More 1990 and 2019 - Here and There

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

1990 新宿東口-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 901204
https://youtu.be/AbQTjcUDO80

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Writing by Hand - Cursive vs. Printing

- August 2nd, 2019 (金) 8:03 a.m. (大井町駅隣) - Sitting in a coffee shop - looking out onto an Oimachi morning.  Recorded music playing in the background, a student bent over his studies to my right - very worn and marked up textbook on the counter in front of him that he references as he writes things on a piece of paper next to the book.  People walking by in front of the coffee shop window, people sitting at tables behind me - more people to my left lined up, ordering and then paying for their coffees....
- All that text above took about... four(?) minutes to write.  it wasn't rushed, mind you, as I stopped now and then to take in my surroundings, but still, all of that could have been more precisely conveyed to you with a 30-second video clip... technically anyway.  Socially it would be very difficult.  Firstly, the music industry and/or musicians might not be pleased that the recorded music the coffee shop is playing had leaked onto the soundtrack of my video.  Faces would have to be avoided.  The student might not feel good about someone sitting right next to him recording his studies....

- I was just talking about this in a JV/EV video set this morning, and that was hard enough.  Generally the JV/EV videos are easy, as the main point of them is the audio, but I walked into a set of narrow izakaya streets to do it and people kept suddenly appearing from around corners, etc., and the narrowness of the streets meant there was nowhere to aim the camera but down while passing.
- Stopping to think about it now, I see there were two factors I didn't foresee (I should have, but...): 1) While there are moments and places in Tokyo without people, they tend to be few and far between.  You should never assume any place at any time in Tokyo will be devoid of people.  2) A narrow lane with innumerable side pathways that people can suddenly pop out of is - as I discovered this morning - not an optimal place to record if your aim is to avoid recording faces.  So, almost ironically (not really ironic when you think about it, as it's just logical), a fairly wide open space where people are walking about (of course - this is Tokyo) can be ideal for avoiding faces.  After all, the goal isn't to have no people in the video, it's just not to show their faces in detail.  In an open space you have ample visual warning of approaching humans and can aim the camera elsewhere before their faces come into close range.
- The student to my right has put away the well-worn book, pulled out a smaller (and newer) one, as well as a laptop computer.  He now alternates between reading from the book, looking thoughtfully out the window, and typing text into the computer - writing a report for school no doubt....
- ... A coffee shop employee came around and explained a multi-use plastic coffee filter newly developed - along with a sample of coffee made from it.  なるほどですね - いつか買うかも....
- How am I writing this?  Onto an A3 sheet of paper (folded twice to make it A5, and with the A5 sections numbered 1-8.  I'm now on page/section-3).  The more I write, the more I will have to type into a computer later.  If I were rich, I'd have one of those very thin, very light new laptop computers with me and I'd just type this straight off... but I'm poor (financially challenged?) and the laptop computer I have is thick and heavy....  Since my backpack is really too heavy already, it doesn't seem worth the wear and tear on my spine to have it with me.  At this moment, I'd like to have it with me, but once I leave this coffee shop, I'll be glad not to have that bulk and weight strapped to my back.
- However - there's something else....  There's a very real difference between typing text into a computer and writing it by hand.  There are multiple elements to this.
- The first thing that comes to mind is the flow of the words onto the page (written in cursive - I don't think I would enjoy writing by hand if I had to print each letter out.  Wait, let me write a sentence that way:
- OK - this is being written one letter at a time.  It's more legible - but tiring, since the pen is constantly being lifted on and off of the page.
- Phew!  Just those two sentences were surprisingly tiring to write!  A few months ago I read an article on-line (regarding fewer and fewer students being taught how to write in cursive) that stated the original reason for cursive writing had to do with quill pens that needed to be dipped in ink.  That might also be a factor (I've never written that way, but I don't think the author of that article has, either), but right here, right now, in comparing the two writing styles on this page, with the same pen in my hand, I can unequivocally state that it is much, much easier, smoother, and faster to write in cursive.
- The other thing is the lack of distractions.  All you have to think about is physical space on the page, ink in the pen, and your thoughts.  With a computer there are any number of distractions:  How much battery time is left?  Keep saving ([Ctrl]+[S]), when did I last back up these files I'm working on?  Incoming YT message from Australia regarding 1992 video of Sydney... it's an insult (higher blood pressure "Don't respond! Don't respond! Never respond to sub-human neanderthals!"  Back to writing... "Forget the troll! Forget the troll!"  Writing resumes... Incoming YT message from Japan... a friendly and constructive comment, along with a question... "Alright - better respond to this one."  Switch text entry over to Japanese, compose answer, check kanji in a dictionary, send... Get back to writing.  "Where was I...?  What was I about to say...?"  Write half a sentence and... incoming FB comment on post from yesterday, etc. etc.
- So, right now?  I write away onto paper in blue ink with my ball-point pen.  I'm on A5 section #5 now (reverse side of A3 sheet of paper).  No interruptions (aside from the new-type coffee filter deal), but some fatigue from writing for close to an hour....  Well... time to go, so I'll stop here.
- (2019/08/04) - Typing up the above didn't take too long... it's more about the extra steps involved than time really.  Reading over the text, I wonder what I would have written had I been using a computer at the time instead of pen and paper.  I'm fairly certain it would have been something quite different....  I don't want to exclusively write by hand, but from time-to-time, I enjoy it, and it's a wonderful thing that all you need to write is paper and pen.  Going on and doing something with that text requires machinery, but the act of writing itself requires no machines at all.  Well... I suppose you could almost call a pen a sort of simple machine, but then there are pencils, or anything that can leave a mark.

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

Underground Coffee Shop (in the subway)

(2019/07/23 (火) 7:50 a.m.) - Central Tokyo.  Underground coffee shop (within the subway system).  Looking around on this Tuesday morning, I note the new (from my perspective anyway) and typical arrangement for 21st century coffee shops and fast food restaurants:  Electrical outlets in front (or to the side) of every seat power and/or charge the micro-computers nearly everyone has in front of them - with all users looking down at their devices and poking the small touch screens with one finger (except one soul using a laptop computer, who has an actual keyboard to use)....

- Probably 70-80% of the men are wearing stark-white shirts, which I'm wondering about... are they a throwback to the pre-bubble years?  Certainly when I came to Japan in 1984, it seemed like nearly all the men were wearing stark-white shirts... or is it just because it's summer and stark-white is cooler out in the sun?  Whatever... what I can say about stark-white shirts is that I began to see more people wearing shirts with strips and color during the bubble economy years - along with interesting and colorful ties, the design of which has gone back to 1950's style standard stripes (which is not necessarily a complaint... simple designs are often good).

- What really is different now is how people never seem to be where they are but instead concentrate on distant people and events via their micro-computers.  Since text entry is cumbersome and slow via the touch screens, people seem to write less and less.  (I'm writing this now via pen and paper... writing into a small notebook.  To use the text, I'll have to type it into a computer later.)

- Speaking of writing, what I'd really like to do now is walk around the room recording video and sound... and you could see and hear the space for yourselves, but the arrangement of the seats is such that there's no way I could meaningfully record it without also disturbing/irritating the people here, so all I can do is pull out pen and paper and write.
- To the current young generation... well, to those in the current young generation who do not see a need for writing things by hand - this is an example of why writing is still important. Aside from being a way to record things when you can't use a camera, you can mix in your impressions with the description of the space you are in and writing by hand via pen and paper is light years faster than touch screen entry of text.... Light years? Well... it's way faster! And there's a fluidity to writing by hand that computer text entry interferes with.
- 8:14 a.m. - I enjoy writing by hand, but it does consume time!  (Compared to typing on a proper keyboard that is!)  A few people at the entrance to the coffee shop are looking around at the full coffee shop - willing some people to leave so they'll have somewhere to sit.  I and the person sitting to my right have been here about 25 minutes.  at least 70% of the people here were here when I arrived and they are poking away at the screens of their micro-computers.  They look like they've been here for a while and will probably stay here until just before 9:00 a.m. when they'll head off to work.
- Ah!  It suddenly occurs to me that maybe that should have been my first observation.  Flex-time has largely disappeared, so the only way to escape the pressure of the crush-rush peak commuter hours is to leave a couple of hours (or more) early and then find a way to kill time on the other end of the journey (until the entrance to the workplace opens).  Actually, that's precisely why I'm here myself.  The earliest trains are full of (mostly) men in their fifties, and then as 9:00 a.m. nears, you see more and more young people - including a tiny percentage of dangerous young males too eager to engage in physical confrontation... it is due to them that "Violence is Illegal!" posters have been periodically put up on train station walls.

- 8:25 a.m. - No one waiting at the door and people are suddenly heading for the exit one-by-one.  Time for me to join them and head off to work.
- 7:20 p.m. - Ginza, Akihabara, Shinjuku - Foreign couple on Ginza side street... descent into Kyobashi Station... sparklingly renovated Kyobashi Station via old narrow atmospheric stairs from street level.  Akihabara - more old things gone, empty lots, new construction, used computer street with small army of Kissaten (メード喫茶) Women handing out fliers, used equipment with decent CPU's but not very much memory.  Walk up hill to Ochanomizu Station, hamburger for dinner, Chuo Line to Shinjuku, interesting crowds, difficult/problematic to record, so... no video, a place to sit, a little time to think.  Thoughts of a locked door to a roof in a burning building... memories of three decades ago when roof access was typical... open fire escape stairs, unlocked roof access doors....

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

1990 and 2019 - Here and There

Another batch of videos - this time from the years 1990 and 2019.  The most recently uploaded stuff is at the bottom (posted chronologically, with older posts at the top and newer as you go down the page), and so what's in mind at the moment is my trip to Chigasaki and Tsujido in 2019 and my trip to Hakone in early December 1990.  What with my time machine trips to 1990 and 1991, I end up thinking about what has changed, what remains, and the nature of the flow of time....

1990 池袋駅 JR線-西武線の乗り換え Ikebukuro Station Transfer 901124
https://youtu.be/OhJmURbd4so

The pictures I'm putting on this page are recent ones and (for the most part) they are unrated to video titles and links they are near - like the photo above, which was taken in 2019, but is by a 1990 video title and link.  Conceptually I'd prefer to have the photos illustrate the video titles and links they are near, but there isn't enough time to do it that way.

1990 池袋駅の繋がり買い物 Ikebukuro Station Shopping 901124n
https://youtu.be/IkLXfZCpoY4

1990 夜のひばりヶ丘駅と北口辺りと商店街 Hibarigaoka Night View 901124 - https://youtu.be/l6SuEWya0ls

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro 901127
https://youtu.be/baOR1hDAwYc

1990 田町駅からの長い夜の散策散歩 芝五丁目など Tamachi Night Walkabout 901127 - https://youtu.be/FzB6mWuSreE

1990 池袋駅-渋谷駅-田町駅 山手線 Ikebukuro to Tamachi 901127
https://youtu.be/WA2vBAedYrw

1990 池袋駅 夕方ラッシュ 西武線からJR線の乗り換え Ikebukuro Station 901127 - https://youtu.be/mYfgltgUvLI

2019-HD 昭島市立 郷地稲荷神社 児童遊園 190507
https://youtu.be/iioaDbHrinQ

2019 田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa 190509
https://youtu.be/4R3uvMcIfp8

JV-44 科学的な臭い匂いは嫌いです 190509
https://youtu.be/XnN9K83GEaQ

EV-44 Not a Fan of Synthetic Chemical Stench OKA Bottled Scent 190509
https://youtu.be/vqD0dmwXB0E

JV-45 電車の窓を開けられるのに... 190509
https://youtu.be/yNE6aeSlJVQ

EV-45 I Like Open Windows... 190509
https://youtu.be/GeYsbMGgUhw

2019 御茶ノ水駅-神田駅 中央線 Ochanomizu to Kanda 190511
https://youtu.be/7Low8gfhtQo

2019 夕暮れ 有楽町 有楽町駅前 190510
https://youtu.be/kJUqXuRy5dI

2019 The Art Building 190510
https://youtu.be/h7hhD_CsN_Q

2019 Ginza Side Street 190510
https://youtu.be/vOPLOmPkDZc

2019 影マン Walking Shadow Man 190510
https://youtu.be/rNYLMc69Cxk

2019 有楽町金曜日散歩 Yurakucho Sidewalk Stroll 190510
https://youtu.be/F0en0Geup7o

2019 有楽町スタンドバーとその辺り 金曜日の夜 Yurakucho Trackside 190510 - https://youtu.be/sZ3vqxQKPAs

2019 有楽町駅-東京駅 京浜東北線 Tokyo to Yurakucho - Keihin-Tohoku Line 190510 - https://youtu.be/DZjiOlqzQcA

2019 御茶ノ水駅 土曜日の昼の様子 Ochanomizu Platform View 190511g
https://youtu.be/wV801Y7BdUE

1990 JR-コインFAX 浜松町駅で Public Fax Machine 901127
https://youtu.be/NKORz3y2m34

1990 浜松町駅 午後八時頃 Hamamatsucho Station 800pm 901127
https://youtu.be/zVeturf_YA0

1990 浜松町駅-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 山手線と西武池袋線 Hamamatsucho to Hibarigaoka 901127 - https://youtu.be/FCnYNkw5fgg

2019 北大塚 朝の商店街-ア Otsuka Shotengai 190511H
https://youtu.be/k0FoMs3x2VE

2019 北大塚 朝の商店街-イ Otsuka Shotengai 190511H
https://youtu.be/1FFfaKTXOoI

2019 北大塚 朝の商店街-ウ Otsuka Shotengai 190511H
https://youtu.be/iJPrNTF77Ak

2019 大塚駅前 荒川線 Arakawa Line Otsuka 190511H
https://youtu.be/dVvN7lEnRRk

JV-46 何故記録するのか 190517
https://youtu.be/aMduSQDRVq4

EV-46 Why Record Things 190517
https://youtu.be/9w9yuqoQYxc

JV-47 武蔵五日市駅 昔と今 190524
https://youtu.be/gymzWEsuL5E

EV-47 Musashi-Itsukaichi Station Then and Now 190524
https://youtu.be/FD8f0EBa1s4

JV-48 並べ方 昔と今 190524
https://youtu.be/uj6Li1sOMoY

EV-48 Regarding Lining Up For Things 190524
https://youtu.be/dX6dtmbZSjk

JV-49 電車のアナウンス 生声とロボット声 190524
https://youtu.be/qWiFLgdYeqM

EV-49 Train Announcements Live vs Robot Voices 190524
https://youtu.be/7TEmsKee7x4

JV-50 違う人間は違う雰囲気 当たり前の事 190524
https://youtu.be/fTXphmBSwLQ

EV-50 Different People Different Vibes of Course 190524
https://youtu.be/A5goRVuXeDQ

2019 国分寺駅までのバス 後ろに立ってる立場 Bus to Kokubunji 190514g
https://youtu.be/vygJejP599I

2019 国分寺 Kokubunji 190514n
https://youtu.be/OWhsoNUZn2E

JV-51 蛇と出会った 森って怖い物がありますね 190524
https://youtu.be/FkMQtYARQHM

EV-51 Forests Have Snakes 190524
https://youtu.be/6qT4-Cw_YAM

JV-52 自然が好きですが森へ入る 入るほど怖くなる 190524
https://youtu.be/K2xXkT7UnJk

EV-52 The Further Into the Forest You Go 190524
https://youtu.be/MKsCIYgIX6Y

JV-53 好きな録音と嫌いな録音 190524
https://youtu.be/0lv6DTLdxqY

EV-53 Appreciated Recordings and Hated Recordings 190524
https://youtu.be/SGHVFth4D68

JV-54 いつも 現在の平成三年 190524
https://youtu.be/7v-qlYZNIZg

EV-54 Present Time Early Nineties 190524
https://youtu.be/cWW8nD66ggU

森の中 鳥の声 Bird Sounds in the Forest 190524
https://youtu.be/vU6Fsyq7fv8

2019 森に入る あきる野市 西東京 Entering Forest in Western Tokyo 190524 - https://youtu.be/lGQ-jjUSOMA

2019 神田駅-東京駅 山手線 Kanda to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 190517
https://youtu.be/deqm2P6ibgA

2019 武蔵五日市駅までのバス旅 Bus to Musashi-Itsukaichi 190524
https://youtu.be/-N5kbmsLTVA

2019 武蔵五日市駅の隣 五日市線 JC 86 あきる野市 190525H
https://youtu.be/1t5NAJP2jxg

JV-55 お米自動販売中 と ピークシフト自動機 190528
https://youtu.be/yi42Fk9ToN4

EV-55 Rice Vending Machine 190528
https://youtu.be/UkWA4Pb-Iss

2019 恋ヶ窪駅 西武国分寺線 SK-02 Koigakubo Station - Seibu Line 190528
https://youtu.be/YW5qahSUT5Q

2019 恋ヶ窪駅-国分寺駅 西武国分寺線 Koigakubo to Kokubunji - Seibu Line 190528 - https://youtu.be/vFa3dOJIFlg

2019 City Green Among Flat Stone 190530
https://youtu.be/g9IlNwLv4j4

2019 秋葉原 Akihabara Side Street 190531
https://youtu.be/mUC0mLvlNFQ

2019 山手線が遣って来る 秋葉原駅 190531
https://youtu.be/YBT1ereFdVk

2019 秋葉原駅-神田駅 山手線 Akihabara to Kanda - Yamanote Line 190531
https://youtu.be/BzZy7UMoygU

2019 神田駅-東京駅 山手線 Kanda to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 190531
https://youtu.be/X2r5DEn8gT0

2019 有楽町駅で山手線を乗る ホームの様子 Yurakucho Station Yamanote Line 190531 - https://youtu.be/d-Oxo8odgM0

2019 萩山駅-小川駅 西武拝島線 SS30-SS31 Hagiyama to Ogawa  - Seibu Line 190601 - https://youtu.be/qTGZLcsXTSo

2019 小川駅-東大和市駅 西武拝島線 SS31-SS32 Ogawa to Higashi-Yamatoshi 190601 - https://youtu.be/cDZO3Jfk01s

2019 萩山駅-小川駅 西武拝島線 SS30-SS31 Hagiyama to Ogawa  - Seibu Line 190601 - https://youtu.be/qTGZLcsXTSo

2019 東大和市駅-玉川上水駅-武蔵砂川駅 SS32-SS33-SS34 西武拝島線 190601 - https://youtu.be/0n4uQ3MAujY

2019 武蔵砂川駅-西武立川駅-拝島駅 SS34-SS35-SS36 西武拝島線 Seibu Line 190601 - https://youtu.be/-Eg2VE9ji4Y

2019 拝島駅南口 SS36 JC55 Haijima Station South Side 190601
https://youtu.be/NasKuJlu2AI

2019 JR拝島駅 改札口 JC55 JR-Haijima Station Ticket Gates 190601
https://youtu.be/0lKh4n4jv74

2019 拝島駅-熊川駅 五日市線 JC55-JC81 Haijima to Kumagawa - Itsukaichi Line 190601 - https://youtu.be/rsVTF7TdN0k

2019 東秋留駅-秋川駅-武蔵引田駅 五日市線 JC-82-JC83-JC84 Itsukaichi Line 190601 - https://youtu.be/QB-VgR4URxs

2019 武蔵引田駅-武蔵増戸駅-武蔵五日市駅 五日市線 JC84-JC85-JC86 Itsukaichi Line 190601 - https://youtu.be/WYdRnu8-OCo

2019 高田馬場駅隣 バスと通る電車 音と色々 Takadanobaba 190601g
https://youtu.be/itMZtY3dOpU

2019 高田馬場駅 西武特急出発と色々 ホームの様子 Takadanobaba 190601g - https://youtu.be/X6vC80MMy14

2019 130th Anniversary Chuo Line Paint Job and 211 Series 190603
https://youtu.be/8x1RIEbFiEs

2019 高尾駅-八王子駅 中央線 Takao to Hachioji - Chuo Line 190603
https://youtu.be/O3rozCLUlcY

JV-56ア ポッポみち 190604
https://youtu.be/iGrEEdBz93Q

JV-56イ ポッポみち 190604
https://youtu.be/Nm_kN23bQx4

EV-56 Former Railbed-1 190604
https://youtu.be/FdsyEmedlLg

JV-57 ポッポみち 190604
https://youtu.be/CYtWhwqC0mk

EV-57 Former Railbed-2 190604
https://youtu.be/R33S_1LaE1M

2019 国立市 夜の始まり頃 Kunitachi Night Begins 190604
https://youtu.be/bednaCGPImQ

2019 八王子駅-豊田駅 中央線 211系 Hachioji to Toyoda - Chuo Line 190603
https://youtu.be/IQFU9VclmIA

2019 立川エスカレーター 夕暮れ Tachikawa Escalator Twilight 190603
https://youtu.be/buMi2KxvI94

2019 Sidewalk Large Apartment Buildings Wind Etc 190604
https://youtu.be/BycIvkdO5AY

2019 夕暮れ道と空 Evening Elevated Train Passing 190604
https://youtu.be/NTwK602dUK4

2019 夕暮れの空と電線 190604
https://youtu.be/p6is_dSG36Q

2019 夕暮れ空とポッポみち Twilight Sky 190604
https://youtu.be/C9Oh5rRQQNc

2019 国立駅 通過電車が通る Kunitachi Station Passing Train Etc 190604n
https://youtu.be/4vJR2wkHM14

2019 田町駅-浜松町駅 山手線 Tamachi to Hamamatsucho - Yamanote Line 190606 - https://youtu.be/UKYcxbkEsOo

2019 浜松町駅-新橋駅 山手線 Hamamatsucho to Shinbashi - Yamanote Line 190606 - https://youtu.be/Bh9zxpJYjK8

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro - Seibu Line 901129 - https://youtu.be/N2sBe3bKnOU

1990 池袋 西口の夜雨散策散歩 池袋と西池袋 東京芸術劇場など Ikebukuro 901129 - https://youtu.be/AhG2W9zYBsU

1990 池袋駅 707PM Ikebukuro Station 901129
https://youtu.be/N4IiCuhBQbU

1990 池袋 東京芸術劇場 新品の時 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space 901129
https://youtu.be/vvEVnicR_WE

1990 ひばりが丘 北口 雨の夜 Hibarigaoka on a Rainy Evening 901129
https://youtu.be/35PyG6eEk-4

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅-新宿駅 日曜日の朝 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901202 - https://youtu.be/u0pbgY3ruco

2019 新宿駅 階段を降りてホームの様子 Shinjuku Station 190613n
https://youtu.be/1KdMSProqZc

2019 杉並区高円寺北 影時間 Koenji Shadow Time 190613
https://youtu.be/zwQ7oDOfPgQ

2019 路地 Alley 190613
https://youtu.be/AdY6oghB-wk

JV-58 マグネット キッチン ペーパーホルダー 190611
https://youtu.be/vYHnZRrwbkQ

EV-58 Magnetic Paper Towel Holder 190611
https://youtu.be/ALVTNFChNZc

2019 新宿駅-大久保駅 中央総武線 Shinjuku to Okubo 190613
https://youtu.be/NyJEc0XnWe4

2019 大久保駅-東中野駅 中央総武線 Okubo to Higashi-Nakano 190613
https://youtu.be/Sea6O4pSJxs

2019 東中野駅 Afternoon View of Old Section 190613
https://youtu.be/jHMeGInu-Q4

JV-59 ムーン ロード 駅前飲食店会 190613
https://youtu.be/6iCOf0ohlbM

EV-59 Moon Road 190613
https://youtu.be/fQnXObzJMjk

2019 ムーン ロード 駅前飲食店会 Moon Road 190613
https://youtu.be/by73v9Y6eAE

2019 東中野駅 東口からホームまで Higashi-Nakano Station East Entrance 190613 - https://youtu.be/ZxU-h-4pT9g

2019 東中野駅 中央快速の通過と各駅停車の到着 190613
https://youtu.be/4cF7lZSs8N0

2019 中野駅-高円寺駅 東西線の車両で Nakano to Koenji 190613
https://youtu.be/gqcqpr7BJ40

2019 高円寺駅 東西線車両の到着と出発 Tozai Line Trains at Koenji 190613
https://youtu.be/J33L5EdVrVA

2019 東中野駅 東口 北側 Higashi-Nakano Station East Exit North Side 190613g - https://youtu.be/78mb8f69qLA

2019 電車々 Trains In Motion 190613
https://youtu.be/D5JsILiIdR4

2019 中野駅 改札からホームまで Nakano Station 190620
https://youtu.be/veGjKqErGHc

2019 中野駅-新宿駅 中央線 Nakano to Shinjuku Chuo Line 190620
https://youtu.be/6nnkstoDyJY

2019 山下晃伸 写真展「夜光性静物観察記」銀座展示会 190621
https://youtu.be/KOpSinLYVEU

2019 夜と電車と蛙とトンネルと窓風 190617
https://youtu.be/hdJzkJckob8

2019 Mt Takao Cable Car Ascent 190617
https://youtu.be/TuIX8uSkC7E

2019 Mt Takao Cable Car Descent 190617
https://youtu.be/8gYVT58wqYc

2019 大崎駅へ向かうと改札口 Osaki Station 190621
https://youtu.be/_9vptDmWZPw

2019 大崎駅 上の通路からホームまで Osaki Station 190621
https://youtu.be/COPCMETVkQE

2019 恵比寿駅 ホームの様子 電車々 Ebisu Station 190615
https://youtu.be/KOkIHw1cYt0

2019 渋谷駅-新宿駅 窓風景 Shibuya to Shinjuku 190615
https://youtu.be/QAX4eFQwt_4

2019 東京駅-有楽町駅-新橋駅-浜松町駅-田町駅 山手線 Tokyo to Tamachi 190620 - https://youtu.be/Ifqq-NlttD4

2019 田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 190620
https://youtu.be/TKmR_zhA6L4

2019 東京駅で 山手線の出発と到着 Yamanote Line at Tokyo Station 190621g - https://youtu.be/PFPF6RjyKos

2019 東京駅 八重洲口 東側の角度 East Side of Tokyo Station 190621g
https://youtu.be/VFpySr-v5kc

2019 東海道線の出発 東京駅 Departing Tokaido Line - Tokyo Station 190628 - https://youtu.be/28HeHs5vO60

2019 夕暮れ西新宿の道 30秒間 Evening Nishi-Shinjuku Side Street 190625n - https://youtu.be/n_zowNK8jPI

2019 有楽町の西側 下り東海道線の窓から 新橋駅まで Yurakucho West Side 190628 - https://youtu.be/LqQ2rJN5WAs

2019 東海道線の風景 南へ走ってる Tokaido Line Window View 190628
https://youtu.be/2jz1VwjcXkE

2019 藤沢駅 ホームの様子 Fujisawa Station Platform 190628n
https://youtu.be/i-dU46FU3Ug

2019 夜が来る その前にの鳥集まる会 喧しい Twilight Bird Gathering 190628n - https://youtu.be/Bnn_tVmVlVA

2019 辻堂駅 ホームからの見回る View from Tsujido Station Platform 190628n - https://youtu.be/jYE42KHf3aU

2019 辻堂駅隣の居酒屋ロード Tsujido 190628
https://youtu.be/uPuD88JaFw4

2019 ある夜のエスカレーター Escalator 190628
https://youtu.be/WLFdeWbGjKA

JEV-60 蛍光灯の色とカメラのホワイトバランス Color of Fluorescent Lighting In 91 190628 - https://youtu.be/_QIem-G8MWY

2019 辻堂駅北口側夜の様子 Tsujido Station North Side Night View 190628
https://youtu.be/Ysts0FBPPME

JV-61 二人の三分三分々々々言語勉強 平等の遣り方 190628
https://youtu.be/daQgOcia9rc

EV-61 Repeating Three Minute Language Exchange Method 190628
https://youtu.be/zdKYgQLZrH0

2019 到着新幹線 隣の東海道線ホームからの様子 Arriving Shinkansen - Tokyo 190628 - https://youtu.be/v-M5YTdRGNw

2019 到着東海道線 東京駅 Arriving Tokaido Line Train - Tokyo 190628
https://youtu.be/EMj_DhCxL7Q

2019 東海道線 風通電車 熱海行き 東京駅からの出発 Tokaido Line Window View 190628 - https://youtu.be/u17kVrvy54k

2019 新橋駅-品川駅 東海道線 Shinbashi to Shinagawa - Tokaido Line 190628g - https://youtu.be/upzDBaCZAD8

2019 戸塚駅から出発 南へ 東海道線 Heading South from Totsuka 190628
https://youtu.be/8egh9V-jKnA

2019 藤沢駅 改札を出てから見回る Fujisawa Station 190628
https://youtu.be/KZ96kO2oOq0

2019 藤沢駅隣の二階通路 Elevated Walkway by Fujisawa Station 190628
https://youtu.be/io8kuMxEUOA

2019 15車両の東海道線が藤沢駅に到着 15-Car Train at Fujisawa 190628
https://youtu.be/RiuS4zds6Aw

2019 藤沢駅-辻堂駅 東海道線 Fujisawa to Tsujido - Tokaido Line 190628
https://youtu.be/JAf-BsLHeoc

2019 15車両の東海道線が辻堂駅から出発 15-Car Train Departs Tsujido 190628n - https://youtu.be/G9VLIpLeS_o

2019 辻堂駅西口を出て 見回る Looking Around by West Exit of Tsujido Station 190628 - https://youtu.be/s8wyiOUIKmw

2019 辻堂駅隣の夕暮れ通路 Twilight Walkway by Tsujido Station 190628
https://youtu.be/Im-ECO7eSKQ

2019 辻堂 テラスモール湘南 夕暮れの様子 Shonan Terrace Mall Tsujido - Twilight View 190628g - https://youtu.be/gQnWXnAA_IY

2019 辻堂駅 夜東海道線の到着と出発 Tokaido Line at Tsujido 190628g
https://youtu.be/O6Rojht5d6k

1990 地上小田急線の下北沢駅 ロマンスカーの前から駅を通過する様子 901202 - https://youtu.be/qAsuYKi34L4

1990 新宿駅から箱根へ向かう ロマンスカー 10000形 前の風景 901202
https://youtu.be/OrUgEvRgDBU

2019 拝島駅の川越線ホーム ドアが閉める時 190704n
https://youtu.be/bcrssiO6zaI

2019 京王バス 高尾駅前から八王子駅へ向かう 窓ビュー Keio Bus 190702
https://youtu.be/FUU-vO5-Qa4

2019 寄居駅 南口 Yorii Station South Exit 190704
https://youtu.be/I9UMTFQMY80

JV-62 電車が少ないのロカル線で間違えて反対方向に行ってしまう 190704
https://youtu.be/Pm7fzKyjNvY

EV-62 Local Line Late at Night Wrong Direction Long Wait 190704
https://youtu.be/vxJh391JSRQ

2019 高麗川駅-毛呂駅 八高線 雨の日 190704
https://youtu.be/LqVLDMk3vPc

2019 寄居駅 周りの風景と八高線の通路 改札口まで 190704
https://youtu.be/t_ANtDpnz2I

2019 夜の用土駅 八高線の到着 190704
https://youtu.be/JyCTcYxVxpE

2019 八高線110系 寄居駅から出発 190704
https://youtu.be/wLaTn-0H8Q8

2019 夜の八高線 用土駅-寄居駅 反射 190704
https://youtu.be/SIhT-b2EHOc

1990 箱根湯本駅までの10000形ロマンスカー旅 前の風景 901202
https://youtu.be/rERBF674ZtI

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

New People...

I wrote a fairly long reply to a comment on one of my YouTube videos, so I thought I'd put that in here as well.  The comment I received was this: "I wonder how different I'd find Tokyo after so long. I left in December 1992."

Time and change are something I'm often thinking about, so this is something I could go on and on about, but for now, here's my short (or long, depending on your point of view) reply:  "Thinking of this question, I immediately recall an experience of mine one evening in Shibuya.  Back in the 1990-93 period when I was taking analog video, I used to go to and/or through Shibuya at least once a week, but then my schedule and work changed and there was a period of many years where I didn't go there at all (more than a decade maybe?).  Then one day I was feeling nostalgic for the place, so I went back for a look.  I arrived one evening and joined the sidewalk crowds of young people and just as I was expecting to feel "Just like the old days!" an uncomfortable feeling crept up on me, so I focused on and tuned into my surroundings to figure out what it was.  Basically, this is what I thought/perceived/realized while walking down that sidewalk: 'Why do I feel uncomfortable?  Why does this feel so different?  Things look pretty much the same... it's pretty much the same young crowd on the sidewalk... !!!!!  Wait!  No!  It isn't the same young crowd!  It's the children of the young crowd I used to walk among!  No wonder it feels different!  It's a completely new group of people!  The people I walked here with before are out there somewhere, but they're doing different things and no longer dating in Shibuya....  These people I'm walking with now were not on planet earth back then!  No wonder if feels different!  Different people!'"

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

tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

Meguro River & Other Areas in Tokyo 1991 & 2019

May 1st, 2019 - the first day of a new era in Japan called "Reiwa" (令和).  I was going to go out and take video yesterday, the last day of the Heisei (平成) era, and today, the first day of the Reiwa (令和) era, but then I thought of all the other people who would already be doing that, and decided I didn't really need to join the crowd - the two days will be well-recorded for sure!

   I should be posting these video link posts every month, but this is four months' worth... various things - all requiring time - get in the way.  Hopefully I'll find the time next month for another update and it won't be so long next time!
   The videos in this batch are from 1990, 1991, and 2019.  I'm going to put some pictures in-between the video titles and links, but they will be independent subject-wise.  I'd prefer to have photos that are relevant to the video titles they are near, but there isn't time to do it that way - not this time anyway.  The dates go back and forth between 1990/1991 and 2019, but each video title begins with the year in the title, so as long as you pay attention to that, it should be clear when they were recorded.

1991 夕方駒込駅辺り Komagome Station Area in the Evening 911102
https://youtu.be/EYuju_LXKA8

1991 夕暮れの駒込駅 電車がなかなか来ない Twilight Komagome Station 911102 - https://youtu.be/Tv1IMeWwthM

1991 駒込駅-池袋駅 山手線 土曜日 Komagome to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 911102 - https://youtu.be/Q2B6-P-upPc

1991 池袋駅-渋谷駅 土曜日の夜山手線 Ikebukuro to Shibuya - Yamanote Line 911102 - https://youtu.be/8zu4yU3GQtU

1991 池袋駅西側の夜散策散歩 ロマンス通りなど Ikebukuro West Side at Night 911102 - https://youtu.be/hErAUPXj6XY

1991 渋谷 土曜日の夜 散策散歩 Shibuya Saturday Night Walkabout 911102
https://youtu.be/XGXslipq4k8

1991 渋谷駅-日吉駅 東横線 Shibuya to Hiyoshi - Toyoko Line 911102
https://youtu.be/ZsB5lqbikfI

1991 日吉駅-渋谷駅-新宿駅-池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 土曜日の夜 Hiyoshi to Hibarigaoka 911102 - https://youtu.be/vUwMhWLJXKQ

2019 所沢駅 夜ホームの様子 Nighttime Platform at Tokorozawa Station 190118n - https://youtu.be/fW4QfhF5Cyk

2019 御茶ノ水駅 下り中央線の到着 Chuo Line Arriving at Ochanomizu 190202 - https://youtu.be/tg7C6pT1QmU

2019 人々背中 190115 - https://youtu.be/x8OhbaJ09l0

The crowd of people climbing the stairs in the video above had just gotten off of a train that ended its run in Shinjuku.  Shinjuku is said to have the largest number of people using it on a daily basis than any train station in the world, and a large part of that are people who have to change trains there from the Odakyu and Keio Lines (which both end in Shinjuku).

2019 窓反射 夜の山手線 Night Train Window Reflections 190118
https://youtu.be/uBioarQlm1Y

JV-30 1991年11月2日について 190129
https://youtu.be/ktmtlkIbqyA

EV-30 Regarding November 2nd 1991 190129
https://youtu.be/8coak7dnjlI

I felt prompted to comment on the amount of material I recorded on November 2nd, 1991 (JV/EV-30) since it was quite a video-intense day.  I would still (from time-to-time) take video in this way, but high numbers of scenes are problematic with the equipment I'm currently using.  There isn't much good to be said about recording video onto tape, but one really great thing is that scenes are automatically compiled one after the other and don't require software to stitch them together.  So with a two-hour tape, you can have as many scenes as you like ready to go out-of-camera.

JV-32 2007年のメトロニューズ 銀座線の80年記念 190103
https://youtu.be/tNccfvRpcKY

EV-32 2007 Metro News - Ginza Line 80th Anniversary 190103
https://youtu.be/iM8TCNkL7Vw

2019 外神田三丁目の古い家 Old House in Soto-Kanda 190105
https://youtu.be/VYTdXLalK9I

2019 大崎駅上の通路夜散歩 Osaki Station Overhead Concourse 190111
https://youtu.be/SPZmlhL2WuA

2019 Ikebukuro Sidewalk 東池袋の夜通り 190118
https://youtu.be/drtGDb9Gc5Q

JV-31 昔は良かったなのか 190202
https://youtu.be/1QE8bflaqRE

EV-31 Were Things Better Before or Not 190202
https://youtu.be/OYaXd1N8D0I

   Were things better or worse before?  Going back and forth via video time machine, this is something I often think about.  Some elements of this type of comparison are really clear, but a large part of any era is relative to many component parts of time, societies, ways of thinking, lifestyles, etc.
   For me personally, the most vexing part of revisiting 1990-93 over and over again for the past twelve(!) years is the realization of how human "overwrite-save" memory corrupts the (remembered) historical record.  I'm interested in the truth and would like to think that memory is something a little more dependable.
   I had heard that people overwrite-save memories, rather than just accessing read-only memory, but that aspect of human memory really came home to me when I began watching the video material I had recorded around 17 years before (the tapes went unseen until 2007, when computer hardware progressed to the point where I could begin digitizing the old tapes).
   In the intervening years, I had seen several period movies and dramas, with current generation young actors playing young people from that circa 1990 era.  I remember - early on - seeing one of those movies about the "bubble era" and thinking "Huh... young actors pretending to be something they are not..." but as the years went by, and I saw more such dramatizations of the period, they began to seem not so far off the mark... until 2007 when I began reviewing actual scenes of the period that I had seen and recorded myself.  While watching them, a flood of memories (that had been buried under years of inaccurate fictional accounts) came back and I remember looking at the screen of the video time machine and thinking "Yeah... *that's* how it was!"
   From that experience, I realized how easily memory can become corrupted.  There are exceptions of course.  Certain events in life generating very powerful emotions seem to record an event powerfully enough that it isn't easily corrupted and is more like "read-only" memory than "overwrite-save" memory.
  And... I hesitate to add this here, as it's sort of off-topic... or maybe it's spot-on topic (depending on how you look at it), but that 1990-93 time frame has come to be a strange thing for me.  While the rest of time flows relentlessly forward, for twelve years I've been revisiting 1990-93 via video time machine and those years have come to feel like an unchanging element of current time.....

2019 御茶ノ水駅の臨時改札口辺り Ochanomizu Station Area 190105
https://youtu.be/xDoI8DVpKho

2019 御茶ノ水駅へ入る 聖橋入口 Entering Ochanomizu Station 190105
https://youtu.be/9t2ZfcV1jys

2019 夜の有楽町駅 ホームの様子 長い山手線の出発 Platform Scene at Yurakucho 190201 - https://youtu.be/cchAGPlwV1Y

2019 内回り山手線へ向かうのエスカレーター_Osaki Station Escalator 190111 - https://youtu.be/X7ZhWl34mW8

2019 駒込駅 ホームから東改札口と駒込さつき通り散歩まで Komagome Station East Exit 190118 - https://youtu.be/4G4H1GRVKTc

2019 駒込駅東口のアザレア通り商店街 Komagome Station Azalea Avenue 190118 - https://youtu.be/H1W2Rkt-kLc

2019 駒込駅で内回り山手線を乗って出発 Boarding Yamanote Line at Komagome 190118 - https://youtu.be/MG-CD_2VPgk

2019 池袋駅の地下通路で東池袋地上までの散歩 Ikebukuro Underground Passage 190118 - https://youtu.be/Dk383QFjjTQ

2019 東池袋の何とか通りの夜散策散歩 Ikebukuro East Side Night Street 190118 - https://youtu.be/4yonrqGp6n8

2019 地下通路で池袋駅へ向かう Ikebukuro Underground Passageway 190118 - https://youtu.be/CaWu31mmunQ

2019 西池袋 駅前広場から西へ 夜の散策散歩 Nighttime Nishi-Ikebukuro 190118 - https://youtu.be/2x-UZYthzKs

2019 有楽町のイルミネーション Seasonal Lights in Yurakucho 190201
https://youtu.be/wehmNIQGsC8

2019 有楽町駅 夜ホームの様子 Yurakucho Station Nighttime View 190125
https://youtu.be/IpWNKiQoz7k

2019 西武池袋駅 切符売り場から改札口とホームへ Seibu-Ikebukuro Station 190118 - https://youtu.be/8o4CMPOk2wk

2019 西武池袋線 京急線色の電車を乗る 池袋駅で Boarding Seibu Train 190118 - https://youtu.be/XGgp04qQj80

2019 西武池袋駅から出発 Departing Seibu-Ikebukuro Station 190118n
https://youtu.be/F8CaXc-jfgU

2019 石神井公園駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Shakujikoen to Hibarigaoka 190118 - https://youtu.be/ntdlntlrM_w

2019 夜のひばりヶ丘駅 ホームから改札口と北側の階段へ Hibarigaoka Station at Night 190118 - https://youtu.be/XgcroJI6Dv4

2019 夜のひばりが丘 駅の北側 道路の工事中 Nighttime Hibarigaoka Road Construction 190118 - https://youtu.be/H08A_C1B71U

2019 ひばりヶ丘駅隣の夜踏切 北側から南側へ Hibarigaoka RR Crossing at Night 190118 - https://youtu.be/_uTiUdSWpSE

2019 ひばりヶ丘駅エスカレーターとホーム 夜の様子 Riding a Down Escalator 190118 - https://youtu.be/HGoT6idIrvo

2019 下り各駅と急行列車 夜のひばりヶ丘駅で Outbound Seibu Trains at Hibarigaoka 190118 - https://youtu.be/HMsN09pMIPI

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 日曜日の夜 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro 911103 - https://youtu.be/oyBffZrbYHg

1991 夜の池袋 短い 日曜日 Quick Look at East Side of Ikebukuro 911103
https://youtu.be/1BXxIH_0w3w

1991 池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 日曜日終電の西武池袋線 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka 911103 - https://youtu.be/26jI2Xrqrk4

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅前 西武バスで田無駅まで Bus to Tanashi Station 911104
https://youtu.be/yrPyWNu2oG8

1991 田無駅 昼の様子 西武新宿線 Daytime Tanashi Station Platform View 911104 - https://youtu.be/xOtO_fv_qJI

1991 田無駅-野方駅 西武新宿線 Tanashi to Nogata - Seibu-Shinjuku Line 911104 - https://youtu.be/WEY8MDlzizg

2019 夜の商店街 ひばりが丘北 Hibarigaoka at Night 190215
https://youtu.be/6M6HKcMA0pY

2019 田無駅 改札口から北側まで Tanashi Station North Side 190215
https://youtu.be/ugeiBVOwO-w

JV-33 昔と今 思い出横丁 190205
https://youtu.be/icY4pkHfkDE

EV-33 Before and Now - Omoide-Yokocho 190205
https://youtu.be/CAzODxEJcYo

JEV-34 限定の物はやっぱり高い Special Issue Confectionery 190206
https://youtu.be/A-O3l8FDCO4

JEV-35 抹茶のお菓子 Green Tea Confectionery 190210
https://youtu.be/ynscFsIIXoo

2019 西武柳沢駅-田無駅 西武新宿線 Nishi-Yagisawa to Tanashi 190215
https://youtu.be/MR-JJkstjrM

2019 田無駅 ホームから改札口まで Tanashi Station 190215
https://youtu.be/n3n9HH9GCHk

2019 田無駅の隣 南側 Tanashi Station Area - South Side 190215
https://youtu.be/FmXbbtvdjnY

2019 田無駅隣のバス停 Waiting for a Bus at Tanashi Station 190215
https://youtu.be/4b98rHELZYE

2019 バスを乗る 西武バス Boarding a Bus in Tanashi 190215
https://youtu.be/P5Ym0yPglI8

2019 田無駅前からひばりヶ丘駅近くまで 西武バス Tanashi to Hibarigaoka Bus 190215 - https://youtu.be/bLm6cROWJiY

2019 ひばりヶ丘駅近くからひばりヶ丘駅前 西武バス Bus to Hibarigaoka 190215 - https://youtu.be/yS3I2xtMFZY

JEV-37 炭火焼のお煎餅 Opening Pack of Rice Crackers 190217
https://youtu.be/Q0dlDWTgIhQ

2019 ひばりヶ丘駅 改札口からホームまで Hibarigaoka Station 190215
https://youtu.be/iEeZ5f4B2qU

2019 石神井町の商店街 夜の様子 190215
https://youtu.be/-6TXbZdMutI

JV-36 石神井公園 久しぶり 190215
https://youtu.be/24mGk2ZrLoI

EV-36 Shakujikoen 30 Years Ago and Now 190215
https://youtu.be/TRAdRSviFAw

2019 夜の石神井公園 北側 Nighttime Shakujikoen - North Side 190215
https://youtu.be/4t91hIywscY

2019 ひばりヶ丘駅辺り 北側 Hibarigaoka Station Area - North Side 190215
https://youtu.be/O8R9tyRmQ5c

2019 田無駅辺り 夜の北側 Nighttime Tanashi Station Area - North Side 190215 - https://youtu.be/zFfN0veW6lM

2019 夜の田無駅 ホームの様子 Nighttime Tanashi Station Platform 190215
https://youtu.be/1zw8Mb0Ln0o

2019 石神井公園駅 ホームの様子 Waiting for a Train 190215
https://youtu.be/WZjldEasCeI

2019 ひばりヶ丘駅 下りホームの夜様子 Hibarigaoka Station 190215
https://youtu.be/Zh0gM_Rg2yI

2019 ひばりヶ丘駅前-田無駅前 西武バス Seibu Bus to Tanashi 190215
https://youtu.be/hbWKHTUpfoc

2019 石神井公園駅 改札からホームまで Shakujikoen Station 190215
https://youtu.be/RvwSoYFsdwI

2019 ひばりヶ丘駅-保谷駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Hoya - Seibu Line 190215 - https://youtu.be/1xOFT6k4qAQ

2019 保谷駅-大泉学園駅-石神井公園駅 西武池袋線 Hoya to Shakujikoen 190215 - https://youtu.be/J5-hFl0ilfw

2019 石神井公園駅 夕暮れホームの様子 Twilight at Shakujikoen Station 190215 - https://youtu.be/RkzbKfGBozs

2019 夕暮れの石神井公園駅辺り Twilight Shakujikoen Station Area 190215
https://youtu.be/z8_it2njPq8

1991 野方駅からバスを乗る 中野の方へ行く Bus from Nogata 911104
https://youtu.be/n3GUAIdwhKc

1991 野方の散策散歩 Nogata Walkabout 911104
https://youtu.be/6o0GRv6d4GY

1991 野方駅-上石神井駅-田無駅 西武新宿線 Nogata to Tanashi - Seibu Line 911104 - https://youtu.be/uO5YmmfNEjk

2019 新橋駅 忙しい夕方の様子 Shinbashi Station Platform View 190222
https://youtu.be/y-MZZZmB-j0

1991 田無駅辺りの西側散策散歩 工事など Tanashi Under Construction 911104 - https://youtu.be/DxplOEJlQSc

1991 田無駅近く-ひばりヶ丘駅前 西武バス Bus to Hibarigaoka from Tanashi 911104 - https://youtu.be/j7zQRclLZXg

1991 ひばりが丘北 商店街の土曜日の朝 Saturday Morning Hibarigaoka 911109 - https://youtu.be/SB7xd0nH1hk

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-石神井公園駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka-Ikebukuro 911109 - https://youtu.be/7V-1Rqta1Nk

1991 池袋駅 乗り換え 西武線からJRまで Ikebukuro Station on Saturday Morning 911109 - https://youtu.be/A4D3NTn5f5Q

1991 池袋駅-品川駅 山手線 貨物船など Ikebukuro-Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 911109 - https://youtu.be/R7xmdJBsmis

1991 品川駅とスーパー Shinagawa Station and Supermarket 911109
https://youtu.be/_NTJ3epvrgE

2019 有楽町駅-東京駅 京浜東北線 Yurakucho to Tokyo 190222
https://youtu.be/WxNK-NW4wpc

2019 国分寺駅 中央線と西武国分寺線 Kokubunji Station 190228
https://youtu.be/rNSxPEr5QSI

JV-38 チェンジ 今と昔 どちらが良いなのか 190302
https://youtu.be/duMXfCuFLvw

EV-38 Change - Better Now or Then 190302
https://youtu.be/xOVRgzQQSf0

2019 品川駅隣 高輪口 西側 見回り Shinagawa West Side View 190302
https://youtu.be/WqGHTMceRRA

2019 神田駅-東京駅 京浜東北線 Kanda to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 190221 - https://youtu.be/iSAdvxyGy_A

2019 東小金井駅-武蔵小金井駅 中央線 夕暮れの様子 Twilight Chuo Line Outbound 190221 - https://youtu.be/2Uq2Zaxj7e4

2019 大崎駅-品川駅 山手線 夕暮れの窓風景 Osaki to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 190222 - https://youtu.be/NJ0DGWe7fAs

2019 品川駅-田町駅 山手線 Shinagawa to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 190222
https://youtu.be/0f7whjGLxVs

2019 夜の東京鉄度と反射 新幹線と京浜東北線と山手線 Parallel Night Trains in Tokyo 190222 - https://youtu.be/ONaNZEql2CQ

2019 夜の新橋駅 山手線と京浜東北線 Shinbashi Station at Night 190222
https://youtu.be/izuX3PnXUa0

1991 北品川の散策散歩 北品川商店街 中央通りなど Shinagawa Walkabout 911109 - https://youtu.be/vpgi9xBiYL4

1990 明治神宮外苑から表参道までの夜散歩 Night Walkabout to Harajuku 901104 - https://youtu.be/HRkXVqaErpY

1990 原宿 夜の竹下通りとその周り散策散歩 Harajuku Walkabout - Takeshita-dori 901104 - https://youtu.be/fDmn3MD7IAU

2019 電車を通過しますと特急の到着 Passing Train 190311
https://youtu.be/rNf-0guEOEo

2019 国分寺駅-武蔵小金井駅 中央線 Kokubunji to Musashikoganei - Chuo Line 190319 - https://youtu.be/fkjoKBRVmBY

EV-39 Regarding Facing the Lens 190319
https://youtu.be/NnOjeed0n4M

JV-39 自分の様子を写真や動画を撮るに対して - 自撮り 190319
https://youtu.be/g9nesZvE61I

2019 武蔵小金井駅 上り特急を通過する Passing Express Train 190319
https://youtu.be/QaDWLrUDCsw

2019 武蔵小金井駅-東小金井駅 中央線 Musashikoganei to Higashi-Koganei - Chuo Line 190319 - https://youtu.be/R93eA_FZif0

2019 東京駅-有楽町駅-新橋駅 京浜東北線 Tokyo to Shinbashi - Keihin-Tohoku Line 190319 - https://youtu.be/ExL7dlWB-Yc

2019 新橋駅 ホームの様子 Shinbashi Station Platform View 190319
https://youtu.be/auE2he4wV0A

2019 東京駅 ホームの様子 Tokyo Station Platform View 190319
https://youtu.be/8synkGrBVNM

1990 原宿 夜の竹下通りとその周り散策散歩 Harajuku Walkabout - Takeshita-dori 901104 - https://youtu.be/fDmn3MD7IAU

1990 原宿駅-新宿駅-新大久保駅-高田馬場駅-池袋駅 山手線 Harajuku to Ikebukuro 901104 - https://youtu.be/0Uv0d6KFJNQ

2019 外神田 夜の散策散歩 Sotokanda Night Walkabout 190426
https://youtu.be/f-8mcoy1ZOs

2019 夜 工事の音 電気の光 ビル 車 考え Night Sounds and Scenes 190424
https://youtu.be/HV3T7p0i3J4

2019 夜の昌平橋 Nighttime Shohei Bridge 190426
https://youtu.be/64n-eJtErmY

2019 鷹の台駅-恋ヶ窪駅 西武国分寺線 Takanodai To Kokubunji 190322
https://youtu.be/0r0JSCdjSqQ

2019 風の強い日 国分寺 Windy Day in Kokubunji 190322
https://youtu.be/5U_nOKFWBNI

2019 春の小平中央公園 Springtime Park 190331
https://youtu.be/9XP3dUeRH9Y

2019 風の強い日 国分寺 Windy Day in Kokubunji 190322
https://youtu.be/5U_nOKFWBNI

2019 吉祥寺駅-三鷹駅-武蔵境駅 中央線 Westward Bound Chuo Line 190401 - https://youtu.be/PjM-6weOVmY

2019 東小金井駅-武蔵小金井駅 中央線 Chuo Line Going West 190401
https://youtu.be/Daxurs8ks6A

2019 Riverside Sakura Bicycle Ride 190406
https://youtu.be/ZCqAnaUYAX8

2019 御茶ノ水駅-神田駅-東京駅 中央線 Ochanomizu to Tokyo - Chuo Line 190426 - https://youtu.be/fjU8yMj4F54

2019 Afternoon Bus Ride 190403
https://youtu.be/6JRycCugIeY

2019 Bus Front Seat View 190403
https://youtu.be/AJQSyMonhtA

2019 浦和駅-赤羽駅 東北本線 Urawa to Akabane 190403
https://youtu.be/Ykuh6iuc5gQ

2019 赤羽駅-尾久駅-上野駅 窓の風景 東北本線 Akabane to Ueno 190403
https://youtu.be/WzSY3sLUd3k

2019 上野駅 東北本線を降りてからの見回る 中央改札へ向かう Ueno Station 190403 - https://youtu.be/RKnvh1pqUpY

EV-43 Closing of Plaza by Shinjuku Station New South Exit 190403
https://youtu.be/M2XKT-V6q3M

JV-43 新宿駅新南口 バスタ新宿隣の広場の終了 残念 190403
https://youtu.be/yYaxOHgFWEE

EV-40 Limited Edition Spring Drinks 190322
https://youtu.be/fw_e58Rw3dM

JV-40 限定の春飲み物 190322
https://youtu.be/4B3wUXe0cW8

2019 Construction Zone by Shinjuku New South Exit 190403n
https://youtu.be/HuuzogI3Ajk

2019 西国分寺駅 武蔵野線 電車が遣って来る Nishi-Kokubunji Station 190403 - https://youtu.be/JoUVM008jB8

2019 武蔵浦和駅 ホームの様子 Musashino Station Platform 190403
https://youtu.be/fW2ZGoyAqlg

2019 有楽町駅-新橋駅 夕方のJR線 Yurakucho to Shinbashi Evening View 190403 - https://youtu.be/3UJedP_lLcY

2019 山手線の到着 夕暮れの新橋駅 Yamanote Line at Shinbashi Evening View 190403n - https://youtu.be/NuDTomIYEEc

EV-41 Summer 96 and Year 2000 Commemorative Cans 190323
https://youtu.be/UhHyuEN9dyc

JV-41 96年夏生のと2000年記念の缶 190323
https://youtu.be/YriRC7Oyl9o

2019 狭間駅-めじろ台駅 京王線 Hazama to Mejirodai - Keio Line 190415
https://youtu.be/kWhgqiS94vw

2019 東京駅 中央線の特急出発 Departing Express Train at Tokyo Station 190418 - https://youtu.be/I5f1OebM8TY

2019 夕暮れの高尾山口駅 京王線 Twilight Platform View 190415
https://youtu.be/QSjakbrKre4

2019 高尾山口駅-高尾駅 京王線夕暮れ風景 Twilight Ride to Takao 190415
https://youtu.be/64fl9jCkaIM

2019 高尾駅で夕暮れの窓風景-狭間駅 京王線 Takao to Hazama - Keio Line 190415 - https://youtu.be/-Qg30IBRgtg

2019 狭間駅-めじろ台駅 京王線 Hazama to Mejirodai - Keio Line 190415
https://youtu.be/nXkMhhfzyMA

2019 品川区の目黒川 夕方の様子 政治家の声 Evening Meguro River 190418n - https://youtu.be/adxEUpcNfFA

2019 川とビルと とまれ など 夕方 190418
https://youtu.be/FGti3rJdtBc

2019 Cars Trains and a Building - One Day in Shinagawa 190418
https://youtu.be/MPElwsYBDxk

2019 十九時四十四分発 Departing at 744 190426g
https://youtu.be/oYK-cbcvEzc

2019 山手線が遣って来ます The Yamanote Line 190418
https://youtu.be/RZI2XsYCapo

2019 過去の響く Past in Present 190426g
https://youtu.be/p_zDclzife8

2019 昭島市立 郷地稲荷神社 児童遊園 190406
https://youtu.be/9H2lgZUvbTE

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