Tuesday, January 25, 2011

"Takadanobaba, Ochanomizu, Suehirocho, Kyobashi, 78-RPM, Tozai Line, Ginza, etc."

This batch of video clips begins with me walking downstairs to catch a Tozai Line train.  Then there are several views taken in Ochanomizu - showing Ochanomizu Station, the river running by there, etc.  Then a view of diving underground at Suehirocho Station to take the Ginza Line, and walking down the platform at Kyobashi Station.  Then a view of a nearly empty Chuo Line train late at night, and a view of a mechanical record player playing a 78-RPM record (on a bamboo needle!).  Then I jump back to June 25th, 1993 and visit Nakano in one clip, and head east on the Tozai Line in another - stopping at each station along the line.

Then... another view of the slow progress on the construction zone on the Seibu Haijima Line, and another view in Takadanobaba, showing a transfer walk - going from the platform of the Seibu Line to the stairs leading down to the Tozai (subway) Line.  Boarding a Tozai Line train, I - and the camera - watch the train's progress through the tunnel through the cab's front window, and get off the train in Nihonbashi.  From there, I go to Ginza and visit the latest installation by HUST (in Ginza 3-Chome), and then go other places in Ginza (one side-street clip representing this) and catch a Chuo Line train from Tokyo Station.

Takadanobaba Station - Downstairs to Tozai Line (110119-1646)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKnENLwtT5w

Entering Takadanobaba Station - going downstairs to the Tozai Line.

Marunouchi Line - Ochanomizu Station Platform, Etc (110119-1708)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1TOw7x60H8

The Marunouchi Line at Ochanomizu Station (platform, etc).

Marunouchi Line Train Arriving at Ochanomizu Station (110119-1709)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jq_jSchm4s

Watching Marunouchi Line train arriving at Ochanomizu Station.

Ochanomizu Evening (110119-1714)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyHJsI-7NZo

Evening in Ochanomizu.

Walking Towards Ochanomizu Station Entrance (110119-1718)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAinKN1GXt4

Walking towards Ochanomizu Station entrance one evening.

Suehirocho Station (末広町駅) on the Ginza Line (銀座線) (110119-1827)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzXFmsUh63w

Walking into Suehirocho Station (末広町駅) on the Ginza Line (銀座線).

Kyobashi Station Platform Walk - Ginza Line (110119-1835)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii67adBILKw

Walking down the platform at Kyobashi Station on the Ginza Line.

Nearly Empty Late Night Chuo Line Train (110120-0042)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8I-YU6gCY

Riding a nearly empty late night Chuo Line train.

Playing a 78 RPM Record with No Electricity (110119-2118)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFAc-2Oqdro

Playing an old 78 RPM record purely with mechanics.  Notice the large size of the platter relative to the size of the disk.  The disk being played is (I think) an "SP" disk, which is what most 78 RPM disks are, but there were also larger 78 RPM disks the same size as the later-developed 33.3 RPM LP's, and these larger size 78 RPM disks were also called LP (Long Play or Long Playing).  So the term LP actually goes back to 78 RPM days and didn't begin with 33.3 RPM albums.

June 25th, 1993 - Nakano Wandering (930625)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwjxm5g4QQw

Wandering around in Nakano, etc., on June 25th, 1993.

June 25th, 1993 - Tozai Trip East - (930625)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH7ad4-D7xU

Going east on the Tozai Line on Friday, June 25th, 1993 - stopping at each stop and taking a brief look around.

Seibu Line - Ogawa to Hagiyama to Kodaira (110124-1403)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cix2-NAMJQc

Riding a Seibu Line train from Ogawa to Hagiyama and then to Kodaira.

Takadanobaba - Seibu Line to Tozai Line Stairs (110124-1434)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1VLq2DrVzs

Takadanobaba - Going from the Seibu Line to the stairs leading down to the Tozai (subway) Line.

Tozai Line Front Cab View - Kagurazaka to Iidabashi (110124-1445)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJRzsGgyaSE

Looking out the front of a Tozai Line train rolling from Kagurazaka to Iidabashi.

Tozai Line - Otemachi to Nihonbashi (110124-1454)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IGzYZfj_Cw

Riding the Tozai Line from Otemachi to Nihonbashi - looking out the front cab, and then getting off the train and watching it depart from Nihonbashi Station.

Ginza Side Street (110124-1512)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n36_6nLM4nE

A Ginza side street in the afternoon.

HUST January 2011 Installation - Upper Floor (A) - (110124-1609)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZpUkyTFbdc

Art Unit HUST January 2011 Installation - Usugi Hideyuki (臼木英之) and Toyama Shingo (遠山伸吾) / ゆう画廊.  An upper floor view.
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.com/2011/01/art-unit-hust-usugi-hideyuki-and-toyama.html

HUST January 2011 Installation - Upper Floor (B) - (110124-1613)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2inPcqTzrM

Art Unit HUST January 2011 Installation - Usugi Hideyuki (臼木英之) and Toyama Shingo (遠山伸吾) / ゆう画廊.  An upper floor view.  (B)
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.com/2011/01/art-unit-hust-usugi-hideyuki-and-toyama.html

HUST Installation - Upper and Lower Floors - (110124-1626)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjd9lyPGVV4

Art Unit HUST January 2011 Installation - Usugi Hideyuki (臼木英之) and Toyama Shingo (遠山伸吾) / ゆう画廊.  View of both upper and lower floor installations.  (B)
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.com/2011/01/art-unit-hust-usugi-hideyuki-and-toyama.html

Ginza 2-Chome Side Street Reflection - (110124-1716)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5yPOHOVDTM

Looking at reflections in stone on a side street in Ginza 2-Chome.

Boarding Chuo Line at Tokyo Station - (110124-2240)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO_uKu39wy4

Boarding a Chuo Line train at Tokyo Station on a Monday at 10:40 p.m.

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

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