1991 Hyakunincho, Shibuya, Tokorozawa, Etc.; 2014 Shinbashi, Otsuka, Ginza, Etc.

This batch of videos starts off with a look around at my surroundings on an apartment building rooftop in Hyakunincho (which I had gotten to by walking from Takadanobaba Station).  From there, I walked through Hyakunincho to Okubo Station, did some train watching from a building window by the station, and then went to Harajuku.

百人町

百人町

大久保

Getting off a Yamanote Line train in Harajuku, I walked over to Yoyogi Park and walked around a bit inside the park - watching a group of people (students?) taking video of a pair of actors, etc.

From Yoyogi Park, I walked to Shibuya Station, taking in the Saturday evening summer youth scene there as I made my way towards the station.

I must have wanted to get out of the heat for a bit, because I spent some time going through (via escalator after escalator) a department store full of young people shopping for clothes.

From Shibuya, I took a Toyoko Line train to Hiyoshi Station, which was under construction at the time.  From the station, I rode in a car with some friends, which captures something of the era (in-between the frames) via the conversation in the car and and the on-air radio interview heard in the background.

2014 views are of Shinjuku, Shinbashi, Otsuka, etc.  - I'll comment after some of them below.

1991 Apartment Rooftop Lookaround 団地の屋上からの眺め 910713
http://youtu.be/A_0TWejsrMA

1991 百人町散策散歩 Hyakunincho Walkabout 910713
http://youtu.be/RRqQEAN4qjM

1991 大久保駅辺り Okubo Station Area Lookaround 910713
http://youtu.be/HFW1o2EjX3A

1991 大久保駅近くの中央線が通る Passing Chuo Line Trains by Okubo 910713
http://youtu.be/ndNqQC7TUSU

1991 大久保駅-原宿駅 中央線と山手線 Okubo to Harajuku - Chuo and Yamanote 910713
http://youtu.be/2-gVd_8O3-M

1991 原宿駅辺りと代々木公園内 Harajuku Station and Yoyogi Park  910713
http://youtu.be/9WPAmgvq0Vo

1991 渋谷土曜日の夜散策散歩 Shibuya Saturday Evening Walkabout 910713
http://youtu.be/blQr3dN5rvQ

1991 東急渋谷駅 土曜日の夜 Tokyu Shibuya Station 910713
http://youtu.be/aPZUy1B5fuA

1991 渋谷駅-日吉駅 東急東横線など Shibuya to Hiyoshi - Toyoko Line 910713
http://youtu.be/wk_kznOPSUo

1991 工事中の日吉駅 ホームの様子とか Hiyoshi Station Under Construction 910713
http://youtu.be/PSoUTH6WY0U

1991 日吉駅-渋谷駅 東急東横線 Hiyoshi to Shibuya - Toyoko Line 910713
http://youtu.be/AhyeSfIz0_o

1991 渋谷駅 東横線から山手線までの乗り換え Shibuya Transfer - Toyoko to Yamanote 910713
http://youtu.be/pDXC-BG8tIw

1991 渋谷駅-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shibuya to Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka 910713g
http://youtu.be/cmz_KyTeSjc

1991 Sunday In Tokorozawa - Propeller-Street Etc プロペ通り 910714
http://youtu.be/HZlIRlMs93U

1991 西武池袋線と池袋散歩 Seibu Line and Ikebukuro East Side Walk 910715
http://youtu.be/dK80Aq56x6w

1991 20th Century Machines 二十世紀の器械 910717 910718
http://youtu.be/Ujdk4daNaOs

Some of the machines briefly shown in this video were fairly high-tech at the time, but sure seem old now....

Otake Natsuki Exhibition 大竹夏紀展 Gallery b 140729
http://youtu.be/hhk-U16pJ10

A very colorful and striking installation/exhibition in Kyobashi (next to Ginza).

サロンど東京展 サマーアートフェスタ 2014年8月 Ginza-One August Exhibition 140802
http://youtu.be/tDcZDHU_rKM

東京駅-新宿駅 中央線 Tokyo to Shinjuku - Chuo Line 140729
http://youtu.be/uhTdsNw7z8c

Yamanote Train Arriving at Komagome 駒込駅の山手線 140729
http://youtu.be/prANVv6z8M4

Shinjuku Crosswalk 新宿横断歩道 140729
http://youtu.be/aIINip7onYk

四ッ谷駅-溜池山王駅 南北線 Yotsuya to Tameikesanno - Nanboku Line 140730
http://youtu.be/oIfcxF927II

夜の新橋SL広場 Shinbashi SL-Plaza at Night 140730
http://youtu.be/QDj-e3qhGeY

新橋駅-東京駅 夜の山手線 Shinbashi to Tokyo - Nighttime Yamanote Line 140730
http://youtu.be/Hr_ifEQK8Wg

Osaki Escalator - Decent to Yamanote Platform 大崎駅の山手線エスカレーター 140731
http://youtu.be/q7BeSkI8_tU

有楽町駅-東京駅 右側の京浜東北線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140731
http://youtu.be/3BMYB--JZks

高田馬場駅 山手線が遣って来る Yamanote Line Arriving at Takadanobaba 140802
http://youtu.be/zhF1YHn2GlY

大塚駅ホームの様子と出口 Exiting Otsuka Station 140802
http://youtu.be/bjAZD4v-LkI

大塚駅前 市電と工事現場 Otsuka Streetcar and Construction 140802
http://youtu.be/oMwjtdlZpw0

Pre-Functional Platform Walls at Yurakucho 有楽町駅 ホームから出口まで 140802
http://youtu.be/dOrupc9di8Q

They've just finished installing platform walls for the Yamanote Line at Yurakucho, but haven't begun using them yet, so they're locked open (or at least they were on August 2nd, 2014 - I'm sure they'll be operational soon).

Hot August Day in Yurakucho 有楽町のある暑い八月の日 140802
http://youtu.be/vxH6EygsyIY

銀座 土曜日の歩行者天国 銀座一丁目 Ginza Pedestrian Paradise 140802
http://youtu.be/fzR8beTL2QI

A few years ago, I spoke with an artist at an art exhibition who was displaying (among other things) some interesting conceptual drawings of how the artist thought Ginza should be.  Instead of the current Chuo-Dori, with its six-lane (four for moving and two for parked vehicles) wide expanse of lifeless asphalt, and two-lane wide expanse of lifeless cement (for pedestrians), it had a narrow two-lane road for only essential fire-breathing machinery and the rest was a park-like expanse of grass, trees, and walkways through the green for humans.

Now that would really be nice!  Keeping all the cars out of the area on Sundays is certainly nice, but walking around on that sea of lifeless asphalt is never all that fun really.  I much prefer the two-lane back streets that machinery operators mostly avoid (7-days a week, 24-hours a day) since they can't drive at speed on them.

夕方新宿南口の360度 Evening Shinjuku-360 at South Exit 140729g
http://youtu.be/ZUb9Dlhe6rQ

お化け屋敷の階段 Spooky Old Stairs 140730g
http://youtu.be/H9NPO_TWptY

東京駅-有楽町駅 昼の山手線 Tokyo to Yurakucho - Yamanote Line 140802g
http://youtu.be/CiWvTPcWiVc

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