka - East Side View ひばりが丘東側の風景 900919
http://youtu.be/-3E79PjfqUc

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro - Seibu Line 900919
http://youtu.be/UtKUTAyP-_A

1990 池袋駅 西武線-JR線の乗り換え Seibu to JR Transfer at Ikebukuro 900919
http://youtu.be/DNws5z3WcpU

1990 池袋駅=新宿駅 埼京線 Ikebukuro to Shinjuku - Saikyo Line 900919
http://youtu.be/MXkp04BgEww

1990 新宿東口散策散歩 Shinjuku East Side Walkabout 900919
http://youtu.be/Mk5-TtAj108

新宿駅-御茶ノ水駅 中央線左側風景 Shinjuku to Ochanomizu - Chuo Line　140827
http://youtu.be/K_RUQZRYr_s

大崎駅-新宿駅 湘南新宿ライン宇都宮線直通快速 Osaki to Shinjuku - SNSLUCK 140906
http://youtu.be/7Ue-ZnUd10I

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Shinjuku to Osaki 140828g
http://youtu.be/tOBYj_eHQMo

新宿駅埼京線ホームから隣の工事現場と通る電車の様子 Shinjuku 140828
http://youtu.be/dc6ZKqAylG8

御茶ノ水駅-秋葉原駅 総武線 Ochanomizu to Akihabara - Sobu Line 140827
http://youtu.be/w8wYBbjR8pU

1990 思い出横丁夜の様子 1990 Shinjuku Omideyokocho Walk-through 900918
http://youtu.be/w1rxvfjUqYg

1990 夜西新宿 駅までの散歩 Nishi-Shinjuku Walk to Shinjuku Station 900918
http://youtu.be/3b7xMjumrsM

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka at Night 900918
http://youtu.be/n_HM0FvY7Ao

1990 西新宿散策散歩 Nishi-Shinjuku Walkabout - Old Wooden Houses and Skyscrapers 900918
http://youtu.be/bIwOGzomitY

夜の国分寺駅隣のタクシー乗り場 Taxis by Kokubunji Station at Night 140909s
http://youtu.be/Uh8XWWDduzI

夜の中央線が新宿駅に到着 Chuo Line Arriving at Shinjuku Station 140909s
http://youtu.be/mxuCcACH6FI

Shinjuku Station South Exit Night Scene 新宿駅の夜南口360度 140909s
http://youtu.be/7nXy7yIppdo

上野公園の工事 Construction in Ueno Park 140909s
http://youtu.be/o_uEYRF1rsE

上野公園の工事 横 Construction in Ueno Park - Side View 140909s
http://youtu.be/Uds6_P8tIJA

東京都美術館前の様子 Approaching the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art 140909s
http://youtu.be/GLLkedprrfU

上野公園の中 緑と空とパンダのポスト Ueno Park - Green と Sky と Panda Mailbox 140909s
http://youtu.be/KDd_EogNkqA

夕方上野公園内の横断歩道の見回り 360-View in Ueno Park 140909s
http://youtu.be/5Cgb5up2w9A

夕方上野公園から上野駅公園口に向かう Walking Towards Ueno Station from Ueno Park 140909s
http://youtu.be/vBBOyRVqx8s

上野駅隣夕暮れ見回り Twilight 360-Look Beside Ueno Station 140909s
http://youtu.be/3xCVXwOlWes

Twilight Look Down at Ueno Station Platforms Etc 夕暮れの上野駅の上 140909s
http://youtu.be/ZMbXW6aYrxc

上野駅から出発 山手線 Departing Ueno via Yamanote Line 140909s
http://youtu.be/jr7VFcxPfrc

夕暮れの大崎駅隣 Beside Twilight Osaki Station 140828
http://youtu.be/QPst3ssDf98

秋の音 虫たちの駅隣コンサート Autumn Insect Noises Near Night Platform 140902
http://youtu.be/45subz4zP-s

Boarding Yamanote Line Train - Somewhere 山手線 140904
http://youtu.be/NYTcmL-2QXM

夏と秋の虫音 Summer and Autumn Insect Noises Combined 140905g
http://youtu.be/2Z71N8IjU94

山手線の車両と車両の間の風音 Wind Noise Between Cars on Yamanote Line 140828
http://youtu.be/VLt9J_pTIlk

This was taken specifically for the audio track - which caught some of the whistling sound made by air going through the train when accelerating and decelerating - making the noise via a gap between a closed door and the door frame.

Entranceway of Old Building in Ginza 140904
http://youtu.be/1nF6jScYUDw

大崎駅 湘南新宿ラインが遣って来る Train Speeding into Station at Osaki 140906g
http://youtu.be/NLNq8I3Q0Nw

Evening Rainy View Beside Osaki Station 大崎駅隣の夕方雨の様子 140828
http://youtu.be/qBP-v8ns_QQ

Hallways of Old 1932 Building 1932年のビルの通路 140904g
http://youtu.be/zJS2yX4lrqQ

Seibu Train Arriving at Ogawa 西武線が小川駅に遣って来る 140906
http://youtu.be/RK6OTI4uBzs

大塚駅-巣鴨駅 山手線 Otsuka to Sugamo - Yamanote Line 140902
http://youtu.be/QnJEy7u6AXk

朝の秋葉原駅ホームの様子 Morning Platform at Akihabara Station 140904
http://youtu.be/Pr4dMQ7agx0

大崎駅近くの大道路 Major Road Near Osaki Station 140904
http://youtu.be/9wuK2uyfWZA

Conference Room 会議室 140828
http://youtu.be/zMSWRiPkHyA

Boarding Yamanote Line at Takadanobaba 高田馬場駅で山手線を乗る 140906
http://youtu.be/qqm1eGHhIpI

夜遅く新宿駅の中央線 Waiting for Late Night Chuo Line Train at Shinjuku 140905n
http://youtu.be/55Wgklfl3M4

御茶ノ水駅-神田駅 中央線 Ochanomizu to Kanda - Chuo Line 140905
http://youtu.be/pNI855ZdSMA

高田馬場駅-目白駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Mejiro - Yamanote Line 140902g
http://youtu.be/w182TH32bEo

山手線が遣って来る 秋葉原駅 Yamanote Line Train Arriving at Akihabara 140904
http://youtu.be/qYpV-Y35Xws

東京駅-四ッ谷駅 夜の中央線 Tokyo to Yotsuya - Chuo Line Reflections 140902
http://youtu.be/srG1hRE5zrs

夜の新宿 思い出横丁辺り Shinjuku Omoideyokocho Area at Night 140902
http://youtu.be/L5RB3drx218

武蔵小金井駅の夜ホームの様子 Musashikoganei Station Night Platform View 140828
http://youtu.be/w_ESbjI1nJI

1990 西新宿の古い木造家 Old Wooden Houses in Nishi-Shinjuku 900918
http://youtu.be/k_s8KO_wdxY

I'm fairly certain that the old wooden houses shown in this 1990 view are now gone and they put up office towers in their stead.

1990 池袋駅-新宿駅 埼京線 Ikebukuro to Shinjuku - Saikyo Line 900919
http://youtu.be/7ECknXPbO9g

1990 エスカレーター無しの新宿駅階段 People Climbing Stairs in Shinjuku Rush 900919
http://youtu.be/lKHWWe9f0qQ

Before they installed escalators at (nearly) all the stations in Tokyo, the sight of a wide staircase full of people walking up from the platforms was kind of a remarkable sight - looking somewhat like a flowing river.

1990 町田の喫茶店 Machida Quick View - Coffee Shop and Street 900919
http://youtu.be/2FoyEHaw3lM

1990 町田のちょっとした見回り Quick 360 Look of Machida 900919
http://youtu.be/EBI5Qip9q-g

1990 町田駅-新宿駅 小田急ロマンスカー Machida to Shinjuku - Odakyu Romance-Car 900919
http://youtu.be/99P8wqL9iN4

At the time, due to the scheduling of the reserved-seat express trains, I tended to go from Shinjuku to Machida via Romance Car train (but not the other way), and it was always the first generation of the train that I rode, so this view stands out for two reasons.  First, I was going in the other direction, from Machida to Shinjuku, and it was a newer type of Romance Car.

1990 新宿駅南口のちょっとした見回り Quick 360 by Shinjuku South Entrance 900919
http://youtu.be/mHLJvdDGxO8

1990 新宿駅-町田駅 小田急ロマンスカー 学生など Shinjuku to Machida Via Romance-Car 900919
http://youtu.be/NZW-NzkQXPA

I stumbled into an unusual situation on September 19th, 1990 by arriving at the Romance Car platform just in time for the train, and then unwittingly boarding an extra section of the train that had been added specifically for a large group of traveling students.  Since the two parts of the train were separated by control cabs, it wasn't possible to (internally) go from one half to the other half, so I had to stay with the students all the way to Machida.  At the time, I regretted the mistake, but in retrospect, it was a lucky mistake, as it now provides a rare view of a group of 1990 high school students on a long-distance trip together.

1990 田町駅から歩いて仕事へ向かう Walking to Work from Tamachi Station 900920
http://youtu.be/rh-XG3H_EyY

1990 Late Evening Train Station Platform 900919
http://youtu.be/5xk2fJ4aIZo

1990 宮原駅のお昼過ぎ Afternoon Miyahara Station 900919
http://youtu.be/6VHJGjTQkaE

1990 新宿駅-大宮駅-宮原駅 Shinjuku to Omiya to Miyahara 900919
http://youtu.be/6ixFFkgABdE

1990 宮原駅夕方ラッシュ Evening Return Rush at Miyahara Station 900919
http://youtu.be/d1-kKrH7XzM

1990 上野アメ横丁散策 Ueno Ameyokocho Stroll 900921
http://youtu.be/hymo2Zn9hJA

1990 田町駅までの夕方散歩 Evening Walk to Tamachi Station 900920
http://youtu.be/y9gNO51frlE

1990 夕方田町駅 Evening Tamachi Station 900920
http://youtu.be/T_2JWyiyczE

1990 新宿駅と電車と西新宿への散歩 Shinjuku Station と Trains と Nishi-Shinjuku 900920
http://youtu.be/eqC6578vhQY

1990 新宿駅までの夜散策散歩 Night Stroll to Shinjuku Station 900920
http://youtu.be/GpU-DTzDXiM

1990 町田駅-上野駅 Machida to Ueno 900921
http://youtu.be/kiQkaR6cn_g

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 900920
http://youtu.be/jd0Jc14VQso

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-町田駅 Hibarigaoka to Machida 900921
http://youtu.be/pEgOR7boHK4

Very Quick View of Bookstore in Ueno Station 140916
http://youtu.be/A55n5YsjkwY

Chuo Line Departing Tachikawa Station 立川駅の中央線が出発 140913
http://youtu.be/nvZCCKBRYYo

View of the Countryside in Saitama 東武東上線の左側窓風景 140915
http://youtu.be/oEQuhkgAVLQ

Moe (ア) Umiushi Live Drawing at Art Space Rondo アートスペースロンド 140912
http://youtu.be/k8xiwEfaJJE

Moe (イ) Umiushi Live Drawing at Art Space Rondo アートスペースロンド 140912
http://youtu.be/ZXbbwrCRxfQ

Moe (ウ) Umiushi Live Drawing at Art Space Rondo アートスペースロンド 140912
http://youtu.be/PyV-FoRtwK0

Moe (オ) Umiushi Live Drawing at Art Space Rondo アートスペースロンド 140916
http://youtu.be/NTeemBnnoTM

Yurakucho Plaza Quick-360 有楽町駅前広場360度 140911
http://youtu.be/60TOTJsFoFs

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140912
http://youtu.be/qcIzaJAm0iM

東武東上線の左側窓風景 Tobu-Tojo Line Window View 140915
http://youtu.be/26Bn5we-So0

Yurakucho Plaza After Rain 雨後有楽町駅へ向かう 140911
http://youtu.be/W_BdoLsVIPs

Yamanote Line Departing Tokyo Station 東京駅の山手線 140912
http://youtu.be/kLsyGmMS99s

Departing Shinbashi Station - Yamanote Line 山手線が新橋駅から出発 140912
http://youtu.be/h97frpEc9FU

Strange Recording in Subway - Anti-Bird Maybe 140912
http://youtu.be/4U9gKXqEpME

Another video taken primarily for the audio.  There was a strange sound coming from a speaker in the entrance passageway of a subway station, so I took this to record it.  I imagine it's to stop... pigeons(?) from using the passageway?

高田馬場駅 東西線の出発 Tozai Line Departing Takadanobaba Station 140912
http://youtu.be/a9bmbfZ3Znw

Tozai Line Arriving at Nihonbashi 日本橋駅 東西線が遣って来る 140912
http://youtu.be/-HJT2hiYMgE

JR特急 反対向きの中央線からの様子 Reserved Seat Express Passing Chuo Line 140913
http://youtu.be/dSl3RKIaNK4

新型銀座線が末広町駅に到着 New Type Ginza Line Arrives at Suehirocho Station 140916
http://youtu.be/5naGXKzY690

銀座奥野ビル501号室と廊下 Okuno Building Room-501 and Hallway 140919
http://youtu.be/QfbmLK_jHcA

歴史的なタイルとビル響く Polished Old Tiles and Cool Echoes in Old Building 140919
http://youtu.be/wkCmyVXUubk

I didn't realize it at the time, but I heard soon after taking this view that this building is slated for demolition in the not too distant future.  I was prompted to take out my camera after looking down and being struck with how well maintained and clean the old type tile floor was (not small ceramic tiles, but the larger type, made of some mysterious material).  The tiles have been polished so often over decades (I think) that they have a sort of melted appearance in places where they have worn down.

Arimura Kana Exhibition 有村佳奈展示会 アートスペース羅針盤 Everyday Wonderland 140919
http://youtu.be/BAJz-pDrbLE

Maruyama Norio 丸山則夫 Photo Exhibition - Art Space Rondo 140919
http://youtu.be/E9-58stvtHU

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Shinjuku to Osaki SSLTCTK 140918
http://youtu.be/H_77Lik0A1A

渋谷駅から新宿方面に向かう 元東急デパートの取り壊し Shibuya Construction 140918
http://youtu.be/8B4rFVBl-v4

大崎駅-渋谷駅 埼京線の右側 Osaki to Shibuya - Saikyo Line Right Side 140918g
http://youtu.be/p4r2xrDG5LA

神田駅空ホームの様子 Kanda Station Mostly Empty Platform 140918hd
http://youtu.be/weRBFpyp6ks

品川駅-大崎駅 山手線FCビュー Shinagawa to Osaki - Yamanote FC View 140918hd
http://youtu.be/fg0yHHMJpWE

大井町線電車が遣って来る Approaching Oimachi Line Train 140926
http://youtu.be/f15Jgvvn5Nk

Dual Trains at Kanda 山手線と京浜東北線同時に南へ 140925
http://youtu.be/JUY_Bg-CsPo

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/08/31

"1990 Shinjuku, Machida Etc.; 1992 Nogata Etc.; 1993 Tozai Line Etc.; 2014 Osaki, Ginza Etc. Etc."

There is material from four years in this batch - from 1990, 1992, 1993, and 2014.  Thinking of what to say right now regarding this batch, it all kind of blends together... so I'll just start going over them one-by-one and comment after some of them.  (Which I proceeded to do after writing the above, but ran out of time midway through the list, so nearly all the comments are at the top of this batch of video links.

東京駅暑い八月の山手線ホーム Tokyo Yamanote Platform-360 140805
http://youtu.be/2ZUMsz9ZPpw

An unusually relaxed atmosphere at a Tokyo Station platform on a hot August afternoon.  The period between the lunch rush and the evening rush is probably the most relaxed.

東京駅-新宿駅 夕方中央線 Tokyo to Shinjuku - Evening Chuo Line 140805
http://youtu.be/hLp0Xp3tpy0

I like the beginning of this one - looking back instead of forward as the train departs Tokyo Station.  At the beginning of the twilight period, there's are some glass reflections, etc. as well.  Incidentally, this is the only surface train that runs within the Yamanote Line - all other lines (in this area) are subways - so it's kind of a special section of track.

To be nit-picky, you could say that the local version of the train is a different line, but they run together within the Yamanote Line, save for a slight divergence between Ochanomizu and Akihabara, so....)

Evening Chuo Line Departing Shinjuku 新宿駅の夕方中央線 140805
http://youtu.be/xoXegTqSISQ

Short summer view - with a man busy fanning himself while waiting for a different train than the one exiting the station in the video.

サロンど東京展 2014年8月_サマーアートフェスタ Ginza-One August Exhibition 140805
http://youtu.be/3IHbEZRz7a0

Quick look at a group exhibition in Ginza at the Ginza-One art gallery.

Evening Shinjuku Crosswalk 夕方新宿横断歩道 140805
http://youtu.be/8iWhniedOaY

Nighttime Ogawa Station Platform 夜小川駅ホームの様子 140805
http://youtu.be/HERi8aenydg

A quiet late night platform out in suburbia.  When it's cold, there's an inpatient feeling of wanting the train to come as soon as possible, but when it's warm, you just kind of zone out and wait while daydreaming about something.

Jumping back to 1992...

1992 Tokyo Suburbs 東京住宅街 自転車とか 921010
http://youtu.be/xxxTU6jXUnA

A sunny Saturday look around in a few Tokyo suburbs visited by bicycle.  Nothing exciting, but it shows the mix of houses, apartment buildings, roads, some farmland, a small river, etc.

1992 上野動物園など Ueno Zoo Etc 921010
http://youtu.be/Bx9pU8abkf0

The title just says the zoo, but this also shows the trip from Hibarigaoka to Kanda, and then from Kanda to Ueno.  At about 0:41, the view out the window of the Yamanote Line shows empty land around (I think) Akihabara that used to be rail freight yards and has since been developed.  I think it's where the giant Yodobashi Camera store is now.  With this old material, it's sometimes hard to tell, as there are large gaps between things.  After the Yamanote Line views are views of Ueno Zoo, the monorail there, etc.

After the zoo (from about the 3:32 mark), are views of the small amusement park for children beside the zoo.  It's quite crowded and lively in this 1992 view.  The last time I went there (on a rather hot day) there were hardly any kids there at all.  The ever-lower birthrate really has changed the feel of the city.  You used to see a lot more kids out and about.  Come to think of it - the kids in this view from 22 years ago are some of the very people not having children now....

From around 4:56, I reenter Ueno Station and there are platform views (of the old type painted trains, etc.).

Going off topic a bit here.  I sometimes get complaints in the comment section of my YouTube videos saying that people want to see "uncut" views of things I've posted.  I think what they're not comprehending is that I always carried a camera back then and had a finite supply of (fairly expensive) tape to use.  Also the cameras were expensive, complicated, and forever breaking down.  When they were working and I had plenty of tape, there was the issue of Nickel-Cadmium batteries, whose life rapidly shortened over weeks of use.  They would start at a little over an hour of camera running time, and that would steadily shorten until they only provided five to ten minutes of power between charging.  To have enough power, I carried about six of them, so usually I didn't run out of power (once I had stocked up on enough batteries after running out of power too often in 1990).  Nickel-Cadmium batteries are heavy by the way, I did a number on my knees back then always carrying around that weight.  Anyway....

Wait... there's actually a reason that overshadows all of the stuff I wrote above!  Once material is digitized, it's fairly easy to edit, but back when I took this material, there was only analog!  The original tapes of the old material are not digital.  And when editing from tape to tape in analog, the quality degenerates rapidly.  Add in the wear and tear on the mechanically complicated equipment, and the result is that post production editing was no joke.  So I was trying hard to do in-camera editing.  Now it makes sense to over-record everything and edit it later (although what I post recently are unedited single clips), but back then, there was a strong incentive to have the material ready to view right out of camera - and thus I practiced in-camera editing.

1992 野方一丁目など Nogata Walkabout 921017
http://youtu.be/EEqvz-JLyOk

(After a train and bus ride) views of suburbia closer to the center of Tokyo.  Nogata is next to Nakano.  The look is pretty much the same as suburbia views back then in areas all over Tokyo.  Since then, development is a little more diverse, so there's a little more differentiation between different areas.

1992 夜の高円寺と阿佐ヶ谷など Koenji and Asagaya at Night Etc 921017
http://youtu.be/wlMZ9pZ-a9Q

Depending on when I was recording views and sounds of Tokyo between 1990 and 1993, I tried different things - from leaving the camera on for continuous views, to a series of very short clips.  This almost seven minute video starts off with some fairly detailed views of evening streets near the Chuo Line, but towards the end includes short clips that I've left tacked onto this material, but don't fit into the flow of the first half of the video so well.  But, personally, I don't think that's an issue really - Tokyo provides so much visual and audible stimulation, that images kind of blur together in real life too.  There are some short train views in this as well.

1992 新宿駅-中野駅など Shinjuku to Nakano Etc 921022
http://youtu.be/S4c4IaN2bVA

1992 中野散策散歩 Nakano Walkabout 921022
http://youtu.be/-bSWh3JJpuM

1992 Random Views ランダムな眺め 色々 921022
http://youtu.be/5EvhDkQi72g

This starts in a subway station, jumps to riding in a train, jumps to an evening view, jumps to a nighttime train ride... the camera was obviously just along for the ride and not the object of the trip....

1992 日曜日の池袋散策散歩など Sunday Ikebukuro Walkabout 921025
http://youtu.be/BSiCUfLdogQ

The places I recorded back then basically fell into one of two categories.  Either I just recorded things while I went about my routine (on the way to work, going home, etc.) or I went somewhere specifically to record the sights and sounds of an area.

I had a map back then that I would highlight the areas I had walked around in with my camera, and when I was going out for new pictures, I would aim for an area of Tokyo that I hadn't yet covered.  So, by 1992, I was beginning to cover some off-the-beaten-path areas, and this video of an area of Ikebukuro that I don't normally go to would fall into that category.

The early part of the video shows trains passing, etc., and feels like a photographer out looking for pictures instead of letting them find him, but it gets more interesting as I walked nearer to the station area.

1992 夜道とバスと電車など Night Streets Trains and Buses 921025
http://youtu.be/ys-OYX-cWQA

1992 光が丘 ある日曜日 One Sunday in Hikarigaoka 921101
http://youtu.be/Tdti887Kd-4

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 921108
http://youtu.be/MxssLU1BC8U

1992 バス ひばりが丘-三鷹駅 Bus Ride - Hibarigaoka to Mitaka 920823
http://youtu.be/r1zKdiGmgyc

The type of buses running now have changed, so these old bus views are nostalgic for me.  If you haven't ridden the buses back then, then they probably look about the same as buses everywhere.  The differences are in the details (bus stop recordings, wooden floors, etc.).

1992 三鷹駅-東秋留駅-五日市駅 Mitaka to Higashi-Akiru to Itsukaichi - Chuo Line 920823
http://youtu.be/r6T5E8K7NaI

August 23rd, 1992 - a Sunday.  I set off to see the mountainous areas of Tokyo.  This is a good travel video - with views on the Chuo Line as it rolls away from central Tokyo and the number of passengers decreases as I get closer to the mountains.  Views of the scenery rolling by - views of the relaxed scene inside the half-empty train car with the windows up, and ending with a view of the old Itsukaichi Station.

1992 五日市駅から山へのバス Mountain Bus Ride from Itsukaichi 920823
http://youtu.be/9V1FExNX97Q

1992 山小川 東京西側 Mountain Stream in Western Tokyo 920823
http://youtu.be/LFrz3xZpFwM

1992 Short Mountain Bus Ride 山でバスを乗る 東京西側 920823
http://youtu.be/PJlrIhGMbLQ

1992 山風景 東京西側 Western Tokyo Mountain Scenes 920823
http://youtu.be/yrH1cFMBklg

1992 山中のドライブ 東京西側 Tokyo Mountains Car Ride 920823
http://youtu.be/sEZC7HDiErA

I over-optimistically thought I would walk from one branch of the Chuo Line (the Itsukaichi Line) to another (the Ome Line), but fortunately, a nice family offered me a ride.  If they hadn't, I probably would have ended up spending the night on the mountain - without food or water.  It was a really stupid decision I made, but I was saved from my own stupidity by the kindness of strangers....

Note:  There would be much more to this video, but the driver had music playing most of the time and the record companies would likely attack me if I included those parts, so I've cut them out.

1992 山風景 ドライブ休憩所 Mountain Scenic Spots 920823
http://youtu.be/x_G1hu0OXqU

1992 夜の青梅駅辺り Nighttime Ome Station Area Walkabout 920823
http://youtu.be/Au-6PEJjlJ0

1992 青梅駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Ome to Hibarigaoka - Night Trip 920823
http://youtu.be/q5UeQJRqWbk

1992 夜遅く新宿駅上の通路 Late Night Shinjuku Station Concourse 920823
http://youtu.be/QTsfZbPdx_0

1992 山水車 東京西側 Mountain Waterwheel 920823
http://youtu.be/-pTEajlcnGM

1993 東京彼方此方 東西線など Tokyo Here and There - Tozai Line Etc 930706
http://youtu.be/uWgDaTqzACk

There's a lot in this video, but - watching it again as I type this - part of it was exploring stations on the Tozai Line, and then I spent some time in Iidabashi, and then in Shinjuku, etc. etc.

By 1993, I was beginning to give up on taking video... the analog tapes were difficult to edit with the equipment I had, my cameras were breaking down, and I was spending more time taking regular pictures than video.  So in videos like this one, I would take a little here, and then a little there, but I wasn't attempting to record everything the way I did in 1990 and 1991 (1992 falls in-between those two modes).

All a long way of saying that there are so many places in this video, it's hard to identify them all.  The good thing about my 1993 material is that the camera handling is much smoother than in 1990, for example.

1993 ひばりヶ丘駅-駒込駅 Hibarigaoka to Komagome 930819
http://youtu.be/ohbhi-gtkw0

1993 新しい南北線 駒込駅など New Nanboku Line - Komagome 930819
http://youtu.be/c0RxGSbg45c

1993 Main Road and Traditional Garden 大道路と庭 930819
http://youtu.be/cqYjmLdDN0w

1993 バス内 Bus Interior 930828
http://youtu.be/J6smMmgc7bU

1993 昭和記念公園 Showa Memorial Park 930828
http://youtu.be/NMgBbwfxE1Y

Going from 1993 to 1990.  In this batch of 1990 videos, there are a lot of scenes of Shinjuku - due to the fact I was working there at the time.

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 雨の日 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku One Rainy Day 900828
http://youtu.be/0FBUjTpPQ14

1990 新宿駅辺りなど 雨の日 Rainy Day in Shinjuku 900828
http://youtu.be/QJlLVwn7iLM

1990 夜の新宿 散策散歩 Nighttime Shinjuku Walkabout 900828n
http://youtu.be/qv4r5t9A71E

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 夜 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka at Night 900828
http://youtu.be/Q70jxlrdCoE

1990 田町と田無と新宿など Tamachi と Tanashi と Shinjuku Etc 900830
http://youtu.be/vR-522jggsU

1990 新宿駅までの夜散歩 Walking to Shinjuku Station at Night 900830
http://youtu.be/L33C8vsO9-s

1990 田町お昼 立ち読みなど Lunchtime Tamachi Bookstore Readers Etc 900903
http://youtu.be/E8qR4lAVCNQ

1990 田町駅までの夕方散歩 Walk to Tamachi Station 900903
http://youtu.be/IKYSDpzTwyk

1990 田町駅-東京駅 山手線 Tamachi to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 900903
http://youtu.be/1B1Br9c3Jew

1990 東京駅から日本橋と銀座の散歩 Nihonbashi and Ginza Walkabout - From Tokyo Station 900903
http://youtu.be/C0OzT6f-L-k

1990 三越前駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 乗り換えなど Mitsukoshimae to Hibarigaoka - Transfers Etc 900903
http://youtu.be/kk80XZRKQts

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro - Seibu-Ikebukuro Line 900904
http://youtu.be/ExJdPQa24v8

1990 池袋散策散歩 Ikebukuro Walkabout 900904
http://youtu.be/2AFtnolbf5c

1990 池袋駅-新宿駅 埼京線 Ikebukuro to Shinjuku - Saikyo Line 900904
http://youtu.be/pc9fcAp52NM

1990 新宿散策散歩 Shinjuku Walkabout 900904
http://youtu.be/zv27aCxxemc

1990 新宿駅までの夜散歩 Walk to Shinjuku Station at Night 900904
http://youtu.be/XN_uZ3tnohk

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 夜の電車 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka - Night Trains 900904
http://youtu.be/oirXog9a2UU

1990 池袋駅-町田駅 山手線と小田急線 Ikebukuro to Machida - Yamanote and Odakyu Lines 900905
http://youtu.be/9LDfWZ9QxA8

1990 町田駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Machida to Hibarigaoka 900905
http://youtu.be/1X7WgHQOPvE

1990 田町駅辺り朝の様子 仕事に向かう Tamachi Station Area - Walking to Work 900906
http://youtu.be/BjDY1reCPtM

1990 芝四丁目散策散歩 Shiba Walkabout in 4-Chome 900906
http://youtu.be/lMI7PVKe5dY

1990 田町駅まで歩く Walk to Tamachi Station 900906
http://youtu.be/Jdp-1D1wNnk

1990 田町駅-新宿駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinjuku - Yamanote Line 900906
http://youtu.be/Sg11QipMA-w

1990 新宿夕方散策散歩 Shinjuku Evening Walkabout 900906
http://youtu.be/7M8wTz1of-I

1990 新宿の夜 ビヤガーデンなど Nighttime Shinjuku - Beer Garden Etc 900906
http://youtu.be/ESmFQWz02O4

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 埼京線と西武池袋線 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 900906
http://youtu.be/_zOff8dl0eQ

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅辺りと新宿駅辺りなど Hibarigaoka Station and Shinjuku Station 900908
http://youtu.be/kGlluqJEe14

1990 西新宿夕方散歩 Nishi-Shinjuku Evening Stroll 900913
http://youtu.be/TBAQSfXjfIc

1990 西新宿夜散歩 Night Stroll to Shinjuku Station 900913
http://youtu.be/aIqBqHwnd5I

1990 Hotel Lobby Etc ホテルロビーなど 900913
http://youtu.be/-oVZ7fS3bfI

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 900913
http://youtu.be/UeNRU7HqdJI

1990 朝の通勤ラッシュ 池袋駅-田町駅 Morning Rush - Ikebukuro to Tamachi 900917
http://youtu.be/DqfUjEwh-lY

1990 田町駅までの夕方散歩 Evening Walk to Tamachi Station 900917
http://youtu.be/QwsvJWTCd8Y

1990 田町駅-東京駅 京浜東北線 Tamachi to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 900917
http://youtu.be/hSKpmUn3jVM

1990 日本橋夕方散歩 Evening Walk Through Nihonbashi Area 900917
http://youtu.be/7LSNES6i4Cg

1990 日本橋駅-三越前駅 銀座線 Nihonbashi to Mitsukoshimae - Ginza Line 900917
http://youtu.be/RqE3EaLZHJc

And back to 2014... I would have take a lot more videos in August 2014, but in the heat, my clothes were soaked with sweat and so I couldn't use my pockets to hold my camera for fear of damaging it with the sweat.  Once the camera was in its case in my backpack, I took it out less than I ordinarily would.  And also... times have changed.  Conditions in the 21st century are that the better and more convenient the equipment gets, the harder it becomes to use it (for non-technical reasons).

夜の下り中央線内 Inside Late Night Outbound Chuo Line 140821n
http://youtu.be/XUmR0PE9Tm4

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン Shinjuku to Osaki - Shonan-Shinjuku Line 140821
http://youtu.be/s4GQEevD7B0

暑い八月の夕方赤坂交差点 Hot Evening Intersection in Akasaka 140820
http://youtu.be/QfAPNA7PLlY

五反田駅で山手線を乗る Boarding Yamanote Line at Gotanda 140807
http://youtu.be/6H4PEXmG78c

Under the Tracks in Yurakucho 線路の下 有楽町 140821
http://youtu.be/zv0BCzpzunU

大崎駅ホームまでのエスカレーター Osaki Station Platform Escalator 140807
http://youtu.be/CM1UV4kitYY

新宿駅-大崎駅 臨海線 Shinjuku to Osaki Rinkai Line 140814
http://youtu.be/kL1XeCt-pqE

溜池山王駅新型銀座線 New Type Ginza Line Trains at Tameike-Sanno Station 140820
http://youtu.be/MD0WuofUYOg

暑い八月の秋葉原影 Akihabara Hot August Day Shadows 140819
http://youtu.be/qFT-TxQ3qKs

田端駅-上野駅 山手線 Tabata to Ueno - Yamanote Line Train Race 140819
http://youtu.be/dUQyGneRRdE

零時の東京駅内通路 Tokyo Station Midnight Concourse 140808
http://youtu.be/-LmIHJUIRI0

夜中の西国分寺駅 Middle of the Night Nishi-Kokubunji Station 140808
http://youtu.be/vryo22u960g

高田馬場駅 東西線が遣って来る Boarding Tozai Line at Takadanobaba 140809
http://youtu.be/DLBvg6xE8OA

昭和七年ビルの通路 (ア) Hallways of 1932 Building 140809
http://youtu.be/3IffrZT5gqo

昭和七年ビルの通路 (イ) Hallways of 1932 Building 140809
http://youtu.be/UZ2uMp-wWgo

日本橋 地下モール通路に入る Entering Underground Mall in Nihonbashi 140814
http://youtu.be/TUQaTQKRt6Y

Construction Site Grid by Shinjuku Station 新宿駅隣の工事現場 140814
http://youtu.be/L76eMv0W5iQ

新宿駅 臨海線が遣って来る Rinkai Line Arriving at Shinjuku Station 140814
http://youtu.be/c3Y-WjWlK8U

高田馬場駅-池袋駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 140819
http://youtu.be/llvXTW5IMGY

有楽町駅近くガードの下 Yurakucho Time Slip Zone View 140814
http://youtu.be/yh2kD-yE8n8

六義園の近く八月の虫コンサート August Sounds Sights Near Rikugien Gardens 140819
http://youtu.be/7aVatD9bZFM

駒込駅-田端駅 山手線 Komagome to Tabata - Yamanote Line 140819
http://youtu.be/Ee0KTKmVi6w

駒込駅 山手線が遣って来る Waiting for Yamanote Line Train at Komagome 140819
http://youtu.be/UUvt85NAygM

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/08/02

"1991 Hyakunincho, Shibuya, Tokorozawa, Etc.; 2014 Shinbashi, Otsuka, Ginza, Etc."

This batch of videos starts off with a look around at my surroundings on an apartment building rooftop in Hyakunincho (which I had gotten to by walking from Takadanobaba Station).  From there, I walked through Hyakunincho to Okubo Station, did some train watching from a building window by the station, and then went to Harajuku.

Getting off a Yamanote Line train in Harajuku, I walked over to Yoyogi Park and walked around a bit inside the park - watching a group of people (students?) taking video of a pair of actors, etc.

From Yoyogi Park, I walked to Shibuya Station, taking in the Saturday evening summer youth scene there as I made my way towards the station.

I must have wanted to get out of the heat for a bit, because I spent some time going through (via escalator after escalator) a department store full of young people shopping for clothes.

From Shibuya, I took a Toyoko Line train to Hiyoshi Station, which was under construction at the time.  From the station, I rode in a car with some friends, which captures something of the era (in-between the frames) via the conversation in the car and and the on-air radio interview heard in the background.

2014 views are of Shinjuku, Shinbashi, Otsuka, etc.  - I'll comment after some of them below.

1991 Apartment Rooftop Lookaround 団地の屋上からの眺め 910713
http://youtu.be/A_0TWejsrMA

1991 百人町散策散歩 Hyakunincho Walkabout 910713
http://youtu.be/RRqQEAN4qjM

1991 大久保駅辺り Okubo Station Area Lookaround 910713
http://youtu.be/HFW1o2EjX3A

1991 大久保駅近くの中央線が通る Passing Chuo Line Trains by Okubo 910713
http://youtu.be/ndNqQC7TUSU

1991 大久保駅-原宿駅 中央線と山手線 Okubo to Harajuku - Chuo and Yamanote 910713
http://youtu.be/2-gVd_8O3-M

1991 原宿駅辺りと代々木公園内 Harajuku Station and Yoyogi Park  910713
http://youtu.be/9WPAmgvq0Vo

1991 渋谷土曜日の夜散策散歩 Shibuya Saturday Evening Walkabout 910713
http://youtu.be/blQr3dN5rvQ

1991 東急渋谷駅 土曜日の夜 Tokyu Shibuya Station 910713
http://youtu.be/aPZUy1B5fuA

1991 渋谷駅-日吉駅 東急東横線など Shibuya to Hiyoshi - Toyoko Line 910713
http://youtu.be/wk_kznOPSUo

1991 工事中の日吉駅 ホームの様子とか Hiyoshi Station Under Construction 910713
http://youtu.be/PSoUTH6WY0U

1991 日吉駅-渋谷駅 東急東横線 Hiyoshi to Shibuya - Toyoko Line 910713
http://youtu.be/AhyeSfIz0_o

1991 渋谷駅 東横線から山手線までの乗り換え Shibuya Transfer - Toyoko to Yamanote 910713
http://youtu.be/pDXC-BG8tIw

1991 渋谷駅-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shibuya to Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka 910713g
http://youtu.be/cmz_KyTeSjc

1991 Sunday In Tokorozawa - Propeller-Street Etc プロペ通り 910714
http://youtu.be/HZlIRlMs93U

1991 西武池袋線と池袋散歩 Seibu Line and Ikebukuro East Side Walk 910715
http://youtu.be/dK80Aq56x6w

1991 20th Century Machines 二十世紀の器械 910717 910718
http://youtu.be/Ujdk4daNaOs

Some of the machines briefly shown in this video were fairly high-tech at the time, but sure seem old now....

Otake Natsuki Exhibition 大竹夏紀展 Gallery b 140729
http://youtu.be/hhk-U16pJ10

A very colorful and striking installation/exhibition in Kyobashi (next to Ginza).

サロンど東京展 サマーアートフェスタ 2014年8月 Ginza-One August Exhibition 140802
http://youtu.be/tDcZDHU_rKM

東京駅-新宿駅 中央線 Tokyo to Shinjuku - Chuo Line 140729
http://youtu.be/uhTdsNw7z8c

Yamanote Train Arriving at Komagome 駒込駅の山手線 140729
http://youtu.be/prANVv6z8M4

Shinjuku Crosswalk 新宿横断歩道 140729
http://youtu.be/aIINip7onYk

四ッ谷駅-溜池山王駅 南北線 Yotsuya to Tameikesanno - Nanboku Line 140730
http://youtu.be/oIfcxF927II

夜の新橋SL広場 Shinbashi SL-Plaza at Night 140730
http://youtu.be/QDj-e3qhGeY

新橋駅-東京駅 夜の山手線 Shinbashi to Tokyo - Nighttime Yamanote Line 140730
http://youtu.be/Hr_ifEQK8Wg

Osaki Escalator - Decent to Yamanote Platform 大崎駅の山手線エスカレーター 140731
http://youtu.be/q7BeSkI8_tU

有楽町駅-東京駅 右側の京浜東北線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140731
http://youtu.be/3BMYB--JZks

高田馬場駅 山手線が遣って来る Yamanote Line Arriving at Takadanobaba 140802
http://youtu.be/zhF1YHn2GlY

大塚駅ホームの様子と出口 Exiting Otsuka Station 140802
http://youtu.be/bjAZD4v-LkI

大塚駅前 市電と工事現場 Otsuka Streetcar and Construction 140802
http://youtu.be/oMwjtdlZpw0

Pre-Functional Platform Walls at Yurakucho 有楽町駅 ホームから出口まで 140802
http://youtu.be/dOrupc9di8Q

They've just finished installing platform walls for the Yamanote Line at Yurakucho, but haven't begun using them yet, so they're locked open (or at least they were on August 2nd, 2014 - I'm sure they'll be operational soon).

Hot August Day in Yurakucho 有楽町のある暑い八月の日 140802
http://youtu.be/vxH6EygsyIY

銀座 土曜日の歩行者天国 銀座一丁目 Ginza Pedestrian Paradise 140802
http://youtu.be/fzR8beTL2QI

A few years ago, I spoke with an artist at an art exhibition who was displaying (among other things) some interesting conceptual drawings of how the artist thought Ginza should be.  Instead of the current Chuo-Dori, with its six-lane (four for moving and two for parked vehicles) wide expanse of lifeless asphalt, and two-lane wide expanse of lifeless cement (for pedestrians), it had a narrow two-lane road for only essential fire-breathing machinery and the rest was a park-like expanse of grass, trees, and walkways through the green for humans.

Now that would really be nice!  Keeping all the cars out of the area on Sundays is certainly nice, but walking around on that sea of lifeless asphalt is never all that fun really.  I much prefer the two-lane back streets that machinery operators mostly avoid (7-days a week, 24-hours a day) since they can't drive at speed on them.

夕方新宿南口の360度 Evening Shinjuku-360 at South Exit 140729g
http://youtu.be/ZUb9Dlhe6rQ

お化け屋敷の階段 Spooky Old Stairs 140730g
http://youtu.be/H9NPO_TWptY

東京駅-有楽町駅 昼の山手線 Tokyo to Yurakucho - Yamanote Line 140802g
http://youtu.be/CiWvTPcWiVc

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/07/27

"1991 Ikebukuro, Hibarigaoka, Takadanobaba, Etc.; 2014 Tokyo Station, Tachikawa, Shinjuku, Etc."

Views of 1991 and 2014 Tokyo - with most of the 1991 views in this batch being train views, but one 30-minute video details a long walkabout I did in Takadanobaba - on the west side of Takadanobaba Station.  Also from 1991 is a view of my S-VHS tape deck running with the cover off - which looks weird now, but seemed like high-tech at the time.

Coming back to 2014, most of the videos are train based views taken as I went about town.  In the middle of the 2014 views are three views of Shinjuku from 2013 that had been sleeping in a camera I don't often use.  These were recorded at 15fps, so at 30fps playback, they are double speed (with no sound track).

I'll add more comments after some of the titles and links below.

1991 池袋駅-五反田駅-西馬込駅など Ikebukuro to Nishi-Magome Etc 910711
http://youtu.be/pyaCokjm8DY

Nothing particularly exciting in this one content-wise, but by July 1991, I had been taking video for about 17 months, and I personally think I did a decent job of in-camera editing with this.

1991 西馬込駅-五反田駅-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Nishi-Magome-Gotanda-Hibarigaoka 910711
http://youtu.be/zpAESrKZPWc

1991 Hibarigaoka RR-Crossing ひばりが丘の踏切 910711
http://youtu.be/vPFScQacbo8

This is still a common sight in some areas of Tokyo, but increasingly they're either elevating the rails or putting them underground, so there are fewer crossings like this than there used to be.

1991 ひばりが丘散歩 Hibarigaoka Walkabout 910712
http://youtu.be/GzkhvvPK6Bs

A suburb of Tokyo, with some rustic elements.  There has been a fair amount of development of the station and the area around the station since this was taken.

1991 Old Type Red Arrow Zooms Past 昔のレッドアローが通ります 910712
http://youtu.be/pAH1L8GFYbI

This is the real deal - it's confusing lately as they have a newer version Red Arrow train painted in the old paint scheme, but the type of Red Arrow train captured in this video isn't running any longer (not on the Seibu rails in any case, I don't know if they sold the train cars to another company or not).

1991 夕暮れのひばりヶ丘駅隣の踏切と電車 Evening RR-Crossing in Hibarigaoka 910712
http://youtu.be/8aQLZbngWjg

1991 Waiting for the Rain to Stop 雨を上げるまでを待っている 910712
http://youtu.be/MCkvNDyEMRQ

1991 Bowling Alley and Ice Skating Rink Etc ボウリング など 910713
http://youtu.be/zeT2uA6crU8

There was quite a lot contained in this one place - from (ice) hockey on the ground floor, to bowling, to pool tables, and through a window I saw women practicing ballet in a neighboring building (that was internally connected I think).

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-高田馬場駅 Hibarigaoka to Takadanobaba 910713
http://youtu.be/rQbUrDHIhx0

1991 高田馬場駅JRホームの見回り Platform Lookaround at Takadanobaba 910713
http://youtu.be/kLRMAdAoRs0

1991 Takadanobaba Walkabout 高田馬場散策散歩 910713
http://youtu.be/fdK_lPo6SSI

In this 30-minute video, I explore some surprisingly rustic areas of Takadanobaba on the west side of the station.

1991 S-VHS Tape Machine - Running with Cover Off 910712
http://youtu.be/Z-tdq6lMl84

My S-VHS video deck... unfortunately, the tapes I recorded with this machine have not withstood the past 23+ years very well and are aging badly.  They are playable, but are turning purple in places - a problem I didn't foresee when I took this video of the deck running.
   On a technical note regarding this particular model - it had variable speed rewind, so it would rewind the tape at a furious pace until near the end, when it would sense the tape was nearly fully rewound and slow down.  Unfortunately, the sensor didn't always work, and it would reach the end running at full-out hyper-speed, making a horrendous "whap!" sound, which ended up stripping some gears in the mechanism and causing the tape to jam when ejecting.
   If you haven't worked with VHS tape before, you are probably wondering why the tape didn't break when it hit the end.  They had a very strong leading section to the tape to prevent that from happening.

The following four videos with "x2" in the title were recorded at half speed (15fps) without sound, so the standard 30fps playback speed makes them double-time silent clips.  Also note that these were taken in January and May of 2013 - and slept in the camera until I recently vacuumed out that memory card and posted them.

Shinjuku Station Southeast Exit (2x) 新宿駅東南口 130129
http://youtu.be/x39Ls6KBIV8

新宿東南口広場 (2x) Shinjuku Southeast Exit Plaza (2x) 130129
http://youtu.be/zcfgKLHoAcQ

Shinjuku Station (2x) Upper Concourse to Platform 新宿駅 130129
http://youtu.be/5HaxJH6T6Vg

Shinjuku Station Upper Concourse (2x) 新宿駅 上の通路 130515
http://youtu.be/UQowAL2LQWc

Construction Zone by Shinjuku Station ホームの見回り 新宿工事現場隣 140710
http://youtu.be/h-wvRDlSXR0

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Shinjuku to Osaki - SSLTCTK-L 140710
http://youtu.be/gCxjoZmucWc

東京駅-品川駅 山手線外回り Tokyo to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line SV 140711
http://youtu.be/8D_vvgT2PzM

高尾山口駅-高尾駅 京王線 Takaosanguchi to Takao Keio Line 140714
http://youtu.be/bQSYDpGRQWg

上野駅-有楽町駅 山手線 Ueno to Yurakucho - Yamanote Line - Daytime View 140715
http://youtu.be/NtpVckeptdk

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通快速 Shinjuku to Osaki SSLTCK-R 140717
http://youtu.be/yiwfSmisAlY

三鷹駅-中野駅 中央線 Mitaka to Nakano - Chuo Line - Left Side Daytime View 140718
http://youtu.be/TMp5-Qk6I4I

東鷲宮駅-土呂駅 宇都宮線 Higashi-Washinomiya to Toro - Utsunomiya Line 140718
http://youtu.be/w34b5ju2NFg

430AM Tokyo Station Chuo Line Platform and Escalators 東京駅中央線ホームなど 140719
http://youtu.be/vq3Ta6eDDhU

This was a new experience - I got stuck in town by missing the last train home, so I took the first one out in the morning.  I've done that before, but never from Tokyo Station, so since I had some time before the first train departed, I walked around and took some video.

Twilight Street Scene in Nishi-Shinjuku 夕暮れの西新宿横道 140708
http://youtu.be/6J9BkRwLjcY

Fleet of Taxis at Night 夜の待ってるタクシー 140708
http://youtu.be/YT4_yaFtX1M

Osaki - Headed Home Before Storm 大崎 嵐の前に帰る 140710
http://youtu.be/V4yMDZ9dHsA

飯田橋駅-水道橋駅-御茶ノ水駅 中央線 Iidabashi to Ochanomizu - Chuo Line 140711
http://youtu.be/0_3F7-iEc8k

Tokyo Pub Interior View 140718
http://youtu.be/vfBl5tyY9qk

British style pubs are fairly popular in Tokyo.  The combination of food and drink (as opposed to primarily drink) is actually very similar in concept with Japanese izakaya places.

Empty New-ish Building 140715
http://youtu.be/s0BycBqN3Gw

This was sort of a strange experience - I walked down a side street in... Kyobashi I think it was, and stopped at one point and looked around.  The only green nearby was from two trees in front of a modern - or at least what I thought was modern - building.  But then I noticed that the mail boxes were all taped up and the building appeared to be completely vacant.  I'm not sure what it means.  It may be that they want to build something bigger there - the usual reason for tearing down buildings in Tokyo.

Takao Cable Car - Riding to Upper Station 高尾ケーブルカーの上り 140714
http://youtu.be/KGZUd1Npsk4

Looking Around on Mt Takao 高尾山の見回り ビアマウントの近く 140714
http://youtu.be/vk1lQut_3qI

Mt Takao Cable Car - Beginning Night Descent 高尾山ケーブルカー下がり 140714
http://youtu.be/2Z4fI7UOi0A

Mt Takao Cable Car - Bottom Tunnel and Lower Station 高尾山夜ケーブルカー 140714
http://youtu.be/5Vq_rhzBEIk

Yamanote Line Arriving at Takadanobaba 高田馬場駅 山手線 140715
http://youtu.be/NFIdu2OS5RA

Saikyo Line Train Departing Shinjuku 新宿駅から埼京線が出発 140717
http://youtu.be/ykDiD28ZkD8

新宿駅と埼京線電車 Saikyo Line Train and Construction Site - Shinjuku 140717
http://youtu.be/KvzbJ5zCGcY

御茶ノ水駅-東京駅 中央線 Ochanomizu to Tokyo - Chuo Line 140711
http://youtu.be/KI2r4ylrEUk

東京駅山手線ホームの見回りなど Tokyo Station Old Platform Lookaround 140711
http://youtu.be/pMvsUMX68Y0

I think this may be the only platform left at Tokyo Station that still has (over part of the platform) a wooden roof.

高尾駅-高尾山口駅 京王線 Takao to Takaosanguchi - Keio Line 140714
http://youtu.be/kYVPu1hNWiY

高尾駅-高尾山口駅 京王線 Takao to Takaosanguchi - Keio Line 140714
http://youtu.be/kYVPu1hNWiY

立川駅の夜南口 Tachikawa Station - South Exit Night View 140714
http://youtu.be/doRS_LD_ktE

Tachikawa Station Shopping Area 立川駅モール 140714
http://youtu.be/iqrbYpgu8vQ

立川駅中央線夜ホーム Tachikawa Station - Chuo Line Platform 140714
http://youtu.be/XrOS_HaDbS8

駒込駅で山手線を待ってる Waiting for Yamanote Line at Komagome 140715
http://youtu.be/MFgO2zBG6xE

恵比寿駅隣 金曜日の夜 Sidewalk Scene Beside Ebisu Station 140718
http://youtu.be/u6O4d0wIx6U

Ebisu Station - Waiting for a Train 恵比寿駅で電車を待ってる 140718
http://youtu.be/iT-yWZzyX4c

Departing Ebisu Station at Night 恵比寿駅から夜出発 140718
http://youtu.be/2sQGpMSvYTs

東鷲宮駅の夜ホームの様子 Higashi-Washinomiya Station Night Platform 140718
http://youtu.be/J5_h5rlVxMk

Waiting for a Train at Higashi-Washinomiya 東鷲宮駅で電車を待ってる 140718
http://youtu.be/IIqW0b_CAvk

大宮駅までの最終上り電車 Last Inbound Train to Omiya 140718
http://youtu.be/SIyCrUZWzaE

東京駅 午前四時の空っぽ朝変えり 410AM Tokyo Station 140719
http://youtu.be/tzL1HAFEn9M

Waiting by the ticket gates early Saturday morning, when they switched them on at 4:10 a.m., I was one of the first people (aside from the people working there) to walk into the station.  It was a bit weird walking through gleaming empty spaces that are usually full of crowds of people rushing here and there....

東京駅 朝一の電車を待ってる Waiting for 1st Trains from Tokyo Station 140719
http://youtu.be/dsS9pGoYDIM

Twilight Yurakucho in the Rain 夕暮れの雨有楽町 140711g
http://youtu.be/hZDKySPibRE

プラットホームの人々が仕事に向かう People Walking Down Platform 140717g
http://youtu.be/MZP0FwPC110

The title sounds really boring, but as everyone was walking in the same direction, it feels a little like standing on an island, facing downriver, and watching water flowing by on both sides.

新宿駅-渋谷駅 山手線 Shinjuku to Shibuya - Yamanote Line 140718g
http://youtu.be/epVN0xTJtqY

赤羽駅 最終の金曜日京浜東北線の電車を待ってる Waiting for Last Keihin-Tohoku Train 140719g
http://youtu.be/EVhBOqHSAd0

歩行者天国 銀座四丁目 Ginza Pedestrian Paradise 4-Chome 140721
http://youtu.be/a-NW-iigQ5k

アートスペースロンド 下町の祭り (ア) 村山勝治と村山能扶子 140721
http://youtu.be/YOAEzXG6Nu8

アートスペース_ロンド 下町の祭り (イ) 村山勝治と村山能扶子 140721
http://youtu.be/YrDqZvl5nQ0

Yasumoto Ryosuke 安元亮祐 (ア) Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 140721
http://youtu.be/NP-wypaciRM

Yasumoto Ryosuke 安元亮祐 (イ) Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 140721
http://youtu.be/huequNCv2jI

Yasumoto Ryosuke 安元亮祐 (ウ) Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 140721
http://youtu.be/IUOfZIvPWv8

四ッ谷駅ホーム午前八時四十分の一見 Glimpse of Morning Yotsuya Station Omoideyokocho
http://youtu.be/tGOTu9W9brk

西新宿向かうの横断歩道 Crossing Into Nishi-Shinjuku 元淀橋へ 140722
http://youtu.be/Pa9LmOCObYo

People Waiting to Buy Lottery Tickets in Shinjuku 夜の新宿 宝くじの人々 140722
http://youtu.be/a6DGy-0gKHM

京王線特急府中駅から出発 Keio Tokkyu Departing Fuchu Station 140724
http://youtu.be/KBKQOKIHVKI

新宿駅新南口向きの眺め Shinjuku Station Rails Etc 140722
http://youtu.be/3t0klaG4HBY

新宿夜の思い出横丁など Walking Through Shinjuku Omoide-Yokocho 140722
http://youtu.be/mQ5Kp2Ta2xI

新宿駅-四ッ谷駅 朝の中央線 Shinjuku to Yotsuya - Morning Chuo Line 140723
http://youtu.be/i0EISbj5ZBs

昼の丸の内線 霞ヶ関 Afternoon Marunouchi Line at Kasumigaseki 140723
http://youtu.be/ZPI2iBBaLII

霞ヶ関駅-赤坂見附駅 丸の内線 Kasumigaseki to Akasaka-Mitsuke - Marunouchi Line 140723
http://youtu.be/2VVFT8XXvx4

Chuo Line Arriving at Yotsuya Station 四ッ谷駅 中央線の電車が遣って来る 140723
http://youtu.be/m8h12A4ETmk

Waiting for a Train at Fuchu Station 京王府中駅のホームの様子 140724
http://youtu.be/V8KaM4YjRNc

京王線東府中駅北口 East Exit of Keio Higashi-Fuchu Station 140724
http://youtu.be/KqwUrwnmAs0

夜の分倍河原駅 Bubaigawara Station at Night 140724
http://youtu.be/0-XyxOa-ZGw

分倍河原駅-立川駅 夜南武線 Bubaigawara -Tachikawa - Nanbu Line at Night 140724
http://youtu.be/cwjTul69kdc

立川駅の貨物電車 Tanker Train Stopping at Tachikawa Station 140724
http://youtu.be/KAOqOviV44Q

霞ヶ関駅-神谷町駅 朝の日比谷線 Kasumigaseki to Kamiyacho - Hibiya Line 140725
http://youtu.be/63tp3NyiRIE

朝神谷町駅ホームの様子 Platform Walk at Morning Kamiyacho Station 140725
http://youtu.be/GkdmMvk2ahU

Waiting for Marunouchi Line Train at Kasumigaseki Station 霞ヶ関駅丸の内線 140725
http://youtu.be/4fMPV3PQ8So

Summer Shinjuku Quick-360 夏の新宿 横道360 140725
http://youtu.be/bEonFyeTmLw

I would have taken a lot more in Shinjuku on the day I took this, but it was so hot out that I was primarily focused on getting myself into an air-conditioned space.

工事中の新宿駅新南口 South Part of Shinjuku Station Under Construction 140725
http://youtu.be/tCBjRHk9Xeo

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/07/12

"1991 Ikebukuro, Asakusa Hozuki-ichi Festival, Hibarigaoka, Etc.; 2014 Shinjuku と Shibuya, etc."

This batch of videos starts off with an hour-long visit to July 10th, 1991 Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, which was a festival day and very crowded.  Other 1991 views are of Ueno, Ikebukuro, and Hibarigaoka, with an interesting (I think) walk through a popular (and very crowded) stand-as-you-eat place within Ikebukuro Station (but on the outside of the ticket gates, not the inside, as is the current development model).

Coming back to the present year, 2014, are just a few videos - all Tokyo rail system views.  Personally, I think the view (and sounds) of the construction project taking place right next to the Saikyo Line platform is interesting, particularly the combination of sounds from the construction site mixed with typical Tokyo train station sounds.

1991年 浅草寺のほおずき市 Asakusa Hozuki-ichi Matsuri 910710
http://youtu.be/gQmttlLR8t4

This is (just) over an hour long, so I imagine most people won't even get to the interesting parts.  Okay - I better explain something related to that comment.  I personally find it really irritating when books are written with opening lines like "I paused before opening the door - wondering if the assassin would be waiting on the other side..." with the intent of getting you interested, and then jump back to ordinary times - leaving you with the "Yeah?!  Yeah?!  And *then* what happened?!!" feeling which was put there to, a) make you buy the book and, b) keep you reading.  Part of that irritation is that it conditions people to have zero patience.  If they're not excited in ten seconds, off they go in search of cheap thrills elsewhere....

Okay - rant over!  I bring that up, because there are historically interesting elements to this hour-long video.  And - if nothing else - the (fairly lengthy) part within the temple is interesting since they they didn't have at the time, but have now, a strict "no photography" rule.  I and others were taking video in 1991 and there didn't seem to be any problem with that.  In any event, it's something you can't do now, so it might be interesting to see (and hear) for that reason alone.  The sound is very important, and I strongly recommend watching it with a good pair of headphones with the sound at a properly loud level (to simulate the volume of the original sound), so you can get the (in digital stereo by the way) full effect of the money raining into the collection box as an endless river of thousands flowed through the temple, throwing the money over other people's heads.  It was quite an experience, and that is conveyed almost exclusively through the sound.

A technical note - you may be wondering about the sound being digital since the video was analog.  The video was indeed analog, but the sound was digital, called by Sony (at the time) "PCM audio", with the "PCM" standing for "Pulse Code Modulated".  Looking up "PCM audio" on-line, I find this definition (from Wikipedia):

"Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a method used to digitally represent sampled analog signals. It is the standard form of digital audio in computers, Compact Discs, digital telephony and other digital audio applications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-code_modulation

1991 池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka - Seibu Line 910710
http://youtu.be/KKDQbYDH79U

1991 ひばりが丘工事など Construction Zone in Hibarigaoka Etc 910710
http://youtu.be/pAeIsCVMOIU

This includes a good look at the empty ground under construction that was to became the Parco (department store) and an apartment building (on the side of the building by the railway).

1991 Walking to Hibarigaoka Station ひばりヶ丘駅までの散歩 910711
http://youtu.be/eyHSwu9bex4

1991 五反田駅-池袋駅 山手線 Gotanda to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 910708
http://youtu.be/-UBzwX6TEhA

1991 池袋東口散歩 Ikebukuro East Side Walkabout 910708
http://youtu.be/_RaQSc0ho1w

1991 池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka - Seibu Line 910708
http://youtu.be/s42O7vS-evM

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅辺りの散歩 Hibarigaoka Station Area 910708
http://youtu.be/7kYNdLfu_nA

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro - Seibu Line 910710
http://youtu.be/Sronixt6gjA

1991 池袋散策散歩 Ikebukuro Short Walkabout 910710
http://youtu.be/aXmqskb7gKU

1991 池袋駅の平日お昼 Lunchtime in Ikebukuro 910710
http://youtu.be/CUHadoJ3HkQ

A fairly detailed look at some side streets in Ikebukuro during the peak of the lunch hour.

1991 池袋駅-上野駅 山手線 Ikebukuro to Ueno - Yamanote Line 910710
http://youtu.be/ixleLdNP0Is

1991 上野駅の平日お昼 Lunchtime in Ueno Station 910710
http://youtu.be/LP866QSlpy0

A little off-peak, but still this captures some of the lunchtime atmosphere of Ueno Station.

1991 上野駅-浅草駅 銀座線 Ueno to Asakusa - Ginza Line 910710
http://youtu.be/b-tc3Q1ZB78

1991 浅草駅-池袋駅 銀座線と山手線 Asakusa to Ikebukuro 910710
http://youtu.be/4tQ4KSqbc3M

1991 池袋東口午後散歩 Ikebukuro Evening East Side Short Walkabout 910710n
http://youtu.be/KJ5X_o1gC2c

新宿駅隣工事現場 Construction by Shinjuku Station 140703
http://youtu.be/jyE-1t8HUxo

Walking around on the Saikyo Line platform while waiting for a train - looking at the ongoing construction next to the station, as well as trains coming and going, and listening to the various sounds of everything.

新宿駅-渋谷駅 埼京線-臨海線直通 Shinjuku to Shibuya - Saikyo-Rinkai Line 140703
http://youtu.be/C0O59sE_bIU

Watch this closely as the train comes into Shibuya Station and you can see the last remains of the Tokyu Department Store they have demolished on the east side of the station.  A little past that, you can see the last remnants of the bridge over the roadway that used to support the overhead platforms of Tokyu-Shibuya Station.... which is kind of depressing to see, as I always liked that station.

渋谷駅-大崎駅 埼京線-臨海線直通 Shibuya to Osaki - FC View - Rinkai Line 140703
http://youtu.be/E-Y7iDpDssg

Untitled-00001 140703
http://youtu.be/OJ-mF_6W8nA

I couldn't decide what to call this one, so I just called it "Untitled".  It shows the situation near one of the ticket gates at Osaki Station when the Yamanote Line was delayed.

大崎駅の夜ホームの様子 Osaki Station - Waiting for a Train 140703
http://youtu.be/7XhU6eld1vE

Departing Osaki Station 大崎駅から出発 140703
http://youtu.be/OJLobJRDlnY

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/07/05

"2014 Maebashi Trip, Ginza, Etc.: 1990 Nihonbashi, Marunouchi, Machida, Miyahara, Kudanshita, Iidabashi, Etc."

The most notable views from 2014 in this batch of 1990 and 2014 videos show several scenes I recorded while taking a day trip to Maebashi.  I don't know exactly why, but I've always liked Maebashi - from the sound of the name, to the relaxed feeling of the area.  I haven't been there often, but when I've gone, I've always enjoyed the area.  It was also nice to ride in the old type JR trains on the Ryomo Line (between Takasaki and Maebashi).

Jumping back 24 years to July 1990, there are views of several areas, mainly the ones listed in the title of this post above.  I think the walkabout clips of the Marunouchi District and of Machida may be the most interesting, along with (shorter) walkabout views of Miyahara (in Saitama) and the Kudanshita and Iidabashi areas (the daytime view that is - the nighttime view is a bit dark, as the lighting was barely enough to take pictures in with the camera I was using at the time).

Other that that, the titles are mostly self-explanatory.  This first short one (immediate below this paragraph) taken in a platform stand-as-you-eat restaurant I like.  The soba noodles were quite good, and it was interesting to look out the window and see the Yamanote Line so close!

プラットホームの蕎麦 Platform Soba Noodles 140619
http://youtu.be/BSa3mlcCA3A

Yamanote Line Train Arriving at Gotanda 五反田駅の山手線がやって来る 140619
http://youtu.be/jcZKCpVIBKw

Arriving at Koigakubo - Seibu-Kokubunji Line 西武国分寺線 恋ヶ窪駅に到着 140620
http://youtu.be/nhULfPTCMX8

御茶ノ水駅-東京駅 中央線 Ochanomizu to Tokyo - Chuo Line 140620
http://youtu.be/-r-dHWHKw6k

東京駅ホームの様子 Tokyo Station - Waiting for Yamanote Line 140620
http://youtu.be/bbMmPpM56d8

高崎駅から出発 両毛線 Departing Takasaki Station - Ryomo Line 140629
http://youtu.be/mwbShrRp16Q

This one is overexposed (never mind why, that's a long story), but I left the camera running until the live announcement (from the conductor in the rear of the train) was finished, as I thought it was important to get that recorded.  More and more trains rely on (highly irritating) recordings, so listen and see how much nicer an announcement is from a real live human being.

There is one thing, and one thing only that is good about the recordings - since they are lifeless set things, the volume of the playback is (usually) set at a non-painful level, while with the manual human announcements, sometimes they crank up the volume so loud that it's actually painful, or (the other extreme), it's so quiet that you can't hear what they are saying.

高崎駅-前橋駅 両毛線 Takasaki to Maebashi - Ryomo Line 140629
http://youtu.be/dPF7IWwDUak

This is far enough out of Tokyo that the atmosphere is quite different.  In going from Tokyo to an area in the country, probably the most striking thing when exiting a station is a sensation of "Where is everybody?", as there appear to be very few people out and about.  But you get used to that rapidly; it's the new normal in matter of about an hour, and then you just relax.  Upon returning to Tokyo, you change trains in one of the busy hub stations, and then you think "!!!!! Wow!!  There are an *amazing* number of people here!!".  But again, within an hour or so, that becomes normal again and you're back where you started (assuming you're a resident of Tokyo).

東京駅ホーム側の工事現場 End of Platform Construction Zone at Tokyo Station 140620
http://youtu.be/L5TAzCAx4l0

They've been doing some kind of construction in this area for years now... it appears to be approaching completion now?

有楽町駅-東京駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 140620
http://youtu.be/jjEo2fsLku8

Ochanomizu Reflections - Chuo Line 夜中央線 御茶ノ水反射 140620
http://youtu.be/WTkgrd2-ZQE

Evening Nishi-Shinjuku 夕暮れの西新宿 元淀橋 140624
http://youtu.be/n8JlA66c0Ig

Nearing Kokubunji - Seibu-Kokubunji Line 国分寺駅に近づく 西武国分寺線 140626
http://youtu.be/_AzdP7mMRWE

Tokyo Station Zero Marker 140626
http://youtu.be/OlKuOlQUf8o

It's hard to believe that I really haven't seen this before, but I don't remember it.  I just happened to be standing next to it one day, and so took this video to record the zero marker.  Tokyo is considered the zero point of the country and distances are measured from here... I think.  The real center is the center of Nihonbashi Bridge, but I guess this is the rail version at Tokyo Station.

Maruyama Norio 丸山則夫 Photo Exhibition at Art Space Rondo 140619
http://youtu.be/C30fjtrYv34

Art Space Rondo June 2014 Exhibition A アートスペースロンド六月展示会 140626
http://youtu.be/c9rvd8UdyMA

Art Space Rondo June 2014 Exhibition B アートスペースロンド六月展示会 140626
http://youtu.be/YX8sSWvCUGs

飯田橋駅-神田駅 総武線と中央線 Iidabashi to Kanda - Sobu と Chuo Line 140627
http://youtu.be/Whko0XrDRMk

中央線光と影とエスカレーター Chuo Line Light and Shadow 140627
http://youtu.be/Hxwszjmup5U

朝東京駅ホームの様子 Looking Around on a Tokyo Station Platform 140627
http://youtu.be/OkmKh1O81Ak

東京駅-品川駅 山手線 Tokyo to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140627
http://youtu.be/v8mbfDm3ljM

Walking Towards Osaki Station 夕方大崎駅向き 140627
http://youtu.be/vkI3R-Rd9Pg

Waiting for Yamanote Line at Osaki 大崎駅山手線ホーム 140627
http://youtu.be/8P5hwqanG30

昭和七年のビルの元談話室辺り 140627
http://youtu.be/c2VkycCs3Eo

Art Space Rondo June 2014 Exhibition C アートスペースロンド六月展示会 140627
http://youtu.be/PWjs-PoCYdA

Art Space Rondo June 2014 Exhibition D アートスペースロンド六月展示会 140627
http://youtu.be/rbFPTp1u69g

昭和七年のビルの階段とビルの夜顔 140627
http://youtu.be/SJojZVdktC0

有楽町晴海通り夕方散歩 Evening Showa-Dori Stroll 140627
http://youtu.be/kre0RFwgVJ0

Entering Yurakucho Yakitori Area 有楽町焼き鳥通り 140627
http://youtu.be/6joXckwst70

居酒屋の音とグラス響く Izakaya Sounds and Glass Echoes 140627g
http://youtu.be/jVMqk7D3X9I

I rather like this... I was about to leave an old izakaya under the elevated tracks that I had stopped at for a beer and some yakitori, but as I looked in my nearly empty glass, the view and surrounding sounds seemed interesting, so I made this visual and audio recording, capturing a few elements of the izakaya experience.

Yurakucho Nighttime Track-side 有楽町 140627
http://youtu.be/yga_QJ6bpr0

有楽町駅-東京駅 京浜東北線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140627
http://youtu.be/3zhCpqXXsBk

Omiya - About to Board Takasaki Line Train 大宮駅 高崎線 140629
http://youtu.be/Q49aTa-8KcE

前橋駅の前 暑い六月の日 Hot June Day at Maebashi Station 140629
http://youtu.be/sPnulINOP2w

前橋駅前 バスが通る Buses in Front of Maebashi Station 140629
http://youtu.be/Kl-R6bWhpXc

前橋のバスを乗る 内部ビュー Maebashi Bus Ride 140629
http://youtu.be/V-sYOJobewA

前橋バス内部と外部ビュー Maebashi Bus Ride 140629
http://youtu.be/9XXEUdT0zKo

Maebashi Bus Ride in the Rain 雨の前橋バスを乗る 前向き 140629
http://youtu.be/0y70aIVb5y8

前橋駅のホーム 両毛線の電車が遣って来る Maebashi Station - Ryomo Line 140629
http://youtu.be/k2pPPhhNpVk

前橋駅から出発 両毛線電車内 Departing Maebashi Station via Ryomo Line 140629
http://youtu.be/wDsygrwlcNc

高崎駅-倉賀野駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Takasaki Line 140629
http://youtu.be/VsijmkyW-ug

新町駅に到着 高崎線 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Takasaki Line 140629
http://youtu.be/4ap39kcfBUU

高崎線窓風景 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Takasaki Line 140629
http://youtu.be/OyXO4J9ksLc

Takasaki Line - June Afternoon Window View 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 140629
http://youtu.be/TS_9LH-29yk

夕方高崎線の窓風景 Evening Takasaki Line Window View 140629
http://youtu.be/3M60whUBvSU

上尾駅-大宮駅 高崎線 夕暮れ風景 Ageo to Omiya - Takasaki Line Evening View 140629
http://youtu.be/9_7iGCBYr-M

Saikyo Line Arriving at Omiya 大宮駅で埼京線が遣って来る 140629
http://youtu.be/dUnY573CoXk

1990 日本橋室から両国までの散策散歩 Nihonbashi to Ryogoku Night Walkabout 900702
http://youtu.be/tGaRDPWODjE

[Above] I don't actually recommend this one.  This first video camera that I was using didn't record night scenes very well, and much of this is so dark it's hard to make sense off.  Still, it captures some elements of the area I walked though and gets more watchable when I get to the river area, which had brighter illumination.

1990 両国駅-新宿駅 総武線と中央線 Ryogoku to Shinjuku Sobu と Chuo Lines 900702
http://youtu.be/SOkVDwuM9tA

1990 Late Night Train Leaving Station ひばりヶ丘駅の夜下り電車 900702
http://youtu.be/xh5VQsJTQRo

1990 丸の内昼間彼方此方散策散歩 Daytime Marunouchi District Walkabout 900703
http://youtu.be/-r5hMUr2Sf4

If you're interested in how the Marunouchi District was before the extensive reconstruction it has undergone in the quarter century since this was taken, I definitely recommend this video.

The post-Great Kanto Earthquake concrete buildings of the Marunouchi District (although the Marunouchi Building was actually built before the quake - and survived it well), which were mostly built in the 1930's, were of a solid construction and designed before the advent of air conditioning and florescent lighting, so they had openable windows and were designed to let air circulate though the building.  Modern buildings with their recirculating air systems leave me feeling like a goldfish in a bowl that needs to have the water changed.

Aside from that - there was something very familiar about this area before it was redeveloped.  The redevelopment was done well I think, but I do miss the atmosphere of the old 1930's buildings.

1990 東京駅-新宿駅 中央線 Tokyo to Shinjuku - Chuo Line 900703
http://youtu.be/cGhVduKZG4A

1990 新宿東口15秒 Quick 15-Second Shinjuku Spin - East Side 900703
http://youtu.be/Dj3HVN9WVyQ

1990 FF-Dinner 急ぎの夕外食 900703
http://youtu.be/3acDUm_FRdY

1990 池袋駅 帰る道 Late Evening Ikebukuro Station 900703
http://youtu.be/n6N_D_X9VpI

1990 新宿駅と町田駅 Shinjuku Station and Machida Station 900704
http://youtu.be/Z_3vrd5uAtU

1990 Machida Walkabout 町田散策散歩 900704
http://youtu.be/mNZfF7E6LNA

I had intended to spend a couple of hours just walking around in the Machida Station area, but the rain chased me indoors (it was a fine mist that was getting under the umbrella and onto the lens), so the last half of this video is a pretty detailed look inside a couple of the department stores in the area.  This seems historically interesting to me, as there are fewer and fewer of this type of heavily staffed department store.  The new model is cutting costs in any way possible and so typically modern stores only have a skeleton crew - mainly just operating the checkout area.

1990 新型定期券自動販売機 New Commuter Pass Machine 900704
http://youtu.be/Anqv76GbsHY

In 2014, this is just an ordinary thing that everyone is used to, but in 1990, this was very new, and the two people I recorded buying commuter passes from the machine were very clearly using this type of machine for the very first time.

This kind of transition recording is important for future reference I think, as relying on actors from the past (via old movies and TV dramas, etc.) to show people in the present/future how it was always generates mistakes.  This is the real thing.

1990 ロマンスカー 町田-新宿 Romance Car Ride - Machida to Shinjuku 900704
http://youtu.be/TUJuxNLvdNU

Back in 1990, there were several times I recorded taking the Odakyu Romance Car to Machida, but the schedule for the trains was such that I usually took a regular express train back to Shinjuku, so this Romance Car ride going in the other direction - from Machida to Shinjuku - is rare (within my videos).  I also left the camera running more than usual, so it's a good record of the scene out a left-side window.

1990 新宿駅 Shinjuku Station Walkabout 900704
http://youtu.be/EZsZGwihztU

This has some interesting content in it - I only wish I'd spent a little more time and taken a more careful record.  Basically it's Shinjuku Station from the upper exit of the Odakyu Line, into the JR section via the west entrance, and then walking the width of the station and going up to the Saikyo Line platform, with the video ending as I get on a Saikyo Line train.

1990 宮原駅辺りとバスと奈良町など Miyahara Station と Bus と Naracho 900704
http://youtu.be/j7tcGJ8Mrho

This probably should have been two videos, since there's a several hour gap in the middle and the video suddenly goes from the afternoon to twilight, and then it becomes night as I walk around recording video, but I decided to make it one clip as it was mostly taken in the same area.

1990 田町駅辺りなど Tamachi Station Area Etc - Comic Book Afternoon 900705
http://youtu.be/M7ClOY3oUpY

July 1990... this was the last part of the bubble era, and the beginnings of the end of the bubble era were already starting to happen.  I bring this up, because it was a very slow day in the office this day - thus the woman reading a comic book - and the company went bankrupt within a year of when this was taken.

Thinking back - I remember the uneasy feeling of a too-quiet office... the writing was already on the wall.  The expression I give the camera at the end of this doesn't seem to show any of that, but I was basically just laughing about having recorded over the shoulder of the comic-book-reading woman without her having noticed.

1990 新宿駅-九段下駅 都営新宿線 Shinjuku to Kudanshita - Toei-Shinjuku Line 900705
http://youtu.be/Wc2QGFg17C0

1990 九段下駅辺りの散策散歩 Kudanshita Station Walkabout 900705
http://youtu.be/WdL0WehaPic

1990 飯田橋駅で有楽町線を乗る Boarding Yurakucho Line at Iidabashi Station 900705
http://youtu.be/Mb9tLK20dB0

1990 飯田橋駅辺りなどの散策散歩 Iidabashi Station Area Walkabout 900706
http://youtu.be/-TdRGOZdlnM

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/06/25

"1990 Shinjuku, Ginza, Cruise Ship, Etc.; 2014 Rainy Oji, Senzokuike, Tokyu Lines, Shibuya, Etc."

In this batch of videos from 1990 and 2014, what stands out for me are the 1990 visit to a big cruise ship at Harumi (that had just been built), a rainy evening in Oji, and views of three different Tokyu Railway lines.

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新橋駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinbashi 900626
http://youtu.be/QKYXN6Sz_lM

1990 新橋銀座などの散歩 Shinbashi and Ginza Walkabout 900626
http://youtu.be/6KuMNEtWAQk

1990年の都営三田線 御成門駅-神保町駅-新宿駅 900626
http://youtu.be/6iJBGtGxsyw

This one is important as I didn't use the Toei Subway system very often, so these views of Toei trains are fairly rare in my material from that time.

1990 Walk into Nishi-Shinjuku 西新宿に入る 900626
http://youtu.be/d9t4RMThCB4

1990 新宿夜散策散歩 Shinjuku Night Walkabout 900626
http://youtu.be/9apgVEm5Q5w

1990年の夜新宿駅 Nighttime Shinjuku Station 900626
http://youtu.be/ioAInv7fJCM

1990 池袋駅-武蔵浦和 埼京線 Ikebukuro to Musashi-Urawa 900627
http://youtu.be/N0Esivu2tcg

1990 武蔵浦和駅 池袋駅など Musashi-Urawa to Ikebukuro Etc 900627
http://youtu.be/Bm9k6xGvGKw

1990年の朝通勤 池袋駅-田町駅など Ikebukuro to Tamachi Etc 900628
http://youtu.be/d7kET-d1SIU

1990 田町お昼窓ビュー Lunchtime in Tamachi - Window View 900628
http://youtu.be/r8m0eeY3kMk

1990 On the Other Hand - Shinjuku カメラを止められなかった 900628
http://youtu.be/oWS0rqVpd0I

Taking pictures is one of those those things.  If you don't take any, it's easy to just keep going without taking pictures, but once you start taking pictures, oftentimes the mood will strike and you end up wanting to take more and more.  In this video, I'm on camera (in Shinjuku) saying I'm going to put the camera away for the day, and then suddenly I'm taking pictures a little further down the street - saying "On the other hand..."

1990 新宿夜とビヤガーデン Shinjuku Night - Beer Garden Etc 900628n
http://youtu.be/peJhah9P9FQ

Izakaya places seem to be as popular as ever, but there seem to be fewer rooftop beer gardens now compared to 1990....

1990 夜の新宿駅 西口と埼京線 Nighttime Shinjuku Station 900628
http://youtu.be/Qj9sZfU4RN0

1990 東京ドーム辺りの散策散歩 Tokyo Dome Area Walkabout 900629
http://youtu.be/CESg51Ud0_U

1990 水道橋駅-桜田門駅散策散歩 Central Tokyo Walkabout, 900629
http://youtu.be/IrKVPPUjq5o

1990 Game Center Walkabout 水道橋辺りのゲームセンター 900629
http://youtu.be/AM4FH3DkmjU

1990 桜田門駅-銀座一丁目駅 有楽町線 Sakuradamon to Ginza One-Chome 900629
http://youtu.be/7WlEYzzdBAU

1990 銀座夕方散歩 Ginza Chuo-Dori Walkabout 900629
http://youtu.be/iuSIw_xMUmw

1990 銀座駅-銀座線を乗る Boarding Ginza Line at Ginza 900629
http://youtu.be/aA9XXav-DxU

1990 銀座駅-雪谷大塚駅 迷子になった Ginza to Yukigaya-Otsuka 900629
http://youtu.be/u62T-0fLYJY

1990 夜中 雪谷大塚駅-保谷駅 Midnight Trains - Yukigaya-Otsuka to Hoya 900629
http://youtu.be/pxChmiw27LE

1990 大手町散策散歩 Otemachi Walkabout 900630
http://youtu.be/4OT3NjyUDp8

1990 東京国際郵便局の一見 Tokyo International Post Office Glimpse 900630
http://youtu.be/HYStw6EG_Pw

I say "glimpse" here for a reason - I didn't record more than a few seconds inside the building, and not much longer outside.  This building is currently sitting empty, looking forlorn.  I don't know what the plans are for it.  I think I only went here this one time.

What happened, is that I needed to send something overseas, and so I went to the "International Post Office", but the clerk was rude to me, the location wasn't very convenient, and it seemed that everything I could do at the "International Post Office", I could also do at the "Central Post Office", which was much more conveniently located (right next to Tokyo Station), so this was (I think) the first and last time I set foot inside the building.

1990 晴海までの特別バス Event Bus Ride to Harumi 900630
http://youtu.be/LeTlvl4I8wA

I just stumbled upon this free bus service to an event at Harumi, but in waiting for the next bus as I watched one fill up, I was able to sit down in the front seat just behind the driver, and there are some good (if not overly long) views of the original Marunouchi Building (as the bus drove by) and the route to Harumi in 1990.  There have many changes since then!

1990 Harumi Shopping Event 晴海の買い物イベント 900630
http://youtu.be/Y0fftrX7_G0

This appeared to be an event put on by a collection of high-end department stores, where they got together, rented space at the Harumi convention center, and had a big weekend sale.  1990 was the end of the peak of the bubble years, and deflation hadn't set in, so a sale like this drew out a lot of people.  Coming out of the shopping event, I was wandering around when I saw a huge cruise ship (see next video)....

クリスタルハーモニー 新品 1990年6月30日の内部 Crystal Harmony Cruise Ship Walkabout 900630
http://youtu.be/kJNczJl0kWA

It was fascinating to be just wandering around and to look up and see this huge ship!  As I comment on camera, it was amazing to me that such a huge thing floated!  Looking it up after posting this, I see that the length of Crystal Harmony (241m) is fairly close to the length of (former) Titanic (269m).  Some other ship sizes are listed below - the largest being the monster RMS Queen Mary-2 at 345m.

Crystal Harmony (1990–2006)
Asuka II (2006 onwards) - 790 ft (241 m)

Titanic - 882 ft 6 in (269 m)
Queen Mary - Length: 1,019 feet (311 m)
RMS Queen Elizabeth - 1,031 ft (314 m)
Queen Elizabeth 2 - 963 ft (293 m)
MS Queen Elizabeth - 965 ft (294 m)
RMS Queen Mary 2 - 1,132 ft (345 m)

1990 バス - 晴海から豊洲駅まで Bus - Harumi to Toyosu Station 900630
http://youtu.be/X_9w_IuogMI

1990 豊洲駅から有楽町線を乗る Toyosu Station - Boarding Yurakucho Line 900630
http://youtu.be/W1B8WRvdqpE

1990 ひばりが丘横道とか Hibarigaoka Side Street Glimpses 900630
http://youtu.be/0UZZ1BAc3HM

1990 田町昼散策散歩 Tamachi Lunchtime Walkabout 900702
http://youtu.be/Xu6tIoZnq-I

1990 日本橋の夜横道 Nihonbashi Side Streets - Night View 900702
http://youtu.be/eGJdQgkOpr4

新しい電車 高尾駅-高尾山口駅 京王線 New Keio Line Train 140602
http://youtu.be/GBkt-sT67Y0

高尾山口駅-高尾駅 京王線 Takaosanguchi to Takao Keio Line 140602
http://youtu.be/70zr2DbE7-w

王子夕暮れ雨 川辺り Oji Twilight Rain Near River Area 140606
http://youtu.be/MSBLGvKH8D0

湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 新宿駅から大崎駅まで SSLTCTK 140615
http://youtu.be/WiJHg1azlWg

元東急渋谷駅残りは少ない (Twilight) Vanishing Tokyu Shibuya Station 140615
http://youtu.be/zubn2oIker4

Midnight Frogs and Waterfall 夜中の蛙と滝 140602
http://youtu.be/DsnJ8x7EKYM

神田駅ホームの様子 Kanda Station Platform Wait 140605
http://youtu.be/QE5GmKHDTYw

Yamanote Line Train Entering Run from Train Yard by Osaki Station 140605
http://youtu.be/YjFA13AdA1I

Purple and Green - Flowering Plant 紫と緑 花 140605
http://youtu.be/9k2qWfx4ZJ0

Stairs to Yamanote Platform 山手線まで 大崎駅の階段 140606
http://youtu.be/nKJA7cLURng

大崎駅-品川駅 山手線 Osaki to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140606
http://youtu.be/aSDwD-ga7pg

京浜東北線の到着 Arriving Keihin-Tohoku Line Train 140606
http://youtu.be/qxCDG4AjbKE

王子駅 夕方の雨 Rainy Afternoon at Oji Station 140606
http://youtu.be/oQyAsIRd718

Walking Towards Oji Station in the Rain 雨の王子駅 140606
http://youtu.be/lWbUhAJreeE

王子緑 六月の夕方雨 Rainy June Evening in Oji 140606
http://youtu.be/a9xfQGpWckg

Buses at Oji Station - Mysterious New Noise - Compressor Maybe 140606
http://youtu.be/ynIjwASgPJQ

Rainy Side Street Near Oji Station 王子駅辺りの雨道 140606
http://youtu.be/yxsgvkpQ72E

池袋駅東口 雨の夜 Ikebukuro East Side - Rainy Night 140606
http://youtu.be/1UPCokQ22hY

所沢駅ホームの様子 Tokorozawa Station Platform - Rainy Night 140606
http://youtu.be/-y2A1kKBOMk

Boarding Seibu-Shinjuku Train at Tokorozawa 所沢駅の西武新宿線 140606
http://youtu.be/oehjrBaxD08

Train Going by Park 140609
http://youtu.be/b8lq0-WF1BE

Chuo Line Arriving at Shinjuku 中央線が新宿駅に到着 140610
http://youtu.be/gb8j6bMuprU

Taxi Area by Kokubunji Station 国分寺駅隣のタクシー乗り場 140611
http://youtu.be/mZrlmEd8iLo

Construction Area and Noisy Students by Kokubunji Station 140611
http://youtu.be/8RZLWOlOkMI

新宿駅隣の工事現場 Construction Area Next to Shinjuku Station 140615
http://youtu.be/UudaGAI4UlE

旗の台駅の木造ベンチ Hatanodai Wooden Benches 140615
http://youtu.be/v13cT2HcFc8

洗足池の一見 Evening Senzokuike Lake - Short Look 140615
http://youtu.be/jPKJBJIN_W0

Mass of Carp in Stream by Senzokuike Lake 140615
http://youtu.be/5oNLyW_4Xpg

洗足池の島の見回り 360 on Senzokuike Island 140615
http://youtu.be/Km7FKUy2NAc

Pedestrian Rail Underpass and Old Houses 140615
http://youtu.be/xPjlgncjWQU

井の頭線渋谷駅ホームの様子 Inokashira Line Shibuya Station Platform Walk 140615
http://youtu.be/FqApSOby2EY

吉祥寺駅で井の頭線から中央線の乗り換え Inokashira to JR Transfer at Kichijoji 140615
http://youtu.be/gN73GqhxeDg

洗足池駅に入る 改札口-ホーム Entering Senzokuike Station 140615
http://youtu.be/c79qgm2PYVI

洗足池駅-旗の台駅 東急池上線 Senzokuike to Hatanodai - Ikegami Line 140615g
http://youtu.be/nGtsnlcBDwA

旗の台駅南口-北千束駅 東急大井町線 Hatanodai to Kita-Senzoku - Oimachi Line 140615
http://youtu.be/4p3FVwz6-w4

緑が丘駅から出発 東急大井町駅 Departing Midorigaoka Station - Oimachi Line 140615
http://youtu.be/oNtGmdEfJ78

自由が丘駅 東横線のホームの様子 Jiyugaoka Station - Toyoko Line Platform 140615
http://youtu.be/g2lGd_8Yz9k

自由が丘駅-学芸大学 東急東横線 Jiyugaoka to Gakugei-Daigaku Toyoko Line 140615g
http://youtu.be/vCrTewQ-mmE

学芸大学-中目黒駅 東急東横線 Gakugei-Daigaku to Naka-Meguro Toyoko Line 140615
http://youtu.be/0JiS4WSTFCI

渋谷東口夕暮れ散策散歩 Shibuya Twilight Walkabout on East Side 140615
http://youtu.be/ISPSKLKtOBo

Twilight View - Ruins of Former Tokyu-Shibuya Station 夕暮れの元東急渋谷駅 140615
http://youtu.be/e9bCFCeKkvM

夕暮れ元東京渋谷駅工事現場 Former Tokyu-Shibuya Station Construction Zone 140615
http://youtu.be/UnO2CmoTM3U

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/06/01

"1990 Ikebukuro, Hamamatsucho, Nihonbashi; 1991 Chichibu, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku; 2014 Yurakucho, Ginza, Ryogoku, Etc."

Views from 1990, 1991, and 2014 in this batch of videos.  Lots that should be said, but not much time to say it in.  I suppose the videos can (mostly) speak for themselves, and hopefully the titles are good guides to what's in each one.  No Hollywood style excitement exactly, but lots to see if you pay attention to details.

1991 秩父散策散歩 Chichibu Walkabout 910505
http://youtu.be/rUzm5D-k8P4

1991 秩父駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武線 Chichibu to Hibarigaoka - Seibu Line 910505
http://youtu.be/J0M_BuIH3k4

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro - Seibu Line 910507
http://youtu.be/ObmOnDWxyRY

1991 Ikebukuro Walkabout 池袋散策散歩 910507
http://youtu.be/Du6OCUutbZc

1991年の池袋ゲームセンター Ikebukuro Game Arcade 910507n
http://youtu.be/IzS0V0T7vgA

1991年の自動改札口器械の中ビュー Ticket Gate Machine Internal View 910507
http://youtu.be/jcTykhLJuVo

The first automatic ticket gates were pre-IC cards and operated by reading magnetic data on the backs of paper tickets.  The machines were very complex and tickets that had been damaged led to malfunctions (rainy days were bad, as some people would put in damp tickets, etc.).  And so it was not an uncommon sight to see them being serviced and/or opened to retrieve someone's stuck ticket, etc.

1991 池袋駅-南千住駅 山手線と常磐線 Ikebukuro to Minamisenju 910507
http://youtu.be/CDdYbUoxyJc

1991年の日暮里駅の電車 Train Watching at Nippori Station 910507
http://youtu.be/tUoe4-eveJQ

1991 南千住散策散歩 Minami-Senju Walkabout 910507
http://youtu.be/j-loEcuic4w

This area included a time-slip zone with dirt streets and an atmosphere that seemed to be from decades before....

1991 寄居駅-秩父駅 秩父線 Yorii to Chichibu - Chichibu Line 910505
http://youtu.be/t0-cpm0ngdU

西武新宿線上り電車の窓風景 Inbound Seibu Line Window View 140511g
http://youtu.be/nJSdqbCklX8

新橋駅-浜松町駅 山手線 Shinbashi to Hamamatsucho - Yamanote Line 140515g
http://youtu.be/ARzRRynNcXQ

北大塚 市電が通る Streetcar Passing in Otsuka 140511
http://youtu.be/PIGRIKY8kMU

新橋駅-有楽町駅 山手線 Shinbashi to Yurakucho - Yamanote Line 140515
http://youtu.be/Jvgy8EK88a0

神田駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 Kanda to Shinagawa - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140515
http://youtu.be/ok-n8djsjnE

有楽町駅-新橋駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Shinbashi - Yurakucho Line 140515
http://youtu.be/W99wVF_vViA

御茶ノ水駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 Ochanomizu to Shinagawa - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140516
http://youtu.be/OcGYrCr-faE

神田駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 Kanda to Shinagawa - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140515
http://youtu.be/ok-n8djsjnE

東京駅八重洲口工事現場 目が回る Construction by Tokyo Station 140516
http://youtu.be/nhhND1Ex7p4

Small Park in Ginza in the Rain 銀座にある小さい公園 雨の日 140516
http://youtu.be/oqCi9gMxMfU

東京駅-元万世橋 中央線 Tokyo to Manseibashi - Chuo Line 140516
http://youtu.be/TRxnhYckYWM

To the *former* Manseibashi Station that is - but one of the station's two platforms is still there and contains a coffee shop (by day) and izakaya (by night).  (The train doesn't stop there, but I stopped the camera where the station is, so...)

西武新宿駅ホームの様子 Platform Scene at Seibu-Shinjuku Station 140516
http://youtu.be/4MKL6NBViNo

西武新宿駅-西武高田馬場駅 Shinjuku to Takadanobaba - Seibu Line 140516
http://youtu.be/jv8m4gKRtm0

1991 新宿散策散歩 Shinjuku Walkabout 910502
http://youtu.be/mQgrAeuqVAM

1991 新宿駅-池袋駅 埼京線 Shinjuku to Ikebukuro via Saikyo Line 910502
http://youtu.be/NezcpEBfePs

1991 池袋駅 JR線から西武線の乗り換え JR to Seibu Transfer at Ikebukuro 910502
http://youtu.be/9c59bL8UALQ

1991 西武池袋線ホームからの見回り Seibu-Ikebukuro Line Platform View 910502
http://youtu.be/RFJ3o0XD4lI

1991 池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka via Seibu Line 910502
http://youtu.be/2rx8ekYre_M

1991 ひばりが丘-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro via Seibu Line 910503
http://youtu.be/w3TSsgxPXyY

1991年のとーぶカードを買う Buying a Tobu Ticket Card 910503
http://youtu.be/5D2puGyvZ3Q

This type of card was short-lived.  It could only be used to buy tickets, which you could do from the same machines with cash, so there wasn't much point in buying them really, other than for their value as souvenirs and as a way to (marginally) speed up the process of buying a ticket.  It wasn't long after these came out that they came out with cards that could be used directly in the ticket gates, and then (of course), there was no point in continuing to sell these.

Actually, the best thing about this video is that I was going to press the buzzer button at a window to show how a guy would magically appear and give me change for a Y10,000 bill, but just then an older man pressed the button, and in the style of the (very) old days, asked the guy in the window how much it cost to go somewhere.  The man was basically from another era and probably from another (less automated) area of the country.  It's an excellent demonstration (via the audio track mostly) of how it used to be done.

1991 東武東上線の旅 Tobu-Tojo Line Window Views 910503
http://youtu.be/jUkrsPe6Clw

1991 Bookstore Walkabout 本屋の様子 910502
http://youtu.be/zOz4dpORAa0

高尾駅で114型 雨の日 Series-114 Train on Siding at Takao 140430
http://youtu.be/8l569aKWbJw

高尾駅から114型の出発 Series-114 Train Departing Takao Station 140430
http://youtu.be/Gb2mZXYLm60

Shinkansen Coming Out of Tunnel by Akihabara Station 秋葉原駅 140502
http://youtu.be/zJ5wkZnNVBg

Artist Drawing at Gallery Rondo 140502
http://youtu.be/QqmOTPnGds8

Middle of the Night at Chuo Line Suburban Station 140503
http://youtu.be/WF9oWouzOhw

Yurakucho Under Tracks Izakaya Tunnel 140509
http://youtu.be/iKLQSHtzbmc

金曜日の夜の有楽町SB Friday Evening at Yurakucho-SB 140509
http://youtu.be/2I1F5Z2SUZ8

夜遅くの有楽町駅ホーム Late Night Yurakucho Station Platform 140509
http://youtu.be/qh2g0ywyNVg

Cool Old Building - From Top to Bottom 140509
http://youtu.be/cxqvvSHmlK8

Not sure when this building was built - but it is thought to have been constructed in either the 1920's or 1930's.  Probably the 1930's, as that was when a lot of steel-reinforced concrete buildings similar in design went up.

Cool Old Building - From Bottom to Top to Bottom 140509
http://youtu.be/HpdjQxL_vL0

Examining Old Building - With Verbal Comments 140509
http://youtu.be/taHmamLFSJY

東京駅で電車を待っている Waiting for Train at Tokyo Station 140502
http://youtu.be/qUOrqEHsjMc

Evening Yurakucho 夕方の有楽町 140502
http://youtu.be/yDn1YOy_o10

Yurakucho Track-side Walk 有楽町散歩 140502
http://youtu.be/GCk8x8lXggM

Old Type Express Train Passing Suburban Chuo Line Station Etc 中央線 140503
http://youtu.be/qHDCgzUFf64

中央線 上り電車の窓ビュー Inbound Chuo Line Window View 140505
http://youtu.be/-nWizndTRxc

神田駅-東京駅 中央線 Kanda to Tokyo via Chuo Line 140508
http://youtu.be/3cEipC999c0

東京駅で京浜東北線を乗る Boarding Keihin-Tohoku Line at Tokyo 140508
http://youtu.be/om6Ls4icEDw

有楽町駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 Yurakucho to Shinbashi (Keihin-Tohoku Line) 140508
http://youtu.be/P03qk9AzLmU

大井町線の電車 大井町駅から到着と出発 Trains at Oimachi Station 140508
http://youtu.be/jHfCBxUOSuc

Passing Express Train on the Oimachi Line 東急大井町線の急行が通る 140508
http://youtu.be/iC2ofuj6Jts

Arriving at Shinagawa Station via Keihin-Tohoku Line Train 京浜東北線 140508
http://youtu.be/-aUQmIX3BdE

有楽町駅-品川駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Shinagawa via Yamanote Line 140508
http://youtu.be/DAiedDVN46k

Train Window Blur 140508
http://youtu.be/tv67qhdY1IU

秋葉原駅に到着と新幹線 In Parallel Beside Shinkansen on Way to Akihabara 140509
http://youtu.be/I8_WdrFM7ao

Entering Ryogoku Station from North Side 両国駅に入る 140509
http://youtu.be/2ElUbqA7mh0

両国駅のホームの様子 Waiting for a Train at Ryogoku 140509
http://youtu.be/HF15e1sQkrI

両国駅-秋葉原駅 夜の総武線 Ryogoku to Akihabara (Sobu Line) 140509
http://youtu.be/wPRt-tywSlo

Sobu Line Platform at Akihabara 秋葉原駅の総武線ホーム 140509
http://youtu.be/oqqOT205LS0

Looking Around by a Busy Road 140509
http://youtu.be/9-Z43Q3CKYU

秋葉原駅-神田駅 山手線 Akihabara to Kanda (Yamanote Line) 140509
http://youtu.be/pID8dZBis_A

大崎駅のホームエスカレーター Escalator to Platform Ride at Osaki Station 140508g
http://youtu.be/zmsrX36K5ww

夕暮れの両国 Twilight Stroll in Ryogoku 140509g
http://youtu.be/VBzjvwTIQ84

小泉恵一と小林清美インスタレーション アートスペースロンド 140515
http://youtu.be/q9njeW0HvRA

May 16th 2014 Art Installation at Art Space Rondo 140516
http://youtu.be/qes0u5e4puQ

Yamanote Line Departing Osaki Station 山手線大崎駅 140522
http://youtu.be/3magDBVWVAY

Installation at Art Space Rondo in Ginza 140522
http://youtu.be/C9T1-ghdKfk

Blue Sky and White Clouds in Osaki 大崎空と雲とビル 140522
http://youtu.be/igLH2CmpQW8

Old Building Details 古いビルの一部 140523
http://youtu.be/LzmfVoqL7zQ

Keihin-Tohoku Train Passing Yurakucho SB Street Scene 140523
http://youtu.be/giXB0y5l6lc

Chuo Line Central Tokyo Moat View 中央線からの堀ビュー 140522
http://youtu.be/8I_-KJKD6oU

有楽町駅-浜松町駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Hamamatsucho - Yamanote Line 140522
http://youtu.be/OHRQcID1Hz8

Kanda Station Escalator Recordings 神田駅エスカレーター 140523
http://youtu.be/jMG8RiWpqio

山手線 東京駅辺りの窓ビュー Yamanote Window View Near Tokyo Station 140523
http://youtu.be/TIHDt8y5X3M

有楽町駅向かいの散歩 Walking Towards Yurakucho Station 140523
http://youtu.be/Q8awI7_eZRM

有楽町 新幹線が通り過ぎ Shinkansen Passing By - Yurakucho Evening 140523
http://youtu.be/L1kUQ_5Xyic

1990年の夜散歩 西新宿 歌舞伎町 大久保 高田馬場 新宿区 900621
http://youtu.be/H0-1hW7N_mk

1990 高田馬場駅-池袋駅 山手線 Takadanobaba-Ikebukuro 900621
http://youtu.be/_APhCTnaTgM

1990 Hibarigaoka Saturday Afternoon ひばりが丘 900623
http://youtu.be/8aVXkIGuqQE

1990 Ikebukuro East Side Walkabout Etc 池袋東口散策散歩 900623
http://youtu.be/Kxwiz1wnAEM

1990 浜松町朝散策散歩 Hamamatsucho Morning Walkabout 900625
http://youtu.be/oTFtdB-a8cg

荻野美穂子 クレパス画展示会 Art Space Rondo 奥野ビル501号室 140529
http://youtu.be/ArcjpSP4fxo

有楽町ストリート居酒屋 Yurakucho Street Izakaya 140530
http://youtu.be/0qhChONanyI

Late Night Yurakucho 夜遅くの金曜日有楽町 140530
http://youtu.be/uP9HbNjgh0I

有楽町駅で夜中の金曜日山手線を待ってる Midnight Yurakucho Station 140531
http://youtu.be/KCEeANq-Cu8

神田駅を通る新幹線 Morning Shinkansen Passing Kanda Station 140529
http://youtu.be/MY1KZEh0SLg

Entering Takadanobaba Station 高田馬場駅を入る 夜 140529
http://youtu.be/RELFxMnegTI

Seibu-Takadanobaba Platform Walk 西武高田馬場駅ホームの様子 140529
http://youtu.be/YR41hQ_AnUc

Osaki Platform Escalator 大崎駅ホームまでのエスカレーター 140530
http://youtu.be/ONRWDUCNX7E

山手線窓の風景 大崎駅と品川駅の間 Osaki to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140530
http://youtu.be/VpiQzBSlZXM

1990 田町駅までの散歩 Evening Walk to Tamachi Station 900625
http://youtu.be/9haf2qlMyuw

1990 夕方田町駅と山手線 Evening Tamachi Station と Yamanote Line 900625
http://youtu.be/xL5gjw0CinE

1990 夕方東京駅 Evening Tokyo Station Walk-through 900625
http://youtu.be/t2zUZUWikQI

1990 夕方の日本橋散策散歩 Evening Nihonbashi Walkabout 900625
http://youtu.be/LJInKjTbRsc

1990 三越前駅-渋谷駅 半蔵門線 Mitsukoshi-mae to Shibuya - Hanzomon Line 900625
http://youtu.be/l7xGInYz0Dg

高尾駅-高尾山口駅 京王線 Takao to Takaosanguchi - Keio Line 140526
http://youtu.be/RDL5BYlr9V0

清滝駅-高尾山駅 高尾登山電鉄 Takaosan Cable Car Ride to Top 140526
http://youtu.be/ZbX1DdAtNxI

清滝駅-高尾山駅 高尾登山電鉄 Takaosan Cable Car Ride to Top 140526
http://youtu.be/ZbX1DdAtNxI

高尾山と雲空 Watching Clouds from Mt Takao 140526
http://youtu.be/VBKUhtPDPnA

高尾山のある冷たい五月夕暮れ Twilight Cold Mt Takao Evening 140526
http://youtu.be/G8yn-7hBBw0

清滝駅近くの滝と蛙のシンフォニー Frogs and Waterfall Near Mt Takao 140526
http://youtu.be/cUoQL6kCW-k

高尾山口駅-高尾駅 京王線 Takaosanguchi to Takao - Keio Line 140526
http://youtu.be/5qi8B8ibxEE

京王高尾駅 夜の電車が出発 Keio Takao Station Night Trains 140526
http://youtu.be/fJKd5tFB7zs

1990 夜のハチ公広場と渋谷 Hachiko Square and Nighttime Shibuya 900625
http://youtu.be/jmTLtjKx1l8

1990 渋谷駅-池袋駅 山手線 Shibuya to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 900625
http://youtu.be/evO28hNdbJ4

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/05/08

"1992 Nakano, Shibuya, Etc.; 2014 Miharabashi Last Friday, Etc."

Views from 1992 and 2014 in this batch, with a large number of clips among the 2014 views showing the final Friday (April 25th, 2014) of the Miharabashi under-road pedestrian area, where a big farewell bash was held by and in honor of the Mihara Curry Corner shop.

The 1992 views are mostly fairly ordinary views taken of and around the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line, the Yamanote Line, and the Toyoko Line.  By 1992, I wasn't going out on video excursions very often; mainly just taking videos of places I happened to already be in or near when I had my video camera with me.  On the plus side, I had been taking video for about two-and-a-half years by the summer of 1992, so the camera handling is smoother than in - say - early 1990.

Still, there are a few notable and/or interesting visual/audio records in this batch of 1992 views I think.  Looking down the list of titles and links below... wait... I was going to comment on them here at the top, but it would make more sense to just do so near (generally below) the titles themselves.  So - scroll down for further comments!

1992 中野夏祭り サンプラザ前 920725n
http://youtu.be/mnnp2-8ShMc

The summer festivals are always fun, but one looks (and sounds) pretty much like another one, so I don't actually consider this video to be of particular interest, although it might be for people who lived in Nakano at the time this was taken.

1992 Nakano to Hiyoshi Etc 中野駅-日吉駅など 920725
http://youtu.be/1Ywyy-_JlK4

At first, I wasn't going to comment on this video, but watching it again, I notice/remember that there are a few interesting points about it.  While I've covered going to Hiyoshi in 1991 and 1992 several times before, I think this may be the only video showing going there from Nakano, which is significant because when changing from the Chuo Line to the Yamanote Line at Shinjuku, there are several (brief) views of trains at the station that were common at the time, but no longer (or very seldom) seen now.

This also includes - as I've done in previous videos from Hiyoshi - a front-seat view while driving on the narrow streets near Hiyoshi Station.  What I find interesting in this video though, is part of a radio news broadcast mentioning (among other things) the Barcelona Olympics (on the drive back to Hiyoshi Station).  Looking it up, I see that the opening ceremony for the Barcelona Olympics was July 25th, 1992 (in Spain), and since this was the night of July 25th in Japan, as I was listening to the news in the car, it would have been around noon in Spain (also on July 25th).

1992 渋谷ハチ公スクエアなど Shibuya Hachiko Square Etc 920802
http://youtu.be/Yn6mElW9Rw8

Actually, the title of this video is only relevant to the last part.  The first part of the video has scenes from the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line and then the Yamanote Line taken on the way to Shibuya.

1992 中野裏道など Nakano Back Streets Etc 920807
http://youtu.be/i8V5BTLcmwo

Ah!  This one!  This one is historically interesting, as some of the backstreet areas I recorded in it have since been demolished.  That interesting backstreet area still exists of course, but it's shrinking, and the composition of the shops has changed somewhat.

The beginning of this video starts on residential streets, jumps to a quick rooftop view of the western horizon (in the last minutes of the day's twilight) and then (after a couple of quick views of internal-combustion machinery roads), enters the no-bloody-automobiles zone at around 1:40.  I probably should have dived into the back streets earlier, but overall, this is a good video for showing a typical 1992 Nakano residential area, the horizon from up high, and then the izakaya backstreet area.

1992 細い道のバス Bus on Narrow Streets 920821
http://youtu.be/BJmyNyfq0YM

The bus ride part highlighted in the title begins at about the 1:30 mark.  The video starts off on a train, shows a little of Nerima, and then the bus ride starts, which goes down some amazingly (for a large bus) narrow streets.  In situations like this, with the bus right in the thick of pedestrian traffic, things are so visually interesting that you end up kind of hypnotized while watching the things around you in such close proximity.

1992 Random Night Scenes Etc 夜の道など 920719
http://youtu.be/K2KbFsj2z3w

1992 Hibarigaoka to Nerima Etc ひばりヶ丘駅-練馬駅など 920725
http://youtu.be/HwvjqQlgNg0

1992 西武池袋線とバス Seibu-Ikebukuro Line and Bus Ride 920803
http://youtu.be/lC_Sfr4-erk

1992 Seibu-Ikebukuro Line Window View Etc 西武池袋線など 920807
http://youtu.be/GKqRm8vKnbM

1992 ひばりヶ丘から渋谷まで Hibarigaoka to Shibuya 920808
http://youtu.be/8FY81gPWly8

1992 遊園地 Amusement Park 920815
http://youtu.be/h91RFIgUyaw

This 15-minute video shows various scenes from a famous amusement park.  Not historical in the way views of city streets are, but maybe there's something of the era between the frames, so to speak.  Actually... watching the video as I type this - it really does feel like a different era to me.

1992 中野区の平日公園と新井と野方など Nakano Suburbia 920821
http://youtu.be/-IPy-a5OLx8

1992 木造練馬駅など Wooden Nerima Station Etc 920821
http://youtu.be/NW8xOofW0io

1992 ひばりが丘夏祭り Quick View of Hibarigaoka Summer Matsuri 920828
http://youtu.be/bLAi7rhRn50

三原橋の三原カレーコーナー内の見回り 忙しい金曜日 平成２６年４月２５日 140425
http://youtu.be/6ntMW_ug0zc

A view of the last Friday at Mihara Curry Corner in the Miharabashi Chikagai under-bridge place.  It's a good look at how it was during the final day for general customers (it was open for a couple of days after that for local area people).

Construction Site by Shinjuku Station 新宿駅隣の工事現場 140424
http://youtu.be/G7Awwz34Ncw

After doing extensive foundation work, they've started building up at the construction zone next to Shinjuku Station.  When the project is finished, probably the Saikyo Line platform will basically feel like a subway, situated as it is below a huge overhead bridge and with a highrise building towering up right next to Track-1.

三原橋地下街 最後の金曜日 午後三時半 Miharabashi-Chikagai - Last Friday Afternoon 140425
http://youtu.be/Lo84RvNd00Q

Construction Site in Ginza 1-Chome 銀座一丁目の工事現場 140425
http://youtu.be/cBEUsmvGgjM

黒多弘文インスタレーション 銀座奥野ビル306号室の光と反射 140425
http://youtu.be/PrNUo9yb-cI

(Below) - Several videos showing Miharabashi Chikagai and Mihara Curry Corner on Final Friday, April 25th, 2014.

三原カレーコーナー店主の吉田信三さんの一言 金曜日 140425
http://youtu.be/eDr51XBsmdc

三原橋-01 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/kgwomu9NFnU

三原橋 野口寅次郎 三原カレーコーナーイベント Noguchi Torajiro 140425
http://youtu.be/dysAe3RPH5U

三原橋-02 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/OJQ0ePQCUFc

三原橋 野口寅次郎と成田朱希 三原カレーコーナー内 140425
http://youtu.be/vu3gffYllN4

三原橋地下街 金曜日平成２６年４月２５日のイベント 通路のところ 140425
http://youtu.be/T8J4vN2OxWY

三原橋 撮影夢中 140425
http://youtu.be/hRiyHwnokWk

Taking pictures... as it was the last day for Mihara Curry Corner at Miharabashi Chikagai, a lot of pictures were taken.

三原橋-03 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/c74zISDGnb8

三原橋-04 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/CSNPZesxS9A

三原橋-05 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/iQ-S0n1lLRI

三原橋-06 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/_-DrvsfNvPU

三原橋-07 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/5oDZpd8OUZg

三原橋-08 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/LZIE-QO4bZg

三原橋-09 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/KJBj1mMDLu4

居酒屋の電話 二の一 140425
http://youtu.be/zY_tRYvmf_Q

In these two videos (above and below), the guy on the phone was trying out the old type phone.  He had commented on the phone, which is a type that used to be the norm in coffee shops and izakayas, but is quite rare now.  At first, he was impressed, but then he appeared to think it was just sitting there as an ornament, and wasn't in use.  So, to demonstrate that it wasn't ornamental, but really was the shop's phone, I called it, and he acted out the part of someone working at an izakaya.  It was a fun night, and it occurred to us that he might never again get a chance to use one of those phones in an authentic way.

(What I mean by "authentic", is as an actual real phone that was installed as a piece of current technology, and not a replica, or an actual old phone installed as a retro object for nostalgic reasons.  For some reason it didn't occur to me to ask the shop owner how old the phone was, but I would imagine several decades.)

居酒屋の電話 二の二 140425
http://youtu.be/HM4X7DUluss

三原橋 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント記念写真 140425
http://youtu.be/kT7xZpD1gys

三原地下街の閉門時間が近い 平成２６年４月２５日 140425
http://youtu.be/Go9m4rtP8vU

三原地下街の閉門時間 平成２６年４月２５日 140425
http://youtu.be/7OGTTmdpgW0

Midnight Kyobashi 夜中の京橋 140425
http://youtu.be/qucvsK_OiXY

京橋車鋼鉄反射と木造建物 Kyobashi Steel Reflections and Wooden Building 140425
http://youtu.be/3FCTqMvIu0s

Waiting for Oimachi Line Train 東急大井町線の電車を待っている 140425
http://youtu.be/auW0VqcqW1M

1992 Hibarigaoka Kids Matsuri Etc ひばりが丘子供の夏祭り 920716
http://youtu.be/Vi0RuazSw-Q

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-日吉駅 電車と車など Hibarigaoka to Hiyoshi Etc 920718
http://youtu.be/NUUoNLtsPmE

(Below)  This video covers a lot of ground, including bus rides, train rides (surface and subway), and a walkabout in Waseda, followed by weekend street scenes in Shinjuku.  This was taken in July of 1992, a time when much of the train system had already gone to automatic ticket gates, but there were still manually operated ones here and there, and there are a couple of clear views of manually operated ticket gates on the Tozai (subway) Line in this video.

1992 バスと電車と早稲田と新宿など Buses Trains Waseda Shinjuku Etc 920719
http://youtu.be/A_-TwbulLpA

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/04/22

"1992 Toyoko Line, Tama Zoo, Etc.; 2014 Sakura Views, Yamanote Line, Trains Here and There, Etc."

Looking at 1992 views of the Toyoko Line generates surprisingly strong feelings of nostalgia for me.  Cities change all the time of course, but there are some elements you don't expect to change, and the above-ground Toyoko Line station in Shibuya is definitely not something I expected to vanish!  The line is still in Shibuya of course - under ground now - but the station has been smashed to rubble and soon there will be new high-rise buildings, etc there.

Trying to reason out why there should be so much nostalgia attached to something like this, I come to the power of places to bring back memories of days gone by, and so the destruction of a memory-generating spot feels like a loss of the past itself?  Something like that....

And then - in the 1992 video showing going from Shibuya to Hiyoshi, there are three main points - Toyoko Shibuya Station, an old station with wooden beams, and then squeaky new Hiyoshi Station.  I didn't quite realize it at the time, but looking back now, it seems clear that it was a transition period between the Showa Era and the Heisei Era.

Hmm..... as soon as I typed "Heisei Era", I realized that I have never before used that term.  Using it, I stopped typing, stared at the screen for a minute and tried to imagine what "Heisei Era" represents exactly.  Time will tell.  It was the same way in the 1980's - the concept of "Showa Era" never crossed my mind, because it was current.  Now you hear "Showa Era" all the time, and the general theme is of steel and wood (or all wood) buildings - and the rebuilding of the economy after WW-II.

One more comment about 1992 - my visit to Tama Zoo on July 12th, 1992.  Looking at the young couples in the video who are visiting the zoo with their small children, it's hard to believe that they're middle-aged now and those tiny children are now adults - indeed some of them are likely parents themselves.  One generation ago....

Anyway - on to 2014!  Looking over the videos I've posted between March 25th, 2014 and April 17th, 2014, the main thing I'm struck with are train views here and there in Tokyo, as well as some views of this year's sakura trees.  I didn't put much effort into seeing the flowering trees this year, but did make a few trips to favorite hanami spots.

1992 京王線 夕方列車 Twilight Keio Line Window View 920711
http://youtu.be/3866CaWIkTQ

If you want to watch - as a batch - all the things I took on July 11th, 1992, search (on my YouTube page/channel) for "920711" and they should all come up.  I earlier posted from a different tape taken on that day, and have just gotten around to posting the continuation of that day which was recorded onto a different (Hi8) tape.

1992 明大前駅-渋谷駅 京王線 Meidaimae to Shibuya - Keio Line 920711
http://youtu.be/sOnYlEsl8Vk

1992 夜の渋谷 別の時代の雰囲気 Nighttime Shibuya Walkabout 920711
http://youtu.be/igEbUsTbbpA

Back in the early nineties, I took a number of different videos in Shibuya, but the side street atmosphere of the area near the Inokashira Line area of Shibuya Station is perhaps best captured in this one.

1992年の東急渋谷駅 Tokyu-Shibuya Station in 1992 - 920711
http://youtu.be/-Z5_ELCVYt4

I still can't believe that the above-ground Tokyu Shibuya Station is gone.  It comes as a shock/surprise every time I think about it.

1992 夜東急東横線 渋谷駅-日吉駅 Shibuya to Hiyoshi - Toyoko Line 920711
http://youtu.be/ABblM6YBIb4

How modern and new Hiyoshi Station seemed at the time!  Now that's just the normal design for stations all over Tokyo.

1992 日吉駅辺りドライブ Driving around near Hiyoshi Station 920711
http://youtu.be/kZNjBxQ64Wg

A view through the windshield of a car driving through the narrow streets of Hiyoshi late at night.  It was a Mitsubishi Pajero (called Montero in the US and Shogun in the UK), which was considered very cool at the time, but not by me actually... I've always hated off-road vehicles being re-marketed as "Sport-Utility-Vehicles" (SUV) and driven around on smooth city streets.  It was a successful, but dishonest marketing ploy (worldwide by most car manufacturers) to save car companies from having to go to the expense of bringing out new designs to fill that size category.

1992 日吉駅-新宿駅 Hiyoshi to Shinjuku - Late night trains 920711
http://youtu.be/mcgZsWssf2U

Concert Goers in Yotsuya Heading for Station at Night 140325
http://youtu.be/do4Xxu6wqNg

秋葉原駅のリベットゾーン Riveted Area in Akihabara Station 140328
http://youtu.be/H77TMnGeW2g

So little remains of the old station structures that I feel compelled to try to record images of the bits that remain.  This is one such area within Akihabara Station.

秋葉原駅-飯田橋駅 中央線各駅 Akihabara to Iidabashi - Local Chuo Line 140328
http://youtu.be/rVp31d7_ywE

Early Sakura at Chidorigafuchi 千鳥ヶ淵桜 早い時期 140328
http://youtu.be/7h3jOKbqqWA

Yotsuya Rampart Sakura Voices at Night 140328
http://youtu.be/tTIc38XM_4Q

It was too dark for clear pictures, but I thought the sound track of early sakura viewers (apparently university students) conveyed the season and the atmosphere somewhat.

御茶ノ水駅-神田駅 中央線 Ochanomizu to Kanda - Chuo Line 140325
http://youtu.be/hTOcQzm9z9Y

工事中神田駅 Kanda Station Under Construction 140325
http://youtu.be/aJlXE4iPsYU

Kanda to Yurakucho - Keihin-Tohoku Line 神田駅-有楽町駅 京浜東北線 140325
http://youtu.be/l_ar7RG7frQ

東京駅-御茶ノ水駅 中央線 Tokyo to Ochanomizu - Chuo Line 140325
http://youtu.be/6aSEkOkCl-E

新宿夕方横断歩道 Evening Shinjuku Crosswalk 140325
http://youtu.be/kHcO-FfyjSQ

Yotsuya Station - Ticket Gates to Platform 四ッ谷駅 改札口-ホーム 140325
http://youtu.be/jaXjTCK9LTg

Waiting for Train at Takadanobaba Station 高田馬場駅で電車を待ってる 140328
http://youtu.be/GJYe0HfFK6o
 
Twilight Sakura in Ueno Park 夕暮れの上野公園の桜 140331
http://youtu.be/9wkuGbihoW8

高田馬場駅-池袋駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 140328
http://youtu.be/_h9g863_PZ4

山手線FCビュー 大塚駅と巣鴨駅 Yamanote Line FC-View - Otsuka and Sugamo 140328
http://youtu.be/0AZe_w6iOp4

山手線FCビュー巣鴨駅-上野駅 Yamanote Line FC View - Sugamo to Ueno 140328
http://youtu.be/eSFmzcO_D7Y

上野駅 山手線ホームから出口まで Ueno Station - Platform to Exit 140328
http://youtu.be/X9qds5lcoUs

大崎駅エスカレーター Osaki Station Escalator 140328
http://youtu.be/BWhFmrrHEyM

Iidabashi Station - Platform to West Exit 飯田橋駅 ホームから西口改札まで 140328
http://youtu.be/XAyoAs9aSos

Food Stalls at Kudan-kita 九段北二丁目の桜時期の屋台店 140328
http://youtu.be/PAfxC7HTQ1U

Early Part of Sakura Season at Kudan-kita 夜の九段北二丁目 140328n
http://youtu.be/ozBeK81cmUw

夜の九段北二丁目 Early Part of Sakura Season at Kudan-kita 140328n
http://youtu.be/Apg2amCF7Ug

Exiting Kudan-kita during Early Part of Sakura Viewing Season 140328
http://youtu.be/_2RmRxALsSw

千鳥ヶ淵 影と桜 140328
http://youtu.be/aV-MnRdZsD8

Walking to Iidabashi Station at Night 夜で飯田橋駅西口まで歩く 140328
http://youtu.be/WZtK2ElnGbQ

飯田橋駅西口から電車乗るまで散歩 Iidabashi West Entrance 140328
http://youtu.be/QM2nNxqvLuE

各駅中央線 飯田橋駅辺りから四ッ谷駅まで Nighttime Local Chuo Line 140328
http://youtu.be/R9LAY5UgihI

Illuminated Sakura at Chidorigafuchi 千鳥ヶ淵の桜ライトアップ十時まで 140401g
http://youtu.be/OA83hdyiKEE

There are good places to see sakura trees all over Tokyo, but for seeing them illuminated at night, Chidorigafuchi is my favorite area.

桜花見時期の夜九段下駅 Night Kudanshita Station at Sakura Hanami Time 140401
http://youtu.be/WVgY0LxSuig

九段下駅で東西線を乗る Boarding Tozai Line at Kudanshita 140401n
http://youtu.be/nMdrUhoRbG4

Tozai Line - Walking Up-Train 東西線の車内移動 140401n
http://youtu.be/4qKy3Zl8gKc

西武新宿線の高田馬場駅ホームの様子 Seibu Takadanobaba Platform Walk 140401
http://youtu.be/Nx-QkCoOBEY

高田馬場駅で西武新宿線の電車がやってくる Arriving Train at Takadanobaba 140401
http://youtu.be/M-0RchCetcQ

夜遅くの電車内 Late Night Outbound Train Headed for the Suburbs 140401
http://youtu.be/7knYcWt4-XU

上野公園の夕方花見 Evening Sakura in Ueno Park 140401
http://youtu.be/YoNFRorJLoo

Evening Sakura in Ueno Park 上野公園の夕方花見 140401
http://youtu.be/B-ucKSrzma8

上野駅の公園口からホームまで Ueno Station Koen-guchi Entrance 140401
http://youtu.be/KSuTQiZ7DJQ

上野駅-東京駅 夕暮れの京浜東北線 Ueno to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140401
http://youtu.be/tZ_eHNMCW0E

Keihin-Tohoku Line Train Departing Tokyo Station 東京駅京浜東北線 140401
http://youtu.be/9rkw1ZgZPwo

Entering Kudan-kita Area During Sakura Hanami Season 夜の九段北二丁目 140401
http://youtu.be/dO2_giGuhcQ

After 10PM Sakura Hanami Stroll at Chidorigafuchi 十時過ぎの千鳥ヶ淵花見 140401
http://youtu.be/7dxki-an8hA

Sakura Hanami Season Near Kudanshita Station 九段下駅辺りの桜花見 140401
http://youtu.be/ilCeabR891A

夜の桜花見の九段北二丁目散策散歩 Hanami Walkabout in Kudan-kita Area 140401
http://youtu.be/Qna-5oQ073Y

千鳥ヶ淵の美しい桜ライトアップ Illuminated Sakura at Chidorigafuchi 140401
http://youtu.be/hjSl-9uxEuo

Authentic Independent Izakaya - Just Before Closing Time 140402n
http://youtu.be/tBAjlb_x3rs

Older Type Seibu Line Train Noises at Station 電車の音 140402
http://youtu.be/uFocDqhz6Ak

春の三鷹駅ホーム 桜とか Sakura at Mitaka Station 140402
http://youtu.be/ZJnjIUugOiE

三鷹駅-荻窪駅 中央線 Mitaka to Ogikubo - Chuo Line 140402
http://youtu.be/plX1MmF8528

阿佐ヶ谷駅-中野駅 中央線 Asagaya to Nakano - Chuo Line 140402
http://youtu.be/wcfKtIqdLqc

中野-新宿 上り中央線 Nakano to Shinjuku - Inbound Chuo Line 140402
http://youtu.be/Wjhl-25bEJE

新宿駅-東京駅 中央線 Shinjuku to Tokyo - Chuo Line 140402
http://youtu.be/sGbe-x-fEmg

The Passageway 通路 140402
http://youtu.be/C1idiGC5wZc

Lobby to Street Level ロビーから外の道まで 140402
http://youtu.be/UlAIhvdzhyQ

Sakura Season Shop Tents in Hibiya Park 140402
http://youtu.be/Ph3_5_F_jj0

有楽町一丁目の春桜 Spring Sakura in Yurakucho 140402
http://youtu.be/DpLUdVeTgdw

ガード下の電車音 (ア) Overhead Train Sound in Yurakucho 140402
http://youtu.be/nUk6YM1ePk0

ガード下の電車音 (イ) Overhead Train Sound in Yurakucho 140402
http://youtu.be/Ub6RePnaME4

Sound of Shinkansen Passing Overhead Near Tokyo Station 140402
http://youtu.be/ym5PUUSNcQk

夜遅くの中央線 立川駅から出発 Departing Tachikawa Late at Night 140403
http://youtu.be/F3ATs5XvfY4

夜遅くの電車窓の反射 Late Night Train Window Reflections 140403n
http://youtu.be/O4dgB37Vjjs

春が来ました 桜万歳 Spring is Here 140402
http://youtu.be/9bCXqB56ii0

Tokyo Station Concourse at Lunchtime お昼東京駅の通路 140402
http://youtu.be/hmaJ5glSgJ0

Construction Area Opposite Hibiya Park 140402
http://youtu.be/Yq71PJgixGU

Edamame and a Drink in Yurakucho 140402
http://youtu.be/_lvfk5LO6x8

Yurakucho Springtime Sakura 有楽町春の桜花見 140402
http://youtu.be/31v5y7kVTwk

Ginza Night Stroll 銀座四丁目辺りの夜散歩 140402
http://youtu.be/k0rfT_Wg3As

Sakura in Small Ginza Park 銀座桜 銀座一丁目 140402
http://youtu.be/FiLmpQwaF40

日比谷公園 坂から見回る Hibiya Park 360 from Hill 140402
http://youtu.be/6TybtN_AZ-E

夕方の日比谷公園 春と桜 Springtime in Hibiya Park 140402
http://youtu.be/UTuoUMY3sTI

内幸町のエスカレーター Uchisaiwaicho Escalator Ride 140402
http://youtu.be/5hFSXi2tj1U

モダンエスカレーター 内幸町 Modern Escalator in Uchisaiwaicho 140402
http://youtu.be/Y-2KkJaNN88

Hibiya Park Corner Fountain と Sakura 日比谷公園角の噴水と桜花見 140402
http://youtu.be/eXnkMmLwWMI

Yurakucho Night Angles - Trains Lights and Shadows 140402
http://youtu.be/CKRC0l368B8

モダンビルのロビー Modern Building Lobby 140402
http://youtu.be/8fIkpvoyqDQ

Chuo Line View - Rainy Day 中央線 雨の日 140403
http://youtu.be/VUjZR16l5lk

Seibu Line Arriving at Ogawa Station 西武線 小川駅 140404
http://youtu.be/A_Bqr_Fkkr8

Climbing Stairs to Chuo Line Platform at Kunitachi 国立駅 140405
http://youtu.be/iR9MgNAVcSg

Midnight Empty Platform at Kunitachi Station 国立駅のミッドナイトホーム 140405
http://youtu.be/6v4SJke14V4

高田馬場駅-目白駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Mejiro - Yamanote Line 140405
http://youtu.be/74uPxYdk98w

大塚駅ホームと山手線 Otsuka Station Platform and Train 140405
http://youtu.be/yyPY3SOmjrY

湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 新宿駅から大崎駅まで SSLTCTK 140403
http://youtu.be/gYlpsIpRNgg

Shibuya Station - Floor Wall and Ceiling Advertising 渋谷駅広告 140407
http://youtu.be/fcLRQQB8kKw

Billboard advertising in Tokyo is declining fast.  There isn't really much point in it any more, as everyone is walking around with their eyes locked onto their cell-phone/computer screens and they never look up and see anything high up.  But this floor-walls-ceiling advertising was something you couldn't ignore/not see!

Likewise, small billboard advertising within train stations is on the decline, but in-your-face you-can't-ignore-this! advertising on the sides of trains is ever more common.

Sakura Flowers and Spring Green in Jiyugaoka 自由が丘桜 140407
http://youtu.be/zY0uyGq5Zhk

Street Level Train Passing Small Crossing in Jiyugaoka 自由が丘の踏切 140407
http://youtu.be/dzO2c0BjpUM

A view that is becoming rarer in Tokyo as railways are either elevated or put underground.

Jiyugaoka Station Platform Quick View 自由が丘駅ホームの一見 140407
http://youtu.be/dDX_dL_idI8

有楽町駅 山手線がやってくる Yamanote Line Arriving at Yurakucho 140407
http://youtu.be/zOTDLInIScU

目白駅-渋谷駅 山手線 Mejiro to Shibuya - Yamanote Line 140407
http://youtu.be/pOylvNzhPFY

Yurakucho Bridge Noises - Trains Passing by Overhead 有楽町の橋音 140407
http://youtu.be/moA96rW-Lz0

Boarding Yamanote Line at Uguisudani 鶯谷駅の山手線 140407
http://youtu.be/x3hWo1vOmcE

Empty Train Yard by Shinagawa Station 品川駅隣の眺め 140410
http://youtu.be/eXdjqQ0sDUo

東京駅山手線と京浜東北線ホーム Tokyo Station Afternoon Platform 140408
http://youtu.be/FpVwC_M4Jyo

大井町線の電車がやってくる Waiting for Oimachi Line Train 140408
http://youtu.be/aj0Tpflyx5k

FC-View of Arriving at Oimachi Station on Oimachi Line 大井町線 140408
http://youtu.be/UAVmYAprxVI

Kobori Reiko Exhibition 小堀令子展 Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 140408
http://youtu.be/k5WKi2oWbas

Shinjuku Station - Waiting for a Train Late at Night 新宿駅ホーム 140408
http://youtu.be/gUbYdPV_w7c

Tokyo Station Etc Viewed from Marunouchi Building 丸の内ビル 140410
http://youtu.be/u6ve87dfIQ8

Tokyo to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 東京駅-田町駅 山手線 140410
http://youtu.be/96vJ-nSn6y4

Observation Area View - Tokyo Office Towers 東京の展望台眺め 140410
http://youtu.be/-dksHFAkC14

Internal Elevator Glass and Reflections - Tokyo Office Tower 140410
http://youtu.be/PM5WUk8X3Gg

Telephone Poles 140410
http://youtu.be/k9LI9ZooEOw

Construction Area Beside Kokubunji Station 国分寺駅隣の工事現場 140411
http://youtu.be/5AKIbB6qVb8

This redevelopment is interesting in how large of an area they were able to clear.  All of that empty space had buildings on it, so there was a lot to get out of the way.  From what I noticed in casually passing the area in past years, it was all (or nearly all) small businesses, so I suppose they were happy (and/or willing) to move for the right price.  High-rise towers are on the way....

Tamachi to Hamamatsucho - Keihin-Tohoku Line 田町駅-浜松町駅 京浜東北線 140411
http://youtu.be/AoBpUMZtGJw

Shinagawa to Tamachi - Keihin-Tohoku Line 品川駅-田町駅 京浜東北線 140411
http://youtu.be/AnvwLVhHpj8

Arriving at Takaosanguchi Station 高尾山口駅に到着 140414
http://youtu.be/lGJRoFkQM7I

Small Pond Near Mt Takao 高尾山近くの小さい池 140414
http://youtu.be/gEST0ulavxU

Twilight Near Mt Takao 夕暮れの高尾山近く 140414
http://youtu.be/lfqeFNZhWsw

Reserved Seat Express Train Passing Kokubunji 特急 国分寺駅 140417
http://youtu.be/wyHD2mFzYwI

Tamachi to Shinagawa - Keihin-Tohoku Line 田町駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 140417
http://youtu.be/a2zWiOigjYA

高尾山口駅-高尾駅-京王線 Takaosanguchi to Takao - Keio Line 140414g
http://youtu.be/GH4m3ORKirI

Local Train Leaving Siding at Nakano Station 夜の中野駅ホーム 140417
http://youtu.be/7MPBonPecCs

品川駅-田町駅 京浜東北線 Shinagawa to Tamachi - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140417
http://youtu.be/iGOHxP2DqCU

Tokyo to Tamachi - Keihin-Tohoku Line 東京駅-田町駅 京浜東北線 140417
http://youtu.be/Njn-rzxYttc

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/03/29

"1991 Hamamatsucho, Riverboat, Tobu-Tojo Line; 1992 Nanbu Line, Torigoe Matsuri; 2014 Shibuya, Ome, Tamagawa River, Etc."

There's material from three years this time - 1991, 1992, and 2014.  To mention a couple of unusual things in this batch that didn't fit into the title, there are 1992 views of the Mukogaoka-Yuen Monorail (which no longer exists), and nighttime views of 1991 Naka-meguro, etc.

There's lots to see....  For the most part the video titles are self-explanatory, but I've added some extra text regarding a few of them (see below).

Shibuya Station Platform Walk 渋谷駅ホームの様子 140311
http://youtu.be/WxjErrNFTnM

Ogawa to Hagiyama 小川駅-萩山駅 西武拝島線 140307
http://youtu.be/pxE9YKWSxEM

Hachiko Statue to Shibuya River 渋谷ハチ公から渋谷川まで 140311
http://youtu.be/NMwGYlWT1JA

Area Under Former Tokyu-Shibuya Station - Demolition Etc 元東急渋谷駅 140311
http://youtu.be/zsF83Nkolrk

Shibuya River Construction 渋谷川の工事 140311
http://youtu.be/F7hYKpaRVg0

高田馬場駅-駒込駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Komagome Yamanote Line 140307
http://youtu.be/_wgh9bZ6GnM

Inbound Chuo Line - Right Window View 上り中央線右側窓風景 140311
http://youtu.be/v2gZhqY4SRE

Takadanobaba Yamanote Platform 高田馬場駅山手線ホーム 140307
http://youtu.be/3Yow_kQ6YiU

Looking Down on Passing Train 電車を通る 140307
http://youtu.be/uWE4d3x96q8

恵比寿駅までの電車レース Train Race to Ebisu 140307
http://youtu.be/V8B_qdR7SAE

恵比寿駅-五反田駅 山手線 Ebisu to Gotanda - Yamanote Line 140307
http://youtu.be/vZE-GueD4_Q

五反田駅-大崎駅 山手線 Gotanda to Osaki - Yamanote Line 140307
http://youtu.be/ihKUdAHoSuA

新宿駅-渋谷駅 山手線左側 Shinjuku to Shibuya - Yamanote Line 140311
http://youtu.be/ZdhvjDa3XFY

夕暮れの銀座中央通り Twilight Ginza Chuo-Dori 140311
http://youtu.be/IrRAlLbyr8A

東京駅中央線を待っている Tokyo Station - Waiting for Chuo Line 140311
http://youtu.be/nuR7aAPvbFE

新宿思い出横丁 Shinjuku Omoide-Yokocho 140311
http://youtu.be/SpeSCHenVEU

工事中の渋谷駅 東口から銀座線まで Shibuya Station Under Construction 140311g
http://youtu.be/mso0OniCHfk

There's a lot of construction going on at Shibuya Station now, with the current phase being to tear down the overhead station and rails of the section of the Tokyu-Toyoko Line that has been moved underground, and also the demolition of one of the Tokyu Stores.  Since the Ginza Line Shibuya Station is actually within that building (the trains come into/through the building at the second floor level), it'll be interesting to see how they handle that.

1992 登戸駅から長い散策散歩 Long Walkabout from Noborito Station 920531n
http://youtu.be/REcrLTJsEoI

1992 向ヶ丘遊園モノレール線 Mukogaoka-Yuen Monorail 920531
http://youtu.be/BYG0ox9lqBw

I hadn't realized it at the time, but this train was actually quite interesting technically.  While most monorails use rubber tires that run on a concrete strip, this monorail actually ran - true to the name - on a single standard steel rail (with side rails to hold it in place of course) and was designed by Lockheed.  If you're interested in trains and their technology at all, the following website explains the history of this interesting train.

Lockheed Monorail:
http://www.monorails.org/tmspages/Lockheed02.html

1992 武蔵溝ノ口駅-府中本町駅 南武線 Nanbu Line Twilight Window View 920531
http://youtu.be/NiDfPOZ0Ed0

This is one of those videos that I took without any grand plans - I was on the Nanbu Line, a line I don't normally use, so I recorded its progress down the line, looking out in both directions (up and down the platform), at each station.  I had been taking video all day, and at this point, I was taking things casually, which is often the best way, since too much effort has a strange way of ruining art....

In any case, watching this now, after so many changes, I really like the atmosphere of the time, enhanced by the video having been taken in the twilight of the day.  If you used the JR trains of the time, this could be a real nostalgia trip - it was/is for me in any case.

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-東京駅など 東京彼方此方 Hibarigaoka to Tokyo Etc 920604
http://youtu.be/RKE-D-rtiiM

1992 秋津など武蔵野線など 東京彼方此方 Tokyo Here and There 920607
http://youtu.be/wkK0xYcFzxE

1992 台東区の鳥越まつり Torigoe Matsuri in Taito-ku 920607
http://youtu.be/XuGdXzU119s

1991年5月2日の銀座三原橋 Miharabashi 910502
http://youtu.be/bey1C9fn2yQ

This is nostalgic - they're about demolish this, apparently in order to make the road straighter (vertically) in order to please joggers in marathons?  At least that what I've heard from a few people in discussing why they're removing another interesting part of Ginza.  In any case, this is how it looked before they kicked the tenants out.  (There's one last tenant there now, but they will soon be gone and the structure will then be razed.)

1991 Hamamatsucho Walkabout 浜松町 浜離宮庭園 Hamarikyu Gardens 910501
http://youtu.be/JpPSSC3uKI0

1991 Riverboat Cruise 隅田川ライン アワータウン 水上バス 910501
http://youtu.be/2MlA5dGYzIw

1991 昔の団地 ひばりが丘 Old Residence Houses in Hibarigaoka 910501
http://youtu.be/JaxOGUiwaIg

1991 浅草-上野-池袋など Asakusa Ueno Ikebukuro 910501
http://youtu.be/KspzoeAOj4g

1991 Hibarigaoka Evening ひばりが丘夕方 910501
http://youtu.be/ht4C45TWAng

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-新富町駅 Hibarigaoka to Shintomicho 910502
http://youtu.be/BWC6WZFo9nQ

1991 銀座駅-新宿駅 丸の内線 Ginza to Shinjuku via Marunouchi Line 910502
http://youtu.be/SeIVthNgvZk

1991 Night Commuter Train to the Suburbs 910221
http://youtu.be/-uiIjwlfvaI

1991 Inbound Seibu-Ikebukuro Line 910222
http://youtu.be/C7H1B1QF5dE

1991 ひばりが丘-新橋 Hibarigaoka to Shinbashi 910309
http://youtu.be/gtSoELFDbYM

1991 Shibuya to Hibarigaoka - Saturday Night 土曜日の夜 910309
http://youtu.be/B0ww3T2k1QY

1991 ひばりヶ丘-新宿 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 910312
http://youtu.be/4gr8MTrBn6w

1991 新宿の夜道 Shinjuku Night Streets 910312
http://youtu.be/ZHAbTN4uGtk

1991 新宿駅-中目黒駅 Shinjuku to Nakameguro 910312
http://youtu.be/9w9qijlwjoo

1991 夜の中目黒 Nighttime Nakameguro 910312
http://youtu.be/CGflfvoCc6g

1991 中目黒駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Nakameguro to Hibarigaoka 910312
http://youtu.be/ehS-p3v4jYE

1991 埼京線など 彼方此方 Saikyo Line and Here and There 910313
http://youtu.be/NqiN7OdXwqI

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 910314
http://youtu.be/wyD0xn_1Igg

1991 Buying an Analog Video Camera in Shinjuku 910314
http://youtu.be/V1VuGtP9WTA

Mainly this just shows some street scenes in Shinjuku, but this was the day I bought a new camera (CCD-V800) to replace the ragged one I took this with (CCD-V700).  In the video I hold up the box, showing it just after I had bought it.

1991 The Basement 地下 910314
http://youtu.be/uResjStgi1E

1991 Shinjuku Station Etc 新宿駅など 910314
http://youtu.be/iVaVMTBcIh8

1991 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 910314n
http://youtu.be/XIormcFb50A

1991 Shinjuku Afternoon Walkabout Etc 新宿散策散歩 910319n
http://youtu.be/wM-Rw4V76fw

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 左側 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro LSV 910319
http://youtu.be/XRRfm_45yB8

国分寺駅-吉祥寺駅 中央線 Kokubunji to Kichijoji - Chuo Line 140314
http://youtu.be/6lT1wpANeYM

新宿駅-大崎駅 埼京線 Shinjuku to Osaki - Saikyo Line 140314
http://youtu.be/HiDHMfb7r3c

国分寺駅-立川駅 中央線 Kokubunji to Tachikawa - Chuo Line 140321
http://youtu.be/vDYY6xaUERs

立川駅南口から入る Tachikawa Station South Entrance 140321
http://youtu.be/Abbqb77CHsc

Tachikawa Station - Waiting for a Train 立川駅下りホームの様子 140321
http://youtu.be/FPCogSF9tUM

立川駅-拝島駅 中央青梅線 Tachikawa to Haijima - Ome Line 140321
http://youtu.be/EC1w3vR7qrc

拝島駅-青梅駅 中央青梅線 Haijima to Ome - Ome Line 140321
http://youtu.be/1kId7dzwfx0

Boarding Tokaido Line at Shinagawa 品川駅で東海道線を乗る 140314
http://youtu.be/zz-Og9Go3Fg

夜品川駅-新橋駅 東海道線 Shinagawa to Shinbashi - Tokaido Line 140314
http://youtu.be/g5m6G3YIOtw

Ginza Flashing Light 140314
http://youtu.be/UEd4LCjYER4

Quiet Afternoon - Waiting for a Train in Suburbia 140318
http://youtu.be/OLdAG2jC32g

高田馬場駅での東西線 Tozai Line Arriving at Takadanobaba 140318
http://youtu.be/dXu5PAYUxnw

Road Construction Equipment on Ginza Side Street 銀座の工事 140318
http://youtu.be/SZ2sDjkDyEU

Twilight-360 on Ginza 1-Chome Side Street 銀座の工事 140318
http://youtu.be/yiSh7K4feSE

Sakuma Kyoko 佐久間香子展 Art Space Rashinban アートスペース羅針盤 140318
http://youtu.be/J-SVPF3VSv8

This was a very nice exhibition, with very nice nihonga paintings.  I've also made a blog post for it at "Tokyo Art & Music", here:
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.jp/2014/03/sakuma-kyoko-exhibition-at-art-space.html
 - where three of the paintings are featured.

Kokubunji Station Night Reflection 140318
http://youtu.be/dyLckZmVc9Q

Looking for Tamagawa River Access in Ome City 140321
http://youtu.be/qSIYqFbJUfo

Half-Empty Floor - Old Department Store 140321
http://youtu.be/O80Liq-ZloI

It was a rather depressing experience to stumble upon this only half-used space in an old department store.  It seems to be a sign of the times.  The economy has never fully recovered from the bubble years of the late 1980's (along with the transition from Y360/$1 to Y90/$1, which has meant largely moving manufacturing overseas) so it's a decades-long mindset now to forever be looking at how to cut costs.  More buying is done on-line now, and only the very cheapest retail establishments survive.  Thus formerly exclusive retail buildings increasingly are taken over by discount electronic shops, (Sogo Department Store in Yurakucho becoming a Bic Camera, Mitsukoshi Department Store in Kichijoji becoming a Yodobashi Camera, etc.).  Since it's not exactly cheery, I'll refrain from saying exactly where this picture of retail gloom was, other than to say it was outside the central area of Tokyo.

青梅駅でホリデー快速を乗る Boarding Holiday Kaisoku at Ome 140321
http://youtu.be/TpTNpFSjaLI

"Holiday Kaisoku" is the name of a weekend express train that makes it quicker/more convenient to get into the surrounding areas around Tokyo - away from the central area.

拝島駅での電車内反射 Reflections at Haijima Station 140321
http://youtu.be/sl3KBs_TARI

Old Escalator Thunk-Thunk-Thunk Sounds 140321
http://youtu.be/r_DNFNUFWK4

Early Spring in Osaki 大崎の春と新ビル工事 140314
http://youtu.be/bAv_sLDhRxk

青梅駅からを出る Exiting Ome Station 140321
http://youtu.be/rmP_81E_rok

青梅駅から南向き散策散歩 Ome Station Southbound Walkabout 140321
http://youtu.be/kdciHamvNSU

青梅市 多摩川までの散歩 Walking to the Tamagawa River in Ome City 140321
http://youtu.be/25ChgfNNAmk

橋から多摩川を見回る 360-Look at Tamagawa River in Ome City 140321
http://youtu.be/FARNgYlVLdI

Riverside Scene Beside Tamagawa River in Ome City 青梅市の多摩川 140321
http://youtu.be/7szYWXE6UK8

Inside of Historical Old House in Ome 青梅市の古い家の内部 140321
http://youtu.be/leVm1iZvo-c

多摩川隣の見回り Looking Around Beside Tamagawa River 140321
http://youtu.be/nBC1QyqNSt0

Walking Down Main Street Towards Ome Station 青梅駅に向かう 140321
http://youtu.be/BNTdrw6mRrk

Ome Shrine and Reflections 青梅市の神社と反射 140321
http://youtu.be/M9VhTO1WK10

Exiting Shrine Grounds and Walking Down Street in Ome City 青梅市 140321
http://youtu.be/mhsOptPsezg

青梅駅 改札口からホームまで Ome Station Entrance to Platform 140321
http://youtu.be/qPDUgpimTJ0

1991 Saikyo to Seibu Transfer at Ikebukuro 池袋駅 910319
http://youtu.be/3xJDHd5sFp4

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro 西武池袋線 910320
http://youtu.be/it0MQVrQN_M

1991 池袋東口散策散歩 Ikebukuro East Side Walkabout 910320
http://youtu.be/1_8xt-QGW-U

1991 池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka 910320
http://youtu.be/kiRBM5qUTY4

1991 Rainy Evening in Hibarigaoka ひばりが丘の雨夕方 910322
http://youtu.be/12k9Xv46SjU

1991 Tobu-Tojo Line to Countryside 下り東武東上線 910323
http://youtu.be/bjANMK2qVkc

This is a fairly good view of the far end of the Tobu-Tojo Line and how the countryside around (but outside) of Tokyo looks.  Even counting Saitama as part of the greater Tokyo area, the end of the Tobu-Tojo Line is almost in Gunma Prefecture.

1991 Late Night Tobu-Tojo Line 夜遅くの東武東上線 910323
http://youtu.be/nEksYaBNy_w

1991 Late Night Ikebukuro Station 夜遅くの池袋駅 910323
http://youtu.be/ffdl4Y1BbQ0

1991 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka 池袋-ひばりが丘 910323
http://youtu.be/cMvuXcXqbHU

1991 Nighttime Hibarigaoka 夜のひばりが丘 910325
http://youtu.be/XJ8Hz4D1UmQ

1991 ひばりが丘-新宿 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 910326
http://youtu.be/kpyqnCYqy_I

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

2014/03/08

"2014 Ginza, Tokyo Tower; 1992 Tamagawa Walkabout, Tokyo Bus Ride, Keio Branch Lines, Etc."

There's too much to summarize easily, but a few things stand out.  After not going up inside Tokyo Tower for about 20 years, I spent a few hours (on March 6th, 2014) spanning the sunset, and took views from both the lower (150-meter) main observatory and the upper (250-meter) observatory.

Going back to 1992, I spent a fair amount of time walking along the Tamagawa River on a couple of different occasions, and there are views of a couple of short branch lines, first the Seibu-Tamagawa Line, and then the Keio-Dobutsuen Line.

It would be ideal if I could now watch all of the videos again and comment in detail on each of them, but there just isn't time, so I'll just comment on a few of the videos - mainly based on the titles and my memory of them without watching them again.

JR to Hibiya Transfer at Ebisu JR線-日比谷線恵比寿駅乗り換え 131003
http://youtu.be/DQZIJVE_ybY

Hamamatsucho Sidewalk Stroll 浜松町道の様子 131205
http://youtu.be/TyNJg2aRWxc

雪の日 - 平成２５年２月８日午前中 140208
http://youtu.be/CrSVEiu3zhE

新宿駅隣の工事現場 Construction Site by Shinjuku Station 140221
http://youtu.be/FbmUMEQFyvA

Departing Shinjuku Station - Construction Site Etc 140221
http://youtu.be/oeibdbDjPNc

Chuo Line Side Window View - Nearing Tachikawa 中央線立川辺り 131125
http://youtu.be/-NH2_KoWA10

新橋駅-有楽町駅 京浜東北線 Shinbashi to Yurakucho 131205
http://youtu.be/xJW6tqaV6EU

Light Installation at Ginza Gallery-403 (131205n)
http://youtu.be/uENdUQOC3w8

有楽町駅-東京駅 京浜東北線 Yurakucho to Tokyo KT-Line 131205
http://youtu.be/xDw7Kk-AfrU

上り中央線窓風景 Inbound Chuo Line Side Window View 131205
http://youtu.be/blIxoc17jgg

恵比寿駅で日比谷線がやってくる Hibiya Line at Ebisu 131205
http://youtu.be/pECj4A91RmU

Keihin-Tohoku Line Departing Yurakucho 京浜東北線の出発 131205
http://youtu.be/42yykM02bos

新宿思い出横丁 Shinjuku Omoide-Yokocho 140221
http://youtu.be/OYhpXkYzDhY

Early Stage Construction in Hamamatsucho 140220
http://youtu.be/jUy_1cSL1IQ

Maruyama Norio 丸山則夫 Photo Exhibition at Art Space Rondo 140220
http://youtu.be/MAlD8qnCqIE

Yurakucho Crosswalk and Hybrid Bus 有楽町 140220
http://youtu.be/OhXXmzH5pEA

Ginza 4-Chome Quick Lookaround 140220
http://youtu.be/tkanKp3Ziuc

Kyobashi Night Construction 京橋夜地下鉄工事 140220
http://youtu.be/0HNV29RN3x8

Innovative Barrier Near Tokyo Station 140221
http://youtu.be/zwkwK8Xb1VI

Up until now, the stairs leading down to underground spaces (shopping malls, subway systems, etc.) have usually been open at the top, with a single metal shutter towards the bottom of the stairs that is closed at night.  I guess they want to stop people using the stairwells as shelters in the middle of the night.

Road in the Suburbs on a Snowy Day 140208
http://youtu.be/ObuBtIvokGc

Quiet Snowy Morning One February Day 140208
http://youtu.be/mcRkpHtvCo4

Snow Along Tamagawa-Josui Canal 多摩川浄水隣の雪 140208
http://youtu.be/VG6ovf8YCrs

Snow Along Chuo Line Near Tachikawa 立川駅近くの中央線雪 140210
http://youtu.be/570Vk4c5HFI

中央線の雪 日野駅辺り Snow Along Chuo Line Near Hino Station 140210
http://youtu.be/WM2i9u5idkY

日野駅-豊田駅 雪の中央線 Hino to Toyoda - Snow View 140210
http://youtu.be/uXQ1UsivIr4

豊田駅-八王子駅 雪の中央線 Toyoda to Hachioji - Snow View 140210
http://youtu.be/FvZYOKPrGzU

日本橋駅-京橋駅 銀座駅 Nihonbashi to Kyobashi Ginza Line 140207
http://youtu.be/UMpkjUqeIt4

Plum Tree Blossoms at Temple in Shinjuku 新宿区のあるお寺の梅の花 140218
http://youtu.be/-gmxU24LrLs

Spring is on the way - with the very early blooming plum trees promising warmer days to come....

Plum Tree Blossom Close-Up 梅の花 140218
http://youtu.be/TvmsgZbdr1s

穴八幡宮見回り 雪の様子 Anahachimangu Lookaround Snow View 140218
http://youtu.be/Q7fZZ_3B6GI

Boarding Tozai Line at Waseda 早稲田駅で東西線を乗る 140218
http://youtu.be/IQo8Z1yPcD0

大手町駅-日本橋駅 東西線 Otemachi to Nihonbashi Tozai Line 140218
http://youtu.be/DfmCDEyw-DE

Kyobashi Office Tower Construction 京橋のビル工事 140218
http://youtu.be/J9tkJIUrkKY

東京駅内のコンコース Tokyo Station Concourse 140218
http://youtu.be/xTBqwp6PP7Q

東京駅-神田駅 夜中央線 Tokyo to Kanda - Night Chuo Line 140218
http://youtu.be/t35dtrUcxXI

Saiwai-Jinja 幸稲荷神社 幸神社 140220
http://youtu.be/fjNixFUfdEk

1992 Distant Suburbs (920504)
http://youtu.be/pyzoSHmX1Qw

1992 Shibuya Hibiya-Koen Etc 渋谷 日比谷公園など 920503
http://youtu.be/rfDl9xIL14g

1992 大塚 巣鴨 駒込 田端 新宿など Otsuka Sugamo Tabata Etc 920510
http://youtu.be/zLXPc6-u-1g

1992 Bus Ride Etc 市内のバスなど 920511
http://youtu.be/OKzdKReMSmY

The buses in use 22 years ago were one level inside and usually (always maybe?) had wooden floors.  You had to climb up stairs coming in and then climb back down when getting off the bus.  The city buses now have adjustable-height suspensions and just one step to get into the bus.  That low height is at the front end of the bus and there are steps leading up at the back of the bus (to get up over the rear engine).

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-玉川学園前駅 Hibarigaoka to Tamagawa-Gakuen-mae 920513
http://youtu.be/3sN9CJp3tNs

1992 玉川学園前駅辺り Tamagawa-Gakuen-mae Walkabout 920513
http://youtu.be/zxZVLPCtw3A

1992 玉川学園前駅-新百合ヶ丘駅 Tamagawa-Gakuen-mae to Shinyurigaoka 920513
http://youtu.be/TIsWmyhYUIA

1992 新百合ヶ丘駅辺り Shinyurigaoka Walkabout 920513
http://youtu.be/oyWJ7nU_dgc

1992 新百合ヶ丘駅-新宿駅 小田急線 Shinyurigaoka to Shinjuku 920513
http://youtu.be/4pqJf07T0jc

1992 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅など Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 920513
http://youtu.be/4wgLGmcXVA4

1992 Hibarigaoka Parco Under Construction 工事中のひばりが丘Parco 920513
http://youtu.be/ii0r_tQofSA

1992 東京彼方此方 Tokyo Here and There 920514
http://youtu.be/nFk3ECLWFrY

1992 Construction Near Railroad Crossing 踏切と工事 920514
http://youtu.be/O93_wae0Yyc

1992 東京彼方此方 Here and There in Tokyo 920517
http://youtu.be/pyOMkqBOAxw

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅辺り Hibarigaoka Walkabout 920524
http://youtu.be/Beq7iMwhQ1o

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-登戸駅 Hibarigaoka to Noborito 920524
http://youtu.be/uhHXjQYmcuk

1992 Freight Train Passing Ikebukuro Station 池袋の貨物電車 920524
http://youtu.be/zWIo_Mkl1sw

1992 Trainspotting at Noborito Station 登戸駅の電車 920524
http://youtu.be/gbMBs_K2uQw

Before exiting Noborito Station and beginning a long walk (below), I stayed on the platform for a while and took pictures of several passing trains - including a couple of different types of Romance Car trains.

1992 登戸駅からの散策散歩 Noborito Walkabout 920524
http://youtu.be/bJgVPk2AB5Q

This 38-minute video covers a long walk I took from Noborito Station, much of it along the Tamagawa River.

1992 川の隣 日の黄昏 Riverside Evening 920524
http://youtu.be/_UiEOtJrtq4

1992 多摩川から二子多摩川園駅まで Tamagawa River to Station 920524
http://youtu.be/F4h6Hv08dw0

1992 二子多摩川園駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Futako-Tamagawaen to Hibarigaoka 920524
http://youtu.be/NHBKO_3DI5M

The station name has since changed from Futako-Tamagawaen to Futako-Tamagawa (dropping the "en" at the end).

Huge Construction Zone Near Kokubunji Station 国分寺駅近くの工事現場 140225
http://youtu.be/MzsTmgcDOwE

This area of cleared land is remarkable for the amount of space they cleared to make it.  There were a lot of smaller buildings here that had to be removed to make this much space.  You don't often see so much space cleared in Tokyo.  Typically they shoehorn buildings into much smaller spaces than this.

Black Road Construction 140226
http://youtu.be/jBo-U9rPuuk

高尾駅の空中央線車両 Empty Chuo Line Carriage at Takao Station 140226
http://youtu.be/yfcgl7EqcRI

Y's Arts Exhibition in Room-508 140227
http://youtu.be/1gW4JmF39gY

Osaki Evening Elevated Walkway 夕暮れの大崎 140228
http://youtu.be/fxKw-ist8Bw

立川駅-八王子駅 中央線 Tachikawa to Hachioji - Chuo Line 140303
http://youtu.be/gRCKg2EokOw

Atrium Announcement Echo 140304
http://youtu.be/_5OSc8JVM-8

Wet Reflections on Stone 濡れた石の反射 140227
http://youtu.be/LLG0hJf0v24

Mostly Boarded-up Tunnel Exhaust Fan Sounds Etc 140227
http://youtu.be/pNsv-gy7sPQ

I took this video specifically to record the sound - as this is slated for demolition and I thought the sound characteristics peculiar to this tunnel should be recorded.

新宿駅工事と電車 Construction Area and Trains at Shinjuku 140228
http://youtu.be/XOFdf7PIqgg

湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 新宿駅から大崎駅まで SSLTCTK 140228
http://youtu.be/5bjrNmumDjQ

丸山則夫 猫たち展示会-ア Maruyama Norio - Art Space Rondo Exhibition 140304
http://youtu.be/WVf5q_V-cjY

丸山則夫 猫たち展示会-イ Maruyama Norio - Art Space Rondo Exhibition 140304
http://youtu.be/8snQoVdhdog

Front of Okuno Building at Night - March 2014 140304
http://youtu.be/nbX-rmH2QM0

1992 Saturday Nishi-Shinjuku Etc 土曜日の西新宿など 920314
http://youtu.be/PEgYmE8uNog

1992 葛西駅辺りと彼方此方 Kasai Kawasaki Here and There 920426
http://youtu.be/xTS-JT3vF8Q

Train Leaving Platform 電車のホームから出発 140225
http://youtu.be/fPHoeorTT3U

Temple View-360 in Central Tokyo 140227
http://youtu.be/tyIn7p_vLJQ

Nighttime Ginza 4-Chome in the Rain 夜の雨銀座四丁目 140227
http://youtu.be/nfvDIqmw8og

Boarding Train at Osaki 大崎駅で電車を乗る 140228
http://youtu.be/yFAdlQGIEoE

下落合の永川神社-ア Early Spring at a Shrine 140304
http://youtu.be/qmBIrW0eGHU

下落合の永川神社-ｲ Early Spring at a Shrine 140304
http://youtu.be/KZI86obB9hE

さかえ通り商店街 高田馬場駅へ向かう Takadanobaba Sakaedori 140304
http://youtu.be/NyxwtUQ5w1s

高田馬場駅東西線入り口 Takadanobaba Tozai Line Entrance Number One 140304
http://youtu.be/XxxDDGzKL9c

1992 Shinjuku - Trains and Buses Etc 新宿 電車やバスなど 920315
http://youtu.be/XNNaGL4-CSA

Basement Passage of Kokusai Forum 国際フォーラムの地下通路 140304
http://youtu.be/x9Hl9o5vMlA

If I had been in this passage before, I'd forgotten about it.  In any case, I was surprised how nice it was, as I generally don't like underground spaces very much.

Marunouchi Lights 丸の内夜の光風景 140304
http://youtu.be/MZDr5UNg1Ts

Marunouchi Night Scene - Cold March Wind 丸の内夜風景 140304
http://youtu.be/0Q6cd3kVGgc

Down to Train at Otemachi Station 大手町駅 降りて行くと電車を乗る 140304
http://youtu.be/DEM49g5YzFM

Over the years, I've used Otemachi Station a lot, but most of my time in the station has been spent in long connecting tunnels, going from one line to another, or desperately looking for an exit.  So I was surprised at how quickly I found myself on the platform when I took this video.

西武新宿線 高田馬場駅から出発 Seibu Line Departing Takadanobaba 140304
http://youtu.be/WQ02BDGp4lI

Train and Cell Phone 電車と携帯電話 140225
http://youtu.be/Ck9q9YjJXPU

No deep meaning exactly, but I like the way this one looks.  Big City life, and all that.

新宿駅の電車 中央線 山手線 総武線 Shinjuku Trains 140225g
http://youtu.be/TDPuQTjvNJY

Hilltop Park in Central Tokyo 中央東京にある丘上公園 140227g
http://youtu.be/qnDbQnRV91c

東京駅の夜ホーム 元中央郵便局の屋根からの風景 140304g
http://youtu.be/QAHxnWkctj0

Reserved Seat Express Train Passes Kokubunji Station 国分寺駅 140306
http://youtu.be/MY8RVmFPBVY

Waiting for a Train at Tokyo Station 東京駅で電車を待っている 140306
http://youtu.be/cjIrbe1SHzg

東京駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 Tokyo to Shinagawa Keihin-Tohoku Line 140306
http://youtu.be/ww0UNKf1OFM

品川駅-大井町駅 京浜東北線 Shinagawa to Oimachi Keihin-Tohoku Line 140306
http://youtu.be/qs7MIqfSN40

大井町駅-下神明駅 東急大井町線 Oimachi to Shimoshinmei - Tokyu-Oimachi Line 140306
http://youtu.be/1yNNay6CnkQ

Waiting for a Train at Shinagawa 品川駅で電車を待っている 140306
http://youtu.be/tprmumBx7y0

Tokyo Tower 16 Riding Main Elevator Down 東京タワー大展望台からの下りエレベーター 140306
http://youtu.be/6ReXXaSQFQM

Boarding Yamanote Line at Hamamatsucho 山手線を乗る 浜松町駅 140306
http://youtu.be/GcHr5S4bWqQ

Tokyo Tower 01 Riding 1st Elevator Up 東京タワー 140306
http://youtu.be/iJu619-tBxM

Tokyo Tower 02 Waiting for Elevator to Special Observatory 東京タワー 140306
http://youtu.be/Mp4FEgvhYvc

Tokyo Tower 03 Riding 2nd Elevator Up 東京タワー特別展望台行きエレベーター 140306
http://youtu.be/mZ9vFxVVxMk

Tokyo Tower 04 2nd Stage Daytime 360-Look 東京タワー特別展望台の見回り 140306
http://youtu.be/BVgxnvlFI4Y

Tokyo Tower 06 2nd Elevator Exit Area in the Daytime 東京タワー特別展望台エレベーター出口 140306
http://youtu.be/bz7UHDsClTQ

Tokyo Tower 07 Daytime Main Observatory Both Levels 東京タワーの昼大展望台 両方 140306
http://youtu.be/F-G78xqnlh4

Tokyo Tower 08 Twilight  Main Observatory 東京タワー夕暮れの大展望台見回り 140306
http://youtu.be/Dy3FTqc94PY

Tokyo Tower 09 2nd Stage - Nighttime 360 Look 東京タワー特別展望台見回り 140306
http://youtu.be/2hU5IBlKG7w

Tokyo Tower 10 Special Observatory - Nighttime-360 東京タワー特別展望台見回り 140306
http://youtu.be/cZ7hjJ9VzA4

Tokyo Tower 11 2nd Stage Waiting for Elevator 東京タワー特別展望台 140306
http://youtu.be/wFiqJ2vwk0Q

Tokyo Tower 14 Riding 2nd Elevator Down 夜の東京タワー 特別展望台下りエレベーター 140306
http://youtu.be/n84GCk6MAlk

Tokyo Tower 15 Main Observatory - Both Levels 東京タワーの夜大展望台見回り 両方 140306n
http://youtu.be/8FhKeRBnne4

浜松町駅-新橋駅 夜の山手線 Hamamatsucho to Shinbashi - Yamanote Line 140306
http://youtu.be/28TaoPCZrD4

1992 Nakano and Shinjuku Etc 中野と新宿など 920429
http://youtu.be/_pHoVB6_xmc

1992 A Few Brief Random Scenes 920429
http://youtu.be/APOpXE_TcVE

1992 中央線 埼京線 西武池袋線など Trains, Etc, 920501
http://youtu.be/fAB8MOzOaWg

1992 Nakano 中野など Etc 920709
http://youtu.be/Rbjdfo6upHs

1992 Hibarigaoka and Nakano Etc ひばりが丘と中野など 920710
http://youtu.be/IWO2p6Z12S8

1992 西武多摩川線 武蔵境駅-是政駅 Seibu-Tamagawa Line 920711
http://youtu.be/UV3xfAb66lw

1992 多摩川散策散歩 Tamagawa River Walkabout 920711
http://youtu.be/6_bU-UZPT_8

1992 京王動物園線 高幡不動駅-多摩動物公園駅 Keio-Dobutsuen Line 920711
http://youtu.be/9Jg6LdmA-HI

1992 京王線 上り電車の窓風景 Keio Line Evening Window View 920711
http://youtu.be/2WfDpoBGp1w

After making a transfer from a branch line, I got on an express, and there's a fairly long stretch of looking out of a window on the express train as it sped towards Shinjuku in the evening.

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/