"1990 Yokosuka, Zushi, Ichikawa, etc; 2013 Hibarigaoka, Rikugien Gardens, etc."

Starting off with several views from 1990 - including a trip to Yokosuka and Zushi on December 15th, 1990 and views of Ichikawa on December 22nd, 1990.  After that, many 2013 views, including of Monomiyama Park, Hibarigaoka, Rikugien Gardens, Komagome, Shinjuku, Manseibashi Bridge, Kanda, the Tobu-Tojo Line, the Chuo Line, etc. etc.

1990 手動改札出口 JR池袋駅 Manual Ticket Gates JR Ikebukuro 901213
http://youtu.be/FH9rt1HpPw0

Since this was set up specifically as an exit, the people manning the ticket gates were there primarily to take tickets and monitor dates on passes.  Since most people are just streaming through, it almost looks like it's automated in some way, but there was no automation at all (although nearly all the stations became fully automated soon after this).

The system was that most commuters had monthly (or three-month or six-month) passes, which they held up while walking through, and the station people in the ticket gates watched for the correct zone and that the train pass date was still valid.  You might think it would be easy to cheat, and I witnessed some people doing so at the time, but if you were caught, the penalty was fairly severe, so most people were honest about it.

1990 Nishi-Shinjuku Walkabout 西新宿散策散歩 901213
http://youtu.be/5uv_utQgu2M

1990 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 新宿駅からひばりヶ丘駅まで 901213
http://youtu.be/kesda-Jqwis

1990年 横須賀と逗子の日帰り旅 1990 Trip to Yokosuka and Zushi 901215
http://youtu.be/aKY-NLjpF20

This one is pretty long - pretty close to two hours long in fact - so there's a lot of information contained in this one.  If you're interested in how Yokosuka and Zushi looked in 1990, then this might be worth watching.  I think this was the only time I took video out that way back in 1990.

1990 Ichikawa Walkabout - Walk to Ichikawamama Station 市川と市川真間駅 901222
http://youtu.be/JBtJVm-6gxA

市川市

市川市

市川市

1990 Ichikawamama to Ueno 市川真間駅から上野駅まで 901222
http://youtu.be/pZJSM54bqPg

1990 Ueno Ameyokocho Walkabout 上野アメヤ横丁辺り散策散歩 901222
http://youtu.be/kocPjMEqXVo

In some ways, Ameyokocho hasn't changed.  If you go there today, the same type of shops are still noisily conducting business.  What I think has changed however, is that back when I took this, it seemed like most of the people walking around were there for shopping, whereas the last few times I went to this area towards the end of the year, it seemed very much like the majority of people filling the streets were there just to witness the event of a lot of people being there.  Not only were not many people even attempting to shop, but the crowd density was so high that it was nearly impossible to even get close to the shops.  About all you could do was flow along (uncomfortably) in the river of tightly packed people.

Gallery Ginza One December 2013 Exhibition Party ギャラリー銀座ワンの2013年12月展示会 131209
http://youtu.be/ixkxPo51Y2o

Ginza One Gallery

LHS 2013/12 Exhibition 1990 Combination Photos

Chuo Line Twilight View 中央線夕暮れ武蔵境駅から三鷹駅まで 131129
http://youtu.be/zYM2k3f0B0E

Chuo Line View of Ochanomizu to Tokyo 中央線で御茶ノ水駅から東京駅まで 131209g
http://youtu.be/Hwmq9ooD6q0

Outbound Tobu Tojo Line View 下り東武東上線窓の風景 131204
http://youtu.be/kfau7O2mCuM

Hibarigaoka Kitaguchi Shotengai View ひばりが丘北口商店街散策散歩 131204
http://youtu.be/g0qh51IuLnk

The introduction of large-box discount shops and Internet shopping has taken a lot of business away from the old shotengai shopping streets.  So much so, that they are now rapidly disappearing.  I know the trend, but I was still surprised to see a whole section of the east exit Hibarigaoka shotengai simply gone - with a large area of vacant dirt in its place.

Hibarigaoka Station Night Walkabout ひばりヶ丘駅夜散策散歩 131204
http://youtu.be/7h1MeZK52zo

Keio Line Shinjuku Station Evening View 京王線新宿駅内の夕方様子 131209
http://youtu.be/_RXtj70-WUY

Shinjuku to Osaki Twilight View 夕暮れ新宿から大崎まで 湘南新宿線 131206
http://youtu.be/r2jNcmZOYxs

Shinjuku Construction Site seen from Platform 新宿ホームからの工事現場の様子 131129
http://youtu.be/tVOqO8EF4hs

For the last few weeks, this has looked more or less the same, but once they start building upwards, things will progress rapidly and this view will be gone for... not forever, but for the next few generations presumably.

Keio Line Night Window View 京王線夜窓の風景 上り電車 131209
http://youtu.be/wBWsUboxlBA

Keio Line Window View Arrival at Shinjuku 京王線新宿駅に到着と駅内 131209
http://youtu.be/DKU9YqUMDxc

Bus 360 Look in Parking Lot at End of Line 131204
http://youtu.be/AyXdHgqXzkE

I was in the area, so I decided to ride a bus to the end of the line just to see what was there.  What was there was a residential-only suburbia that felt very uncomfortable to be in as an outsider.

Bus Stop in Suburbia 131204
http://youtu.be/f4zyRoKnH_4

It was a relief to escape suburbia (see video below).  My visit there was a weird experience.  In most areas of Tokyo, you can ride a train somewhere, and when you get off and walk around, there's generally something of interest to see, and it's fun to explore.  This suburbia with only residential houses was a spooky/scary experience.  Used to more friendly streets in Tokyo, I felt very uncomfortable in this area.  Only one person very openly and very rudely stared at me, but I could feel that it was basically a closed area that didn't like strangers visiting, so I got out of there in a hurry and plan on never ever ever returning.

Exiting Suburbia via Bus バスでニュータウンを出る 131204g
http://youtu.be/fPti5Qdp3Fg

川越市駅で東武東上線 Boarding Tobu Tojo Line at Kawagoeshi Station 131204
http://youtu.be/sC1wXy-ojwU

物見山公園の秋木 Autumn Trees in Monomiyama Park 131204
http://youtu.be/0E4ri-YykgA

六義園 秋の夜A Rikugien Gardens Autumn Night Stroll 131203
http://youtu.be/oCjai4dX5mA

This old, traditional garden in Tokyo is only open at night twice a year - for about a week in the springtime and about a week in the autumn.

六義園 秋の夜B Rikugien Gardens Autumn Night Stroll 131203
http://youtu.be/fcYMO31PBE4

1130PM Shinjuku Station Platform 夜の新宿駅ホームの様子 Waiting 131203
http://youtu.be/cqX1JEcmDlE

Evening Ikebukuro Station and Street on East Side 池袋 駅から東口まで 131204
http://youtu.be/yevOogm94n4

FC View Arriving at Seibu Takadanobaba Station 西武高田馬場駅に到着 131203
http://youtu.be/RMr4UZdulJo

FCV Takadanobaba to Shinjuku on the Seibu Shinjuku Line 高田馬場駅から西部新宿駅 131203g
http://youtu.be/L1fs5kIyPus

Ikebukuro East Sidewalk Stroll 池袋夜東口散策散歩 131204
http://youtu.be/rHo_bwtPM8o

Komagome Station Platform Stroll at Night 駒込駅夜ホームの様子 131203
http://youtu.be/1JkKY7WzJ0o

Near Komagome Station Looking Around at Night 夜の駒込大通 131203
http://youtu.be/OIcDQ8VIr_Q

Riding Empty Bus in Saitama 埼玉の空バスを乗る 131204
http://youtu.be/UPuBdehayno

Away from central Tokyo, the car culture introduced from the US rules and although there are buses, they are often nearly empty.  For this ride, I was the only passenger.

Shinjuku Chuo Line Platform 360 at Night 新宿駅中央線夜ホーム３６０ 131129
http://youtu.be/HJooSz3OmW8

7th to 5th Floor Stroll 七階から五階の散策 131207
http://youtu.be/lde-4FOZqO4

Walking through part of an atmospheric old 1930's building in Ginza.

Ceiling Details in 1930s Basement Room 131207
http://youtu.be/CSsDMuuXwpE

Old Ceiling

Old Ceiling

夕暮れ埼京線ホーム隣工事現場 Saikyo Line Platformside Construction 131206
http://youtu.be/yD44Tj62FH4

立川駅での最終上り中央線 1248AM Last Inbound Train at Tachikawa 131210
http://youtu.be/OQ1oR4ZVMp8

Late Night Chuo Line Train Arriving at NishiKokubunji 中央線 131210
http://youtu.be/8Uue5Tgl4JU

Tokyo Yaesu Side Construction Zone 東京駅八重洲口工事現場 131207
http://youtu.be/ed_nnOqkM6c

Train Passing in the Night 夜の電車が通る 131204
http://youtu.be/TjUwG4-2P7w

Walking Towards JR Section of Shinjuku Station from Keio Line 131209
http://youtu.be/QX7K1qQbwaM

Making the transfer from the Keio Line to one of the JR lines.

Yurakucho Izakaya Tunnel 有楽町居酒屋アーチ 131207
http://youtu.be/n9t7UF3y3XE

Yurakucho to Tokyo via Yamanote Line 山手線で有楽町から東京まで 131207
http://youtu.be/d6VTvCCrfbM

北野駅で京王線を乗る Boarding Keio Line Train at Kitano 131209
http://youtu.be/v5t92zU_360

Late Night Platform View While Waiting for Last Train of the Night 131208
http://youtu.be/SgBLkjgFeOU

1246AM Mostly Empty Chuo Line Train 夜中のがらがら中央線 131210
http://youtu.be/-gQoHXksTMI

I read somewhere (and I've heard, and I believe) that the Chuo Line is - on average over the whole day - the most crowded train line in all of Japan, so it's not often that you see a nearly empty Chuo Line train, but getting on one at 12:46 a.m. is one way of seeing the train lightly loaded.

Osaki Escalator to Yamanote Platform 大崎駅山手線ホームまでのエスカレーター 131206
http://youtu.be/V5BfcKT5oEE

Departing Shinjuku Station via Chuo Line at Night 中央線 131209
http://youtu.be/lhTlJRX6HFU

Ikebukuro Street to Platform 池袋東口から西武池袋線ホームまで 131204
http://youtu.be/WM3zCgFqr64

Side Streets in Hibarigaoka ひばりが丘の夜横道 131204n
http://youtu.be/hghxyXjnJYo

Hibarigaoka Railroad Crossing Trains ひばりヶ丘駅隣の踏切電車 131204
http://youtu.be/fcss7mjFgn4

Escalator to Outbound Platform at Hibarigaoka Station 131204
http://youtu.be/wwsGdW2g6v8

Hibarigaoka Nighttime Outbound Platform 夜のひばりヶ丘駅下りホーム 131204
http://youtu.be/Tevi35--vAQ

Seibu Ikebukuro Line to Seibu Shinjuku Line Transfer at Tokorozawa 131204
http://youtu.be/6IKq5ezy8TA

Late Night City Flowing By 夜の窓ビュー 131210
http://youtu.be/SFyRzre98F0

Takasaka Station Bus Stop 360 高坂駅バス停３６０ 131211
http://youtu.be/xZ45qJzPkm0

Edge of Monomiyama Park 物見山公園の秋ビュー 131211
http://youtu.be/AU62KOynSeA

End of Platform View at Tobu Tojo Line Ikebukuro Station 池袋東武東上線 131211
http://youtu.be/MwFSZji0vUI

Manseibashi Bridge Twilight 360 夕暮れ万世橋の橋３６０ 131211
http://youtu.be/oCuLRATT_Rk

Chuo Line Train Passing Former Manseibashi Station Platform 131211
http://youtu.be/KxtHmFGSJjI

Manseibashi Station Model

Remnant of Original Manseibashi Station

御茶ノ水駅工事現場と中央線を乗る Ochanomizu Station Construction Etc 131211
http://youtu.be/tLfcOyYF8Po

Ochanomizu is one of the few steel and wood stations left in Tokyo, but it looks like that steel and wood is about to vaporize via the ever hungry Godzilla Construction Industry Monster (GCIM).  Presumably, JR (Japan Railways... or is it Japan Retail?) will be building yet another shopping mall with train access (SMWTA) here.

Arriving at Shinjuku via Chuo Line 中央線で新宿駅へ 131213
http://youtu.be/8JJIxCUNm-g

Tokyo Station Yaesu Side Newly Opened Bus Loading Zone 131214
http://youtu.be/O78YJ7Ep4QY

あっ! 危ない!! ポスター Nihonbashi Station 日本橋駅 131214
http://youtu.be/zIICZIZQzYY

A view of a platform poster warning drinkers to be careful  not to fall off the platform and reminding people that the trains can be stopped by pressing one of the many emergency stop buttons on the platform.

Boarding Tozai Line Train at Nihonbashi 日本橋駅で東西線を乗る 131214
http://youtu.be/r7p4u3SVnOE

Shinjuku South Exit 新宿駅南口 西新宿向き Nishi-Shinjuku Bound 131210
http://youtu.be/8_pLP-N9b2s

Kanda Under Bridge Construction View 神田駅橋下の工事様子 131210
http://youtu.be/KY2X0LCGI3I

神田駅工事現場西口 Kanda Station Construction West Side 131210
http://youtu.be/k_zYNTp55YU

Kanda Station Construction Southeast Side 神田駅工事現場南口 131210
http://youtu.be/gg-iHlcjt-s

Kanda Station Quick 360 Platform View 夜の神田駅ホームの様子 131210
http://youtu.be/FkSMolfjpBs

Tobu Tojo Line Train Arriving at Takasaka Station 高坂駅の東武東上線 131211
http://youtu.be/aWC2TOqLQlM

Tobu Tojo Line Empty Train Carriage Stroll 東武東上線の空車両散策散歩 131211
http://youtu.be/hOBQqkkaZ7k

Tobu Tojo Line Ikebukuro Station Platform Stroll 東武東上線池袋駅ホーム 131211
http://youtu.be/xAyhT2qVlwI

Tobu-Tojo Ikebukuro Station

Akihabara Station Platforms 秋葉原駅ホームの様子 131211
http://youtu.be/ZAjS2xwpBk8

Tozai Line Train Arriving at Nihonbashi Station 日本橋駅の東西線 131211
http://youtu.be/-yH4QuiYTRU

Nihonbashi to Otemachi via Tozai Line 東西線で日本橋から大手町まで 131211
http://youtu.be/aGVoyjXynZY

Nihonbashi Station 日本橋駅 Street to Platform 道からホームまで 131214
http://youtu.be/C1CrrK4nZq0

Kanda Station-side 360 神田駅３６０ビュー 131210
http://youtu.be/_yCeq6h2K_c

Observation Deck Lookaround 展望台の見回る 埼玉ピースミュージアム 131211
http://youtu.be/Pr3FvBvKFfI

Night Trains at Shoheibashi 昌平橋辺りの夜電車 光と水反射 131211
http://youtu.be/MILXQpZAChU

Ochanomizu Station Hijiribashi Entrance to Platform 御茶ノ水駅の聖橋口 131211
http://youtu.be/uuuTPSzjS6w

Kanda to Tokyo via Chuo Line 中央線で神田駅から東京駅まで 131211
http://youtu.be/Eha8ztdxv34

600pm Tokyo Station Concourse 東京駅通路の夕方様子 131211
http://youtu.be/klrJjV2LKpI

万世橋グラスビュー Manseibashi Glass View 131210
http://youtu.be/0mV7NNdJFWU

Boarding Tobu-Tojo Line Train at Kawagoeshi 東武東上線の川越駅ホーム 131218
http://youtu.be/1ACgShOFtuY

Kawagoeshi to Takasaka via Tobu-Tojo Line 川越駅から高坂駅まで 東武東上線で 131218
http://youtu.be/dkrxRXqjNEY

NRA Red Arrow Departing Hon-Kawagoe 本川越駅からNRAレッドアローが出発 131218
http://youtu.be/t8HYVsD5muc

所沢駅で止まってるレトロ色のNRA Old Paint Scheme Red Arrow NRA at Tokorozawa 131218
http://youtu.be/hjEJ0S17zb8

Ordering Curry and Rice from Talking Vending Machine 喋る機械から注文をする 131219
http://youtu.be/HLnyfINN7gc

There have been machines to buy tickets from for restaurants like this for at least two decades, but this is the first one I've seen that talks back and uses a computer touch screen instead of standard (or should I say "old type"?) buttons.

New Old Style Izakaya 新古形居酒屋 131219
http://youtu.be/59tnbSjyBik

Now that genuinely old structures in Tokyo have been nearly completely eradicated, the very few (and very rare) ones left are suddenly popular - to the point that they've started decorating sections of new buildings to look like the old type that are nearly extinct.  This izakaya in a modern concrete building is one such example.  As long as you don't look up at the modern concrete ceiling, you could almost think you were in a traditional old wooden izakaya.

Yamanote to Chuo Line Transfer at Shinjuku 新宿駅の山手線から中央線まで 131219
http://youtu.be/nUK58A_FwjI

Inside Packed Late Night Chuo Line Train 忘年会シーズンの満人夜中央線内部 131219
http://youtu.be/9knhvL8uJec

For the most part, you can't really politely take pictures inside a really crowded train, but when I looked around on this particular occasion, I noticed that no one was facing me, so I was able to take this quick view inside a packed train without showing anyone's face.

湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 新宿駅から大崎駅まで SSLTCTK 131220
http://youtu.be/0UnUjWdNN3E

Shinjuku Construction by Saikyo Line 新宿夜工事現場 131220
http://youtu.be/GaMrZbMIOwk

Hon-Kawagoe to Minami-Otsuka via Seibu Line 西武線で本川越駅から南大塚駅まで 131218g
http://youtu.be/l0e3yiuLOK4

End of Platform at Honkawagoe 本川越駅で急行が到着します 131218
http://youtu.be/Smr5pAdakS4

Komagome in a Cold December Rain 駒込での冷たい十二月の夜雨 131219g
http://youtu.be/5xAR2fduevc

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

"1991 Kawasaki, Yokohama, Etc; 2013 Monomiyama Park, Shinjuku, Hamamatsucho, Etc."

This batch of videos begins with views from November 1991 showing Kawasaki, Yokohama, and Hiyoshi.  After the 1991 views, are many views from 2013, including the usual views of central Tokyo (Shinjuku, Hamamatsucho, Ginza, etc.), as well as views from an area I've not covered before - Monomiyama Park, and the nearby Saitama Peace Museum (Peace Museum of Saitama).  In Hamamatsucho are views of the band Kiki performing live outside, near the station.  After other 2013 views, are several more views from November 1991, showing several train trips - mainly on the Yamanote Line, but also including two fairly detailed trips (outbound at night, and inbound in the daytime) on the Tokyu-Ikegami Line.

I've been a bit busy, and so haven't had time to get together photos for this batch of videos, so I'll just put one photo at the top of the page and the links below.  Looking over the titles, I may comment here and there, but there isn't much time....

1991 - Kawasaki Station Area 川崎駅辺り (911116)
http://youtu.be/Ojz0CSFhIq0

1991 - Kawasaki to Yokohama (Tokaido Line) 川崎駅-横浜駅 東海道線 (911116)
http://youtu.be/3gwKfPFKLjE

This is a nostalgic one for me, as I used to often ride in this type of train on the Tokaido Line (the current trains are of a different design).

1991 - Yokohama Station Area 横浜駅辺り (911116na)
http://youtu.be/Y7eXSoKUK98

1991 - Yokohama to Hiyoshi Etc 横浜駅-日吉駅-渋谷駅-池袋駅など (911116)
http://youtu.be/TT5pWHs7jUI

Shinjuku to Osaki (Yamanote Line) 新宿駅-大崎駅 山手線左右側 (131108)
http://youtu.be/9g7tP9XiV8o

Takahashi Keiko 高橋敬子 Exhibition at Gallery Kobo 巷房 (131107)
http://youtu.be/99I9jtia9vc

The artist explains (in Japanese) her art in this one, as the view goes from one painting to another at the exhibition.

Departing Koenji Late at Night 夜遅くの高円寺駅から出発 (131105n)
http://youtu.be/eO3bKyhzavE

新宿駅夜のホーム Waiting for Late Night Train at Shinjuku Station (131105)
http://youtu.be/9DKLFPUsvtM

Shinjuku to Ebisu (Shinjuku Construction) 新宿駅-恵比寿駅 新宿工事 (131107)
http://youtu.be/yNJxWYDH2lA

Walking by Tokyo Tower (131107)
http://youtu.be/c3I7NEldZ88

Tree Lighting in Kyobashi 京橋の夜光 (131107)
http://youtu.be/W4Vpysw_lF8

Boarding Tobu Line Train 東武線を乗る (131113)
http://youtu.be/iylEyZ06lgk

Ebisu to Hiro (Hibiya Line) 恵比寿駅-広尾駅 日比谷線 (131114)
http://youtu.be/iAFPp4SfY7E

Bug Theme Exhibition at Art Space Rondo - November 2013 (131114)
http://youtu.be/cg2L1g9Fu8M

Waiting for a Walk Light in Kyobashi 京橋でシグナルを待っている (131114)
http://youtu.be/Upzt_y3DVbs

Late Night Train Aisle 夜遅くの電車通路 (131114)
http://youtu.be/VMVbiL47KkM

Old Type Train - Outbound from Tachikawa 立川駅から下り電車 (131118)
http://youtu.be/B3Mb7jJgWgY

This train is of the same type (or nearly the same, I'm not sure it's actually the exact same model) as the old Tokaido Line train shown further up the page in a 1991 view.  I'm glad some of these are still on the rails, since they have so much more character than the newer types.

Outbound Chuo Line - Old Type Train 下り中央線 (131118)
http://youtu.be/soKDhu5JQzg

Entering Hamamatsucho Station 浜松町駅に入る (131107)
http://youtu.be/TPEyjGd5XW4

夜の浜松町駅ホーム Waiting for and Boarding Train in Hamamatsucho (131107)
http://youtu.be/-1Z7UKuWPfw

Yamanote Line Departing Yurakucho 有楽町駅の山手線出発 (131107)
http://youtu.be/iadmLPWgKFs

Evening Yurakucho Station Platform 有楽町駅ホームの夕方様子 (131107)
http://youtu.be/-62W4iUKSOY

Yamanote Line Train Passing Osaki Station 大崎駅を通る山手線 (131108)
http://youtu.be/LhM66nF14-c

Exiting Shinjuku Station via South Exit 新宿駅南改札口 (131112)
http://youtu.be/0Xn0LSSgxZE

Shinjuku Station Open Platforms at Night 新宿駅夜オープンホーム (131112)
http://youtu.be/x_AxwKdKbJY

夜新宿駅ホームの流れ Shinjuku Platform Flowing by Window (131114)
http://youtu.be/c7BInm5YSRE

Monomiyama Park A 物見山公園 秋 (131113)
http://youtu.be/S3Kz2AqETwU

Monomiyama Park B 物見山公園 秋 (131113)
http://youtu.be/lkS__6SYrNg

Monomiyama Park C 物見山公園 秋 (131113)
http://youtu.be/OPzj-qNo13c

Saitama Peace Museum Entrance 埼玉県平和資料館入り口 (131113)
http://youtu.be/oybfabJ91SM

Riding Elevator up Observation Tower at Saitama Peace Museum (131113)
http://youtu.be/XC_c69I2v7I

Trees in an Autumn Breeze (131113)
http://youtu.be/zZySVtZvrww

Night Train Side Window View 夜電車の横窓風景 (131113)
http://youtu.be/XWfY_6y-qRQ

Hamamatsucho Evening Sidewalk 浜松町散策散歩 (131114)
http://youtu.be/_Df0YmFhSs4

Late Twilight in Yaesu (Looking Over at Tokyo Station) 八重洲東京駅 (131114)
http://youtu.be/_iKX_WggBsw

Observation Tower View - Peace Museum of Saitama (131113)
http://youtu.be/Wrj_F29UcMk

夕暮れ時の浜松町 Twilight in Hamamatsucho (131107g)
http://youtu.be/b_jg9Dwqy38

Twilight Bridge Stroll 夕暮れの橋散策散歩 (131113g)
http://youtu.be/J7D45Jy4zGw

Kiki - キンモクセイ - 浜松町ライブ Hamamatsucho Live (Set-1 Song-2)  131121
http://youtu.be/Y6TsqFWobOM

Tokyo Station 730pm - Concourse Stroll - 東京駅コンコース散策 (131121)
http://youtu.be/vePg2kU_TKU

Nihonbashi Alley Stroll 日本橋小路散策散歩 (131121)
http://youtu.be/TIYN4LsWrWg

Tokyo Station 820pm - Concourse Stroll - 東京駅コンコース散策 (131121)
http://youtu.be/dSm1wxjj_Mw

Departing Shinjuku Station at Night 夜の新宿駅から出発 (131122)
http://youtu.be/I_AmieBGT_k

Kokubunji to Shinjuku (Chuo Line) 国分寺駅-新宿駅 中央線左側 (131121)
http://youtu.be/2brD8fTi0Zg

Shinjuku to Osaki 新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通快速 (131122)
http://youtu.be/hXKfqfon5UI

Kiki - カテゴライズ (Categorize) - 浜松町ライブ Hamamatsucho Live (Set-1 Song-3) 131121
http://youtu.be/0Vs2rtxGrX0

Kiki - パスワード (Password) - 浜松町ライブ Hamamatsucho Live (Set-2 Song-1) 131121
http://youtu.be/IkaRO71bnbk

Kiki - 砂時計 (Hourglass) - 浜松町ライブ Hamamatsucho Live (Set-2 Song-4) 131121
http://youtu.be/7oc67IQT7sE

Kiki - ハッピーバースデー (Happy Birthday) 浜松町ライブ Hamamatsucho Live (Set-3 Song-3) 131121
http://youtu.be/J0zCBCNmOE4

Kiki - 誰も知らない小さな世界 - 浜松町ライブ Hamamatsucho Live (Set-4 Song-5) 131121
http://youtu.be/Get646FoC3c

Shinjuku to Ebisu (Yamanote Line) 新宿駅-恵比寿駅 山手線 (131121)
http://youtu.be/ZncPuuvmbGg

Evening Stroll in Hamamatsucho 浜松町の夕方散歩 (131121)
http://youtu.be/X3sMLmGq2pE

夕暮れの大崎 Twilight Osaki (131122)
http://youtu.be/FlTl9eMehlc

Chuo Line Night Window Reflections 中央線夜の反射 (131119g)
http://youtu.be/ZzcfXFm8jsU

Bus Ride Through Light and Shadow 光と影の走るバス (131120g)
http://youtu.be/nHuer0Gg0AA

Unusually, I was the only passenger on a bus I got on, so I sat in the very back and looked up the aisle, enjoying the light and shadows from the winter afternoon sun shining through the right side windows.

1991 - Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro (Seibu Line) ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 (911123)
http://youtu.be/fzwY-EtvSQA

1991 - 新品自動改札口 西武池袋線 Seibu-Ikebukuro - New Ticket Gates (911123)
http://youtu.be/d-JXlxHLNaA

Regarding the automatic ticket gates and their implementation in Tokyo, there seems to be a lot of confusion recently about when they were installed (judging from comments I've received from viewers, as well as conversations I've had).  I had also begun to forget the precise timing, but in watching the (carefully dated) videos I took  in 1990 and 1991, what's evident is that there were no automatic ticket gates in Tokyo in early 1990 (not in the places I went to in any case), and then later in the year they began installing them.  But while they began installing them in 1990, it wasn't until late 1991 that most of the city (the major stations anyway) had them.

Also, they weren't uniformly installed at each station as they were implemented.  For example, they were first installed at the south exit of Shinjuku Station, but the other exits of the station remained manually run for some time (months I think - the evidence is in the videos somewhere!) after the south exit gates went automatic.

1991 - Ikebukuro (East Side) Walkabout 池袋 東口散策散歩 (911123n)
http://youtu.be/lYN3saJr2LQ

Fukuda Akio 福田璋夫 Woodblock Print Exhibition 木版展示会 (131128)
http://youtu.be/wb-JZyMD_bI

I've always been attracted to and interested in the old woodblock prints of Japan, so I found this to be a really fascinating exhibition (of new woodblock prints made with traditional techniques).  The artist explained the historically and artistically interesting process in some detail for me (and the camera).  It's in Japanese, but even if you don't understand the language, much of the process can be understood just from carefully watching, as he points to the areas on the actual wood blocks he hand carved and the printed results on washi-paper.  If you're interested in woodblock prints and the techniques involved, you may well want to see this one.

Thinking back, there was something he told me that I think might not be in this video - specifically, the way the paper must be kept a little damp, from the beginning of the process to the end, for two reasons.  One is that ink isn't absorbed well by dry paper (leading to uneven coloring) and the other is to keep the *size* of the paper the same, as paper shrinks when it dries.  (The reason it's important that the paper size not change during the multi-plate printing process is for registration purposes.)

中央線特別快速 三鷹駅-中野駅 Chuo Line Special Rapid - Mitaka to Nakano (131128)
http://youtu.be/toIdzdNhYME

Shinjuku to Ebisu Left Side View 新宿駅-恵比寿駅 左側の風景 (131128)
http://youtu.be/6zfrw1dxvVM

Yoshikawa Kiyoshi 吉川潔 (A) Exhibition at Ginza Hakko 木の香 (131128)
http://youtu.be/vUZMva8Nbag

Yoshikawa Kiyoshi 吉川潔 (B) Exhibition at Ginza Hakko 木の香 (131128)
http://youtu.be/ryXxVC-U1hs

Former Under-Bridge Area in Ginza 銀座元橋の下 (131128)
http://youtu.be/kmqlzYKigpU

Tokyo Station Yaesu Side Construction Zone Etc 東京駅八重洲口 工事など (131128)
http://youtu.be/I7WDemkmDqU

Trains Arriving at Kawagoeshi Station (Tobu-Tojo Line) 川越市駅電車 東武東上線 (131127)
http://youtu.be/iFIm01T0lcs

Autumn Woods 秋の森 (131127)
http://youtu.be/MDTp9JxzFTw

End-to-End Cabs on Tobu-Tojo Line 東武東上線社内部分 (131127)
http://youtu.be/ScdwD5q6EDQ

Chuo Line Window View on Way to Mitaka 中央線窓風景 三鷹駅向かう (131128)
http://youtu.be/fScKLBa5vEs

Ginza - Old Wooden Izakaya Area 銀座木造居酒屋 (131128)
http://youtu.be/Xu1rCx6aYmY

I don't think this area is long for this world - in fact, when I saw construction a block over, I at first thought it had already been eaten by the Godzilla construction industry, causing me to think "I wish I had recorded it in more detail while it was still there..." and then I walked over a block and "Oh! - There it is!  It *is* still there!", so I immediately acted on the urge to record it before GCI gets it.

1991 - Ikebukuro to Tabata (Yamanote Line) 池袋駅-田端駅 山手線 (911123)
http://youtu.be/JV6JmkojLkA

1991 - Tabata Walkabout 田端駅辺り散策散歩 (911123)
http://youtu.be/JGuVhMru2Uw

1991 - Tabata to Ikebukuro 田端駅-池袋駅 山手線 (911123)
http://youtu.be/KPQpcb5rjyk

1991 - Ikebukuro Brief Stroll 池袋ちょっとした散歩 (911123)
http://youtu.be/IQmw9EYr1sU

1991 - Ikebukuro to Shinjuku (Saikyo Line) 池袋駅-新宿駅 (911123)
http://youtu.be/fCQWvo1itlQ

1991 - 新宿花園神社の酉の市 Shinjuku Hanazonojinja Torinoichi Festival (911123)
http://youtu.be/_R10uT9RiFI

This is a fairly long video (about 20 minutes), that gets off to a slow start as I slowly walk within a slow crowd towards a shrine during a festival, but has some interesting scenes in the thick of it later on, watching people buying things from stalls on the grounds of the shrine.

1991 - Shinjuku to Shibuya (Yamanote Line) 新宿駅-渋谷駅 山手線 (911123)
http://youtu.be/WPXoRz8X3rY

1991 - Shibuya Evening Walkabout 渋谷夕方散策散歩 (911123)
http://youtu.be/FqG2l7D2L1M

1991 A Friends Apartment 友達のマンション 911124
http://youtu.be/pbF1n6Dv8cE

This is a good example of one of the nicer apartments in Tokyo, which my friend's company was paying for.  (The apartments I've lived in have been smaller and of a rather different design.)  The overseas corporate people tend to have it nice while they're here....

1991 Early Morning YukigayaOtsuka 朝早くの雪谷大塚町 日曜日 911124
http://youtu.be/wzCwquQ-RB8

1991 Gotanda to Meguro ll Yamanote Line 五反田駅 目黒駅 山手線 911124
http://youtu.be/KlJHfaryZcY

[File name note: I wanted a "-" between "Meguro" and "Yamanote" (Meguro - Yamanote), but YouTube performed an auto-filename-mutate function on the name and wouldn't allow me to fix the broken result, so - in desperation - I put the "ll" there to take the place of the eradicated "-".]

1991 Shibuya to Gotanda ll Yamanote Line 渋谷駅 五反田駅 山手線 911123
http://youtu.be/vCTkStXNUFE

1991 Yamanote to Ikegami Transfer at Gotanda 山手線 池上線乗り換え 五反田駅で 911123
http://youtu.be/6EoxeK5vKJc

1991 YukigayaOtsuka to Gotanda ll Ikegami Line 雪が谷大塚駅 五反田駅 東急池上線 911124
http://youtu.be/lpJkKUqjL0s

These two videos (above and below) show much of the Ikegami Line in some detail - one at night, and the other in daylight.

1991 五反田駅ー雪が谷大塚駅 東急池上線 Gotanda to YukigayaOtsuka ll Ikegami Line 911123
http://youtu.be/ZVcXxyEStko

1991 五反田駅散策散歩 東急池上線とJR線 Gotanda Station Walkabout 911124
http://youtu.be/cmXVPk4I_Ww

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/