Showing posts with label Oimachi. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 06, 2012

"1990 Hibarigaoka; 1991 Tokyo Station; 2012 Tabata, Nishi-Nippori, Oimachi, Etc."

The first 1990 video of Hibarigaoka is interesting in that it shows the old Hibarigaoka Station and the old pre-Parco area.  Compared to today's Hibarigaoka, it's basically "Showa Hibarigaoka" versus "Heisei Hibarigaoka".  (By year, 1990 is the second year of Heisei, but there was a lot of carryover culture-wise several years into the Heisei era.)

In the Hibarigaoka to Toshimaen video, views of the old style Seibu Line stations are nostalgic to see now, since the old wooden structures in the video have vanished - replaced with new modern buildings.

The three main areas I visited in this batch of 2012 views are Tabata, Nishi-Nippori, and (again) Oimachi.  Putting previous views of Oimachi together with this evening view, there are three times of day - morning, lunchtime, and evening.

1990 Nighttime Hibarigaoka (900914)
http://youtu.be/Plf4EGqxFZM

1990 Night Trains, Etc. (900914)
http://youtu.be/IAXOH0ezewg

1990 Hibarigaoka to Toshimaen (900925)
http://youtu.be/NexGCQvylhw

1991 Tokyo Station Before Reconstruction (910330g) 1991年の東京駅と東京駅ホテル
http://youtu.be/9f0iWAYbNrw

On March 30th, 1991, I devoted a full day to videoing Tokyo Station and the area immediately around it (including the old Marunouchi Building and the old Central Post Office building (which was 95% destroyed, with only the front facade remaining, which has been integrated with a new high-rise office building).  In this clip, I also recorded views of the Tokyo Station Hotel and Tokyo Station Art Gallery.

Insect Noises (Early October) 121003h
http://youtu.be/zXbK6ATCy_4

Trains Passing Oimachi Train Yard (120925h)
http://youtu.be/FETJr1oLGG8

Beside Yamanote Line Train Yard (Oimachi) 120925h
http://youtu.be/WpuPPIHvK8E

Parking Yamanote Line Train (Oimachi Train Yard) 120925h
http://youtu.be/ztwkKfYrfnk

All these years where I've had to get off of Yamanote Line trains that had Osaki as the last stop, and I never realized there was a big train yard for Yamanote Line trains by Oimachi - which is just a short distance from Osaki.

Bus Ride (Front View) 121003h
http://youtu.be/lVYGvCjHxjw

Tabata Walkway (121002h)
http://youtu.be/Z7chQoWB9gs

Trains by Tabata Side Entrance (121002h)
http://youtu.be/UZBGuBR8EVw

Passing Trains (Tabata) 121002h
http://youtu.be/c_P1ogRRztw

Tabata Walkway (121002h)
http://youtu.be/Z7chQoWB9gs

Nishi-Nippori Street View (121002h)
http://youtu.be/u0KJT6inYO0

Trains in Nishi-Nippori (121002h)
http://youtu.be/4l4n56A-pyg

Nishi-Nippori Platform (Seen from Distance) 121002h
http://youtu.be/FZHnL1msH40

What's a 62 Galaxie Doing on that Sign? (121002)
http://youtu.be/NYzWkt-CDS0

It was used because it looks good I guess.  I looked up and... "Wait... I know that car!  That's a 1962 Galaxie!".  The big round taillights are easily recognizable.  (The 61-64 Galaxies all have them, but each year is a little different.)

Exiting Morning Chuo Line (Shinjuku) 121002
http://youtu.be/kzJ9vebS-oo

Shinjuku Morning Rush Walkabout (121002)
http://youtu.be/ZDgs4ZudSn8

In this video, I walk through the four main concourses of Shinjuku Station during the morning rush - beginning at around 8:30 a.m.

Shinjuku Morning Rush (West Exit) 121002g
http://youtu.be/2DulQGlVUoA

Shinjuku West Side Tunnel Walk (Morning Rush) 121002
http://youtu.be/Wn5UR2NIl_Q

This is the main path to most of the high-rise office buildings on Shinjuku Station's west side.

Platform... Number... Five (and Unused Telephones) 121002
http://youtu.be/6sTnY9Q7NII

About the title - the English announcement you can hear midway through the clip has so much space between some of the words, that it sounds like a parody of itself.  The long row of public telephones are apparently maintained in case there's an emergency in which people can't use their cell phones.

Shinjuku to Ikebukuro (Yamanote Line) Morning (121002)
http://youtu.be/4dWBMQM-79c

Ikebukuro to Tabata (Yamanote Line) 121002
http://youtu.be/EO6Ke7B3Zk0

Meiji-Dori (Tabata Shin-Machi) 田端新町明治通り (121002)
http://youtu.be/Es0U2lDMlD8

Just a quick look at a main street.  Main streets aren't all bad, but the traffic noise, along with wide expanses of dead dark gray asphalt, and the pollution of the fire-breathing machinery it carries, make them a place to avoid whenever possible.

Train Departing Tabata (Yamanote Line) 田端駅山手線 (121002)
http://youtu.be/EdlfjnBmbek

Tabata Platform Walkabout 田端駅 (121002)
http://youtu.be/IyVY2tz_658

Tabata Platform to Main Exit (田端駅) 121002
http://youtu.be/xc8MkRRsEbQ

Blue Train Passing (Higashi-Tabata) 東田端 (121002)
http://youtu.be/RSMwtxjSS1I

Higashi-Tabata Small Shrine 東田端 (121002g)
http://youtu.be/RdZlCBruVbA

Higashi-Tabata Street Scene (Actor on Ground) 121002
http://youtu.be/I7_Gide2E5k

Meaning a *picture* of an actor on the ground.

Under Rail Bridge Culvert Paintings (121002)
http://youtu.be/WJHAaFQW9Bk

Flowers Beside Railway (Higashi-Tabata) 121002
http://youtu.be/Uqv8aYp1znA

At first I thought these plants were growing in planters, but they turned out to be growing on the track side of the fence - with the branches poking through the fence.  Probably they were trimmed back by the railway and so the only part remaining is the part growing through the fence.

Oimachi Izakaya Street 大井町駅居酒屋通り (121002)
http://youtu.be/U9L5GtqG5Xc

大井町駅居酒屋通り Oimachi Izakaya Street (121002)
http://youtu.be/2as82p-2wXY

大井町赤提灯 Red Lanterns in Oimachi (121002)
http://youtu.be/x1eyJ7DJkWM

Warm Evening After Cold Passageway (121002)
http://youtu.be/cpoDnd3lheo

Yakitori by Oimachi Station 大井町焼き鳥 (121002)
http://youtu.be/1tFYQVwO05M

夕方大井町電車 Oimachi Evening Trains (121002)
http://youtu.be/B1JCIIhDgmM

Entering Oimachi Station (Evening) 121002
http://youtu.be/7jtarD78RYQ

Yurakucho Evening (Beside Station) 121002
http://youtu.be/jf8I5awri0Y

Platform... Number... Ten (Shinjuku Station) 121002
http://youtu.be/9fc7BoKwp2Y

Another verrrrry sloooow English announcement at Shinjuku Station.

Stairs Beside Passing Train (121002)
http://youtu.be/h4O6sGSJ0Rg

Trains Below Shrine (Nishi-Nippori) 121002
http://youtu.be/rGYYE8xI0iw

Nishi-Nippori to Ueno (Yamanote Line) 西日暮里から上野まで山手線 (121002)
http://youtu.be/9ipITZ6jVgk

Ueno to Yurakucho (Yamanote Line) 上野から有楽町まで山手線 (121002)
http://youtu.be/SUyLtLWqUZs

Yurakucho Trains Passing (121002)
http://youtu.be/DurN9JS6Bts

Tokyo Station Walk to Tokaido Line (121002)
http://youtu.be/WNRKYneXev4

Tokyo to Shinagawa (Tokaido Line) 東京から品川まで東海道線 (121002)
http://youtu.be/1pS6M0Xx5YY

Evening Keihin-Tohoku Line 品川から大井町まで (121002)
http://youtu.be/oXSPCzhwVQ0

Going from Shinagawa to Oimachi on the Keihin-Tohoku Line.

Evening Oimachi Station Area 夕方大井町駅あたり (121002)
http://youtu.be/c-2I0-Q715c

Tabata - Platform to South Exit 田端駅南口 (121002)
http://youtu.be/kmg8Yhcgxzs

Tabata 1-Chome 田端一丁目 Residential Area (121002)
http://youtu.be/WEwyfaKSQaY

Oasis in the City 都市のオアシス (121002)
http://youtu.be/1RlSw7xlyx0

A small oasis of green in a residential area within a short walk of the Yamanote Line.

Quiet Residential Walkway (121002)
http://youtu.be/1wdCvcvsLkA

Overlooking Tabata Station (121002)
http://youtu.be/tF18JMN4s7M

Overlooking Tabata Main Entrance (121002)
http://youtu.be/5fMxbYnZalY

Walkway Above Tabata Station (121002)
http://youtu.be/kYB_x88KTb4

Tabata 1-Chome to Tabata South Entrance (121002)
http://youtu.be/5A0bKiq5z14

Entering Tabata Station - Tabata to Nishi-Nippori (121002)
http://youtu.be/jbatUHSOsYY

Nishi-Nippori Platform 西日暮里駅ホーム (121002)
http://youtu.be/F4Zl92LLAG4

Nishi-Nippori Trains 西日暮里駅電車 (121002)
http://youtu.be/m3ETggyoIm0

Nishi-Nippori Station Walkabout 西日暮里駅 (121002)
http://youtu.be/Q9prcYdrCOc

Nishi-Nippori Walkabout 西日暮里散歩 (121002)
http://youtu.be/0Oqiv-hRayM

Coming Upon Railway Crossing (121002)
http://youtu.be/neq17QM28RQ

Train Watching (Nishi-Nippori RR-Crossing) 121002
http://youtu.be/apoRqCo_k0E

Entering Nishi-Nippori Station (Outside the Gates) 121002
http://youtu.be/20imXosjrl8

Exploring Shrine in Nishi-Nippori 諏訪神社 (121002)
http://youtu.be/vojtmDDymM8

Windy Day by the Tracks (121002)
http://youtu.be/opPqt5i37hU

西日暮里第二自転車駐車場 (121002)
http://youtu.be/3yFA-ebNugI

A bicycle parking area in a tunnel under the railway.

Lone Cricket in Bicycle Tunnel (121002)
http://youtu.be/Yn-T8XgRoTs

Train Under September Sky (121002)
http://youtu.be/GI768rewDF8

Shinjuku Evening Sidewalk 新宿夜の横断歩道 (121002g)
http://youtu.be/cGLxrwKmsN4

Watching RS-Express Train In Nishi-Nippori 西日暮里特急踏切 (121002g)
http://youtu.be/L0ScWjiuTfU

By "RS-Express", I mean reserved-seat express.  The problem with translating terms here is that 特急 (tokkyu) is kind of hard to translate into English.  If you use British English, it's "Limited Express", with "limited" meaning "limited stops", but "limited express" in American English means "limited speed compared to a regular express (more stops)", so that leaves something like "super express", but then people probably start imagining the Shinkansen trains... - and so I've decided to use reserved-seat express train, and shortened it to RS-Express for YouTube titles.  (JR - by the way - uses "Limited Express" for its English translation.)

Evening Shinagawa Station 夕方品川駅 (121002g)
http://youtu.be/SmFTS_YxtqM

Yurakucho Side Street Lights 有楽町夜の光 (121002g)
http://youtu.be/mtr1TevAwsU

Oimachi to Yurakucho 大井町から有楽町まで (夜) 121002g
http://youtu.be/kDgfojTPoik

Twilight Lookaround in Oimachi 大井町夕方見回り (121002g)
http://youtu.be/ehPlAgX_J3U

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

Monday, October 01, 2012

"Tokyo Station, Oimachi, Omori, Ginza, Shinagawa Station, Etc"

This batch of views is primarily of Oimachi and Omori, both on the Keihin-Tohoku Line, with station area views of Tokyo, Shinagawa, and Hamamatsucho, as well as a few views of Ginza.

Morning Tokyo Station Walkabout 東京駅朝散歩 (120925g)
http://youtu.be/EoImzg00eok

Tokyo Station was once the proud hub of Japan's train system, with the 1914 (really huge for its day) brick station building, a landmark modern (again, for its time) structure.  In WW-II, the building was damaged in the fire-bombing of Tokyo and the reconstructed roofs put on the building in the post war years were much less decorative than the originals.  In the decades after the war, Tokyo Station didn't change much while other hub stations like Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Shibuya, etc. changed pretty radically.  By the early eighties, when I first experienced Tokyo Station, it was interesting in a sleepy way, but it didn't seem particularly remarkable as a central station (other than its historical role).

Then with the bubble economy in the late eighties, things began to change.  With the addition of the Keiyo Line (which goes out to Tokyo Disneyland), the Narita Express (which is taken for granted now, but was a big deal when it began running - making it much easier to get to Narita Airport from central Tokyo), and the extension of the northern route Shinkansen lines (which used to terminate at Omiya Station in Saitama), the station took on new life and once again felt like a huge, exciting, central station.

Maybe too much background, but the atmosphere has really changed since the early eighties.  I took some video in the station in 1991, after the Keiyo Line had already opened, but before the Chuo Line had been moved over and the northern Shinkansen lines extended, so it shows part of the transition zone between the sleepy version of the station and the current version.  Here are two videos from 1991 which show the contrast between 21 years ago and now:

"Tokyo Station - March 1991 #1"
http://youtu.be/Nq4MHxh2K5M

"Tokyo Station - March 1991 #2"
http://youtu.be/iqcLpQ10wssRR

Hamamatsucho to Yurakucho 浜松町から有楽町まで (山手線) 120925g
http://youtu.be/cYOahooZFc4

Omori Tonkatsu Restaurant Entrance (120925)
http://youtu.be/sx3uDlTyJPg

A very short clip - I found this place (and a couple of other similar places) interesting in that people lined up in front of the restaurant before it opened for lunch and then it filled up right away.  A combination of (I'm guessing) good food at reasonable prices in a nostalgic atmosphere (in this age of steel and glass, old wooden buildings seem very nice) makes this type of place very popular with the locals.  (I would have gone in and had lunch there myself, but my travel budget that day didn't include lunch, however reasonably priced it may have been.)

Omori Hilltop Shrine (A) 120925
http://youtu.be/ayqu-8XgYH8

Omori Hilltop Shrine (B) 120925
http://youtu.be/bz_3FZZacMI

Oimachi Main Street Stroll (120925)
http://youtu.be/7REBojFEVV0

Ginza Side Street Balcony View (120925)
http://youtu.be/arF2i_0y_0M

For central Ginza, this balcony has an amazing amount of sky....

Ginza Passageway to Chuo-Dori (120925)
http://youtu.be/sjb5-s9thD0

No special significance, but it's fun to walk down this very narrow passageway and then suddenly pop out onto the wide sidewalk of fashionable Chuo-Dori.

Maruyama Norio 丸山則夫 Exhibition at Art Space Rondo (120925)
http://youtu.be/Wq3gRyF58jw

This was an interesting photography exhibition with each picture depicting two worlds....

Yurakucho to Tokyo (Keihin-Tohoku Line) 有楽町から東京まで (120925)
http://youtu.be/jDXT-tjSfOQ

Listening to Insects (120926)
http://youtu.be/hGqx4yBdXuY

Not nearly as obvious in the video as it was in person, are the insects of summer - still making their various musical noises in late September.

Exiting Tokyo Station (Rebuilt Post Office Bldg., Etc.) 120925
http://youtu.be/yR1ucd_w7c0

Tokyo to Shinagawa (Tokaido Line) 東京から品川まで (120925)
http://youtu.be/YfBevDbqDgc

Morning Shinagawa Station Walkabout 品川駅朝散歩 (120925)
http://youtu.be/Qe-i9P-41VI

Shinagawa East Side Lookaround 品川駅東口見回り (120925)
http://youtu.be/bQKBILsKADg

Shinagawa Station Walk-through (East to West) 120925
http://youtu.be/Z_lssKxqMMs

Shinagawa West Side (Wing Complex) 120925
http://youtu.be/l-XVvj9CC1E

Shinagawa Pedestrian Overpass (West Side) 120925
http://youtu.be/-8u_lQ3_fMs

Walking to Shinagawa Station (West Side) 120925
http://youtu.be/867q-2prtxA

Shinagawa to Oimachi via Keihin-Tohoku Line (Including Station Views) 120925
http://youtu.be/StgH-c1GBzk

Oimachi Back Streets (120925)
http://youtu.be/MAWf-8qus6k

Oimachi Izakaya Alley (Morning) 大井町東小路飲食店街 (朝) 120925
http://youtu.be/HDTUXuQhAo4

Very little activity in the morning, before lunch.

Oimachi Walkabout (A) 120925
http://youtu.be/DhLo7Q2vZ3M

Oimachi Trackside Sleepy Morning Street (120925)
http://youtu.be/Dl2DzvTCvtE

Oimachi Trackside Walk (Entering Minami-Shinagawa) 120925
http://youtu.be/c6qfaYQ_O8k

Oimachi to Omori _大井町から大森まで (京浜東北線) 120925
http://youtu.be/tMch9X6QDR8

Exiting Omori Station (120925)
http://youtu.be/EKhOQxSmf6w

Omori Walkabout (A) 大森散歩 (120925)
http://youtu.be/10Tgmf-NR2o

Omori Walkabout (B) Underground Bicycle Parking (120925)
http://youtu.be/DB-sEdVUlEM

Walking into Ginza 銀座に入る_有楽町から (120925)
http://youtu.be/fu2d8d614vE

Ginza Chuo-Dori Stroll 銀座中央通散歩 (120925)
http://youtu.be/PAWq-ByYf-w

Yurakucho Walk Towards SB (120925)
http://youtu.be/iz2Ryw1pZj4

Both Sides of Omori Station (120925)
http://youtu.be/EkCsOrIxBf8

Entering Omori Station (120925)
http://youtu.be/aoQDqQNelrQ

Omori to Oimachi 大森から大井町まで (京浜東北線) 120925
http://youtu.be/e7nN6EXeq-E

Exiting Oimachi Station at Lunchtime (120925)
http://youtu.be/8fcD0SNOcww

Oimachi Izakaya Alley Lunch (A) 大井町東小路飲食店街 (昼) 120925g
http://youtu.be/4yICqyu_7Qw

Much more activity at lunch than in the morning, but this area is geared more towards the evening crowd.

Oimachi Izakaya Alley Lunch (B) 大井町東小路飲食店街 (昼) 120925
http://youtu.be/hpD4tvFt_fQ

Oimachi to Tamachi 大井町から田町まで (京浜東北線) 120925
http://youtu.be/LbK4NVS_VAs

Tamachi to Hamamatsucho 田町から浜松町まで (京浜東北線) 120925
http://youtu.be/K2hJApEfxo4

Hamamatsucho (East Side, Near North Exit) 浜松町 (120925)
http://youtu.be/e7ioY23qBbM

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