The first 1990 video of Hibarigaoka is interesting in that it shows the old Hibarigaoka Station and the old pre-Parco area. Compared to today's Hibarigaoka, it's basically "Showa Hibarigaoka" versus "Heisei Hibarigaoka". (By year, 1990 is the second year of Heisei, but there was a lot of carryover culture-wise several years into the Heisei era.)
In the Hibarigaoka to Toshimaen video, views of the old style Seibu Line stations are nostalgic to see now, since the old wooden structures in the video have vanished - replaced with new modern buildings.
The three main areas I visited in this batch of 2012 views are Tabata, Nishi-Nippori, and (again) Oimachi. Putting previous views of Oimachi together with this evening view, there are three times of day - morning, lunchtime, and evening.
1990 Nighttime Hibarigaoka (900914)
http://youtu.be/Plf4EGqxFZM
1990 Night Trains, Etc. (900914)
http://youtu.be/IAXOH0ezewg
1990 Hibarigaoka to Toshimaen (900925)
http://youtu.be/NexGCQvylhw
1991 Tokyo Station Before Reconstruction (910330g) 1991年の東京駅と東京駅ホテル
http://youtu.be/9f0iWAYbNrw
On March 30th, 1991, I devoted a full day to videoing Tokyo Station and the area immediately around it (including the old Marunouchi Building and the old Central Post Office building (which was 95% destroyed, with only the front facade remaining, which has been integrated with a new high-rise office building). In this clip, I also recorded views of the Tokyo Station Hotel and Tokyo Station Art Gallery.
Insect Noises (Early October) 121003h
http://youtu.be/zXbK6ATCy_4
Trains Passing Oimachi Train Yard (120925h)
http://youtu.be/FETJr1oLGG8
Beside Yamanote Line Train Yard (Oimachi) 120925h
http://youtu.be/WpuPPIHvK8E
Parking Yamanote Line Train (Oimachi Train Yard) 120925h
http://youtu.be/ztwkKfYrfnk
All these years where I've had to get off of Yamanote Line trains that had Osaki as the last stop, and I never realized there was a big train yard for Yamanote Line trains by Oimachi - which is just a short distance from Osaki.
Bus Ride (Front View) 121003h
http://youtu.be/lVYGvCjHxjw
Tabata Walkway (121002h)
http://youtu.be/Z7chQoWB9gs
Trains by Tabata Side Entrance (121002h)
http://youtu.be/UZBGuBR8EVw
Passing Trains (Tabata) 121002h
http://youtu.be/c_P1ogRRztw
Tabata Walkway (121002h)
http://youtu.be/Z7chQoWB9gs
Nishi-Nippori Street View (121002h)
http://youtu.be/u0KJT6inYO0
Trains in Nishi-Nippori (121002h)
http://youtu.be/4l4n56A-pyg
Nishi-Nippori Platform (Seen from Distance) 121002h
http://youtu.be/FZHnL1msH40
What's a 62 Galaxie Doing on that Sign? (121002)
http://youtu.be/NYzWkt-CDS0
It was used because it looks good I guess. I looked up and... "Wait... I know that car! That's a 1962 Galaxie!". The big round taillights are easily recognizable. (The 61-64 Galaxies all have them, but each year is a little different.)
Exiting Morning Chuo Line (Shinjuku) 121002
http://youtu.be/kzJ9vebS-oo
Shinjuku Morning Rush Walkabout (121002)
http://youtu.be/ZDgs4ZudSn8
In this video, I walk through the four main concourses of Shinjuku Station during the morning rush - beginning at around 8:30 a.m.
Shinjuku Morning Rush (West Exit) 121002g
http://youtu.be/2DulQGlVUoA
Shinjuku West Side Tunnel Walk (Morning Rush) 121002
http://youtu.be/Wn5UR2NIl_Q
This is the main path to most of the high-rise office buildings on Shinjuku Station's west side.
Platform... Number... Five (and Unused Telephones) 121002
http://youtu.be/6sTnY9Q7NII
About the title - the English announcement you can hear midway through the clip has so much space between some of the words, that it sounds like a parody of itself. The long row of public telephones are apparently maintained in case there's an emergency in which people can't use their cell phones.
Shinjuku to Ikebukuro (Yamanote Line) Morning (121002)
http://youtu.be/4dWBMQM-79c
Ikebukuro to Tabata (Yamanote Line) 121002
http://youtu.be/EO6Ke7B3Zk0
Meiji-Dori (Tabata Shin-Machi) 田端新町明治通り (121002)
http://youtu.be/Es0U2lDMlD8
Just a quick look at a main street. Main streets aren't all bad, but the traffic noise, along with wide expanses of dead dark gray asphalt, and the pollution of the fire-breathing machinery it carries, make them a place to avoid whenever possible.
Train Departing Tabata (Yamanote Line) 田端駅山手線 (121002)
http://youtu.be/EdlfjnBmbek
Tabata Platform Walkabout 田端駅 (121002)
http://youtu.be/IyVY2tz_658
Tabata Platform to Main Exit (田端駅) 121002
http://youtu.be/xc8MkRRsEbQ
Blue Train Passing (Higashi-Tabata) 東田端 (121002)
http://youtu.be/RSMwtxjSS1I
Higashi-Tabata Small Shrine 東田端 (121002g)
http://youtu.be/RdZlCBruVbA
Higashi-Tabata Street Scene (Actor on Ground) 121002
http://youtu.be/I7_Gide2E5k
Meaning a *picture* of an actor on the ground.
Under Rail Bridge Culvert Paintings (121002)
http://youtu.be/WJHAaFQW9Bk
Flowers Beside Railway (Higashi-Tabata) 121002
http://youtu.be/Uqv8aYp1znA
At first I thought these plants were growing in planters, but they turned out to be growing on the track side of the fence - with the branches poking through the fence. Probably they were trimmed back by the railway and so the only part remaining is the part growing through the fence.
Oimachi Izakaya Street 大井町駅居酒屋通り (121002)
http://youtu.be/U9L5GtqG5Xc
大井町駅居酒屋通り Oimachi Izakaya Street (121002)
http://youtu.be/2as82p-2wXY
大井町赤提灯 Red Lanterns in Oimachi (121002)
http://youtu.be/x1eyJ7DJkWM
Warm Evening After Cold Passageway (121002)
http://youtu.be/cpoDnd3lheo
Yakitori by Oimachi Station 大井町焼き鳥 (121002)
http://youtu.be/1tFYQVwO05M
夕方大井町電車 Oimachi Evening Trains (121002)
http://youtu.be/B1JCIIhDgmM
Entering Oimachi Station (Evening) 121002
http://youtu.be/7jtarD78RYQ
Yurakucho Evening (Beside Station) 121002
http://youtu.be/jf8I5awri0Y
Platform... Number... Ten (Shinjuku Station) 121002
http://youtu.be/9fc7BoKwp2Y
Another verrrrry sloooow English announcement at Shinjuku Station.
Stairs Beside Passing Train (121002)
http://youtu.be/h4O6sGSJ0Rg
Trains Below Shrine (Nishi-Nippori) 121002
http://youtu.be/rGYYE8xI0iw
Nishi-Nippori to Ueno (Yamanote Line) 西日暮里から上野まで山手線 (121002)
http://youtu.be/9ipITZ6jVgk
Ueno to Yurakucho (Yamanote Line) 上野から有楽町まで山手線 (121002)
http://youtu.be/SUyLtLWqUZs
Yurakucho Trains Passing (121002)
http://youtu.be/DurN9JS6Bts
Tokyo Station Walk to Tokaido Line (121002)
http://youtu.be/WNRKYneXev4
Tokyo to Shinagawa (Tokaido Line) 東京から品川まで東海道線 (121002)
http://youtu.be/1pS6M0Xx5YY
Evening Keihin-Tohoku Line 品川から大井町まで (121002)
http://youtu.be/oXSPCzhwVQ0
Going from Shinagawa to Oimachi on the Keihin-Tohoku Line.
Evening Oimachi Station Area 夕方大井町駅あたり (121002)
http://youtu.be/c-2I0-Q715c
Tabata - Platform to South Exit 田端駅南口 (121002)
http://youtu.be/kmg8Yhcgxzs
Tabata 1-Chome 田端一丁目 Residential Area (121002)
http://youtu.be/WEwyfaKSQaY
Oasis in the City 都市のオアシス (121002)
http://youtu.be/1RlSw7xlyx0
A small oasis of green in a residential area within a short walk of the Yamanote Line.
Quiet Residential Walkway (121002)
http://youtu.be/1wdCvcvsLkA
Overlooking Tabata Station (121002)
http://youtu.be/tF18JMN4s7M
Overlooking Tabata Main Entrance (121002)
http://youtu.be/5fMxbYnZalY
Walkway Above Tabata Station (121002)
http://youtu.be/kYB_x88KTb4
Tabata 1-Chome to Tabata South Entrance (121002)
http://youtu.be/5A0bKiq5z14
Entering Tabata Station - Tabata to Nishi-Nippori (121002)
http://youtu.be/jbatUHSOsYY
Nishi-Nippori Platform 西日暮里駅ホーム (121002)
http://youtu.be/F4Zl92LLAG4
Nishi-Nippori Trains 西日暮里駅電車 (121002)
http://youtu.be/m3ETggyoIm0
Nishi-Nippori Station Walkabout 西日暮里駅 (121002)
http://youtu.be/Q9prcYdrCOc
Nishi-Nippori Walkabout 西日暮里散歩 (121002)
http://youtu.be/0Oqiv-hRayM
Coming Upon Railway Crossing (121002)
http://youtu.be/neq17QM28RQ
Train Watching (Nishi-Nippori RR-Crossing) 121002
http://youtu.be/apoRqCo_k0E
Entering Nishi-Nippori Station (Outside the Gates) 121002
http://youtu.be/20imXosjrl8
Exploring Shrine in Nishi-Nippori 諏訪神社 (121002)
http://youtu.be/vojtmDDymM8
Windy Day by the Tracks (121002)
http://youtu.be/opPqt5i37hU
西日暮里第二自転車駐車場 (121002)
http://youtu.be/3yFA-ebNugI
A bicycle parking area in a tunnel under the railway.
Lone Cricket in Bicycle Tunnel (121002)
http://youtu.be/Yn-T8XgRoTs
Train Under September Sky (121002)
http://youtu.be/GI768rewDF8
Shinjuku Evening Sidewalk 新宿夜の横断歩道 (121002g)
http://youtu.be/cGLxrwKmsN4
Watching RS-Express Train In Nishi-Nippori 西日暮里特急踏切 (121002g)
http://youtu.be/L0ScWjiuTfU
By "RS-Express", I mean reserved-seat express. The problem with translating terms here is that 特急 (tokkyu) is kind of hard to translate into English. If you use British English, it's "Limited Express", with "limited" meaning "limited stops", but "limited express" in American English means "limited speed compared to a regular express (more stops)", so that leaves something like "super express", but then people probably start imagining the Shinkansen trains... - and so I've decided to use reserved-seat express train, and shortened it to RS-Express for YouTube titles. (JR - by the way - uses "Limited Express" for its English translation.)
Evening Shinagawa Station 夕方品川駅 (121002g)
http://youtu.be/SmFTS_YxtqM
Yurakucho Side Street Lights 有楽町夜の光 (121002g)
http://youtu.be/mtr1TevAwsU
Oimachi to Yurakucho 大井町から有楽町まで (夜) 121002g
http://youtu.be/kDgfojTPoik
Twilight Lookaround in Oimachi 大井町夕方見回り (121002g)
http://youtu.be/ehPlAgX_J3U
Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.com/
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