1992 Koiwa, Shimokitazawa, Kichijoji, Toei Number-12 Line, Yotsuya, Etc.

This entire batch of videos was taken in 1992, with all (except the two taken in Australia in April) having been taken in February and March of that year.

1992 小岩駅-新宿駅 総武線 Koiwa to Shinjuku via Sobu Line 920201
http://youtu.be/u_ZcXsT5Oqo

1992 雪の新宿 Snowy Shinjuku 920201
http://youtu.be/5rGoZ5MXfew

Coincidentally, as I edited this video of snow in February 1992, there was snow falling in February 2014.  Just a normal thing for areas that always get snow, but Tokyo tends to get very little snow, so each time there's enough of a snowstorm to actually leave some snow on the grown for a few days, it's a bit of an event.

1992 新宿駅-日吉駅-雪ドライブなど Shinjuku to Hiyoshi, Hiyoshi Drive, 920201
http://youtu.be/ElWkbm97zYQ

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-下北沢駅 Hibarigaoka to Shimokitazawa 920208
http://youtu.be/mPuscFLl9to

1992 Shimokitazawa Walkabout 下北沢散策散歩 920208
http://youtu.be/q_25uAp6ClI

These views of Shimokitazawa have come to look historical, now that they've moved the Odakyu Line underground and only the Inokashira Line remains on the surface.

1992年の下北沢駅 Shimokitazawa Station 1992 View 920208
http://youtu.be/Fprt-QZEHYk

1992 下北沢駅-吉祥寺駅 Shimokitazawa to Kichijoji 920208
http://youtu.be/WLQXishzSxA

1992 Kichijoji Walkabout 吉祥寺散策散歩 920208
http://youtu.be/QdcLFP9JOBg

1992 Kichijoji Evening Stroll 吉祥寺夜散策散歩 920208
http://youtu.be/KOFfyf9plro

1992 Chuo Line Night Train Trouble 中央線夜電車のトラベル 920208
http://youtu.be/i_MH_X-cLIE

The trains usually run on time, but things go wrong from time to time.  On the evening of February 8th, 1992, something went wrong on the Chuo Line and people ended up waiting a long time on platforms for the trains to get going again.  Since this was before general cell phone ownership, there were long lines to use public phones on the platform.

1992 Night Streets in Suburbia 夜中の寂しい道 920208
http://youtu.be/6S1zfDX3sE0

1992 東京彼方此方 練馬と中野など Tokyo Here and There 920214
http://youtu.be/sz9gfrLNvac

1992 都営12号線 大江戸線 Toei Number-12 Subway Line Oedo Line 920215
http://youtu.be/MCbkyxA7wyI

Before they decided on the name "Oedo Line", they opened it with just four stations under the name Toei Number-12 Line.  It was a squeaky-new thing when I took this video and technically interesting since it uses linear motors.

1992 光が丘散策散歩 Hikarigaoka Walkabout 920215
http://youtu.be/3A2ZGjuXH5s

1992 成増駅-池袋駅 東武東上線 Narimasu to Ikebukuro Tobu-Tojo Line 920215
http://youtu.be/Cbvs6foYgLw

1992 池袋駅-日吉駅 山手線と東横線 Ikebukuro to Hiyoshi 920215
http://youtu.be/eRKmMUSqWTk

1992年の葛西臨海水族園旅 水上バスなど Trip to Tokyo Sealife Park 920218
http://youtu.be/ZbupF_2mWFM

This shows the recently opened park of the title and also the various construction projects ongoing on the waterfront of Tokyo Bay, including the Rainbow Bridge (which can be seen in the background under construction in the second half of the video).

1992年 小岩駅から歩き出す 瑞江駅まで Walking - Koiwa Station to Mizue Station 920222
http://youtu.be/OL2NuKR-fF0

Not exciting at all, but this shows a side of Tokyo not typically seen by tourists - and in fact I was asked by a couple of people what I was taking video of.  From the expression on their faces, it was clear they were puzzled at the appearance of what looked like a foreign tourist with camera in hand walking around taking pictures.  If they had seen me at a tourist spot (temples, etc.) they wouldn't have thought anything of it, but I don't think they could imagine any reason for taking pictures of an ordinary part of the city.  From my standpoint, it was exactly the ordinary things that I was interested in recording - to make an accurate record of what it's like to live in Tokyo.

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-小岩駅 Hibarigaoka to Koiwa 920222
http://youtu.be/xKF2D762lxA

1992 瑞江駅-新宿駅 都営新宿線 Mizue to Shinjuku - Toei-Shinjuku Line 920222
http://youtu.be/ia3quG1_Ulo

Taking a quick look up and down the platform at each station on the line on my way to Shinjuku.

1992 新宿駅-日吉駅 池袋駅など Shinjuku to Hiyoshi Etc 920222
http://youtu.be/In982cbxb5I

1992 夜ひばりヶ丘駅-夜野方駅 バスなど Night Trains and a Bus 920225
http://youtu.be/esirGsrFg14

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-練馬駅 バスなど Hibarigaoka to Nerima Etc 920228
http://youtu.be/i8xBS6tADSM

1992 新宿など Shinjuku Etc 920317
http://youtu.be/Q8okVkefjhE

1992 ある雪と雨の日 One Snowy Rainy Day 920318
http://youtu.be/YmaNzfJzMrI

1992 新宿と渋谷など Shinjuku Shibuya Etc 920320
http://youtu.be/ppkyh9vPi_s

1992 四ッ谷駅辺り 920324n Yotsuya Walkabout
http://youtu.be/H-lXZ7ejHXs

1992 堀隣のジャングル Jungle Area by Moat in Tokyo 920324
http://youtu.be/S8eFijH6Nx4

This is interesting in that this area has been blocked off for many years now, so if you've seen the stairs leading down the side of the moat and wondered what was down there, this is a way to find out.  Presumably they decided it was too much trouble to maintain and/or it was thought to be dangerous and/or people started using the lower area as a campground... and so they closed it off.

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-日吉駅など Hibarigaoka to Hiyoshi Etc 920321
http://youtu.be/G4SLU6IKNOc

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-中野駅 Hibarigaoka to Nakano 920322
http://youtu.be/JvEYhjsHNu0

1992 日曜日の市内夜バスと電車 Sunday Night Bus and Train 920322
http://youtu.be/BVYxyzvTlJM

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-四ッ谷駅 Hibarigaoka to Yotsuya 920324
http://youtu.be/4rLB7LeoWhk

1992 Segment Intro - Multiple Takes 920325
http://youtu.be/8Kt55ELWf90

There's nothing particularly interesting about this short clip of me doing several takes of a short introduction of the video footage I took of the old shotengai in Sugamo (the "Obasan-no-Harajuku" street), but I thought the process of it was slightly interesting in a historical sense, so I posted it.

1992 Hotel Garden and Revolving Restaurant 920324
http://youtu.be/fFFK8ybwjRw

1992 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 920324
http://youtu.be/Ytzsg9y0fLo

1992 踏切と自転車 Evening Bicycle Rush at Railway Crossing 920324
http://youtu.be/Aem9AlXHauY

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-田町駅 Hibarigaoka to Tamachi 920326
http://youtu.be/ZrzCa46e00U

1992 Tamachi Walkabout 田町散策散歩 920326
http://youtu.be/MmClrJSxpOE

1992 田町駅-東京駅 京浜東北線 Tamachi to Tokyo 920326
http://youtu.be/Fq4itNFg0Eo

1992 丸の内散策散歩 Marunouchi Walkabout 920326
http://youtu.be/QBj8Zi00UOU

Back when I took this, I never thought that the Marunouchi area beside Tokyo Station would be so radically transformed....

1992 Cairns Night Stroll Near Hotel (Australia) 920418
http://youtu.be/gU3V5_eMS3k

Just a quick look around the hotel I was staying at in Cairns.

1992 Great Barrier Reef via Tropic Sunseeker Catamaran (Cairns) 920419
http://youtu.be/ykO8QIonoMo

The quick catamaran ride out to the Great Barrier Reef is one of my fonder vacation memories, so I was happy to read that the owner of the "Tropic Sunseeker" boat I rode on in the video (Sunlover Reef Cruises) has refurbished it and it's still in service.  Reading about it on-line, it appears to be the same tour that I enjoyed taking in 1992, so here's the link to their website:

Sunlover Reef Cruises
http://cairnsdiveadventures.com/tour/sunlover-cruises/

Well - so much for this batch.

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/

"Asakusabashi, Ryogoku, Koiwa, Shin-Koiwa, Kameido, Kinshicho, Hirai, Etc."

For this batch of video streams, I focused on the Sobu Line (総武線) stopping at several stations east of Akihabara, from Ryogoku to Koiwa (the last station in Tokyo before crossing over into Chiba).  Two days are involved - the first showing Ryogoku and Koiwa in the afternoon, and the next showing Shinbashi in the early evening (including the twilight zone of the day), and then several nighttime walk-around views out in Koiwa, Shin-Koiwa, Hirai, Kameido, Kinshicho, Etc.  I've written some comments by the individual videos below, but mostly I'm leaving the video titles to speak for themselves.

Ogawa to Higashi-Murayama (121020)
http://youtu.be/UjuwvUmjC3E

Out on the Seibu Line.

Akihabara to Yurakucho (Afternoon) 121023
http://youtu.be/1xVf9EKRUfM

Ginza, Walking Towards 4-Chome Intersection (Noisy Truck) 121023
http://youtu.be/eiIROtNN1PA

The noisy beep-beep-beep noise is tied in with the truck's turn signal - the idea being that it's safer to blast the air waves with irritating sound every time it turns so people don't get run over... which might be a good idea, but it seems to me it might be a good idea (in the interest of not overly disturbing the sound mix of the area) to turn the turn signal off while sitting there waiting for the light to turn green.

Edge of Ginza at Night (121023)
http://youtu.be/SoxCilUBSVY

Kyobashi Construction at Night (121023)
http://youtu.be/jku13nO3zOQ

This construction is probably tied in with the high-rise 180-degrees behind the camera angle (not visible in the video).  Since a subway line runs under the street there, they're probably doing the connecting construction that will tie the subway in with the B1 level of the building (easy access to the building when the weather is bad, etc.).

Tokyo to Yurakucho (At Night) 121023
http://youtu.be/U85LYeeYoXw

Yurakucho to Tokyo (At Night) 121023
http://youtu.be/nnzRH1xFsps

Tobu Line Two-Cab Junction (121024)
http://youtu.be/zxtUVMqyea0

Often long trains that split into two parts for branch lines further down the line have cabs in the middle of the train, where the split takes place.  Also, there are some long trains (10-15 cars) that appear to end up with cabs in the middle just because that was the type of train car available when they made up the train.  In any case, generally a pair of cabs in the  middle of the train forms an internal barrier so you can't walk through the train past that point, but the Tobu-Tojo Line has (some?/all?) trains in which an internal passageway can be formed that leads through the two cabs.  This video shows that type of passageway.

Tobu Line Afternoon Window View (121024)
http://youtu.be/QN4TS2R7WcI

Tokyo to Asakusabashi (Daytime) 121023
http://youtu.be/Qbpa-t5Qjx8

Main Street 360 Near Asakusabashi Station (121023)
http://youtu.be/ufzhgLr9Mc0

Asakusabashi Subway Entrance (Street Level) 121023
http://youtu.be/aXC10__iXdM

Shrine in Asakusabashi (121023)
http://youtu.be/LbyqoJzn-8k

Side Street Walkabout Asakusabashi (121023)
http://youtu.be/kTbvB29flk0

Asakusabashi to Ryogoku (121023)
http://youtu.be/LNy0B3WdFuU

Ryogoku Station (Exiting South Side) 121023
http://youtu.be/4ps1BBskLi8

Ryogoku Walkabout, South Side, 3-Chome (Afternoon) 121023
http://youtu.be/xUGR-LY3fxU

Ryogoku, Inside of Old Station Building (Quick Look) 121023
http://youtu.be/1FSz79-Q_Pw

Ryogoku Station Entrance (Early Afternoon) 121023
http://youtu.be/cD8zikJtER8

Ryogoku to Koiwa (Daytime) 121023
http://youtu.be/BcTDjyuICXE

Exiting Koiwa Station (Afternoon) 121023
http://youtu.be/_TcO5klG5hk

Koiwa, South Side Walkabout (Afternoon Izakaya Street) 121023
http://youtu.be/UpUnUj-DMpg

Koiwa Side Street (Early Afternoon) 121023
http://youtu.be/PKx6-s1jPFw

Koiwa to Akihabara (Front Cab View) Afternoon (121023)
http://youtu.be/F7HDbSdyV6M

Ryogoku - Front of Old Station Building (121023g)
http://youtu.be/m5iVqJK47gQ

Kameido to Kinshicho (Sobu Line) 総武線亀戸から錦糸町 (121025)
http://youtu.be/XgIHKEkHgv8

Exiting Kinshicho Station (North Side) 錦糸町駅 (121025)
http://youtu.be/qpfwdCCbhPY

Kinshicho Station Plazas (North and South Sides) 錦糸町駅広場 (121025)
http://youtu.be/iwzhfpoIKgs

Kinshicho to Ryogoku (Nighttime Sobu Line) 錦糸町から両国まで (121025)
http://youtu.be/o-CAUnHtCxo

Asakusabashi to Akihabara (Late Night Train) 浅草橋から秋葉原まで (121025)
http://youtu.be/5-X-yW7d7Y4

Akihabara to Kanda (Kanda Under Construction) 秋葉原から神田まで (121025)
http://youtu.be/JHCfQzEBjKY

Kanda Station Platform (Late at Night) 夜の神田駅 (121025)
http://youtu.be/i5EFG0KTy00

Twilight Shinbashi SL Plaza (October) 新橋駅 (121025)
http://youtu.be/bL8pjBWkmA0

Shinjuku to Ebisu (Afternoon Saikyo Line) 新宿から恵比寿まで (121025)
http://youtu.be/dpBO3pUYoTc

Entering Hibiya Line (Ebisu Station) 日比谷線の恵比寿駅 (121025)
http://youtu.be/M5ywapimxeo

I considered titling this "JR to Hibiya Line Transfer" but the video only begins already halfway to the Hibiya Line and so only shows the exit area of the JR part of the station.  The subway entrance area was under construction for some time - I think this is the first I've seen it since it was extensively renovated.

Ebisu to Hiro (Hibiya Line) Window Reflections 恵比寿から広尾まで (121025)
http://youtu.be/JruLdRGRBuw

Looking out a side window while the subway train runs through its tunnel, there's not much to see of course, but I think it's important to record some clips like this to get the *sound* of the train recorded.  Much of the ambiance of places is provided by the sounds there, and they often change a lot with time.

Small Shrine in Central Tokyo (121025)
http://youtu.be/pj3fmGQyUbw

Construction Groundwork in Shinbashi 新橋 (121025)
http://youtu.be/4sAEWMxwlGY

Shinbashi Evening Side Street Stroll 新橋夕方散歩 (121025)
http://youtu.be/ocMV_k7o2yU

Shinbashi Izakaya Side Street (Early Evening) 新橋居酒屋 (121025)
http://youtu.be/-r5ZbFPA_fs

Twilight Shinbashi Streets (Izakaya Etc) 新橋居酒屋 (121025)
http://youtu.be/R2IOaf2Nrv4

Shinbashi (Twilight Sidewalks Izakaya Etc) 新橋居酒屋 (121025)
http://youtu.be/6yPRgepoFos

Shinbashi to Yurakucho 新橋から有楽町まで (121025)
http://youtu.be/SrAv93QBPDw

Tokyo to Akihabara (Window Reflections) 東京から秋葉原まで (121025)
http://youtu.be/5u3vmR4JSPQ

Akihabara Station (Early Evening Rush - Platform Walk Etc) 秋葉原駅 (121025)
http://youtu.be/Zc6NrP-fyf0

Akihabara to Ryogoku (and Departing Ryogoku) 秋葉原から両国 (121025)
http://youtu.be/4FViPzSSj-0

Departing Kinshicho (Towards Kameido via Sobu Line) 錦糸町総武線 (121025)
http://youtu.be/iEfwt89mI2U

Koiwa (North Side Sanpo) 小岩駅北側散歩 (121025)
http://youtu.be/WZmlEHUK3co

Nishi-Koiwa Side Street (North Exit) 西小岩北側 (121025)
http://youtu.be/U9IuBzJCk8w

Koiwa Izakaya Street (Evening) 小岩夕方居酒屋道 (121025)
http://youtu.be/Z2DvkfEGepc

Koiwa Quiet Evening Sun Road Shotengai 小岩サンロード商店街 (121025)
http://youtu.be/nFiD1DJtkmk

Koiwa South Side Walkabout (Night) 小岩南側夜散歩 (121025)
http://youtu.be/6A-ulbY5mro

Koiwa Station (Both Sides of Ticket Gates) 小岩駅 (121025)
http://youtu.be/JIyne8LSZfg

The purpose of this video was to show Koiwa Station during the evening rush, so I walked around inside the station a bit - showing both the inside and outside of the ticket gates.

Koiwa to Shin-Koiwa (Sobu Line) 総武線の小岩から新小岩まで (121025)
http://youtu.be/SgtSxd9ezE0

Shin-Koiwa Platform to Blue Light Passageway (Nishi-Shinkoiwa) 121025
http://youtu.be/iJig1v8S5xs

Nishi-Shinkoiwa Walkabout (at Night) 西新小岩散歩 (121025)
http://youtu.be/YuREvXKodDk

Shin-Koiwa Station Walkabout 新小岩駅 (121025)
http://youtu.be/r7wglGULxT0

Shin-Koiwa Shotengai Stroll 新小岩商店街散歩 (121025)
http://youtu.be/GgVwen6wFnQ

Mostly Quiet Street Under the Moon 月の下 (121025)
http://youtu.be/qUD5UgZyais

Entering Shin-Koiwa Station 新小岩駅 (121025)
http://youtu.be/yDDtyKpE_TA

Shin-Koiwa to Hirai (Night) ETS-Button 新小岩から平井まで (121025)
http://youtu.be/0PSxFyqtO9s

Towards the end of this video, you can hear the emergency buzzer going off (which I have named "ETS" for "Emergency Train Stop" - I'm not sure what the official name is... maybe the same?).  I watched a train come in (recorded in this video) and was about to head down to the exit gates when I noticed the buzzer had gone off, so I turned around to see what was happening.  It turned out (not exactly recorded in the video, although you can hear the voices a little) that two women were accusing an obviously drunk man of having done something wrong on the train.  I figured it would be rude/wrong to stand and watch, so I resumed my original course for the exit gates as the drama was still underway.

Hirai Late Night Walkabout (Lonely Shotengai) 平井夜の商店街 (121025)
http://youtu.be/wvPrN9VmpJA

Lonely Streets in Hirai (Moon Through Clouds) 平井 (121025)
http://youtu.be/X2C9LaTMxJQ

Hirai Night Stroll 平井の夜散歩 (121025)
http://youtu.be/uyTGDtSlptQ

Entering Hirai Station (South Entrance) 平井駅南口 (121025)
http://youtu.be/DVQI-Xq-GgA

Exiting Kameido Station 亀戸駅 (121025)
http://youtu.be/5mWsijHZ4gg

Kameido Side Street off Main Street 亀戸 (121025)
http://youtu.be/9T741d1ln50

Kameido Izakaya Side Streets (North Side) 亀戸北側居酒屋道 (121025)
http://youtu.be/DG35mjJewRE

Kameido Late Night Shotengai 亀戸 (121025)
http://youtu.be/mU4DmL9Y7x0

Kameido (Walking Towards Station) 亀戸 (121025)
http://youtu.be/FfW9PhlU8ls

Kameido Izakaya Street (South Side) 亀戸南側居酒屋 (121025)
http://youtu.be/qp9r3zeEePw

Kameido Main Street Intersection 亀戸大通 (121025)
http://youtu.be/F6WKhmu3xvY

Elevated Train Passes Main Street (Kameido Sounds) 亀戸電車の音 (121025)
http://youtu.be/GYpPSL8cR4E

There's nothing particularly unique about the individual elements of this video, but I think it captures fairly well a certain feeling/atmosphere of life in Tokyo.  Life here is tied in with the train system, and after finishing work and/or leaving a restaurant/izakaya in the evening, these are the typical sights and sounds you tend to see and hear while walking to the station to head for home for the day.  (Reviewing this video again after writing that, I should say that what I particularly had in mind was the last third of the video, in which I walk under the rail bridge while heading for the station entrance.)

Tagami Masakatsu (October 2012) Exhibition at Gallery Kazuki (画廊香月) - 121023
http://youtu.be/_Q5oI1bpTt0

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