Saturday, March 03, 2012

"Takadanobaba, Ginza, Tokyo, Shinjuku, Yurakucho, Etc."

General winter scenes in Tokyo - with walking scenes in Takadanobaba, Ginza, near Tokyo Station (which is under renovation/reconstruction), in Shinjuku, Yurakucho, Kyobashi, etc.  And at this point a roadblock to further video uploads struck in the form of YouTube's avi reformatter breaking, preventing me from uploading anything else.  I did (in the middle of about 80 failed uploads), somehow luck out and get one short video posted showing a single street during Tokyo's February 29th, 2012 big snowfall, but if the broken avi-reformatter issue isn't solved (I suspect the real issue is that YouTube has reached (surpassed actually?) the breaking point with the vast number of - ever-increasing in intensity - uploads it's been taking in non-stop for all this time...) - if a way to again upload avi files doesn't present itself, this could be the end of most of my video uploading.  I tested a couple of alternative sites - Vimeo and MetaCafe - but in both cases the video plays strangely, and in one case with no sound - so there doesn't appear to be any (practical) alternative to YouTube... although I hear other file formats may be okay, so I need to find a way to convert my avi files into something else (MP4 is best apparently).

Takadanobaba Side Streets - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar7cR6kWqfs

Takadanobaba Station Area - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1jKMqb4MBI

Ginza Chuo Dori - Afternoon Stroll - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Ts5WfQdMA

Winter Shadows Near Tokyo Station - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtNLL-9lpn8

Tokyo Station Area - Under Renovation - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoPK1vHsOXA

Shinjuku Station Evening Stroll - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT17ZcJ4MXY

Boarding Seibu Train at Ogawa - (120221)
http://youtu.be/Qf1Trhdt_8o

Kokubunji Station Area - (120220)
http://youtu.be/Dm6AsCCa8xU

Late Night Shinjuku Chuo Line Platform - (120221)
http://youtu.be/yWo5kGW8YXw

Beside Tokyo Station - (120221)
http://youtu.be/cvrPp5i_Y3U

Edge of Ginza 1-Chome - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyR5UZy9GA8

Yurakucho Izakaya Path - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpynXSesDN4

Yurakucho Evening Stroll - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6d7vnlYf3Y

Ginza Evening Stroll - 6:00PM - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1hgxRn8jyY

Kyobashi Sky - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvGe-4kjOvU

Undertracks Izakaya in Yurakucho - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvwPnoJ2Cs

Yurakucho Electronics Store Stroll - (120221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPygviGHf7g

Snow In Tokyo Suburb - (120229)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPqenpNpNyc

Kokubunji Trains - Snow - (120229)  [via Vimeo]
http://vimeo.com/37778347

Looking around at trains at Kokubunji Station on a snowy February 29th, 2012.  (Note: In testing this one, it didn't play back very well on my computer, so I'm not sure how it will look for others....)

Boarding Tozai Line at Takadanobaba - (120228)  [via MetaCafe]
http://www.metacafe.com/w/8172968

Watching a Tozai Line come in to Takadanobaba Station and then boarding it.  (Note: This clip also didn't play very well when I tested it, so I'm not sure how it'll do.)

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

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