"Summer Izakaya Street" (100810-1910)

"Summer Izakaya Street"

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon - Copyright 2010
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.com/

"Hot August Day in Harajuku, the Yamanote Line, and Shinjuku"

Starting at Harajuku Station, I walk around in Harajuku for a while - including on Takeshita-Dori, Meiji-Dori, and Omotesando - as well as leaving the main streets and exploring some of the side streets.  Among the side streets, I take a 360-degree look around the area from a rooftop.  Returning to Harajuku Station, I watch through the front cab as the Yamanote Line takes me to Yoyogi and Shinjuku, where I get off and walk around a little (mostly in Nishi-Shinjuku) before getting on a Chuo Line train via the South Entrance to Shinjuku Station.

"Harajuku Station View as Yamanote Line Train Arrives" (100827Fr-1407)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EIUI2Bpq0Y

Watching a Yamanote Line train arrive at Harajuku Station and then heading for the stairs.

原宿駅ホーム様子、山手線が到着、階段に向かう  東京

"Exiting Harajuku Station in August" (100827Fr-1408)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ge9vV7czw

Exiting Harajuku Station to begin a stroll around the area.

原宿駅から散歩出発  東京

"Harajuku - Walking Towards Takeshita-Dori" (100827Fr-1410)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHhANbX8-yw

Walking towards the entrance to Takeshita-Dori in Harajuku.

原宿 - 竹下通りに向かう  東京

"Harajuku - Crossing Meiji-Dori and Heading into a Side Street" (100827Fr-1419)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc3854nNPxw

Harajuku - After crossing Meiji-Dori, I head down a side street.

原宿 - 明治通りから横道に入る  東京

"Harajuku - Meiji-Dori Stroll" (100827Fr-1423)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO536EF0biE

Harajuku - Walking along Meiji-Dori - with everyone in their summer clothes.

原宿 - 明治通り散歩  東京

"Harajuku - End of August" (100827Fr-1425)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDYfaNHaziE

Harajuku - People lazily walking around in the August heat.

原宿 - 明治通り - 八月の末  東京

"Harajuku - Meiji-Dori and Omotesando Intersection" (100827Fr-1427)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zayR1aZjvTc

Harajuku - Looking around and then crossing Omotesando where it crosses Meiji-Dori.

原宿 - 八月の末の明治通りと表参道の交差点  東京

"Harajuku Omotesando Stroll - Heading Towards Harajuku Station" (100827Fr-1430)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7qBzuBdjwA

Walking up Omotesando, beneath its large trees, towards Harajuku Station.

原宿表参道散歩 - 原宿駅に向かう  東京

"Harajuku Omotesando Stroll - Street Drummer" (100827Fr-1431)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTmXday7rPg

Harajuku - Walking along Omotesando, passing a street drummer along the way.

原宿表参道散歩ストリートドラマー  東京

"Harajuku Side Streets Near Omotesando" (100827Fr-1447)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h0uF7dMCwg

Turning off from Omotesando and walking into the side streets of Harajuku.

原宿表参道近くの横道  東京

"Harajuku - Side Street Rooftop Views" (100827Fr-1454)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr8X-mHCoO0

Looking around at the surrounding area from a rooftop in Harajuku.

原宿横道の屋上ビュー  東京

"Harajuku Back Streets" (100827Fr-1506)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulxHYCA3Xas

Walking around on some Harajuku Back Streets.

原宿の横道  東京

"Harajuku Takeshita-Dori Stroll - 3:00 p.m." (100827Fr-1507)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHD-fqblHv8

Walking towards Harajuku Station on Takeshita-Dori at around 3:00 p.m. on a hot August day.

原宿竹下通り散歩 - 午後三時  東京

"Yamanote Line - Arrival of Shibuya/Shinagawa-Bound Train" (100827Fr-1515)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE6SyFBu4ag

Watching Yamanote Line trains come and go at Harajuku Station, and then climbing on one bound for Shinjuku/Ikebukuro.

原宿駅で山手線の電車が遣って来ると出発  東京

"Harajuku to Yoyogi - Yamanote Front Cab View" (100827Fr-1517)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wndu660p2YA

Looking out the front cab window of a Yamanote Line train as it goes from Harajuku to Yoyogi.

山手線 - 原宿駅から代々木駅までの運転手席ビュー  東京

"Yoyogi to Shinjuku, and Shinjuku Platform Walk" (100827Fr-1519)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBaLVP_tXv8

Yamanote Line front cab view from Yoyogi to Shinjuku, and then a walk down the platform at Shinjuku Station.

山手線 - 代々木駅から、新宿駅までの運転手席ビュー、と新宿駅のホーム散歩  東京

"Nishi-Shinjuku - Street in Front of Yodobashi Camera" (100827Fr-1608)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7WqUWKAdKg

The street in front of Yodobashi Camera - which is wet not due to rain, but in order to take some of the heat off of it I think....

西新宿のヨドバシカメラ前  東京

"Shinjuku - Free Gum Sample" (100827Fr-1610)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoVuMRDLC-o

Shinjuku - Receiving a free sample of a new type of gum.

新宿の無料ガムサンプル  東京

"Shinjuku - Walking Uphill Towards the South Exit" (100827Fr-1611)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw4KlJ7Q9gY

Walking towards the south entrance to Shinjuku Station.

新宿駅南口に向かう  東京

"Entering Shinjuku Station South Entrance" (100827Fr-1613)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_F7mZTR7BA

After entering Shinjuku Station through the south entrance, I head down a flight of stairs to the outbound Chuo Line platform.

新宿駅南口に入って、中央線に向かう  東京

"Shinjuku - Outbound Chuo Line Arrival" (100827Fr-1616)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wgSmhxB6U4

Watching an outbound Chuo Line train come in at Shinjuku Station, and then boarding it.

新宿駅で、下り中央線電車を乗る  東京

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

End of the Line

End of the Line

Lyle (宏) Saxon
Copyright 2010

"Isomichi Kazuhisa - Live in Nakano, Trains, and Hot-August-Day Shinjuku"

Opening with a nice song by Isomichi Kazuhisa (礒道和久), which was his last song for the evening at his street performance in Nakano on August 27th.  Next is a stroll down Takeshita-Dori in Harajuku (taken earlier the same day), then a train window view and a stroll through all ten cars of a 20000-Series Seibu train on the way to Shinjuku.

Skipping past time spent in Shinjuku (which we come back to later), I ride a Chuo Line train to Nakano, and then skipping past time spent in Nakano, I ride a Chuo Line train back to Shinjuku, and then (suddenly) I'm on a Yamanote Line train going from Yurakucho to Tokyo.

Then - jumping back in time on that same Friday, August 27th, 2010, I watch a 30000-Series train arrive at Ogawa, and then - suddenly - I'm in Shinjuku walking around - which continues through a few clips in chronological order, ending in the last clip of the bunch, which was taken as I entered Shinjuku Station from the South Entrance and got on a Yamanote Line train.

"Isomichi Kazuhisa (礒道和久) - Live in Nakano - August 27th, 2010" (100827-2157)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R5H1leCDfg

Isomichi Kazuhisa (礒道和久), playing his last song of the evening in front of Nakano Station. - August 27th, 2010

礒道和久 - 中野駅前で、ストリートライブ

Harajuku Takeshita-Dori Stroll (100827-1413)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgdr41g8cck

Strolling down Takeshita-Dori on August 27th, 2010.

竹下通りの散歩

"Ogawa to Hagiyama - Right Side (Construction)" (100827-1221)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoJIAWHy_Oc

Looking out a right-side window of a Seibu Line train as it rolls from Ogawa Station to Hagiyama Station.

小川駅から萩山駅まで - 工事とか

"Takadanobaba to Seibu-Shinjuku Walk-Through on 20000 Series Train" (100827-1252)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuXLiJl6Hi0

Beginning at Takadanobaba Station - beginning in the last car, and walking  all the way through the 20000-series train as it rolls to Shinjuku.

高田馬場駅から西武新宿駅まで、2000シーリズの中に歩く

"Shinjuku to Nakano on the Chuo Line (Right Side)" (100827-1617)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejuEkeUsCmk

Looking out a right-side window of a Chuo Line train as it rolls from Shinjuku to Nakano.

中央線で新宿駅から、中野駅まで

"Nakano to Shinjuku - Night Train Reflections" (100827-2232)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwE2L512JAE

Looking out into the night - and at the internal reflections in the window - on a late-night train from Nakano to Shinjuku.

夜中央線電車の窓ビュー

"Yurakucho to Tokyo - Late Night Yamanote Line" (100827-2306)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loPlIrhp72o

Riding a late-night Yamanote Line train from Yurakucho to Tokyo.

夜山手線電車の窓ビュー

"30000-Series Seibu Train at Ogawa Station" (100827Fr-1220)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3uxuXfG_go

Watching a 30000-series Seibu train arrive at Ogawa Station.  This is the newest type of Seibu Train (as of August 2010 in any case).

30000型シリーズ西武線の電車が小川駅に遣って来る  東京

"Inside 30000 Series - Arriving at Kodaira Station" (100827Fr-1226)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncYvJaoN9Xc

Inside view of a 30000-Series Seibu Line train as it arrives at Kodaira Station.

30000型シリーズ西武線の電車が小平駅に到着  東京

"Noontime August Shinjuku" (100827Fr-1258)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjm01s6ckBA

Walking around near Seibu-Shinjuku Station on a hot August day just before 1:00 p.m.

八月厚い昼の新宿  東京

"Noontime Shinjuku - Heading Towards Shinjuku Station" (100827Fr_1259)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On7KNoxpIGQ

Walking towards Shinjuku Station on a hot August day in the year 2010.

八月厚い昼の新宿 - 新宿駅に向かう  東京

"Nearing East Entrance to Shinjuku Station in August" (100827Fr-1302)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zakMHDgasCw

Nearing the east entrance to Shinjuku Station on a rather hot August day.

八月厚い昼の新宿 - 新宿駅に近づく  東京

"Shinjuku Railway Underpass" (100827Fr-1304)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ktasFx3jo

Walking through the tunnel-like underpass that goes under the tracks in Shinjuku - connecting the east side to the west side.

新宿駅近づくの線路下の通路  東京

"Nishi-Shinjuku - Noontime Omoide-Yokocho, Etc." (100827Fr-1305)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhYkdwBaK8g

Walking around in Nishi-Shinjuku near (and through) the Omoide-Yokocho izakaya street.

西新宿のお昼散歩 - 思い出横丁など  東京

"Nishi-Shinjuku Station Area" (100827Fr-1307)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB_LNptfBUY

Walking towards the west entrance to Shinjuku Station, and then turning right and heading west - away from the station.

西新宿のお昼散歩 - 西へ向かう  東京

"NIshi-Shinjuku - Heading West (Passing Yodobashi Camera)" (100827Fr-1313)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjfHSEcpBLg

Walking west in Nishi-Shinjuku, passing Yodobashi Camera.

西新宿のお昼散歩 - ヨドバシカメラを通って、西へ向かう  東京

"Nishi-Shinjuku Stroll" (100827Fr-1315)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM-iUaxb-EY

Walking around in Nishi-Shinjuku - walking past a new Burger King and heading towards Yodobashi Camera.

西新宿のお昼散歩 - ヨドバシカメラへ向かう  東京

"Entering Shinjuku Station and Boarding Yamanote Line" (100827Fr-1400)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_1XOpEtu0

Entering Shinjuku Station via the South Entrance and boarding a Yamanote Line train where the six-door car used to be.  The train that came in had a four-door car there though - apparently they are dumping the six-door cars (which are very useful during peak rush times) in order to accommodate the platform wall doors that they've begun installing at Yamanote Line stations (starting with Ebisu Station).

新宿駅南口に入って、山手線を乗る(さよなら六ドア車)  東京

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

"Unnoticed Patterns..."

"Unnoticed Patterns..."

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

"New World Service Restaurant - March 29th, 2007"

This restaurant, and the building it was in, the Sanshin Building, are both gone now.  I took this on what was (I think) the second to the last day the restaurant was open.  As it was the last tenant in the building, that was also the last day the pubic could get into the structure.  Then they rushed to tear it down so the land could sit - basically - empty for years, while they work to empty and rip down a neighboring building so they can put up an monster high-rise there.  It's a shame they tore it down, as the building - and this restaurant - had a lot of character.

New World Service Restaurant

I went back to the restaurant on the very last day, and arrived just in time to see the restaurant owner's son (and a friend) perform a farewell tune in the building's atrium (they had closed early that day):

Sanshin Building Final Concert - New World Service Restauran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgba88AFiK8

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

"Okuno Building Details" - August 2010

The experience of going into a building designed and made in a different era is a welcome change from modern sealed boxes.

Manually operated inner elevator... not door really, but gate.

Wooden handrails that have been used by generations of people.

Attention to detail - even in ceiling corners.

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

"Summer Green..."

In the middle of the August heat, I pause to look up at the green leaves of the trees overhead - listening to the symphony of insects... and realize that - come winter - I will long to be able to do this again.

I also long for a general respect of life over oil-fueled machinery and asphalt.  So much of our beautiful world has been scarred and damaged for the convenience of fire-breathing machinery.  There's a better way to live....

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

"Hot August Day in Ginza - 2010"

"Hot August Day in Ginza - 2010"

In the depths of winter I dream of the heat of summer - and in the middle of a hot day out in the blazing sun on a shadeless boulevard, I dream of the cool days of autumn, and even contemplate the unlikely pleasantness of winter, although I know better....

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

"San Francisco, California - 1984 - (A Sad Tale)"

Why a sad tale?  Have a look at this half-tone photo of San Francisco that I took in 1984.  Why half-tone and not a proper print?  Read the text below the photo to find out!

I poured all my spare time and spare money into photography when I lived in San Francisco, and had several photos printed as half-tones to sell as a pack of photos of San Francisco while I lived there.  In the middle of this project, I decided to move to Japan, and I entrusted my rented garage (where all of my negatives, photos, and half-tones were) to a guy I used to work with who I had thought was a friend, but he (curse him to the maximum extent possible) told me a year later, when I wanted to have my pictures sent to me in Tokyo, that he had trashed everything.

And so - all I have are a few sets of the half-tone printed pictures that I carried over with me in 1984.  So - if you've seen this picture before, please contact me - as it may be that the guy who told me he trashed everything, didn't trash it, but stole it.  It would be good to know the truth.  It would be fantastic if I could get my negatives and prints back from that time.  I spent two years walking around the streets of San Francisco taking those pictures....

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

"The Door - 28,000 Days"

For seventy-seven years - around 28,000 days... this doorway has stood here, and each and every one of those days were the "present".  None were the past, or the future, just the present.

And so it seems strange in a way to contemplate all the changes over the years.  How can so much change and this doorway become what feels like a path to the past when all it has ever known is the present?

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

"Trip to Kawasaki - Friday, August 20th, 2010"

My trip from Shinjuku to Kawasaki in the early evening, and then part of the trip back towards Shinjuku very late at night - near the last trains for the day.  In addition to views from the Yamanote Line and the Tokaido Line, views in Shinjuku Station, Shinagawa Station, and Kawasaki Station.

"Shinjuku South Exit Crowds (Wrong Platform)" (100820Fr-1719)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLaFDKSI8Ys

Heading over to the Yamanote Line platform(s) - walking past the busy South Exit ticket gates and down to... the wrong platform (wrong direction)!

新宿南口の人々(プラットホームが間違えた)  東京

"Boarding Yamanote Line in Shinjuku (Friday Evening)" (100820Fr-1721)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KyPLampNgY

Hurrying down the platform in Shinjuku before getting on a Shibuya/Shinagawa-bound Yamanote Line train.

新宿駅で内回りの山手線を乗る  東京

"Shinjuku to Yoyogi (Left Side - Yamanote Line)" (100820Fr-1722)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DqXM6s6bg8

Looking out a left-side window of a Yamanote Line train as it rolls from Shinjuku to Yoyogi.

山手線で新宿駅から、代々木駅まで (左側)  東京

"Yoyogi to Harajuku (Left Side - Yamanote Line)" (100820Fr-1723)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXZFlSOTUwI

Looking out a left-side window of a Yamanote Line train as it rolls from Yoyogi to Harajuku.

山手線で代々木駅から、原宿駅まで (左側)  東京

"Harajuku to Shibuya (Left Side - Yamanote Line)" (100820Fr-1726)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3P_rSomvcc

Looking out a left-side window of a Yamanote Line train as it rolls from Harajuku to Shibuya.

山手線で原宿駅から、渋谷駅まで (左側)  東京

"Ebisu to Meguro (Left Side - Yamanote Line)" (100820Fr-1730)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32IvGoVcu0g

Looking out a left-side window of a Yamanote Line train as it rolls from Ebisu to Meguro.

山手線で恵比寿駅から、目黒駅まで (左側)  東京

"Meguro to Gotanda (Left Side - Yamanote Line)" (100820Fr-1732)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWLq4RDEayQ

Looking out a left-side window of a Yamanote Line train as it rolls from Meguro to Gotanda.

山手線で目黒駅から、五反田駅まで (左側)  東京

"Osaki to Shinagawa (Left Side - Yamanote Line)" (100820Fr-1736)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjL1bOzMQnI

Looking out a left-side window of a Yamanote Line train as it rolls from Osaki to Shinagawa.

山手線で大崎駅から、品川駅まで (左側)  東京

"Shinagawa Transfer - Yamanote to Tokaido" (100820Fr-1740)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etERlLstPYY

Changing from the Yamanote Line to the Tokaido Line at Shinagawa during the early part of the rush period.

品川駅で山手線から東海道線に乗り換え  東京

"Boarding Tokaido Line at Shinagawa" (100820Fr-1742)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft3Hmml8x3Q

Boarding the Tokaido Line at Shinagawa Station.

品川駅で東海道線を乗る  東京

"Inside Outbound Tokaido Line Train" (100820Fr-1748)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34E-Yn-3aOA

Inside an outbound Tokaido Line train between Shinagawa and Kawasaki.

下り東海道線電車の中  東京

"Kawasaki Train Tornado" (100820Fr-1752)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoLal8vktmA

Here's what happens when you get caught in the vortex of a couple of Tokaido Line trains going in opposite directions.

川崎駅の東海道線竜巻  東京

"Kawasaki Station Crowds - Friday Evening" (100820Fr-1756)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCGXKknegks

Walking through crowds of people heading for the exit gates at Kawasaki Station on a Friday evening.

川崎駅の夕方ラッシュの人々  東京

"Exiting Kawasaki Station (Friday Evening)" (100820Fr-1801)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJJWrVSOfFA

Passing through the ticket barrier at Kawasaki Station on a Friday evening during the evening homeward-bound rush.

川崎駅の改札口を通る (金曜日の夕方ラッシュ)  東京

"Kawasaki Station Waiting Area (Beside the Clock)" (100820Fr-1802)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A63FjWhvMw

Walking around the waiting area by the clock in Kawasaki Station.

川崎駅の待ち合わせ所 (時計の下)  東京

"Departing Outbound Tokaido Line Train at 12:00 a.m." (100820Fr-2358)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foe1jlqjdws

Watching an outbound Tokaido Line train departing Kawasaki Station.

川崎駅の下り東海道線が出発  東京

"Waiting for Inbound Tokaido Line at Kawasaki (12:00 a.m.)" (100821Fr-0000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsxFpFveV48

Waiting on a platform at Kawasaki Station for an inbound Tokaido Line train at 12:00 midnight.

川崎駅の上り東海道線を待っているところ  東京

"Waiting for a Yamanote Line Train at 12:22 a.m." (100821Fr-0022)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoiQ2UrwE24

Waiting for a Shinjuku/Ikebukuro-bound Yamanote Line at (I think) Osaki Station.

外回り山手線を夜中の12:22に待っている  東京

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

http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.com/

Okuno Building - August 17th, 2010

Okuno Building (奥野ビル)

Okuno Building (奥野ビル)

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

"Yamanote Blue Platform Lights" (091127-1753)

The blue lights at the end of the platform are supposed to cheer people up who are depressed.  I wonder if it actually works?

"Yamanote Blue Platform Lights"

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

"Construction Next to Okuno Building - Rear View" - (091126-1801)

Looking out a rear window of the Okuno Building on November 26th, 2009 - past the neighboring construction site and over towards the Yonei Building, which is a couple of years older than the Okuno Building.

"Construction Next To Okuno Building - Rear View"

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://tokyoartmusic.blogspot.com/
Copyright 2009

"Shinagawa, Keikyu Line, Shinbashi Back Streets, and Purple Night Yurakucho"

A large batch of clips this time - starting with the Keikyu Line in Shinagawa, then going outside Shinagawa Station and having a look at the taxi area in front of the station.  From there I go to Shinbashi where I exit the train system and walk around on the side streets where there are still some old izakaya (although they are rapidly disappearing).  Finally I go to Yurakucho and look around a bit there.

"Keikyu Trains Arriving at Shinagawa Station" (100730Fr-1737)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_QrHbhqxjo

Watching Keikyu trains (one of them the single-headlamp type) simultaneously arriving at Shinagawa Station from opposite directions.

京急線の電車々が品川駅に到着  東京

"Listening to Musical Motors Train Departing Shinagawa" (100730Fr-1740)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXIYfsSuevY

Listening to (and watching) an outbound Keikyu Line train departing Shinagawa Station.

京急線の音楽らしいモーター電車が品川駅に出発する  東京

"Heading for JR Transfer Gates from Keikyu Line" (100730Fr-1741)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j5uNnx5hT0

Walking from the inbound platform at Keikyu's Shinagawa Station over to the transfer gates that lead over to the JR lines.

京急鉄道から、 JR乗り換え口までの散歩  東京

"Keikyu Shinagawa Outbound Platform" (100730Fr-1751)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDiUA7IFKRc

Watching an outbound train come in to the first stop on its run - Shinagawa.  In the case of Toei subway trains, they come in with a load of people from the Toei-Asakusa Line, but for the Keikyu Line trains, Shinagawa is the fist stop on the line.

京急品川の下りホームで都営浅草線の電車が遣って来る  東京

"Keikyu Train Begins U-Turn at Shinagawa" (100730Fr-1754)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j7SSOP_-KA

A Keikyu Line train beginning a U-turn operation to get it off of the inbound tracks and onto the outbound tracks and back at the station to head back out.

京急品川の電車がU-ターン作業の始まり  東京

"Toei-Asakusa Train Arrives at Keikyu's Shinagawa Station" (100730Fr-1755)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqCuNvLLoSQ

Watching an already fairly full Toei-Asakusa subway line train arrive at Keikyu's Shinagawa Station.  This is very convenient for people working on the Asakusa Line who need to transfer to the Keikyu Line, as they can take one train to get home.  (The fare if the same either way, but this saves them the physical bother of getting off of one train and onto another.)

都営浅草(地下鉄)線の電車が京急品川駅に到着します  東京

"Keikyu-Shinagawa Station - Heading for the Exit" (100730Fr-1759)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQHTacFGcIo

Heading from the outbound platform of Keikyu Shinagawa Station - down the stairs - and towards the street-level ticket gate barrier.

京急品川駅の出口に向かう  東京

"Crowds in Front of Shinagawa Station" (100730Fr-1800)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMvAt4lSOq4

Walking through/in the evening rush crowds of people in front of Shinagawa Station.

品川駅前のラッシュ時間人々  東京

"Area in Front of Shinagawa Station" (100730Fr-1801)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGxoFL6Mj6E

Looking around in front of Shinagawa Station - from the taxi stands to the escalator leading up into the station.

品川駅前のラッシュ時間  東京

"Shinbashi Station - Departing Yamanote Line Train" (100730Fr-1821)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7M-W69tsNc

Watching a Yamanote Line train departing from Shinbashi Station - and then walking down the platform as a Keihin-Tohoku Line train leaves in the same direction, and a Yamanote Line train comes in going the other way (on a neighboring platform).

山手線の電車が新橋駅から出発する  東京

"Shinbashi Station Yamanote/Keihin-Tohoku Line Platform Walk" (100730Fr-1823)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSiVXyVvYnM

Walking down one of the Yamanote Line & Keihin Tohoku Line platforms at Shinbashi Station during the evening rush.

新橋駅の山手線や京浜東北線ホームの散歩  東京

"Shinbashi Station - Exiting Station During Rush Period" (100730Fr-1839)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JRiMw5SjVM

Exiting Shinbashi Station during the rush period - heading over towards the SL-Plaza.

通勤ラッシュの時に新橋駅から出る  東京

"Shinbashi Street Scene - Walking Away from Shinbashi Station" (100730Fr-1841)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mifcS-qlvU

Looking around a little in Shinbashi, and then walking off down the street, heading away from Shinbashi Station.

新橋ストレートシーン、新橋駅から山手線内方向に歩き出す  東京

"Shinbashi Streets - Izakaya, Etc-A" (100730Fr-1844)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYF5VHY2QzY

Walking around on some back streets in Shinbashi.  These streets used to be very thick with retro-izakaya shops, but their numbers decrease year by year as the city becomes ever more modern; which is part of what Tokyo is of course, but the loss of the old stuff makes things - in some senses - less interesting.

新橋夕方ストレートシーン、居酒屋など (A)  東京

"Shinbashi Streets - Izakaya, Etc-B" (100730Fr-1850)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD0GddLoDAM

Continuing to walk around on back streets in Shinbashi.  It's fun walking on paths were there are no cars or trucks, and the narrowness of the streets is more interesting than if the streets were wide.

新橋夕方ストレートシーン、居酒屋など (B)  東京

"Shinbashi Streets - Izakaya, Etc-C" (100730Fr-1852)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBxNXW8Wkxg

These streets are still kind of interesting, but they were much more interesting before most of the signs were blazing florescent lights and half the buildings were blank walls rising up like impenetrable fortresses....

新橋夕方ストレートシーン、居酒屋など (C)  東京

"Shinbashi Streets - Izakaya, Etc-D" (100730Fr-1856)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL6lt4z_XAc

This is a very short clip, but this captures the 2010 atmosphere while walking around looking for a restaurant or izakaya to visit.

新橋夕方ストレートシーン、居酒屋など (D)  東京

"Shinbashi SL-Plaza - 7:00 p.m." (100730Fr-1904)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVMSsTly5Y

Looking around Shinbashi SL Plaza as a clock strikes seven and the last illumination of the sun lights up the western sky.

夕方の新橋SL広場: 19:00時  東京

"Near Imperial Palace Hotel" (100730Fr-1916)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUIqaE_qTP8

Looking around in the twilight of July 30th, 2010 near the Imperial Hotel.

夕方で帝国ホテルの近くの見回り  東京

"Yurakucho Street Scene - by Overhead Railway" (100730Fr-1917)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paipXWXQea0

Walking along a street in Yurakucho that runs in parallel with the elevated railways - listening to the sound of the trains and watching people look for restaurants, etc.

夕方の有楽町 - 居酒屋通りを歩きながら、電車の音を聞く  東京

"Yurakucho - Walking Around" (100730Fr-1920)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsrsFzSCswY

Walking around on a Friday night in Yurakucho - past izakayas, etc.

有楽町金曜日の夜散歩、居酒屋赤提灯など  東京

"Yurakucho - Under Tracks Izakaya" (100730Fr-1921)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWeMMy_78zk

Walking by some izakaya under the elevated tracks in Yurakucho.

有楽町ガード下の居酒屋  東京

"Yurakucho - Contemplating the Evening" (100730Fr-2012)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXbCaofrfE8

Looking out into the purple Yurakucho night and reading/feeling the night winds....

夜の有楽町 - 夜の意味を読み取ろうと...  東京

"Evening Yurakucho-SB" (100730Fr-2015)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWl_yJDhi3Q

Looking around from street level seating at the Yurakucho SB.

夜の有楽町-SB  東京

"Yurakucho Steel Bridge Izakaya" (100730Fr-2250)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2CGgS8-ovs

Walking by tables and chairs set up under a steel bridge in Yurakucho.  (I don't think they do this at this location when the weather is cold...)

有楽町の鉄橋下の居酒屋  東京

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

"1956 & 1959 Shinjuku (Construction Wall Pictures)"

There are some old, large photos on a construction wall in Kabukicho in Shinjuku, which the following are pictures of.

1956 Shinjuku (in Tokyo)

1959 Shinjuku

1959 Shinjuku

LHS

"Shinagawa, Shinbashi, Yurakucho, and the Keihin-Tohoku Line"

Views of Shinagawa - starting from the Keikyu Railways part of Shinagawa Station, going outside and looking around in front of the station, and then entering the JR part of the station.  From there I ride the Keihin-Tohoku Line from... Ooimachi Station (I went the wrong way when I got on in Shinagawa and had to backtrack) to Shinagawa, then up to Shinbashi - station by station, where I look around inside Shinbashi Station a bit.

"Shinagawa Station - Subway Departs, and Single Headlamp Single Door Train Arrives" (100730-1756)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q0-wUblYUM

Standing at the head of the outbound platform on the Keikyu platform at Shinagawa, I watch a Toei subway train depart, and then a Keikyu single-headlamp, single door (compared to the usual twin doors) train arrive.

京急品川駅で電車が行ったり来たり。

"Shinagawa Station - Evening Crowds" (100730-1802)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y42isCPm2FI

Evening crowds at Shinagawa Station - starting with walking through the ticket gates and then walking around a bit inside the station.

品川駅夕方ラッシュの人々

"Shinagawa Station Jungle Walk" (100730-1804)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC8o9csN56o

Doing the jungle walk inside Shinagawa Station during the evening rush, eventually walking down the stairs and onto a Keihin-Tohoku Line train.

品川駅夕方ラッシュのサファリ散歩

"Ooimachi to Shinagawa - Right Side View" (100730-1810)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXPkN52smkk

Riding the Keihin-Tohoku Line from Ooimachi Station to Shinagawa Station - looking out a right-side window.

京浜東北線の右側 - 大井町駅から、品川駅まで

"Shinagawa to Tamachi - Right-Side View" (100730-1813)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asJlKKykiuc

Riding the Keihin-Tohoku Line from Shinagawa Station to Tamachi Station - looking out a right-side window.  Along the way, the train passes by parked trains in the Shinagawa train yards, where several different types of trains can be seen.  As the train nears Tamachi, a Yamanote Line train - running in parallel - pulls ahead.

京浜東北線の右側 - 品川駅から、田町駅まで

"Tamachi to Hamamatsucho - Right Side View" (100730-1816)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6XcW5-j3Us

Riding the Keihin-Tohoku Line from Tamachi Station to Hamamatsucho Station, looking out a right-side window during the ride.

京浜東北線の右側 - 田町駅から、浜松町駅まで

"Hamamatsucho to Shinbashi - Right-Side View" (100730-1819)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnPA408uHtU

Riding the Keihin-Tohoku Line from Hamamatsucho Station to Shinbashi Station, looking out a right-side window during the ride.

京浜東北線の右側 - 浜松町駅から、新橋町駅まで

"Shinbashi Station - Tokaido Line Platform Jungle Walk" (100730-1825)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD1xgvDo2Ds

Walking through evening crowds on the Tokaido Line platform at Shinbashi Station.

新橋駅の東海道線ホームのサファリ散歩

"Shinbashi Station 15-Car Length Evening Platform Walk" (100730-1828)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMm0vNJct4

A walk down the full length of the Tokaido Line platform at Shinbashi Station.

新橋駅の東海道線ホームの隅から隅まで散歩

"Shinbashi Station - Trains Coming and Going" (100730-1836)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqhZd9HOv8

Watching trains coming and going at Shinbashi Station during the evening rush.

新橋駅の東海道線ホームから、電車が行ったり来たり

"Under-Tracks Walk - Shinbashi to Yurakucho (100730-1911)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF_fBsGzaAo

Walking under the railway most of the way from Shinbashi to Yurakucho.

新橋から、有楽町まで、線路下で歩く。

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

"Abstract from July 1990, and Front Cab Keikyu Line Views"

After a look back two decades ago to some experimentation I did in July 1990, the rest of the clips are of several front-cab views on the Keikyu Line.  The beginning clips are from back-tracking after having ridden too far, and the other clips are of the return trip to Shinagawa, after having spent several hours in Yokohama.

"Abstract - July 27th, 1990 (Tokyo)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh6Zx_eMLok

Abstract view of part of Tokyo on July 27th, 1990.  No special effects were used for this - just camera motion recorded onto analog tape.

"Keikyu Line - Kamiooka to Gumyoji" (100730Fr-1342)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Yy0Xdmi2Y

Riding a Keikyu Line train from Kamiooka Station to Gumyoji Station.

京急線 - 上大岡駅から、弘明寺駅まで  東京

"Keikyu Line - Gumyoji to Idogaya" (100730Fr-1344)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kT5QQWMA5A

Riding a Keikyu Line train from Gumyoji Station to Idogaya Station.

京急線 - 弘明寺駅から、井土ヶ谷駅まで  東京

"Keikyu Line - Idogaya to Minamiota" (100730Fr-1346)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAE3p5rkzrU

Riding a Keikyu Line train from Idogaya Station to Minamiota Station.

京急線 - 井土ヶ谷駅から、南太田駅まで  東京

"Minamiota Station Wait (While Express Passes)" (100730Fr-1349)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzJuzfh82rk

Waiting inside a local Keikyu Line train at Minamiota Station while an express train passes.

京急線 - 南太田駅で待っている間に急行が通る  東京

"Keikyu Line - Minamiota to Koganecho" (100730Fr-1354)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cHpS4m056I

Riding a Keikyu Line train from Minamiota Station to Koganecho Station.

京急線 - 南太田駅から、黄金町駅まで  東京

"Trains Passing at Koganecho Station" (100730Fr-1359)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EhJfurum2o

Watching trains passing at Koganecho Station - including a single-headlight type inbound train and an outbound blue train.

京急線 - 黄金町駅で、通る電車を見る  東京

"Boarding Train at Hinodecho Station" (100730Fr-1659)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPbLVnwRrBg

Boarding a local Keikyu Line train at Hinodecho Station.

京急線 - 日ノ出町駅で電車を乗る  東京

"Keikyu Platform at Yokohama Station" (100730Fr-1704)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh7_TD47hog

Watching an inbound Keikyu Line train depart at Yokohama Station while waiting for my train.

京急線 - 横浜駅で電車を見ると待つ  東京

"Waiting for Train in Yokohama" (100730Fr-1706)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcyo3C0QP0g

Looking around on a Keikyu platform at Yokohama Station, and then boarding my train when it comes in.

横浜駅で電車を待つ  東京

"Keikyu Line - Yokohama to Kanagawa-Shinmachi" (100730Fr-1707)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLHTG9KFL3I

Riding a Keikyu Line train from Yokohama Station to Kanagawa-Shinmachi Station.

京急線 - 横浜駅から、神奈川新町駅まで  東京

"Keikyu Line - Kanagawa-Shinmachi to Keikyu-Kawasaki" (100730Fr-1710)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yPYpPTKkz0

Riding a Keikyu Line train from Kanagawa-Shinmachi Station to Keikyu-Kawasaki Station.

京急線 - 神奈川新町駅から、京急川崎駅まで  東京

"Keikyu Line - Keikyu-Kawasaki to Keikyu-Kamata" (100730Fr-1717)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPbrel9Shgc

Riding a Keikyu Line train from Keikyu-Kawasaki Station to Keikyu-Kamata Station.

京急線 - 京急川崎駅から、京急蒲田駅まで  東京

"Keikyu Line - Keikyu-Kamata to Heiwajima" (100730Fr-1721)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc8kN-FVxjc

Riding a Keikyu Line train from Keikyu-Kamata Station to Heiwajima Station.

京急線 - 京急蒲田駅から、平和島駅まで  東京

"Keikyu Line - Heiwajima to Aomono-Yokocho" (100730Fr-1725)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYZSYcvVhYU

Riding a Keikyu Line train from Heiwajima Station to Aomono-Yokocho Station.

京急線 - 平和島駅から、青物横丁駅まで  東京

"Keikyu Line - Aomono-Yokocho to Shinagawa" (100730Fr-1728)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdqF5hzYvqg

Riding a Keikyu Line train from Aomono-Yokocho Station to Shinagawa Station.

京急線 - 青物横丁駅から、品川駅まで  東京

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

"Okuno Building Basement Details/Mysteries (Side-A)" August 2010

In the well and pump room, there is a what appears to be a sidewalk-style skylight at the back of the room, which is covered by concrete on the outside now.  External fire damage in 1945 probably damaged the glass.

This bricked in space behind heavy steel doors is a mystery to everyone I've spoken with.  The evident haste with which the bricks have been put in adds to the mystery....

The only half-plausible idea I've been able to imagine for what this was, is that maybe it was a coal chute for the originally configured building's boiler, which was most likely on this side, the basement of the original half of the building, next to the well and pump room.

For more details on the Okuno Building, click here.

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