Beginning with views out the window of an inbound Chuo Line train running in central Tokyo. The Chuo Line is unique in that it's the only surface line (along with its local version running in parallel) that runs within the Yamanote Line. Other lines stop when they reach the Yamanote Line or go underground there. The subway system is extensive enough that a visiting friend joked the ground might collapse - since there are so many tunnels running underground.
After that there are some views in and around Tokyo Station (including construction in Kyobashi), then more central-area Chuo Line window views - this time through an open window, followed by watching one of the old type Chuo Line trains arriving and departing Shinjuku Station, and then a Shinjuku street view, and - finally - a night window view (and listen) on one of the old three-door Seibu Line trains, which produces rather prominent engine noises, making for a more interesting ride (I almost said "exciting", but that's probably overstating it a little).
"Chuo Line Window View Between Yotsuya and Ochanomizu" (100601Tu-1439)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVXPx2WEkPg
Watching central Tokyo flow by from a left side window of an early afternoon Chuo Line train.
中央線左側窓の風景 - 四谷駅と御茶ノ水駅の間 東京
"Chuo Line Window View Between Ochanomizu and Tokyo" (100601Tu-1443)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVfSGkYk62I
Looking out a left-side window of a Chuo Line train as it goes from Ochanomizu to Kanda, and then from Kanda to Tokyo. As the tracks curve to the right, the line pulls alongside and runs in parallel with Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku and Shinkansen Line tracks - above which there is construction for... more Shinkansen Line tracks?
中央線左側窓の風景 - 御茶ノ水駅と神田駅と東京駅の間 東京
"Tokyo Station - Chuo Line Platform to Lower Transit Area" (100601Tu-1447)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYNSnT-LZh0
Riding one of the long escalators at Tokyo Station from the Chuo Line platform, down to the transit area beneath the tracks, and then walking over towards the Yaesu Exit.
東京駅中央線から、長いエスカレーターを下りて、線路下の乗り換え所を通って、八重洲口の近くまで歩く 東京
"Tokyo Station Yaesu Exit - June 1st, 2010" (100601Tu-1449)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bie1ZkuhCeg
Exiting Tokyo Station via the Yaesu Exit, turning right, and walking (towards Ginza) in front of the ongoing construction on the Yaesu side.
東京駅八重洲口から駅を出て、工事の前を歩く 東京
"Crossing Street to Yaesu 2-Chome" (100601Tu-1451)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnSE2ylnE1E
Crossing the main street (405) that runs in front of Tokyo Station, and then turning right and walking along the edge of Yaesu 2-Chome.
東京駅から道を渉って、八重洲二丁目まで 東京
"Yaesu 2-Chome Edge Walk" (100601Tu-1453)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d-XgKd8bvk
Continuing walking along the edge of Yaesu 2-Chome (on the way to Ginza).
銀座に向かって、八重洲二丁目散歩 東京
"Walking Into Yaesu 2-Chome" (100601Tu-1454)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aginp3ALVh4
Turning away from the main street and walking into Yaesu 2-Chome.
八重洲二丁目に入る 東京
"Construction in Kyobashi" (100601Tu-1456)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmVtXuxak_Y
Walking between Yaesu 2-Chome and Kyobashi 3-Chome, with construction on the Kyobashi side. The construction industry never sleeps in Tokyo - always tearing things down on the one hand, and building something new on the other. There are far too many hideous parking lots in Kyobashi and Ginza now - temporarily vacant land that the owners are waiting to augment by tearing down nearby buildings so they can build large, sealed air, hideous boxes.... Someone should explain to the Godzilla construction industry that bigger and newer are not always better. Very often, they are worse - much worse.
八重洲二丁目と京橋三丁目の間の散歩 (京橋側に工事がある) 東京
"Tokyo Station - Bus and Construction Area" (100601Tu-1831)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX1_7RXWgFA
Walking by the highway-bus area in front of the construction zone at the Yaesu Entrance to Tokyo Station, and then entering the station and heading towards the ticket gates.
夕方東京駅の八重洲口と工事 東京
"Tokyo Station Evening Transit Area" (100601Tu-1833)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw7EW0bnRkA
Walking through the below-tracks transit area at Tokyo Station in the evening (in the early part of the evening rush).
夕方東京駅の乗り換え所 東京
"Ochanomizu to Yotsuya (Open Window)" (100601Tu-1839)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpez-u1wSYk
Looking out through an open right-side window of a Chuo Line train as it runs from Ochanomizu Station to Yotsuya Station.
中央線の右側開いている窓からの風景 - 御茶ノ水駅から四谷駅まで 東京
"Yotsuya to Shinjuku (Open Window)" (100601Tu-1844)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Cpv3GqEhA
Looking out through an open right-side window of a Chuo Line train as it runs from Yotsuya Station to Shinjuku Station.
中央線の右側開いている窓からの風景 - 四谷駅から新宿駅まで 東京
"Shinjuku Station Chuo Line Platform Walk" (100601Tu-1851)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyRlMoH9pxM
Walking down the Chuo Line platform at Shinjuku Station. I knew one of the old type orange Chuo Line trains was behind the train I got on, so I walked down to the end of the platform to watch it come in.
新宿駅の中央線プラットフォーム散歩 東京
"Old 201 Chuo Line Train at Shinjuku Station" (100601Tu-1852)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8cl-wzl5fs
As photographers get busy with their cameras, an (outbound) old type orange Chuo Line train (201-Series) arrives at Shinjuku Station, unloads, loads, and departs.
Quick note: Some (apparently) color-blind people seem to think the train is red, but it's not - it's a dark orange. Not that it matters so much, but I used to drive a similarly colored car, and it always irritated me when people called it "red". It wasn't - and neither are the old Chuo Line trains!
新宿駅の中央線プラットフォームで古いタイプの電車が到着 東京
"West Side of Shinjuku Station - Short Stroll" (100601Tu-1901)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2d9bCcItw4
A short evening stroll down the sidewalk on the west side of Shinjuku Station.
新宿駅の西側短い散歩 東京
"Seibu-Shinjuku Line Night Express - Motor Tunes-A" (100601Tu-2205)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCmnhGaZFqE
(1/3) Looking out the window of an old type 3-door Seibu-Shinjuku Line express as it heads out into suburbia. The sound of the motors is quite prominent in this type of train, and so you get a heightened sense of speed with the howling of the motors at speed.
夜西武新宿線３ドア急行のモーターシンフォニー 東京
"Seibu-Shinjuku Line Night Express - Motor Tunes-B" (100601Tu-2209)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9hxJGI7wLU
(2/3) Looking out the window of an old type 3-door Seibu-Shinjuku Line express as it heads out into suburbia. The sound of the motors is quite prominent in this type of train, and so you get a heightened sense of speed with the howling of the motors at speed.
The human announcements are also greatly appreciated! Much better than the typically horrible recordings used for announcements recently.
Right at the end of the clip are also some typical air conditioning noises (distinct, but very short).
夜西武新宿線３ドア急行のモーターシンフォニー 東京
"Seibu-Shinjuku Line Night Express - Motor Tunes-C" (100601Tu-2215)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1t_cUoFXXQ
(3/3) Looking out the window of an old type 3-door Seibu-Shinjuku Line express as it heads out into suburbia. The sound of the motors is quite prominent in this type of train, and so you get a heightened sense of speed with the howling of the motors at speed. (You can hear the air compressor in the first part of this clip as well.)
夜西武新宿線３ドア急行のモーターシンフォニー 東京
Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.com/
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