A large chunk of the videos in this batch were affected by some kind of issue with AVI format files not uploading properly to YouTube, so I converted many of them to FLV files, which uploaded easily, but have degraded picture quality. If the next batch of AVI files I attempt to upload doesn't work, then I'll try to (if I understand the process well enough) convert them into MP4 files (rather than FLV). That technical bit out of the way....
On the last day of February - the 29th this year - there was a pretty big snowfall in Tokyo (big for Tokyo anyway) and I took several clips of the unusual appearance of the city under all that white snow. Most of the snow scenes are of Tachikawa, but there are some other angles thrown in, including train window views.
I went to both Kichijoji and Mitaka recently and took a few clips of the shotengai areas in each place. Back in central Tokyo, while checking out art galleries, I took some video of Ginza - including a couple of exhibitions/installations that were interesting and very colorful - "No doubt the artist is thinking of spring" thought I. And of course there are the usual train views from various lines - primarily the Chuo, Ginza, Tozai, Yamanote, and Keihin-Tohoku lines.
May 1990 - Shinjuku Omoide-Yokocho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZQRKlKBPug
May 1990 - Shibuya Station Platform
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tRh_iIdznI
Tachikawa - Elevated Walkway - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Krw6snHAg
Snow - Takao Station - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4Um4NKwt0
(x2) Walking from Kyobashi to Ginza - (120228)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4N4eTgpt4
Video recorded at 15fps and then played back at 30fps for double-time video with no sound.
(x2) Elevator Up - Stairs Down - (120228)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=258HtR1_B7M
Video recorded at 15fps and then played back at 30fps for double-time video with no sound.
Kichijoji Mall (Short) - (120301)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULhq9zB6P7s
Snow - Tachikawa Station Platform - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbsG73tE5Fk
Ginza Chuo Dori - Looking Both Ways - (120228)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fthks6Rak2s
Snow - Nishi-Kokubunji to Tachikawa - (120229)
http://youtu.be/JI5LaPa8ZWw
Looking at a rare snowfall from a side window of a Chuo Line train while going from Nishi-Kokubunji to Tachikawa.
Path to Tachikawa Shopping Arcade - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5SXkVS3n8Q
Kono Satomi (河野里美) Exhibition at Y's Arts-508 - (120307)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zZu-m44cIE
A beautiful and colorful exhibition. Someday I hope to have internally illuminated pictures like these on my walls! For now at least, the artist told me that the pictures are for the exhibition only and are not for sale.
Ginza Chuo-Dori - February 28th, 2012 - (120228)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chkmt4LlAr8
Yurakucho-SB (A) - (120307)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6K21r6-0W8
Yurakucho-SB (B) - (120307)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwL2sNBDdqU
Yurakucho to Tokyo - (120307)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PowAikBr67o
KT-Line at Yurakucho Station - (120307)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXq9PPEe4zM
Watching a Keihin-Tohoku Line train at Yurakucho Station.
Nihonbashi to Ginza (Ginza Line) - (120306)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4fkuxBTOo0
Snow - Tachikawa Station (Both Sides) - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNWSpg-CrU8
Snow - Tachikawa Station Area - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyk2VliBuuk
Snow - Tachikawa Station Area and Streets - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzZqGH2yxbg
Snow - Tachikawa Station Area Stroll - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9CmJjdhQFM
Snow - Tachikawa Streets - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKMWKbTwoVM
Snow - Tachikawa to Hachioji - Chuo Line - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_clU0_4RrEA
Snow in Tokyo Suburban Park - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeBvko98ElY
Ginza Line - Nihonbashi to Ginza - (120228)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jo7x6P8fpA
Tachikawa - Reserved Seat Train Arrival and Departure - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWhGsNcx9iM
Tachikawa Station Shops - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHoBdKnV9A
Tachikawa Platform - Old Type Train, Etc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CHQamvuH4U
Tachikawa Evening Rush - February 29th, 2012 - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CeTHFkU05c
Tachikawa Station Shopping Arcade - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlFJZ-WTm5I
Tachikawa Elevated Walkways (With Snow) - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ILKc12vwyg
Tachikawa Platform on Rare Snow Day in Tokyo - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3h2BuC5MPs
Tachikawa Side Streets - Evening Slush - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89tR9nLzkFk
Tachikawa Station - Ticket Gates to Platform - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEEvB-t92b4
Tachikawa - Shopping Mall to Chuo Line Platform - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtjEJrH7-ZM
Tachikawa - Walking Towards Station (Some Snow) - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiSj2dEkGf0
Tachikawa Outside Escalator (Snow Day) - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltMEne_sBOc
Tozai Window Reflections - Takadanobaba to Waseda - (120228)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDTa0B7mt8U
Yamada Keiko (山田恵子) Exhibition at Steps Gallery - (120307)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGJJJY3oh0
Ginza Harumi-Dori (晴海通り) - (120307)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi4oXeIn0sM
Ginza Chuo-Dori (A) - (120306)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgYyCYTCf_A
Ginza Chuo-Dori (B) - (120306)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teyvOhHUjCY
Hayashi Nobuaki (林伸朗) Installation at Gallery Hinoki (ギャラリー檜) - (120306)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3bIRQpLMns
A very colorful and fun installation/exhibition!
Yamanote and Shibuya (May 1990-A)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMfqFs-olLc
Views of the Yamanote Line (mainly inside) and Shibuya at night - taken in May 1990.
Train Watching - Shinbashi Station - (120307)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKFT517BiKo
At Shinbashi Station - looking down the tracks towards Kanagawa. The many tracks and trains are quite an impressive sight - although I wonder why the railway is letting the overhead steel structure that supports the power cables rust. I suppose there's been a decision to replace them with something else, and so to just let them rust until the point where they need to be replaced....
Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.com/
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