There are both 1990 and 2012 views from Komagome in this batch, although the 2012 views only show the area very near to the station. In 1990 however, I spent most of September 14th, 1990 in the area, recording several areas (Nishigahara, Nakazato, Kaminakazato, etc.), including an interesting old shotengai shopping street. Other 1990 views include Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Machida, Takadanobaba, Ikebukuro, and of course various train views.
There are a lot (and I do mean *a lot*) of separate views of Kawagoe - primarily in the old section of town with it's Edo style buildings. Then there are morning views of Shinjuku and Ochanomizu; and various views of Ginza, Yurakucho, Kanda, Etc.
1990 Shimofuri-Ginza Shotengai 霜降銀座商店街 (900914)
http://youtu.be/NFkzeC63zNE
This is a good example of how the old shotengai shopping streets used to look. I say "used to" because even the ones that remain are not quite the same as when this was taken in 1990. Even in 1990 - as I note on-tape (in the longer version below) after walking into a fairly large (by shotengai standards) grocery store - the grocery store had a lot of customers, but many of the shotengai stores just down the street had very few. I wondered at the time what would become of the shotengai shopping street, and over the years, a new term has come up, "shutter-gai" meaning not a street of open shops, but a street of closed shutters of former shops. Many shotengai shopping streets soldier on, but business doesn't appear to be very good for them now.
1990 Komagome, Nishigahara, Etc. (900914) 駒込, 中里, 上中里, 西ヶ原
http://youtu.be/7UeYgI-VVho
This is a long video - just over an hour and a half, and it includes a fairly detailed look at the area on one side of Komagome Station. (The shotengai clip above this one is a new edit - from the source tape - of part of this longer video.) Time-wise, this includes views from the daytime, the evening, and at night - part of the time walking in the rain.
1990 Night Rain Walk Kagurazaka 神楽坂 (900907)
http://youtu.be/ujmxKyERdO0
1990 Shinjuku, Machida, Etc. (Here and There) 900914
http://youtu.be/orBq5lAKJT4
1990 Takadanobaba to Ikebukuro Rush Rides (900907)
http://youtu.be/oAonOOdS6s4
Trains in Ueno at Night (120905)
http://youtu.be/MPJM-2ENbKY
A lot of 15-car trains come into Ueno and dead-end there, since most platforms in central Tokyo can only accommodate 10-car trains. The Chuo Line is the only major JR line that runs right through central Tokyo (via Shinjuku), and one consequence of that is Chuo Line trains are only 10-cars in length.
Kawagoe Bell Tower Area (120919) 川越 小江戸
http://youtu.be/Ri8GccVFpPI
Kawagoe Lookaround (while Bell Tolls) 120919 川越 小江戸
http://youtu.be/lM9mzkadJvU
At the time I took this, I didn't realize how close I was to where the bell was being rung, or I would hurried around the corner and recorded it being rung by hand (it's not automated).
Kawagoe Side Street Stroll (A) 120919 川越 小江戸
http://youtu.be/I0gNns0dNh0
Kawagoe Main Old Street (120919g) 川越 小江戸
http://youtu.be/4MPBKOgp9lc
Ginza 1-Chome Lookaround (120918)
http://youtu.be/eghP9IQ-mwk
Ginza Chuo-Dori Lookaround (120918)
http://youtu.be/_Byeaq2fNwY
Ginza Side Street (120918)
http://youtu.be/NSz7SCXn1VA
Komagome Trains (A) 駒込駅電車 (120918)
http://youtu.be/KGswx4XR5rE
Komagome Trains (B) 駒込駅電車 (120918)
http://youtu.be/YDk6InIOoFc
Kyobashi Lookaround (120918)
http://youtu.be/AtkKmHjpCxQ
Ochanomizu Bridge Scene (Morning Rush) 御茶ノ水 (120918)
http://youtu.be/HEOHaBfs_zA
Ochanomizu Morning Rush 御茶ノ水 (120918)
http://youtu.be/SHp811Xd5R4
Shinjuku Trains (A) 新宿電車 (120918)
http://youtu.be/-kuHObycGHQ
Shinjuku Trains (B) 新宿電車 (120918)
http://youtu.be/VBxgcPXGLTo
Tokyo Station - Newly Rebuilt (Evening) 120918
http://youtu.be/ekiFJiVReXU
The 1914 Tokyo Station building has been renovated/rebuilt - with (from appearances) more reconstruction work than renovation. It looks pretty much like a squeaky-new building, which is slightly disappointing. I think they could have kept a little more of the original structure, but that's just my opinion. In any case, it looks pretty cool and it's styling from another era provides very welcome contrast in the Marunouchi area, which has been almost completely rebuilt with glass and steel high-rise office towers.
Three Door Seibu Train Departing Station (120911)
http://youtu.be/zEUl4kcfKU4
The more crowded the trains get, the more doors they put in them (to provide quicker loading and unloading). I think this type of Seibu Line train is the last type in Tokyo to have three-doors (per side of each train car) - the standard is four, although there were some six-door train cars on the Yamanote Line before they decided it make it into a kind of horizontal elevator and needed all the train cars to have the same number of doors in order to match them up with platform wall doors (currently only at Ebisu, but platform construction for additional platform walls is evident at several other stations).
Chuo Line Train Departs Station (120912)
http://youtu.be/Fo5jg9UrOWs
Cicada Still at it in Mid-September (120918)
http://youtu.be/ViOBfHU_8cE
Morning Shinjuku Station (Central West Exit) 朝の新宿駅中央西口 (120918)
http://youtu.be/MSzigCozXVc
Shinjuku Morning - West Side Stroll (Odakyu Etc) 新宿朝の散歩小田急 (120918)
http://youtu.be/uyeB8dEF8_M
Shinjuku Station Morning Rush Etc 新宿朝の小田急線電車到着西口など (120918)
http://youtu.be/RaIZYdU9g74
Platform End at Shinjuku Station (120918)
http://youtu.be/LGO6242Spf4
Shinjuku to Ochanomizu (Morning) 120918
http://youtu.be/mIXztfh4j1o
Ochanomizu Magazine Handout (120918)
http://youtu.be/OoqKBbYNg5M
Ochanomizu Morning Stroll (A) 御茶ノ水朝散歩 (120918)
http://youtu.be/Y0lN-k2bSLc
Ochanomizu Side Street Stroll 御茶ノ水朝散歩 (120918)
http://youtu.be/D1BqWMKd0IY
Ochanomizu Morning Stroll (B) 御茶ノ水横道散歩 (120918)
http://youtu.be/z_JnHciZT0I
Ochanomizu Morning Exit 御茶ノ水駅朝出口 (120918)
http://youtu.be/QPKdg8IFIV4
Ochanomizu Side Exit Views (120918)
http://youtu.be/EWYzQNxxKCI
Ochanomizu Bridge View from Station (120918)
http://youtu.be/CBNaYCst2ok
Ochanomizu Side Exit Lookaround and Exit (120918)
http://youtu.be/wDzjJeMjhYg
Ochanomizu Stroll Past Construction Site (120918)
http://youtu.be/90vRTzm7Vnk
Ochanomizu Tissue Pack Advertising Handout (120918)
http://youtu.be/OVBs3nIp2oY
Shinjuku West Side Stroll (120911g)
http://youtu.be/yN8kHMoE-uQ
Ochanomizu to Shinjuku (Morning Chuo Line) 御茶ノ水から新宿までの朝中央線 120918
http://youtu.be/HPZ9cqtPucM
Shinjuku Station Chuo Line Platform Walk (120918)
http://youtu.be/z1Znraiakig
Shinjuku Morning Chuo Line Platform View (120918)
http://youtu.be/kq55X9qtMgM
Shinjuku - Waiting for Yamanote Line 新宿山手線を乗る (120918)
http://youtu.be/H3L__jEYJTI
Shinjuku to Komagome (Yamanote Line) 新宿から駒込まで (山手線で) 120918
http://youtu.be/RTVg2HZrFKQ
Komagome Platform Walk 駒込駅ホームからの見回り 120918
http://youtu.be/dDWHHiHSi24
Komagome Station - Hot September Day 駒込駅暑い九月の日 120918
http://youtu.be/Y-bdUH9PHKA
Exiting Komagome Station 駒込駅 120918
http://youtu.be/Bt6ObfoQICU
Bicycles Beside Komagome Station 駒込駅隣の自転車 120918
http://youtu.be/3l_aztKIxo0
They have people watch over bicycle parking areas like this and very neatly align the bicycles after people have hurriedly parked them in the morning. This one seemed especially neatly aligned to me.
Komagome Shotengai (A) 駒込商店街 120918
http://youtu.be/ZbmEddsAYBk
Komagome Shotengai (B) 駒込商店街 120918
http://youtu.be/h_-6_7uq_Hk
Komagome Station Old Type Ticket Price Board (120918)
http://youtu.be/auR-IyXviZM
Entering Komagome Station 駒込駅を入る 120918
http://youtu.be/io3aTbPFfIA
Komagome to Nippori (Yamanote Line) 駒込から日暮里まで_山手線 120918
http://youtu.be/2bqmm2isGXk
Ikeda Tatsuo Exhibition 池田龍雄展 Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 2012年9月 (120918)
http://youtu.be/ivEKxo3ybhI
Shibuya Eiichi Exhibition at Lixil Gallery 渋谷英一展 (120918)
http://youtu.be/2UM-oMbq7Jk
Nippori to Ueno (Yamanote Line) 日暮里から上野まで (山手線) 120918
http://youtu.be/3aU82yn4nuc
Ueno to Tokyo (Yamanote Line) 上野から東京まで (山手線) 120918
http://youtu.be/MYMDAQ1MsCU
Tokyo Station Afternoon Platform 東京駅お昼のホーム (120918)
http://youtu.be/LOBot6bJWx8
Short Glimpse of Rebuilt Tokyo Station (120918)
http://youtu.be/K6haPaoV9KA
Tokyo to Yurakucho (Yamanote Line) 東京から有楽町まで (山手線) 120918
http://youtu.be/N7l3I8VQ9hg
Yurakucho Walking Towards Ginza (120918)
http://youtu.be/tL84Cq1k-ms
Ginza Pomegranate Tree 銀座柘榴木 (120918)
http://youtu.be/tN7zGbLPUYM
This is probably the only pomegranate tree in all of Ginza....
Yaesu Construction Cranes by Tokyo Station 八重洲 (120918)
http://youtu.be/HhsL82Uk1rE
This view of the Yaesu side of Tokyo Station will likely be radically different when they finish the construction project the large cranes are there for.
Tokyo Station Newly Reconstructed (Ground Level View) 120918
http://youtu.be/hZxC-LI6NWY
Tokyo Station Twilight View (Newly Reconstructed) 120918
http://youtu.be/5jEc-iWYyRA
Marunouchi Night Terrace (120918)
http://youtu.be/Jbt-zVha-DE
Tokyo Station Night View (Marunouchi Side) 東京駅丸の内側 (120918)
http://youtu.be/3VrvIB86QZw
Marunouchi Evening Beautiful Lights 丸の内夜の美光 (120918)
http://youtu.be/U7Z1cxs-RMg
Marunouchi Night Street View 丸の内夜道ビュー (120918)
http://youtu.be/Vl3Y6B3IH9M
Entering Tokyo Station (Marunouchi Side) 120918
http://youtu.be/zFs0jsW5Bco
Tokyo Station Platform View (120918)
http://youtu.be/HgcrLnud1MM
Tokyo to Kanda - Keihin-Tohoku Line 東京から神田まで (京浜東北線) 120918
http://youtu.be/a6HxYPkVH9g
Kanda Night Stroll 神田夜散歩 (120918)
http://youtu.be/8Sj8c8V6DfU
Entering Kanda Station (Under Construction) 工事中神田駅を入る 120918
http://youtu.be/bDyVQVKfoac
Tokyo to Kanda (Chuo Line) 東京から神田まで (中央線) 120918
http://youtu.be/Pdbi_sH9O-Q
Lights and Reflections (Departing Kanda via Chuo Line) 120918
http://youtu.be/MuqCfp-x6Lo
Tree Walk (Shinjuku Southern Terrace) 120918
http://youtu.be/q3yTYNW-1Ek
White Three-Door Seibu Line Train Departs Station (120919)
http://youtu.be/GeMPTbuk7go
This is not the usual color scheme for Seibu Line trains - so it really stands out.
Countryside Side Window View (120919)
http://youtu.be/dEMhNSd_1ec
Kawagoe Station 川越駅 (120919)
http://youtu.be/gAchNKyaitY
Kawagoe Shotengai 川越商店街 (120919)
http://youtu.be/AySvsC3jhoY
Temple in Kawagoe (120919)
http://youtu.be/bFw99mYfazk
Ramen Place in Kawagoe (120919)
http://youtu.be/WteYAJFZBHw
Kawagoe Mystery Zone (120919)
http://youtu.be/-_BKBZ9GI2I
A space I stumbled upon accidentally.
Tea Machine (Three Types) 120919
http://youtu.be/Dfnov7V4wIY
This is a pretty cool machine. It offers three types of tea, each either hot or cold (thus the twin buttons) and also plain hot water or plain cold water.
Kawagoe Lookaround (A) 120919
http://youtu.be/98gNFHwf1Yw
Kawagoe Lookaround (B) 120919
http://youtu.be/GOXwM0ia40Q
Kawagoe Museum (A) Cool Stairs (120919)
http://youtu.be/Mgx6uYl3kxo
Kawagoe Museum (B) Old Fire Fighting Equipment (120919)
http://youtu.be/O5DCpPWzZKc
Kawagoe Museum (C) Old Fire Fighting Equipment (120919)
http://youtu.be/YBCSID-yx6E
Kawagoe Museum (D) Secret Staircase (120919)
http://youtu.be/aLzpABdh2QQ
Kawagoe Museum (E) Old House (1st Floor) 120919
http://youtu.be/3XAGJMaVObU
Kawagoe Museum (F) Old House (Exterior) 120919
http://youtu.be/dvxYbsmM68s
Kawagoe Museum (G) Old House (1st to 2nd Floor) 120919
http://youtu.be/xB5wazr79LI
Kawagoe Museum (H) Old House (2nd Floor) 120919
http://youtu.be/gZRGyloTI7U
Kawagoe Museum (I) Old House (2nd to 1st Floor) 120919
http://youtu.be/GmT2GFYmfys
Kawagoe Museum (J) Street Side Store (2nd Floor-A) 120919
http://youtu.be/Frn1FBnjz-U
Kawagoe Museum (K) Street Side Store (2nd Floor-B) 120919
http://youtu.be/maCvQ3W4mGs
Old Kawagoe Street Scene (120919)
http://youtu.be/YVML4UWeub4
Old Kawagoe Side Street Scene 川越市横道 120919
http://youtu.be/e37t7SQWHSU
Walk to Back of Temple in Kawagoe (120919)
http://youtu.be/HJB4dw1V2_A
Kawagoe Lookaround (C) 120919
http://youtu.be/0GSStewr6vw
Kawagoe Evening Lookaround (A) 120919
http://youtu.be/Lkbvrv85fyA
Kawagoe Evening Lookaround (B) 120919
http://youtu.be/i2-xV29FGFE
Kawagoe Retro Style Tourist Bus (120919)
http://youtu.be/2hRafta3Yi4
Kawagoe Evening Lookaround (C) 120919
http://youtu.be/g0t8dE6kqZ0
Kawagoe Department Store Near Station (120919)
http://youtu.be/PbnWwhukgbU
Kawagoe Bookstore and Street Outside 川越市本屋さん 120919
http://youtu.be/I6fPge0h2_o
Cars and a Temple (Kawagoe) 120919
http://youtu.be/kTdgMfKjt1k
Kawagoe Temple in the Evening (120919)
http://youtu.be/fST1J_RG38s
Kawagoe Evening Window Reflections (120919)
http://youtu.be/oDPRz2BZoH0
Kawagoe Evening (Shop Closing for the Day) 120919
http://youtu.be/Q-mPegvo1gA
Kawagoe Twilight (Cars Drifting By) 120919
http://youtu.be/Ia9f0FvLT94
Kawagoe Night Walk to Station (120919)
http://youtu.be/X2dIwAfm5Ss
Kawagoe Temple Lookaround (September) 120919g
http://youtu.be/Ge-UFSF6dvY
Kawagoe Side Street Details (120919g)
http://youtu.be/R20lk38D-48
Kawagoe Side Street Diving 川越横道探検 (120919g)
http://youtu.be/4-aGepPH8Qw
Kawagoe Twilight 川越夕方 (120919g)
http://youtu.be/uOC8tay9OMY
Kawagoe Temple Lookaround (September) 120919g
http://youtu.be/Ge-UFSF6dvY
Kawagoe Side Street Details (120919g)
http://youtu.be/R20lk38D-48
Kawagoe Side Street Diving 川越横道探検 (120919g)
http://youtu.be/4-aGepPH8Qw
Kawagoe Twilight 川越夕方 (120919g)
http://youtu.be/uOC8tay9OMY
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