blog-LyleInTokyo: More 1990 and 2019

August 2019... having a little more time for this post than usual, I invested some of that time in picture selection and placement, so the pictures - for the most part - match up (generally, not exactly) with the video links they are near. A few pictures are randomly placed, but not many.

Mt. Takao - I don't have much time for traveling, so I really appreciate how close (and convenient) Mt. Takao is to Tokyo. Well... Mt. Takao is Tokyo actually - part of it, so close to the developed part of Tokyo I should say.

JEV-63 曇の一人旅 Cloudy Day Cable Car 190708
https://youtu.be/NC5bqR1FC6E

JEV-64 高尾山はいいですね Comments on Ride to Mt Takao 190708
https://youtu.be/DC5GAHD9Vb0

I'm not entirely sure, but this particular trip on the cable car might have been the first time I went up and was the only passenger on the ride....

2019 Night Descent Cable Car 190708
https://youtu.be/6F80HTCmUp4

2019 高尾駅で中央線の到着夜の様子 Takao Station Chuo Line 190708
https://youtu.be/2d3mZS0j_2k

2019 反射と直接 190708
https://youtu.be/44LwDNqDwQY

2019 日野市夜の道 Hino Night Street 190708
https://youtu.be/a_nFlliZSuU

2019 夜の出発を待っている間と次の駅まで 190708
https://youtu.be/pZnlQTyFVuM

Okay, here's a random picture - from December 1990, taken in Shinjuku Station near the South Exit. One difference between then and now is that they have been putting more and more shops within the stations, so there is less open space now than before (within the station that is).

2019 窓を開けると光の夜は美しいです 190708
https://youtu.be/Q8vRSuRs5_s

It used to be really common to open some of the windows on the trains when the weather was nice, but it's pretty rare now - largely due to a certain percentage of the population who seem to be absolutely terrified of fresh air....

2019 新宿の線路下の横断歩道西側から東側へ Shinjuku 190709
https://youtu.be/S4KReNK6pWY

2019 新宿東側の夕方人々 Evening People in Shinjuku 190709n
https://youtu.be/BOp0soLIKEM

2019 新宿夕暮れエスカレータ Shinjuku Twilight Escalator 190709
https://youtu.be/etfa7UTEBuo

2019 中央線前の風景御茶ノ水駅-神田駅-東京駅 Chuo Line View 190711
https://youtu.be/uT6pyA-6KuU

2019 下り階段 Going Downstairs 190711
https://youtu.be/-FtOQfqdi7c

2019 東京駅で電車を待っている間 Waiting for a Train at Tokyo Station 190711 - https://youtu.be/VZN-rOmvBBw

2019 ホームと反射と京浜東北線と山手線東京駅 190711g
https://youtu.be/vOpiFiOR6ec

2019 東京駅-有楽町駅-新橋駅-浜松町駅-田町駅-品川駅山手線前向き 190711 - https://youtu.be/pqpxmMfnir4

1990 箱根湯本駅から登る電車を乗る箱根登山鉄道 901202
https://youtu.be/kdzZx5rMUOY

1990 強羅駅とその辺り箱根登山鉄道 Gora Station Area 901202
https://youtu.be/PXOKglpqsE8

1990 箱根登山ケーブルカー強羅駅-早雲山駅箱根登山鉄道 901202
https://youtu.be/92DkjbzkFSs

2019 夜の京王ライナー Keio Liner at Night 190716
https://youtu.be/QVNwVOmcSUI

2019 田町駅-品川駅山手線右側の開いてる窓から 190718
https://youtu.be/1PufePEOCjk

JV-65 電車の安全感に対して 190718
https://youtu.be/y5en-kAz1X0

JV-66 観光人たちに対して程々はいいが今はちょっと多いと思う 190718
https://youtu.be/TpJmcSt8NQI

Tourism... to a point is a great thing - people can get away from their usual routines and experience another culture, but at this point in history, there are too many very large aircraft with too many seats sold very cheaply, and hordes of people are pouring into various tourist destinations in the world - disrupting life there for the locals, driving up rents (thanks to the despicable practice of turning apartments into sneaky hotels, etc.) and as it is now, tourism is generally not a good thing at all. It's irritating and resented at present and is on the verge of becoming downright despised (or intensely hated?... how to describe the feeling....) Too many outsiders bumbling around interfering in people's day-to-day lives is not a good thing at all. Back before the flood, you would see a tourist and say hello, and ask where they were from, etc. Now when you see one, you tend to think "Another bloody tourist...."

EV-66 Tourists - Fine in Moderation - These Days Though 190718
https://youtu.be/yojOTaPX0l0

2019 有楽町広場へ向かって Walking to Plaza in Yurakucho 190718
https://youtu.be/gXLo6UBc6aU

EV-67 Few Tourists in Early Nineties Due to Exchange Rate 190718
https://youtu.be/t9RQCyuXU-A

Regarding EV-67 - I made that one to mention how there were more tourists both before and after the bubble economy years. What happened is that when the yen suddenly strengthened dramatically, tourism fell off due to Japan being much more expensive to visit than people were used to. What's changed is airfare has come down-down-down and people travel on the cheap now - staying at sneaky hotels, etc. The reason I got onto that is that I get comments from time-to-time about how few foreigners there seem to have been in 1990-91 Tokyo, and the comments are generally along the lines of "It must have been nice before the flood of tourists came...."

JV-68 雰囲気が感じると時間関係の違いが敏感になる 190718
https://youtu.be/Z3soWtPBKGw

EV-68 Perception of Atmosphere Key to Time Related Change 190718
https://youtu.be/GHjFqNt6ug4

2019 - 1934 Stairs 190718
https://youtu.be/3WuSWohUj9U

2019 夜の銀座横道から大通りまで Ginza Side street Stroll 190718
https://youtu.be/W8mv-MBM4h0

2019 夜の外堀通り 190718
https://youtu.be/xnGW9mJz9TU

2019 京橋へ向かう赤信号 190718
https://youtu.be/hnAUEYGziE4

2019 大通りの夜京橋 190718
https://youtu.be/OBbk-MJXPuw

2019 夜の京橋空き地など Nighttime Kyobashi 190718
https://youtu.be/Udrh5lTA51w

2019 四ツ谷駅で丸ノ内線を乘る新型車両2000系 Marunouchi Line 190720
https://youtu.be/m9jncC3I-nU

2019 丸ノ内線新型車両2000系赤坂見附駅-国会議事堂前駅-霞ヶ関駅 190720 - https://youtu.be/LOOWBB6CEFc

EV-69 Getting Into the Flow 190723
https://youtu.be/Itg9rTtMJWk

JV-69 東京の流れと駅の古い懐かしい所 190723
https://youtu.be/zeZcaf-jeNE

2019 霞ヶ関駅日比谷線 Kasumigaseki Station Hibiya Line 190723
https://youtu.be/UE-BsRXkkUs

2019 銀座のビル工事 Ginza Building Construction 190723
https://youtu.be/WkcsBltu6BM

JV-70 使ったカメラの話 190723
https://youtu.be/pQOuI9Z95Qk

EV-70 Brief Explanation of Equipment Used 190723
https://youtu.be/5Kgwcs9ewnQ

2019 京橋二丁目平日の裏道 Kyobashi Side Street 190723
https://youtu.be/s7u1iJcXZS8

2019 京橋駅-日本橋銀座線 Kyobashi to Nihonbashi - Ginza Line 190723
https://youtu.be/iACGfqxOFq4

2019 秋葉原ビル工事とか Akihabara Building Construction Etc 190723
https://youtu.be/HtEC8TjeUk0

2019 Waiting Under a Bridge 190723
https://youtu.be/Pp5IIHdQ41s

2019 新宿 Trains in the Twilight 190723
https://youtu.be/Ozqm3HBpxOg

2019 夕暮れの新宿駅南口 Twilight Shinjuku 190723
https://youtu.be/V_0WvdszJyY

2019 御茶ノ水 The Tree 190723
https://youtu.be/fsd4G4hgOes

2019 新宿夕暮れ南口辺り Twilight Shinjuku 190723
https://youtu.be/PhoTMsKE98E

2019 渋谷西側の見回るビルの工事など Shibuya West Side 190725
https://youtu.be/fQkt5w-Z2ks

Regarding this picture (above). I hate it. It's a terrible picture, but since there are plans to tear that building down, I decided to use it for its content value. There are content pictures and picture-pictures. Picture-pictures don't need to have any special content, they just need to be good pictures. Ideally, a photo is both artistically good and has some content... unfortunately with this photo above, it has only content. I mention all that, because normally I wouldn't use such a poorly composed picture....
- Now, the picture below - is better, and pairs with the photo above since this is a view of the building's roof. This whole rooftop area used to be full of chairs and tables and crowded with people enjoying a beer with yakitori, etc. under nighttime summer skies....

2019 渋谷古いデパートの階段 Shibuya Stairs 190725
https://youtu.be/6AT8BqnDkPQ

2019 渋谷駅外回りのホームで山手線が来るまで Shibuya Station 190725
https://youtu.be/URF1KTWhvEw

JV-71 町田の使えないエレベーター 190726
https://youtu.be/2WkaJgNnAfc

EV-71 Machida Old Building Elevators 190726
https://youtu.be/0mErztd4JMs

2019 JR町田駅へ向かう夜の二階通路 Walking to JR Machida Station 190726n - https://youtu.be/8n4RWFyuVOg

2019 渋谷屋上の見回る Rooftop in Shibuya 190725
https://youtu.be/OP-0YCWU7DE

2019 町田の道散策散歩ア Machida Streets 190726
https://youtu.be/3GuGO5f8tTc

2019 町田の道散策散歩イ Machida Streets 190726
https://youtu.be/m_Wqv-Z4X4w

2019 小田急町田駅隣踏切電車々と人々 Trains at Machida RR Crossing 190726 - https://youtu.be/FW613ezaYaE

2019 渋谷駅内古いデパート Shibuya Station Department Store 190725
https://youtu.be/HxEKN5rDH_4

2019 渋谷駅-原宿駅山手線 Shibuya to Harajuku - Yamanote Line 190725
https://youtu.be/WOkpm1MrYgE

2019 原宿駅-代々木駅-新宿駅山手線 Harajuku to Shinjuku - Yamanote Line 190725 - https://youtu.be/znIgiaGssVU

2019 町田POPビル一階ア Machida POP Building 1F 190726
https://youtu.be/kL0BFVwIIaE

2019 町田POPビル一階イ Machida POP Building 1F 190726
https://youtu.be/96GzhI_RIyo

1990 箱根早雲山駅から別荘散歩と山にハイキング Hakone Hiking 901202
https://youtu.be/E5HxSgjuEXI

1990 早雲山駅-強羅駅箱根登山鉄道 Hakone Cable Car 901202
https://youtu.be/VlS3zLdXIr0

2019 神田駅ホームの様子山手線の出発と京浜東北線の到着 190802
https://youtu.be/KXtsIHdAXkw

2019 神田駅-東京駅-有楽町駅-新橋駅京浜東北線 Kanda to Shinbashi 190802 - https://youtu.be/qtK4P9X17K8

2019 浜松町駅-田町駅京浜東北線 Hamamatsucho to Tamachi 190802
https://youtu.be/LbhB_fL_yFo

2019 田町駅-品川駅-大井町駅京浜東北線 Tamachi to Oimachi 190802
https://youtu.be/d8oFMxyOy8Y

2019 朝早くの大井町裏道 Oimachi Early Morning Narrow Lanes 190802 https://youtu.be/AAhc5ERoF0A

JV-72 ストリートの動画はますます撮りづらくなっている 190802
https://youtu.be/XQ9B5T-H2tU

EV-72 Street Videography Increasingly Difficult 190802
https://youtu.be/0glQoWElzLA

2019 人が歩いている People Walking 190802
https://youtu.be/_s5oNvH3avU

JV-73 防犯カメラ時代 190802
https://youtu.be/Jjw4N1smJns

EV-73 Security Camera Era 190802
https://youtu.be/fjri-HJOIn4

2019 暑い日電車来るまで待っている大井町駅で 190802
https://youtu.be/RJtnLmrG1DE

2019 大井町駅-品川駅-田町駅-浜松町駅-東京駅快速京浜東北線 190802
https://youtu.be/UzW4d7LPlZw

2019 下り京王線窓からの風景 Outbound Keio Line 190803
https://youtu.be/J1Tf5FDDmPI

2019 八王子のある道バスが通るテナントなんとか 190803
https://youtu.be/uktJl7gnz6E

2019 八王子まつりの夕方横断歩道 Hachioji Matsuri Evening 190803n
https://youtu.be/dMSJA91ggEQ

2019 八王子北口八王子まつりの夕方 Hachioji Matsuri Evening 190803
https://youtu.be/RESyJOBDRHg

2019 八王子夕暮れの北口横断歩道橋 Hachioji Twilight 190803
https://youtu.be/yvN21VPp7xk

2019 八王子駅前二階広場夕暮れの見回る Hachioji Twilight 190803
https://youtu.be/pdHMC3hBjFk

1990 湿気が高いので Packaging for High Humidity 901203
https://youtu.be/IOl4o4xMk_M

1990 ひばりが丘-池袋駅-新宿駅-西新宿 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901204
https://youtu.be/Gtly1t8HRrI