2000年の新橋 - Shinbashi (with an "n")

Shinbashi is one of the areas of Tokyo that I often went to in the 1980's, starting in 1984.  At the time, JNR (国鉄) spelled it "Shinbashi" and while I think "し" should be written "shi" and not "si", I disagree with writing "ん" as "m"... ever.  "ん" is "n" - period.  I strongly think that writing it as "m" is a mistake.  I wouldn't bother to explain this, but from time-to-time people assume I'm misspelling 新橋 when I write it as "Shinbashi".  No, no mistake.  Shinbashi is the correct way to spell it.  Of the various forms of romanization for Japanese, Hepburn romanization is probably best, but writing "ん" as "m" is an error.

As you can see from these photos, Shinbashi had a stronger architectural connection with the past in 2000 than it does today (2022 as I write this).  If I had had a camera in 1984, the trains would have been solid green for the Yamanote Line and solid blue for the Keihin-Tohoku Line.

Today some people are horrified by the concept of there being no platform walls (no, it's not a "screen"), but that's just the way all the stations were before.

The fountain in the SL Plaza in front of Shinbashi Station.  A really strange thing about it is how for many people (myself included) it disappeared without its disappearance being immediately noticed.  On one visit to Shinbashi I suddenly realized it was gone.  So I asked around and most of the people I talked to had basically the same reaction.  They knew it was gone, but had no idea when it had disappeared.

Below is a fairly rare example of a building that goes back several decades but is still in use and (as far as I know) isn't planned for demolition anytime soon.

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

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

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/

"2014 Shinjuku, Big Snowstorm, Otsuka, etc; 1992 Sugamo, Shibuya, Shinbashi, Koiwa Snow, etc."

A couple of things stand out in this batch for me - one, a couple of views of the big snowstorm of February 8th, 2014 (and coincidentally - I didn't go looking for it - views of the day after a big snowstorm in January 1992, taken on February 1st, 1992), and a fairly long look (27:33) at a festival in Sugamo - on the street generally called "Obasan-no-Harajuku" (おばあさんの原宿), although the street is actually called "Sugamo Jizo-Dori Shotengai" (巣鴨地蔵通商店街).  Other than those are the usual train scenes, etc.

Shinjuku Shop Window Reflection 新宿ショーウインドー反射 140128
http://youtu.be/4DzRsClSOyI

Tokyu Milano Exterior at Night 夜の東急ミラノ外部 140128
http://youtu.be/T6JO1S8Tss0

1230AM Kokubunji Station Platform 夜中の国分寺駅ホーム下り線 140131
http://youtu.be/3aceY_qmS1g

新宿駅隣の工事現場 Construction Site by Shinjuku Station 140131
http://youtu.be/E7N8zg3TWRQ

サンモール大塚 土曜日の朝 Sun Mall Otsuka Saturday Morning 140201n
http://youtu.be/mLoDk2brJec

Taken on a sleepy Saturday morning - this area is much more interesting on weekday afternoons.

Functioning Old Manual Water Pump 大塚台公園, Otsukadai-Koen 140201
http://youtu.be/bKHyJOWBjdE

There used to be a lot more pumps like this throughout Tokyo, but there are fewer and fewer of them as the years go by....

Three-Layer Parking Space 池袋にある三段駐車場 140201
http://youtu.be/_fgs0k8IJIY

Entering Seibu-Ikebukuro Station 西武池袋駅に入る 140201
http://youtu.be/qBubzMtP2fo

Saturday Afternoon Tokorozawa Station 土曜日の所沢駅 140201
http://youtu.be/EMbFl2xrSEQ

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 140131
http://youtu.be/emcCzrdD5bc

Gotanda Twilight Concourse 五反田夕暮れのスカイウェー 140124
http://youtu.be/rMrnrORpmv4

国分寺駅-三鷹駅 中央線左側 Kokubunji to Mitaka - Chuo Line 140130
http://youtu.be/FFqMfJYVUxc

三鷹駅-中野駅 中央線左側 Mitaka to Nakano - Chuo Line 140130
http://youtu.be/eI_X9vdd-a8

中野駅-四ッ谷駅 中央線左側 Nakano to Yotsuya - Chuo Line 140130
http://youtu.be/QlhSuXRW970

Hamamatsucho to Shinbashi - Yamanote Line 浜松町駅-新橋駅 山手線 140130
http://youtu.be/KlHaNPnVDD0

新橋駅-有楽町駅 山手線 Shinbashi to Yurakucho - Yamanote Line 140130
http://youtu.be/FDABqc6Gya0

Twilight Osaki Back Area Lookaround 夕暮れ大崎裏の散歩コース見回り 140131
http://youtu.be/xNlvsjNubiI

Tokyo Snow Along Tamagawa-josui Canal 玉川上水隣の雪 140208
http://youtu.be/E6xLqatiigM

This is a look fairly early in the day, after the snow had been falling since the early hours of the morning.  Several hours later, I went back and took a couple more videos in the same general area (when the snow was deeper, since it snowed nonstop all day long).

Osaki Illuminated Trees Etc 大崎イルミネーションの木とか風とか 140131
http://youtu.be/7XA5uzrfkyM

寒い大崎イルミネーションと滝 Cold Windy Osaki Illumination Waterfall Etc 140131
http://youtu.be/V9yATyqecGc

JR高田馬場駅を入る Takadanobaba Station 140201
http://youtu.be/eMrhu_CLjBM

高田馬場駅-池袋駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 140201
http://youtu.be/U9P3u2RAHzk

大塚駅土曜日の朝ホームの様子 Otsuka Platform Scene on Saturday Morning 140201
http://youtu.be/UofmmlTzG2k

Rail Bridge in Otsuka 大塚にある鉄道れんが橋 Brick and Steel 140201
http://youtu.be/2LPcnZ-vHeA

Lonely Parking Lots in Otsuka 大塚の寂しい駐車場と大通り Main Road 140201
http://youtu.be/tj4_6r-fIzw

大塚辺りの新しい市電を通る New Streetcar Passing Near Otsuka 140201
http://youtu.be/Ho78Zsd94LM

They appear to have replaced most of the streetcars on this line, leaving just a few of the old type still running.

大塚駅隣の見回り 市電とか Looking Around by Otsuka Station 140201
http://youtu.be/Dv6r3H0cPMs

大塚駅市電停 New Type Streetcar Leaving Stop by Otsuka Station 140201
http://youtu.be/LgFDK6lCaxI

南大塚か東池袋の市電踏切 Streetcar Crossing 140201
http://youtu.be/j5AkeO4SRlA

Empty Asphalt Along Streetcar Line 140201
http://youtu.be/RH-LRBWREXs

Higashi-Ikebukuro Backstreets 豊島区東池袋裏道 Toshima-ku 140201
http://youtu.be/vfhPSB99ZQc

東池袋四丁目の市電停とその辺り Higashi-Ikebukuro Streetcar Stop 140201
http://youtu.be/2muEysQxfvE

Watching Trains at Nerima Station 練馬駅で電車ウオッチン 140201
http://youtu.be/rr9DF8kwGxY

所沢駅-東村山駅 西武新宿線 Tokorozawa to Higashi-Murayama - Seibu Line 140201
http://youtu.be/ygTVyaCdJ8E

Evening Shinagawa Station 夕方品川駅 140205
http://youtu.be/Jsnd--wROOs

Twilight Shinagawa Stationside 品川駅隣 湖南口 東口 140205
http://youtu.be/y061G43PcWQ

Shinagawa Station - Walking Towards Ticket Gates 品川駅湖南口東口辺り 140205
http://youtu.be/_NFlaUhIZ4s

Evening Train Departing Shinjuku 新宿駅から電車が出発 140124g
http://youtu.be/feVAG3CD2tE

阿佐ヶ谷駅-吉祥寺駅 夜中央線 Asagaya to Kichijoji - Chuo Line 140204g
http://youtu.be/ZY4vodwPfck

東京の大雪 Tokyo Big Snow Storm 2014 - 140208
http://youtu.be/KT0r4CTaEOs

These two videos (above and below) show the snow near the peak of the big snowfall on February 8th, 2014 - a few hours later, it stopped snowing and the next day, it had already melted down a little.  As I write this (February 12th), the roads are all clear, but the ground is still generally covered with snow.

Tokyo Snow 東京雪の日 雪は、もういいです！ 140208
http://youtu.be/a6e8flu1r9E

1992 Obasan-no-Harajuku Sugamo Festival おばあさんの原宿祭 920124
http://youtu.be/sLyRJ2Vg6zE

This is the area I mentioned at the top of this post - properly called "Sugamo Jizo-Dori Shotengai" (巣鴨地蔵通商店街), but popularly called Obasan-no-Harajuku (おばあさんの原宿).  There is actually some pretty interesting content within this one.  Something I hadn't thought about much at the time, but I realized upon watching this again while editing, is that the man standing in front of a crowd and giving a kind of presentation, is a real-life version of a scene in many of the Tora-san (Otoko-wa-Tsuri-yo) movies.  After watching all the movies in that series, and then (after two decades) seeing this video of mine again, a light clicked on and I thought "Ah!  There it is!  That's part of what they based the Tora-san character on!"

1992 Sugamo to Hibarigaoka 巣鴨駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 920124
http://youtu.be/b0V0pzi57FI

1992 Hibarigaoka to Shibuya ひばりヶ丘駅-渋谷駅 920125
http://youtu.be/84p0AouyfYM

1992 渋谷二丁目の夜 Night Walkabout in Shibuya 2-Chome 920125
http://youtu.be/LZM4LGE4GtQ

1992 渋谷駅-日吉駅-渋谷駅 Shibuya to Hiyoshi to Shibuya 920125
http://youtu.be/u0nnz_pkq8M

1992 渋谷駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shibuya to Hibarigaoka 920125
http://youtu.be/4HSCJ0okGSg

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-東京駅-新橋駅 Hibarigaoka to Tokyo and Shinbashi 920126
http://youtu.be/cMZgmcyP6tQ

1992 新橋の日曜日長い散歩 Weekend Shinbashi Walkabout 920126
http://youtu.be/nAU_brOp3kY

This one is seriously long (51:37), and not very exciting (it was taken on a Sunday, after all), although the part where I walk through a small time-slip zone may be of historical interest (I'm pretty certain that area has been demolished and built up since then), and the scene on a rooftop, with the sea of buildings in Shinbashi all around, is kind of interesting (in my opinion it is anyway!).

What I was doing with this one, was walking through the side streets of Shinbashi on my way from Shinbashi Station to Tokyo Tower.  This video ends just as I arrive at Tokyo Tower, and for the trip up Tokyo Tower, have a look at the following video:

1992年の東京タワー Visiting Tokyo Tower in 1992 - 920126
http://youtu.be/qPfPpr5DeOU

After visiting Tokyo Tower, I loaded a new tape in the camera and walked over to Roppongi Station:

1992 Roppongi to Yutenji Etc 六本木駅-祐天寺駅 920126
http://youtu.be/f1MYW1lgXDg

1992 Yutenji to Hibarigaoka 祐天寺駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 920126
http://youtu.be/Gx6vO4SkJGY

1992年の六本木駅 Roppongi Station 920126
http://youtu.be/CmIEK5LNNxU

This view of Roppongi Station is contained within the longer "Roppongi to Yutenji" video further up the page, but I thought it would be good to isolate a view of just Roppongi Station.

1992 Snow - Hibarigaoka to Koiwa 雪の日 ひばりヶ丘駅-小岩駅 920201
http://youtu.be/H8FmZGpir8w

It was interesting to me to come across views of a lot of snow on the ground on February 1st, 1992, since there's a bit of snow on the ground now as well.  For places that regularly get a lot of snow, naturally there it is, year after year, but Tokyo generally gets very little, so the years where a big storm drops enough to pile up and shut down traffic for a day are notable/memorable.

1992 Koiwa Snow Walkabout 小岩雪散策散歩 920201
http://youtu.be/xFWfR2xD6uk

Walking around near Koiwa Station - with a bit of time spend on residential side streets (getting wet and cold feet while taking video).

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/

"Kawagoe, Shinjuku, Shinbashi, Hamamatsucho, Ginza, Etc."

Past the heat of August, the temperatures in September are just about perfect.  It would be nice if this wonderful weather would stretch out into December or something.

It's been kind of an active couple of weeks - with exhibitions in Ginza (including my own), trips to Kawagoe, Shinjuku, Ueno, Shinbashi, Hamamatsucho, etc. etc.  I'll comment on some of the video links below.

Narrow Passageway in Otsuka 大塚の細い道 (130907)
http://youtu.be/u1hpV5yPAdw

Passing Streetcar and Rails for Posts (130907)
http://youtu.be/O_3P3hOX2lM

This is something that people almost never seem to notice, but old rails (railway rails - after wearing down and being replaced) used to be used for various things, most commonly walkways, platform roof supports, etc. at railway stations, but also as fence posts, as shown in this video.

Shinjuku to Tokyo (Chuo Line) 新宿駅-東京駅 中央線左側 (130907g)
http://youtu.be/DavtWSD2WKs

Yoyogi-Uehara to Shinjuku (Odakyu Line) 代々木上原駅-新宿駅 小田急線 (130907)
http://youtu.be/PI8N4WoQ7cs

新宿駅西口から中央線ホームまで Shinjuku Station - West Exit to Chuo Line (130907)
http://youtu.be/223MxlhgB7U

銀座奥野ビル501号室 Lyle H Saxon 2013 Exhibition-1991 - Rondo - Okuno Bldg (130914)
http://youtu.be/xRW1_Nr3CvQ

I had a solo exhibition earlier in the month - focusing on still photos taken from video material I took in (mainly) 1991, but also with videos I took in that period playing into the back of where Room-501's round window used to be.  These videos (above and below) give a fairly good view of how the exhibition looked.

Lyle Hiroshi Saxon 2013 Exhibition-1991 銀座奥野ビル501号室展示会 (130914)
http://youtu.be/O5T5MJflh7c

Kokubunji to Nishi-Kokubunji (Chuo Line) 国分寺駅-西国分寺駅 中央線 (130911)
http://youtu.be/hE62qtNCCOI

Ueno Art Gallery Outside Escalators (130910)
http://youtu.be/Kr_ND8EZusY

Summer Insect Songs in September (130910)
http://youtu.be/oue86AmztCo

During the hottest days of August, you are so preoccupied with thinking about - or trying not to think about - the heat, that you don't have much contemplative room to really take in details like the sound of insects.  Once the weather cools a little, but before the summer insects disappear from the scene, then the sound of them singing away produces a combination thought, the first part being "They sound really nice in the woods...", but as you contemplate the sound, a melancholy feeling comes over you as you envision the sound fading away, the wind getting colder, the leaves falling, and another unpleasantly cold winter beginning....

Kanda Station Under Construction (Chuo to Yamanote) 短い (130910)
http://youtu.be/uQJSoxPXDDk

Kanda to Ueno (Yamanote Line) 神田駅-上野駅 山手線 (130910)
http://youtu.be/waho5v6L11A

Ueno Sky and Clouds 九月の上野空と雲 (130910)
http://youtu.be/a42hZVF9Cg0

Ueno Park to Ueno Station to Akihabara 上野公園-上野駅-秋葉原駅 (130910na)
http://youtu.be/TzbYSVtyOQI

Akihabara to Yurakucho (Keihin-Tohoku Line) 秋葉原駅-有楽町駅 京浜東北線 (130910)
http://youtu.be/r7-gc2RIPUI

Twilight in Yurakucho (Quick View) 有楽町夕暮れ (130910)
http://youtu.be/t0gUV-rX1nQ

Twilight Sky and Crosswalk 夕暮れ空と横断歩道 (130910)
http://youtu.be/-Y9qXqtzFW4

Tokyo to Kanda (Chuo Line) 東京駅-神田駅 中央線 (130910)
http://youtu.be/Z5h3JaZvQQA

Kanda Station Under Construction 工事中の神田駅 (130912)
http://youtu.be/IHvCqcIQImI

Kurota Kobun 黒多弘文 Abe Yusuke 阿部祐輔 Room-306 306号室プロジェクト (130912)
http://youtu.be/ibWWHbd6EfE

Ando Nobuhiro Exhibition 安藤信弘展示会インスタレーション Y's Arts-508 (130912)
http://youtu.be/xSGQgU99EwE

Yokoyama Mitsunobu 横山光伸 Art Gallery Ishi アートギャラリー石 (130913)
http://youtu.be/kWdMCpuYHXE

Seibu Line Train Departing Takadanobaba Station 西武高田馬場駅 (130913)
http://youtu.be/Nniuej_Rhbg

New Plant Wall on Yaesu Side of Tokyo Station 東京駅八重洲口 (130914)
http://youtu.be/I3rfP1johjA

Tokyo Station Yaesu Construction Zone 東京駅八重洲口 (130914)
http://youtu.be/GH-X0YlWwgk

Shinjuku to Ikebukuro (Yamanote Line) 新宿駅-池袋駅 山手線 (130913)
http://youtu.be/Qpj1KwIQcaI

Entering Subway 地下鉄に入る (130913)
http://youtu.be/-i1wNyLhO44

Walking by Departing Train in Takadanobaba 高田馬場駅の東西線を出発 (130913)
http://youtu.be/IkqR2nWvdQc

高田馬場駅の忙しい夜 Busy Evening at Takadanobaba Station (130913)
http://youtu.be/1YqYx7_IWbM

Kanda to Yurakucho Train Watching in Yurakucho 神田駅-有楽町駅 (130912)
http://youtu.be/AawKd7CIHYo

Kiki in Hamamatsucho 浜松町ライブのKiki (130919)
http://youtu.be/hCliupOBS9U

Kiki (from Kagoshima) put on another good performance in Hamamatsucho.  Incidentally, I did a write-up of them that you can see here:

"Kiki Live in Hamamatsucho - Summer 2013"
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.jp/2013/09/kiki-live-in-hamamatsucho-summer-2013.html

浜松町ライブKiki (A) Live in Hamamatsucho (Kiki - Shiraso) 130919
http://youtu.be/b0PIKketf4c

浜松町ライブKiki 金木犀 Live in Hamamatsucho (Kiki - Kimokusei) [B] 130919
http://youtu.be/FCKVykty3Sw

浜松町ライブKiki カテゴライズ Live in Hamamatsucho (Kiki - Categorize) [C] 130919
http://youtu.be/Fk6h2ykgsS4

Hamamatsucho Stage と Izakaya と Night Scene 浜松町駅前居酒屋 (130919)
http://youtu.be/NMRmQ6R_kp4

Masses of Birds in Kawagoe (in the trees) 川越の鳥鳥鳥 (130918)
http://youtu.be/fUv6vJVDR74

A very boring video - I don't recommend this one, unless you want to hear what they sounded like in the trees.  As I was nearing the area, there were great masses of them flying together in the sky, but by the time I got there, they had mostly settled down (noisily) to perches in the trees.  I was hoping they would perform another mass flyover, so I kept the camera rolling for a couple of minutes.  If you're into birds, you might like this one.

Yamanote Line Departing Yurakucho 夜の有楽町駅から山手線が出発 (130919)
http://youtu.be/qarte11j8PM

Late Night Yurakucho Station 有楽町駅-東京駅 夜の京浜東北線 (130919)
http://youtu.be/dc1JFMXY21I

Tokyo to Kanda (Chuo Line) 東京駅-神田駅 中央線 (130919)
http://youtu.be/q5vVTnO1Slc

Thursday Night Yurakucho-SB 木曜日の夜のYSB (130919)
http://youtu.be/GdAhps8u_6k

Yurakucho Izakaya (September) 九月の有楽町居酒屋 (130919)
http://youtu.be/UkHPIPRZkp0

Kanda to Yurakucho (Yamanote Line) 神田駅-有楽町駅 山手線 (130917)
http://youtu.be/r916Ok3TKYE

Yamanote Line Train Departing Yurakucho Station 有楽町駅 (130917)
http://youtu.be/aU-KUijKTe8

本川越駅に到着 西武線 Arriving at Hon-Kawagoe Station (Seibu Line) 130918
http://youtu.be/jJNZsQ0GjhI

Looking out the front cab of a Seibu-Shinjuku Line train as it comes into Hon-Kawagoe Station.

Insect Sounds in the Woods (130918)
http://youtu.be/mnEtDrT4hmk

Kawagoe Rooftop Amusement Park Monorail (130918)
http://youtu.be/91fzLt52F60

I wrote a short blog entry while on the rooftop, which I posted here:

"Kawagoe Rooftop Amusement Park - 2013"
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/2013/09/kawagoe-rooftop-amusement-park-2013.html

Looking Around at Rooftop Amusement Park in Kawagoe (130918)
http://youtu.be/t0pyv2KLKrU

Temple in Kawagoe 川越にあるお寺 (130918)
http://youtu.be/v0SbwKnmvj4

Kurazukuri Building Interior in Kawagoe 川越蔵造り (130918)
http://youtu.be/NOSHzAAH46Q

Kawagoe September Evening Green 川越九月緑 (130918)
http://youtu.be/x9fAGGRdrj0

Kawagoe Kenryuji Temple September Evening 川越見立寺 九月の夕方 (130918)
http://youtu.be/XkbH2HT7OdA

Kawagoe Evening Kashiya-Yokocho 川越夕方の菓子屋横丁 (130918)
http://youtu.be/a9Xmr_Uqicw

川越菓子屋横丁の道焼き物 Street Tiles - Kawagoe Kashiya-Yokocho (130918)
http://youtu.be/SHHfEHV7TpM

川越の昭和時代の店 Kawagoe Old Shops on way to Hon-Kawagoe Station (130918)
http://youtu.be/Cr9_qgspA_U

Tokyo to Hamamatsucho (Keihin-Tohoku Kaisoku) 東京駅-浜松町駅 京浜東北快速 (130919)
http://youtu.be/1l61rQ_bwUQ

Hamamatsucho Train Watching 浜松町駅で電車を見る (130919)
http://youtu.be/t6cnIHw5j_E

Arriving at Shinbashi Station (Yamanote Line FCV) 新橋駅に到着 (130919)
http://youtu.be/YH7lVJL0g4E

Another front cab view - this time watching as the train arrives at Shinbashi Station.

Shiodome Escalator 潮留エスカレーター (130919)
http://youtu.be/kGq8wSqPEfQ

Shiodome Buildings and Passageways 潮留ビルと通路 (130919)
http://youtu.be/vRjDJxqofcE

Yurikamome Line Train Passing Between Shiodome Buildings ゆりかもめ線 (130919)
http://youtu.be/u5rbOXIAUGA

Shinbashi SL-Plaza Quick 360 新橋駅前SL広場360 (130919)
http://youtu.be/nmSHl106iJI

Shinbashi Station Platform - Waiting for a Train 新橋駅ホームの様子 (130919)
http://youtu.be/HMxy0nuN2hI

Shinbashi to Hamamatsucho (Yamanote Line) 新橋駅-浜松町駅 (130919)
http://youtu.be/-gfMDCoQsFI

Nighttime Hamamatsucho (Near Station) 夜の浜松町駅辺り (130919g)
http://youtu.be/8FGUCCzTyww

Hamamatsucho to Yurakucho (Yamanote Line) 浜松町駅-有楽町駅 山手線 (130919)
http://youtu.be/g66T5yM7bGI

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