2014 Maebashi Trip, Ginza, Etc.: 1990 Nihonbashi, Marunouchi, Machida, Miyahara, Kudanshita, Iidabashi, Etc.

The most notable views from 2014 in this batch of 1990 and 2014 videos show several scenes I recorded while taking a day trip to Maebashi.  I don't know exactly why, but I've always liked Maebashi - from the sound of the name, to the relaxed feeling of the area.  I haven't been there often, but when I've gone, I've always enjoyed the area.  It was also nice to ride in the old type JR trains on the Ryomo Line (between Takasaki and Maebashi).

Jumping back 24 years to July 1990, there are views of several areas, mainly the ones listed in the title of this post above.  I think the walkabout clips of the Marunouchi District and of Machida may be the most interesting, along with (shorter) walkabout views of Miyahara (in Saitama) and the Kudanshita and Iidabashi areas (the daytime view that is - the nighttime view is a bit dark, as the lighting was barely enough to take pictures in with the camera I was using at the time).

Other that that, the titles are mostly self-explanatory.  This first short one (immediate below this paragraph) taken in a platform stand-as-you-eat restaurant I like.  The soba noodles were quite good, and it was interesting to look out the window and see the Yamanote Line so close!

プラットホームの蕎麦 Platform Soba Noodles 140619
http://youtu.be/BSa3mlcCA3A

Yamanote Line Train Arriving at Gotanda 五反田駅の山手線がやって来る 140619
http://youtu.be/jcZKCpVIBKw

Arriving at Koigakubo - Seibu-Kokubunji Line 西武国分寺線 恋ヶ窪駅に到着 140620
http://youtu.be/nhULfPTCMX8

御茶ノ水駅-東京駅 中央線 Ochanomizu to Tokyo - Chuo Line 140620
http://youtu.be/-r-dHWHKw6k

東京駅ホームの様子 Tokyo Station - Waiting for Yamanote Line 140620
http://youtu.be/bbMmPpM56d8

高崎駅から出発 両毛線 Departing Takasaki Station - Ryomo Line 140629
http://youtu.be/mwbShrRp16Q

This one is overexposed (never mind why, that's a long story), but I left the camera running until the live announcement (from the conductor in the rear of the train) was finished, as I thought it was important to get that recorded.  More and more trains rely on (highly irritating) recordings, so listen and see how much nicer an announcement is from a real live human being.

There is one thing, and one thing only that is good about the recordings - since they are lifeless set things, the volume of the playback is (usually) set at a non-painful level, while with the manual human announcements, sometimes they crank up the volume so loud that it's actually painful, or (the other extreme), it's so quiet that you can't hear what they are saying.

高崎駅-前橋駅 両毛線 Takasaki to Maebashi - Ryomo Line 140629
http://youtu.be/dPF7IWwDUak

This is far enough out of Tokyo that the atmosphere is quite different.  In going from Tokyo to an area in the country, probably the most striking thing when exiting a station is a sensation of "Where is everybody?", as there appear to be very few people out and about.  But you get used to that rapidly; it's the new normal in matter of about an hour, and then you just relax.  Upon returning to Tokyo, you change trains in one of the busy hub stations, and then you think "!!!!! Wow!!  There are an *amazing* number of people here!!".  But again, within an hour or so, that becomes normal again and you're back where you started (assuming you're a resident of Tokyo).

東京駅ホーム側の工事現場 End of Platform Construction Zone at Tokyo Station 140620
http://youtu.be/L5TAzCAx4l0

They've been doing some kind of construction in this area for years now... it appears to be approaching completion now?

有楽町駅-東京駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 140620
http://youtu.be/jjEo2fsLku8

Ochanomizu Reflections - Chuo Line 夜中央線 御茶ノ水反射 140620
http://youtu.be/WTkgrd2-ZQE

Evening Nishi-Shinjuku 夕暮れの西新宿 元淀橋 140624
http://youtu.be/n8JlA66c0Ig

Nearing Kokubunji - Seibu-Kokubunji Line 国分寺駅に近づく 西武国分寺線 140626
http://youtu.be/_AzdP7mMRWE

Tokyo Station Zero Marker 140626
http://youtu.be/OlKuOlQUf8o

It's hard to believe that I really haven't seen this before, but I don't remember it.  I just happened to be standing next to it one day, and so took this video to record the zero marker.  Tokyo is considered the zero point of the country and distances are measured from here... I think.  The real center is the center of Nihonbashi Bridge, but I guess this is the rail version at Tokyo Station.

Maruyama Norio 丸山則夫 Photo Exhibition at Art Space Rondo 140619
http://youtu.be/C30fjtrYv34

Art Space Rondo June 2014 Exhibition A アートスペースロンド六月展示会 140626
http://youtu.be/c9rvd8UdyMA

Art Space Rondo June 2014 Exhibition B アートスペースロンド六月展示会 140626
http://youtu.be/YX8sSWvCUGs

飯田橋駅-神田駅 総武線と中央線 Iidabashi to Kanda - Sobu と Chuo Line 140627
http://youtu.be/Whko0XrDRMk

中央線光と影とエスカレーター Chuo Line Light and Shadow 140627
http://youtu.be/Hxwszjmup5U

朝東京駅ホームの様子 Looking Around on a Tokyo Station Platform 140627
http://youtu.be/OkmKh1O81Ak

東京駅-品川駅 山手線 Tokyo to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140627
http://youtu.be/v8mbfDm3ljM

Walking Towards Osaki Station 夕方大崎駅向き 140627
http://youtu.be/vkI3R-Rd9Pg

Waiting for Yamanote Line at Osaki 大崎駅山手線ホーム 140627
http://youtu.be/8P5hwqanG30

昭和七年のビルの元談話室辺り 140627
http://youtu.be/c2VkycCs3Eo

Art Space Rondo June 2014 Exhibition C アートスペースロンド六月展示会 140627
http://youtu.be/PWjs-PoCYdA

Art Space Rondo June 2014 Exhibition D アートスペースロンド六月展示会 140627
http://youtu.be/rbFPTp1u69g

昭和七年のビルの階段とビルの夜顔 140627
http://youtu.be/SJojZVdktC0

有楽町晴海通り夕方散歩 Evening Showa-Dori Stroll 140627
http://youtu.be/kre0RFwgVJ0

Entering Yurakucho Yakitori Area 有楽町焼き鳥通り 140627
http://youtu.be/6joXckwst70

居酒屋の音とグラス響く Izakaya Sounds and Glass Echoes 140627g
http://youtu.be/jVMqk7D3X9I

I rather like this... I was about to leave an old izakaya under the elevated tracks that I had stopped at for a beer and some yakitori, but as I looked in my nearly empty glass, the view and surrounding sounds seemed interesting, so I made this visual and audio recording, capturing a few elements of the izakaya experience.

Yurakucho Nighttime Track-side 有楽町 140627
http://youtu.be/yga_QJ6bpr0

有楽町駅-東京駅 京浜東北線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140627
http://youtu.be/3zhCpqXXsBk

Omiya - About to Board Takasaki Line Train 大宮駅 高崎線 140629
http://youtu.be/Q49aTa-8KcE

前橋駅の前 暑い六月の日 Hot June Day at Maebashi Station 140629
http://youtu.be/sPnulINOP2w

前橋駅前 バスが通る Buses in Front of Maebashi Station 140629
http://youtu.be/Kl-R6bWhpXc

前橋のバスを乗る 内部ビュー Maebashi Bus Ride 140629
http://youtu.be/V-sYOJobewA

前橋バス内部と外部ビュー Maebashi Bus Ride 140629
http://youtu.be/9XXEUdT0zKo

Maebashi Bus Ride in the Rain 雨の前橋バスを乗る 前向き 140629
http://youtu.be/0y70aIVb5y8

前橋駅のホーム 両毛線の電車が遣って来る Maebashi Station - Ryomo Line 140629
http://youtu.be/k2pPPhhNpVk

前橋駅から出発 両毛線電車内 Departing Maebashi Station via Ryomo Line 140629
http://youtu.be/wDsygrwlcNc

高崎駅-倉賀野駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Takasaki Line 140629
http://youtu.be/VsijmkyW-ug

新町駅に到着 高崎線 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Takasaki Line 140629
http://youtu.be/4ap39kcfBUU

高崎線窓風景 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Takasaki Line 140629
http://youtu.be/OyXO4J9ksLc

Takasaki Line - June Afternoon Window View 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 140629
http://youtu.be/TS_9LH-29yk

夕方高崎線の窓風景 Evening Takasaki Line Window View 140629
http://youtu.be/3M60whUBvSU

上尾駅-大宮駅 高崎線 夕暮れ風景 Ageo to Omiya - Takasaki Line Evening View 140629
http://youtu.be/9_7iGCBYr-M

Saikyo Line Arriving at Omiya 大宮駅で埼京線が遣って来る 140629
http://youtu.be/dUnY573CoXk

1990 日本橋室から両国までの散策散歩 Nihonbashi to Ryogoku Night Walkabout 900702
http://youtu.be/tGaRDPWODjE

[Above] I don't actually recommend this one.  This first video camera that I was using didn't record night scenes very well, and much of this is so dark it's hard to make sense off.  Still, it captures some elements of the area I walked though and gets more watchable when I get to the river area, which had brighter illumination.

1990 両国駅-新宿駅 総武線と中央線 Ryogoku to Shinjuku Sobu と Chuo Lines 900702
http://youtu.be/SOkVDwuM9tA

1990 Late Night Train Leaving Station ひばりヶ丘駅の夜下り電車 900702
http://youtu.be/xh5VQsJTQRo

1990 丸の内昼間彼方此方散策散歩 Daytime Marunouchi District Walkabout 900703
http://youtu.be/-r5hMUr2Sf4

If you're interested in how the Marunouchi District was before the extensive reconstruction it has undergone in the quarter century since this was taken, I definitely recommend this video.

The post-Great Kanto Earthquake concrete buildings of the Marunouchi District (although the Marunouchi Building was actually built before the quake - and survived it well), which were mostly built in the 1930's, were of a solid construction and designed before the advent of air conditioning and florescent lighting, so they had openable windows and were designed to let air circulate though the building.  Modern buildings with their recirculating air systems leave me feeling like a goldfish in a bowl that needs to have the water changed.

Aside from that - there was something very familiar about this area before it was redeveloped.  The redevelopment was done well I think, but I do miss the atmosphere of the old 1930's buildings.

1990 東京駅-新宿駅 中央線 Tokyo to Shinjuku - Chuo Line 900703
http://youtu.be/cGhVduKZG4A

1990 新宿東口15秒 Quick 15-Second Shinjuku Spin - East Side 900703
http://youtu.be/Dj3HVN9WVyQ

1990 FF-Dinner 急ぎの夕外食 900703
http://youtu.be/3acDUm_FRdY

1990 池袋駅 帰る道 Late Evening Ikebukuro Station 900703
http://youtu.be/n6N_D_X9VpI

1990 新宿駅と町田駅 Shinjuku Station and Machida Station 900704
http://youtu.be/Z_3vrd5uAtU

1990 Machida Walkabout 町田散策散歩 900704
http://youtu.be/mNZfF7E6LNA

I had intended to spend a couple of hours just walking around in the Machida Station area, but the rain chased me indoors (it was a fine mist that was getting under the umbrella and onto the lens), so the last half of this video is a pretty detailed look inside a couple of the department stores in the area.  This seems historically interesting to me, as there are fewer and fewer of this type of heavily staffed department store.  The new model is cutting costs in any way possible and so typically modern stores only have a skeleton crew - mainly just operating the checkout area.

1990 新型定期券自動販売機 New Commuter Pass Machine 900704
http://youtu.be/Anqv76GbsHY

In 2014, this is just an ordinary thing that everyone is used to, but in 1990, this was very new, and the two people I recorded buying commuter passes from the machine were very clearly using this type of machine for the very first time.

This kind of transition recording is important for future reference I think, as relying on actors from the past (via old movies and TV dramas, etc.) to show people in the present/future how it was always generates mistakes.  This is the real thing.

1990 ロマンスカー 町田-新宿 Romance Car Ride - Machida to Shinjuku 900704
http://youtu.be/TUJuxNLvdNU

Back in 1990, there were several times I recorded taking the Odakyu Romance Car to Machida, but the schedule for the trains was such that I usually took a regular express train back to Shinjuku, so this Romance Car ride going in the other direction - from Machida to Shinjuku - is rare (within my videos).  I also left the camera running more than usual, so it's a good record of the scene out a left-side window.

1990 新宿駅 Shinjuku Station Walkabout 900704
http://youtu.be/EZsZGwihztU

This has some interesting content in it - I only wish I'd spent a little more time and taken a more careful record.  Basically it's Shinjuku Station from the upper exit of the Odakyu Line, into the JR section via the west entrance, and then walking the width of the station and going up to the Saikyo Line platform, with the video ending as I get on a Saikyo Line train.

1990 宮原駅辺りとバスと奈良町など Miyahara Station と Bus と Naracho 900704
http://youtu.be/j7tcGJ8Mrho

This probably should have been two videos, since there's a several hour gap in the middle and the video suddenly goes from the afternoon to twilight, and then it becomes night as I walk around recording video, but I decided to make it one clip as it was mostly taken in the same area.

1990 田町駅辺りなど Tamachi Station Area Etc - Comic Book Afternoon 900705
http://youtu.be/M7ClOY3oUpY

July 1990... this was the last part of the bubble era, and the beginnings of the end of the bubble era were already starting to happen.  I bring this up, because it was a very slow day in the office this day - thus the woman reading a comic book - and the company went bankrupt within a year of when this was taken.

Thinking back - I remember the uneasy feeling of a too-quiet office... the writing was already on the wall.  The expression I give the camera at the end of this doesn't seem to show any of that, but I was basically just laughing about having recorded over the shoulder of the comic-book-reading woman without her having noticed.

1990 新宿駅-九段下駅 都営新宿線 Shinjuku to Kudanshita - Toei-Shinjuku Line 900705
http://youtu.be/Wc2QGFg17C0

1990 九段下駅辺りの散策散歩 Kudanshita Station Walkabout 900705
http://youtu.be/WdL0WehaPic

1990 飯田橋駅で有楽町線を乗る Boarding Yurakucho Line at Iidabashi Station 900705
http://youtu.be/Mb9tLK20dB0

1990 飯田橋駅辺りなどの散策散歩 Iidabashi Station Area Walkabout 900706
http://youtu.be/-TdRGOZdlnM

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

1990 Shinjuku, Ginza, Cruise Ship, Etc.; 2014 Rainy Oji, Senzokuike, Tokyu Lines, Shibuya, Etc.

In this batch of videos from 1990 and 2014, what stands out for me are the 1990 visit to a big cruise ship at Harumi (that had just been built), a rainy evening in Oji, and views of three different Tokyu Railway lines.

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新橋駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinbashi 900626
http://youtu.be/QKYXN6Sz_lM

1990 新橋銀座などの散歩 Shinbashi and Ginza Walkabout 900626
http://youtu.be/6KuMNEtWAQk

1990年の都営三田線 御成門駅-神保町駅-新宿駅 900626
http://youtu.be/6iJBGtGxsyw

This one is important as I didn't use the Toei Subway system very often, so these views of Toei trains are fairly rare in my material from that time.

1990 Walk into Nishi-Shinjuku 西新宿に入る 900626
http://youtu.be/d9t4RMThCB4

1990 新宿夜散策散歩 Shinjuku Night Walkabout 900626
http://youtu.be/9apgVEm5Q5w

1990年 - 新宿夜散策散歩

1990年 - 新宿夜散策散歩

1990年の夜新宿駅 Nighttime Shinjuku Station 900626
http://youtu.be/ioAInv7fJCM

1990 池袋駅-武蔵浦和 埼京線 Ikebukuro to Musashi-Urawa 900627
http://youtu.be/N0Esivu2tcg

1990 武蔵浦和駅 池袋駅など Musashi-Urawa to Ikebukuro Etc 900627
http://youtu.be/Bm9k6xGvGKw

1990年の朝通勤 池袋駅-田町駅など Ikebukuro to Tamachi Etc 900628
http://youtu.be/d7kET-d1SIU

1990 田町お昼窓ビュー Lunchtime in Tamachi - Window View 900628
http://youtu.be/r8m0eeY3kMk

1990 On the Other Hand - Shinjuku カメラを止められなかった 900628
http://youtu.be/oWS0rqVpd0I

Taking pictures is one of those those things.  If you don't take any, it's easy to just keep going without taking pictures, but once you start taking pictures, oftentimes the mood will strike and you end up wanting to take more and more.  In this video, I'm on camera (in Shinjuku) saying I'm going to put the camera away for the day, and then suddenly I'm taking pictures a little further down the street - saying "On the other hand..."

1990 新宿夜とビヤガーデン Shinjuku Night - Beer Garden Etc 900628n
http://youtu.be/peJhah9P9FQ

Izakaya places seem to be as popular as ever, but there seem to be fewer rooftop beer gardens now compared to 1990....

1990 夜の新宿駅 西口と埼京線 Nighttime Shinjuku Station 900628
http://youtu.be/Qj9sZfU4RN0

1990 東京ドーム辺りの散策散歩 Tokyo Dome Area Walkabout 900629
http://youtu.be/CESg51Ud0_U

1990 水道橋駅-桜田門駅散策散歩 Central Tokyo Walkabout, 900629
http://youtu.be/IrKVPPUjq5o

1990 Game Center Walkabout 水道橋辺りのゲームセンター 900629
http://youtu.be/AM4FH3DkmjU

1990 桜田門駅-銀座一丁目駅 有楽町線 Sakuradamon to Ginza One-Chome 900629
http://youtu.be/7WlEYzzdBAU

1990 銀座夕方散歩 Ginza Chuo-Dori Walkabout 900629
http://youtu.be/iuSIw_xMUmw

1990 銀座駅-銀座線を乗る Boarding Ginza Line at Ginza 900629
http://youtu.be/aA9XXav-DxU

1990 銀座駅-雪谷大塚駅 迷子になった Ginza to Yukigaya-Otsuka 900629
http://youtu.be/u62T-0fLYJY

1990 夜中 雪谷大塚駅-保谷駅 Midnight Trains - Yukigaya-Otsuka to Hoya 900629
http://youtu.be/pxChmiw27LE

1990 大手町散策散歩 Otemachi Walkabout 900630
http://youtu.be/4OT3NjyUDp8

1990 東京国際郵便局の一見 Tokyo International Post Office Glimpse 900630
http://youtu.be/HYStw6EG_Pw

I say "glimpse" here for a reason - I didn't record more than a few seconds inside the building, and not much longer outside.  This building is currently sitting empty, looking forlorn.  I don't know what the plans are for it.  I think I only went here this one time.

What happened, is that I needed to send something overseas, and so I went to the "International Post Office", but the clerk was rude to me, the location wasn't very convenient, and it seemed that everything I could do at the "International Post Office", I could also do at the "Central Post Office", which was much more conveniently located (right next to Tokyo Station), so this was (I think) the first and last time I set foot inside the building.

1990 晴海までの特別バス Event Bus Ride to Harumi 900630
http://youtu.be/LeTlvl4I8wA

I just stumbled upon this free bus service to an event at Harumi, but in waiting for the next bus as I watched one fill up, I was able to sit down in the front seat just behind the driver, and there are some good (if not overly long) views of the original Marunouchi Building (as the bus drove by) and the route to Harumi in 1990.  There have many changes since then!

1990 Harumi Shopping Event 晴海の買い物イベント 900630
http://youtu.be/Y0fftrX7_G0

This appeared to be an event put on by a collection of high-end department stores, where they got together, rented space at the Harumi convention center, and had a big weekend sale.  1990 was the end of the peak of the bubble years, and deflation hadn't set in, so a sale like this drew out a lot of people.  Coming out of the shopping event, I was wandering around when I saw a huge cruise ship (see next video)....

クリスタルハーモニー 新品 1990年6月30日の内部 Crystal Harmony Cruise Ship Walkabout 900630
http://youtu.be/kJNczJl0kWA

It was fascinating to be just wandering around and to look up and see this huge ship!  As I comment on camera, it was amazing to me that such a huge thing floated!  Looking it up after posting this, I see that the length of Crystal Harmony (241m) is fairly close to the length of (former) Titanic (269m).  Some other ship sizes are listed below - the largest being the monster RMS Queen Mary-2 at 345m.

Crystal Harmony (1990–2006)
Asuka II (2006 onwards) - 790 ft (241 m)

Titanic - 882 ft 6 in (269 m)
Queen Mary - Length: 1,019.5 feet (311 m)
RMS Queen Elizabeth - 1,031 ft (314.2 m)
Queen Elizabeth 2 - 963 ft (293.5 m)
MS Queen Elizabeth - 965 ft (294 m)
RMS Queen Mary 2 - 1,132 ft (345 m)

1990 バス - 晴海から豊洲駅まで Bus - Harumi to Toyosu Station 900630
http://youtu.be/X_9w_IuogMI

1990 豊洲駅から有楽町線を乗る Toyosu Station - Boarding Yurakucho Line 900630
http://youtu.be/W1B8WRvdqpE

1990 ひばりが丘横道とか Hibarigaoka Side Street Glimpses 900630
http://youtu.be/0UZZ1BAc3HM

1990 田町昼散策散歩 Tamachi Lunchtime Walkabout 900702
http://youtu.be/Xu6tIoZnq-I

1990 日本橋の夜横道 Nihonbashi Side Streets - Night View 900702
http://youtu.be/eGJdQgkOpr4

新しい電車 高尾駅-高尾山口駅 京王線 New Keio Line Train 140602
http://youtu.be/GBkt-sT67Y0

高尾山口駅-高尾駅 京王線 Takaosanguchi to Takao Keio Line 140602
http://youtu.be/70zr2DbE7-w

王子夕暮れ雨 川辺り Oji Twilight Rain Near River Area 140606
http://youtu.be/MSBLGvKH8D0

湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 新宿駅から大崎駅まで SSLTCTK 140615
http://youtu.be/WiJHg1azlWg

元東急渋谷駅残りは少ない (Twilight) Vanishing Tokyu Shibuya Station 140615
http://youtu.be/zubn2oIker4

Midnight Frogs and Waterfall 夜中の蛙と滝 140602
http://youtu.be/DsnJ8x7EKYM

神田駅ホームの様子 Kanda Station Platform Wait 140605
http://youtu.be/QE5GmKHDTYw

Yamanote Line Train Entering Run from Train Yard by Osaki Station 140605
http://youtu.be/YjFA13AdA1I

Purple and Green - Flowering Plant 紫と緑 花 140605
http://youtu.be/9k2qWfx4ZJ0

Stairs to Yamanote Platform 山手線まで 大崎駅の階段 140606
http://youtu.be/nKJA7cLURng

大崎駅-品川駅 山手線 Osaki to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140606
http://youtu.be/aSDwD-ga7pg

京浜東北線の到着 Arriving Keihin-Tohoku Line Train 140606
http://youtu.be/qxCDG4AjbKE

王子駅 夕方の雨 Rainy Afternoon at Oji Station 140606
http://youtu.be/oQyAsIRd718

Walking Towards Oji Station in the Rain 雨の王子駅 140606
http://youtu.be/lWbUhAJreeE

王子緑 六月の夕方雨 Rainy June Evening in Oji 140606
http://youtu.be/a9xfQGpWckg

Buses at Oji Station - Mysterious New Noise - Compressor Maybe 140606
http://youtu.be/ynIjwASgPJQ

Rainy Side Street Near Oji Station 王子駅辺りの雨道 140606
http://youtu.be/yxsgvkpQ72E

池袋駅東口 雨の夜 Ikebukuro East Side - Rainy Night 140606
http://youtu.be/1UPCokQ22hY

所沢駅ホームの様子 Tokorozawa Station Platform - Rainy Night 140606
http://youtu.be/-y2A1kKBOMk

Boarding Seibu-Shinjuku Train at Tokorozawa 所沢駅の西武新宿線 140606
http://youtu.be/oehjrBaxD08

Train Going by Park 140609
http://youtu.be/b8lq0-WF1BE

Chuo Line Arriving at Shinjuku 中央線が新宿駅に到着 140610
http://youtu.be/gb8j6bMuprU

Taxi Area by Kokubunji Station 国分寺駅隣のタクシー乗り場 140611
http://youtu.be/mZrlmEd8iLo

Construction Area and Noisy Students by Kokubunji Station 140611
http://youtu.be/8RZLWOlOkMI

新宿駅隣の工事現場 Construction Area Next to Shinjuku Station 140615
http://youtu.be/UudaGAI4UlE

旗の台駅の木造ベンチ Hatanodai Wooden Benches 140615
http://youtu.be/v13cT2HcFc8

洗足池の一見 Evening Senzokuike Lake - Short Look 140615
http://youtu.be/jPKJBJIN_W0

Mass of Carp in Stream by Senzokuike Lake 140615
http://youtu.be/5oNLyW_4Xpg

洗足池の島の見回り 360 on Senzokuike Island 140615
http://youtu.be/Km7FKUy2NAc

Pedestrian Rail Underpass and Old Houses 140615
http://youtu.be/xPjlgncjWQU

井の頭線渋谷駅ホームの様子 Inokashira Line Shibuya Station Platform Walk 140615
http://youtu.be/FqApSOby2EY

吉祥寺駅で井の頭線から中央線の乗り換え Inokashira to JR Transfer at Kichijoji 140615
http://youtu.be/gN73GqhxeDg

洗足池駅に入る 改札口-ホーム Entering Senzokuike Station 140615
http://youtu.be/c79qgm2PYVI

洗足池駅-旗の台駅 東急池上線 Senzokuike to Hatanodai - Ikegami Line 140615g
http://youtu.be/nGtsnlcBDwA

旗の台駅南口-北千束駅 東急大井町線 Hatanodai to Kita-Senzoku - Oimachi Line 140615
http://youtu.be/4p3FVwz6-w4

緑が丘駅から出発 東急大井町駅 Departing Midorigaoka Station - Oimachi Line 140615
http://youtu.be/oNtGmdEfJ78

自由が丘駅 東横線のホームの様子 Jiyugaoka Station - Toyoko Line Platform 140615
http://youtu.be/g2lGd_8Yz9k

自由が丘駅-学芸大学 東急東横線 Jiyugaoka to Gakugei-Daigaku Toyoko Line 140615g
http://youtu.be/vCrTewQ-mmE

学芸大学-中目黒駅 東急東横線 Gakugei-Daigaku to Naka-Meguro Toyoko Line 140615
http://youtu.be/0JiS4WSTFCI

渋谷東口夕暮れ散策散歩 Shibuya Twilight Walkabout on East Side 140615
http://youtu.be/ISPSKLKtOBo

Twilight View - Ruins of Former Tokyu-Shibuya Station 夕暮れの元東急渋谷駅 140615
http://youtu.be/e9bCFCeKkvM

夕暮れ元東京渋谷駅工事現場 Former Tokyu-Shibuya Station Construction Zone 140615
http://youtu.be/UnO2CmoTM3U

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

Documentation Blues...

The whole story would require writing a book, but one element of it I touched on while explaining to a friend why the information is often slightly wrong (or missing) and the English is oftentimes a bit unnatural in hardware manufacturer press releases.  Following is a (slightly) modified version of what I wrote to my friend:

About that new device - I've been looking around on-line, and I've noticed a lot of Internet pages that all seem to be based on one press release from XYZ.  It's a fascinating piece of equipment and should be useful.  Regarding the fuzzy and confusing text on-line about it, I would say (based on the time I spent in the documentation department of a manufacturer), that this company has the same issues I saw at ABC.  To detail the process:

1) New product development is conducted under tight security, with little or no information shared outside of the R&D department.

2) Once each new product gets a green light to proceed, the marketing department gets some vague information regarding features, but little or no technical details.

3) At a certain point, the marketing department has to develop a marketing strategy, so they are provided with a little more information, and they begin to put together/write some presentation type material - based on very sketchy technical details.

4) Meanwhile, in another department, the operating instructions began to be written by people who have never actually touched (or even seen) the product, or sometimes based on a very early prototype model.  Since the writers can't actually use the equipment or can only (if they're lucky) briefly try out an early prototype model (which invariably is quite different from the final production model), they don't understand the machine very well, and it's nearly impossible to avoid some mistakes.

5) The service and technical manuals begin to be written based on specifications from the marketing department(!), operational information from the (error-prone) user manuals, and minimal information from the technical people (who are under strict orders to protect any sensitive technical information to prevent it from getting into the hands of competitors).  As a result, the service manuals have many additional errors (some of which are later fixed post-production thanks to feedback from the field technicians who must service the equipment and need a certain amount of accurate information).

6) And one or two steps behind most of the above steps are translations of the original text into other languages.  So the defects in the original information (brought on due to the company's need to protect itself from industrial espionage) are amplified through translation shifts (which are nearly impossible to avoid) and (typically) lack of technical knowledge by the writers.

Well... there's more, but the point is that there is - from the very first stage - a kind of balancing act between the company needing to protect itself from industrial espionage, but also needing to promote its products and to provide enough (but not more) information to get customers to buy the product.

Lots of background, but I think it's important, as - in reading over the XYZ product text - I can see several issues that appear to be based on the typical scenario I've described above....

LHS - Tokyo

1990 Ikebukuro, Hamamatsucho, Nihonbashi; 1991 Chichibu, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku; 2014 Yurakucho, Ginza, Ryogoku, Etc.

Views from 1990, 1991, and 2014 in this batch of videos.  Lots that should be said, but not much time to say it in.  I suppose the videos can (mostly) speak for themselves, and hopefully the titles are good guides to what's in each one.  No Hollywood style excitement exactly, but lots to see if you pay attention to details.

1991 秩父散策散歩 Chichibu Walkabout 910505
http://youtu.be/rUzm5D-k8P4

1991 秩父駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武線 Chichibu to Hibarigaoka - Seibu Line 910505
http://youtu.be/J0M_BuIH3k4

1991 ひばりヶ丘駅-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro - Seibu Line 910507
http://youtu.be/ObmOnDWxyRY

1991 Ikebukuro Walkabout 池袋散策散歩 910507
http://youtu.be/Du6OCUutbZc

1991年の池袋ゲームセンター Ikebukuro Game Arcade 910507n
http://youtu.be/IzS0V0T7vgA

1991年の自動改札口器械の中ビュー Ticket Gate Machine Internal View 910507
http://youtu.be/jcTykhLJuVo

The first automatic ticket gates were pre-IC cards and operated by reading magnetic data on the backs of paper tickets.  The machines were very complex and tickets that had been damaged led to malfunctions (rainy days were bad, as some people would put in damp tickets, etc.).  And so it was not an uncommon sight to see them being serviced and/or opened to retrieve someone's stuck ticket, etc.

1991 池袋駅-南千住駅 山手線と常磐線 Ikebukuro to Minamisenju 910507
http://youtu.be/CDdYbUoxyJc

1991年の日暮里駅の電車 Train Watching at Nippori Station 910507
http://youtu.be/tUoe4-eveJQ

1991 南千住散策散歩 Minami-Senju Walkabout 910507
http://youtu.be/j-loEcuic4w

This area included a time-slip zone with dirt streets and an atmosphere that seemed to be from decades before....

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1991 寄居駅-秩父駅 秩父線 Yorii to Chichibu - Chichibu Line 910505
http://youtu.be/t0-cpm0ngdU

西武新宿線上り電車の窓風景 Inbound Seibu Line Window View 140511g
http://youtu.be/nJSdqbCklX8

新橋駅-浜松町駅 山手線 Shinbashi to Hamamatsucho - Yamanote Line 140515g
http://youtu.be/ARzRRynNcXQ

北大塚 市電が通る Streetcar Passing in Otsuka 140511
http://youtu.be/PIGRIKY8kMU

新橋駅-有楽町駅 山手線 Shinbashi to Yurakucho - Yamanote Line 140515
http://youtu.be/Jvgy8EK88a0

神田駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 Kanda to Shinagawa - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140515
http://youtu.be/ok-n8djsjnE

有楽町駅-新橋駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Shinbashi - Yurakucho Line 140515
http://youtu.be/W99wVF_vViA

御茶ノ水駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 Ochanomizu to Shinagawa - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140516
http://youtu.be/OcGYrCr-faE

神田駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 Kanda to Shinagawa - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140515
http://youtu.be/ok-n8djsjnE

東京駅八重洲口工事現場 目が回る Construction by Tokyo Station 140516
http://youtu.be/nhhND1Ex7p4

Small Park in Ginza in the Rain 銀座にある小さい公園 雨の日 140516
http://youtu.be/oqCi9gMxMfU

東京駅-元万世橋 中央線 Tokyo to Manseibashi - Chuo Line 140516
http://youtu.be/TRxnhYckYWM

To the *former* Manseibashi Station that is - but one of the station's two platforms is still there and contains a coffee shop (by day) and izakaya (by night).  (The train doesn't stop there, but I stopped the camera where the station is, so...)

西武新宿駅ホームの様子 Platform Scene at Seibu-Shinjuku Station 140516
http://youtu.be/4MKL6NBViNo

西武新宿駅-西武高田馬場駅 Shinjuku to Takadanobaba - Seibu Line 140516
http://youtu.be/jv8m4gKRtm0

1991 新宿散策散歩 Shinjuku Walkabout 910502
http://youtu.be/mQgrAeuqVAM

1991 新宿駅-池袋駅 埼京線 Shinjuku to Ikebukuro via Saikyo Line 910502
http://youtu.be/NezcpEBfePs

1991 池袋駅 JR線から西武線の乗り換え JR to Seibu Transfer at Ikebukuro 910502
http://youtu.be/9c59bL8UALQ

1991 西武池袋線ホームからの見回り Seibu-Ikebukuro Line Platform View 910502
http://youtu.be/RFJ3o0XD4lI

1991 池袋駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 西武池袋線 Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka via Seibu Line 910502
http://youtu.be/2rx8ekYre_M

1991 ひばりが丘-池袋駅 西武池袋線 Hibarigaoka to Ikebukuro via Seibu Line 910503
http://youtu.be/w3TSsgxPXyY

1991年のとーぶカードを買う Buying a Tobu Ticket Card 910503
http://youtu.be/5D2puGyvZ3Q

This type of card was short-lived.  It could only be used to buy tickets, which you could do from the same machines with cash, so there wasn't much point in buying them really, other than for their value as souvenirs and as a way to (marginally) speed up the process of buying a ticket.  It wasn't long after these came out that they came out with cards that could be used directly in the ticket gates, and then (of course), there was no point in continuing to sell these.

Actually, the best thing about this video is that I was going to press the buzzer button at a window to show how a guy would magically appear and give me change for a Y10,000 bill, but just then an older man pressed the button, and in the style of the (very) old days, asked the guy in the window how much it cost to go somewhere.  The man was basically from another era and probably from another (less automated) area of the country.  It's an excellent demonstration (via the audio track mostly) of how it used to be done.

1991 東武東上線の旅 Tobu-Tojo Line Window Views 910503
http://youtu.be/jUkrsPe6Clw

1991 Bookstore Walkabout 本屋の様子 910502
http://youtu.be/zOz4dpORAa0

高尾駅で114型 雨の日 Series-114 Train on Siding at Takao 140430
http://youtu.be/8l569aKWbJw

高尾駅から114型の出発 Series-114 Train Departing Takao Station 140430
http://youtu.be/Gb2mZXYLm60

Shinkansen Coming Out of Tunnel by Akihabara Station 秋葉原駅 140502
http://youtu.be/zJ5wkZnNVBg

Artist Drawing at Gallery Rondo 140502
http://youtu.be/QqmOTPnGds8

Middle of the Night at Chuo Line Suburban Station 140503
http://youtu.be/WF9oWouzOhw

Yurakucho Under Tracks Izakaya Tunnel 140509
http://youtu.be/iKLQSHtzbmc

金曜日の夜の有楽町SB Friday Evening at Yurakucho-SB 140509
http://youtu.be/2I1F5Z2SUZ8

夜遅くの有楽町駅ホーム Late Night Yurakucho Station Platform 140509
http://youtu.be/qh2g0ywyNVg

Cool Old Building - From Top to Bottom 140509
http://youtu.be/cxqvvSHmlK8

Not sure when this building was built - but it is thought to have been constructed in either the 1920's or 1930's.  Probably the 1930's, as that was when a lot of steel-reinforced concrete buildings similar in design went up.

Cool Old Building - From Bottom to Top to Bottom 140509
http://youtu.be/HpdjQxL_vL0

Examining Old Building - With Verbal Comments 140509
http://youtu.be/taHmamLFSJY

東京駅で電車を待っている Waiting for Train at Tokyo Station 140502
http://youtu.be/qUOrqEHsjMc

Evening Yurakucho 夕方の有楽町 140502
http://youtu.be/yDn1YOy_o10

Yurakucho Track-side Walk 有楽町散歩 140502
http://youtu.be/GCk8x8lXggM

Old Type Express Train Passing Suburban Chuo Line Station Etc 中央線 140503
http://youtu.be/qHDCgzUFf64

中央線 上り電車の窓ビュー Inbound Chuo Line Window View 140505
http://youtu.be/-nWizndTRxc

神田駅-東京駅 中央線 Kanda to Tokyo via Chuo Line 140508
http://youtu.be/3cEipC999c0

東京駅で京浜東北線を乗る Boarding Keihin-Tohoku Line at Tokyo 140508
http://youtu.be/om6Ls4icEDw

有楽町駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 Yurakucho to Shinbashi (Keihin-Tohoku Line) 140508
http://youtu.be/P03qk9AzLmU

大井町線の電車 大井町駅から到着と出発 Trains at Oimachi Station 140508
http://youtu.be/jHfCBxUOSuc

Passing Express Train on the Oimachi Line 東急大井町線の急行が通る 140508
http://youtu.be/iC2ofuj6Jts

Arriving at Shinagawa Station via Keihin-Tohoku Line Train 京浜東北線 140508
http://youtu.be/-aUQmIX3BdE

有楽町駅-品川駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Shinagawa via Yamanote Line 140508
http://youtu.be/DAiedDVN46k

Train Window Blur 140508
http://youtu.be/tv67qhdY1IU

秋葉原駅に到着と新幹線 In Parallel Beside Shinkansen on Way to Akihabara 140509
http://youtu.be/I8_WdrFM7ao

Entering Ryogoku Station from North Side 両国駅に入る 140509
http://youtu.be/2ElUbqA7mh0

両国駅のホームの様子 Waiting for a Train at Ryogoku 140509
http://youtu.be/HF15e1sQkrI

両国駅-秋葉原駅 夜の総武線 Ryogoku to Akihabara (Sobu Line) 140509
http://youtu.be/wPRt-tywSlo

Sobu Line Platform at Akihabara 秋葉原駅の総武線ホーム 140509
http://youtu.be/oqqOT205LS0

Looking Around by a Busy Road 140509
http://youtu.be/9-Z43Q3CKYU

秋葉原駅-神田駅 山手線 Akihabara to Kanda (Yamanote Line) 140509
http://youtu.be/pID8dZBis_A

大崎駅のホームエスカレーター Escalator to Platform Ride at Osaki Station 140508g
http://youtu.be/zmsrX36K5ww

夕暮れの両国 Twilight Stroll in Ryogoku 140509g
http://youtu.be/VBzjvwTIQ84

小泉恵一と小林清美インスタレーション アートスペースロンド 140515
http://youtu.be/q9njeW0HvRA

May 16th 2014 Art Installation at Art Space Rondo 140516
http://youtu.be/qes0u5e4puQ

Yamanote Line Departing Osaki Station 山手線大崎駅 140522
http://youtu.be/3magDBVWVAY

Installation at Art Space Rondo in Ginza 140522
http://youtu.be/C9T1-ghdKfk

Blue Sky and White Clouds in Osaki 大崎空と雲とビル 140522
http://youtu.be/igLH2CmpQW8

Old Building Details 古いビルの一部 140523
http://youtu.be/LzmfVoqL7zQ

Keihin-Tohoku Train Passing Yurakucho SB Street Scene 140523
http://youtu.be/giXB0y5l6lc

Chuo Line Central Tokyo Moat View 中央線からの堀ビュー 140522
http://youtu.be/8I_-KJKD6oU

有楽町駅-浜松町駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Hamamatsucho - Yamanote Line 140522
http://youtu.be/OHRQcID1Hz8

Kanda Station Escalator Recordings 神田駅エスカレーター 140523
http://youtu.be/jMG8RiWpqio

山手線 東京駅辺りの窓ビュー Yamanote Window View Near Tokyo Station 140523
http://youtu.be/TIHDt8y5X3M

有楽町駅向かいの散歩 Walking Towards Yurakucho Station 140523
http://youtu.be/Q8awI7_eZRM

有楽町 新幹線が通り過ぎ Shinkansen Passing By - Yurakucho Evening 140523
http://youtu.be/L1kUQ_5Xyic

1990年の夜散歩 西新宿 歌舞伎町 大久保 高田馬場 新宿区 900621
http://youtu.be/H0-1hW7N_mk

1990 高田馬場駅-池袋駅 山手線 Takadanobaba-Ikebukuro 900621
http://youtu.be/_APhCTnaTgM

1990 Hibarigaoka Saturday Afternoon ひばりが丘 900623
http://youtu.be/8aVXkIGuqQE

1990 Ikebukuro East Side Walkabout Etc 池袋東口散策散歩 900623
http://youtu.be/Kxwiz1wnAEM

1990 浜松町朝散策散歩 Hamamatsucho Morning Walkabout 900625
http://youtu.be/oTFtdB-a8cg

荻野美穂子 クレパス画展示会 Art Space Rondo 奥野ビル501号室 140529
http://youtu.be/ArcjpSP4fxo

有楽町ストリート居酒屋 Yurakucho Street Izakaya 140530
http://youtu.be/0qhChONanyI

Late Night Yurakucho 夜遅くの金曜日有楽町 140530
http://youtu.be/uP9HbNjgh0I

有楽町駅で夜中の金曜日山手線を待ってる Midnight Yurakucho Station 140531
http://youtu.be/KCEeANq-Cu8

神田駅を通る新幹線 Morning Shinkansen Passing Kanda Station 140529
http://youtu.be/MY1KZEh0SLg

Entering Takadanobaba Station 高田馬場駅を入る 夜 140529
http://youtu.be/RELFxMnegTI

Seibu-Takadanobaba Platform Walk 西武高田馬場駅ホームの様子 140529
http://youtu.be/YR41hQ_AnUc

Osaki Platform Escalator 大崎駅ホームまでのエスカレーター 140530
http://youtu.be/ONRWDUCNX7E

山手線窓の風景 大崎駅と品川駅の間 Osaki to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140530
http://youtu.be/VpiQzBSlZXM

1990 田町駅までの散歩 Evening Walk to Tamachi Station 900625
http://youtu.be/9haf2qlMyuw

1990 夕方田町駅と山手線 Evening Tamachi Station と Yamanote Line 900625
http://youtu.be/xL5gjw0CinE

1990 夕方東京駅 Evening Tokyo Station Walk-through 900625
http://youtu.be/t2zUZUWikQI

1990 夕方の日本橋散策散歩 Evening Nihonbashi Walkabout 900625
http://youtu.be/LJInKjTbRsc

1990 三越前駅-渋谷駅 半蔵門線 Mitsukoshi-mae to Shibuya - Hanzomon Line 900625
http://youtu.be/l7xGInYz0Dg

高尾駅-高尾山口駅 京王線 Takao to Takaosanguchi - Keio Line 140526
http://youtu.be/RDL5BYlr9V0

清滝駅-高尾山駅 高尾登山電鉄 Takaosan Cable Car Ride to Top 140526
http://youtu.be/ZbX1DdAtNxI

清滝駅-高尾山駅 高尾登山電鉄 Takaosan Cable Car Ride to Top 140526
http://youtu.be/ZbX1DdAtNxI

高尾山と雲空 Watching Clouds from Mt Takao 140526
http://youtu.be/VBKUhtPDPnA

高尾山のある冷たい五月夕暮れ Twilight Cold Mt Takao Evening 140526
http://youtu.be/G8yn-7hBBw0

清滝駅近くの滝と蛙のシンフォニー Frogs and Waterfall Near Mt Takao 140526
http://youtu.be/cUoQL6kCW-k

高尾山口駅-高尾駅 京王線 Takaosanguchi to Takao - Keio Line 140526
http://youtu.be/5qi8B8ibxEE

京王高尾駅 夜の電車が出発 Keio Takao Station Night Trains 140526
http://youtu.be/fJKd5tFB7zs

1990 夜のハチ公広場と渋谷 Hachiko Square and Nighttime Shibuya 900625
http://youtu.be/jmTLtjKx1l8

1990 渋谷駅-池袋駅 山手線 Shibuya to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 900625
http://youtu.be/evO28hNdbJ4

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

1992 Nakano, Shibuya, Etc.; 2014 Miharabashi Last Friday, Etc.

Views from 1992 and 2014 in this batch, with a large number of clips among the 2014 views showing the final Friday (April 25th, 2014) of the Miharabashi under-road pedestrian area, where a big farewell bash was held by and in honor of the Mihara Curry Corner shop.

The 1992 views are mostly fairly ordinary views taken of and around the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line, the Yamanote Line, and the Toyoko Line.  By 1992, I wasn't going out on video excursions very often; mainly just taking videos of places I happened to already be in or near when I had my video camera with me.  On the plus side, I had been taking video for about two-and-a-half years by the summer of 1992, so the camera handling is smoother than in - say - early 1990.

Still, there are a few notable and/or interesting visual/audio records in this batch of 1992 views I think.  Looking down the list of titles and links below... wait... I was going to comment on them here at the top, but it would make more sense to just do so near (generally below) the titles themselves.  So - scroll down for further comments!

1992 中野夏祭り サンプラザ前 920725n
http://youtu.be/mnnp2-8ShMc

The summer festivals are always fun, but one looks (and sounds) pretty much like another one, so I don't actually consider this video to be of particular interest, although it might be for people who lived in Nakano at the time this was taken.

1992 Nakano to Hiyoshi Etc 中野駅-日吉駅など 920725
http://youtu.be/1Ywyy-_JlK4

At first, I wasn't going to comment on this video, but watching it again, I notice/remember that there are a few interesting points about it.  While I've covered going to Hiyoshi in 1991 and 1992 several times before, I think this may be the only video showing going there from Nakano, which is significant because when changing from the Chuo Line to the Yamanote Line at Shinjuku, there are several (brief) views of trains at the station that were common at the time, but no longer (or very seldom) seen now.

This also includes - as I've done in previous videos from Hiyoshi - a front-seat view while driving on the narrow streets near Hiyoshi Station.  What I find interesting in this video though, is part of a radio news broadcast mentioning (among other things) the Barcelona Olympics (on the drive back to Hiyoshi Station).  Looking it up, I see that the opening ceremony for the Barcelona Olympics was July 25th, 1992 (in Spain), and since this was the night of July 25th in Japan, as I was listening to the news in the car, it would have been around noon in Spain (also on July 25th).

1992 渋谷ハチ公スクエアなど Shibuya Hachiko Square Etc 920802
http://youtu.be/Yn6mElW9Rw8

Actually, the title of this video is only relevant to the last part.  The first part of the video has scenes from the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line and then the Yamanote Line taken on the way to Shibuya.

1992 中野裏道など Nakano Back Streets Etc 920807
http://youtu.be/i8V5BTLcmwo

Ah!  This one!  This one is historically interesting, as some of the backstreet areas I recorded in it have since been demolished.  That interesting backstreet area still exists of course, but it's shrinking, and the composition of the shops has changed somewhat.

The beginning of this video starts on residential streets, jumps to a quick rooftop view of the western horizon (in the last minutes of the day's twilight) and then (after a couple of quick views of internal-combustion machinery roads), enters the no-bloody-automobiles zone at around 1:40.  I probably should have dived into the back streets earlier, but overall, this is a good video for showing a typical 1992 Nakano residential area, the horizon from up high, and then the izakaya backstreet area.

1992 細い道のバス Bus on Narrow Streets 920821
http://youtu.be/BJmyNyfq0YM

The bus ride part highlighted in the title begins at about the 1:30 mark.  The video starts off on a train, shows a little of Nerima, and then the bus ride starts, which goes down some amazingly (for a large bus) narrow streets.  In situations like this, with the bus right in the thick of pedestrian traffic, things are so visually interesting that you end up kind of hypnotized while watching the things around you in such close proximity.

1992 Random Night Scenes Etc 夜の道など 920719
http://youtu.be/K2KbFsj2z3w

1992 Hibarigaoka to Nerima Etc ひばりヶ丘駅-練馬駅など 920725
http://youtu.be/HwvjqQlgNg0

1992 西武池袋線とバス Seibu-Ikebukuro Line and Bus Ride 920803
http://youtu.be/lC_Sfr4-erk

1992 Seibu-Ikebukuro Line Window View Etc 西武池袋線など 920807
http://youtu.be/GKqRm8vKnbM

1992 ひばりヶ丘から渋谷まで Hibarigaoka to Shibuya 920808
http://youtu.be/8FY81gPWly8

1992 遊園地 Amusement Park 920815
http://youtu.be/h91RFIgUyaw

This 15-minute video shows various scenes from a famous amusement park.  Not historical in the way views of city streets are, but maybe there's something of the era between the frames, so to speak.  Actually... watching the video as I type this - it really does feel like a different era to me.

1992 中野区の平日公園と新井と野方など Nakano Suburbia 920821
http://youtu.be/-IPy-a5OLx8

1992 木造練馬駅など Wooden Nerima Station Etc 920821
http://youtu.be/NW8xOofW0io

1992 ひばりが丘夏祭り Quick View of Hibarigaoka Summer Matsuri 920828
http://youtu.be/bLAi7rhRn50

三原橋の三原カレーコーナー内の見回り 忙しい金曜日 平成２６年４月２５日 140425
http://youtu.be/6ntMW_ug0zc

A view of the last Friday at Mihara Curry Corner in the Miharabashi Chikagai under-bridge place.  It's a good look at how it was during the final day for general customers (it was open for a couple of days after that for local area people).

Construction Site by Shinjuku Station 新宿駅隣の工事現場 140424
http://youtu.be/G7Awwz34Ncw

After doing extensive foundation work, they've started building up at the construction zone next to Shinjuku Station.  When the project is finished, probably the Saikyo Line platform will basically feel like a subway, situated as it is below a huge overhead bridge and with a highrise building towering up right next to Track-1.

三原橋地下街 最後の金曜日 午後三時半 Miharabashi-Chikagai - Last Friday Afternoon 140425
http://youtu.be/Lo84RvNd00Q

Construction Site in Ginza 1-Chome 銀座一丁目の工事現場 140425
http://youtu.be/cBEUsmvGgjM

黒多弘文インスタレーション 銀座奥野ビル306号室の光と反射 140425
http://youtu.be/PrNUo9yb-cI

(Below) - Several videos showing Miharabashi Chikagai and Mihara Curry Corner on Final Friday, April 25th, 2014.

三原カレーコーナー店主の吉田信三さんの一言 金曜日 140425
http://youtu.be/eDr51XBsmdc

三原橋-01 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/kgwomu9NFnU

三原橋 野口寅次郎 三原カレーコーナーイベント Noguchi Torajiro 140425
http://youtu.be/dysAe3RPH5U

三原橋-02 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/OJQ0ePQCUFc

三原橋 野口寅次郎と成田朱希 三原カレーコーナー内 140425
http://youtu.be/vu3gffYllN4

三原橋地下街 金曜日平成２６年４月２５日のイベント 通路のところ 140425
http://youtu.be/T8J4vN2OxWY

三原橋 撮影夢中 140425
http://youtu.be/hRiyHwnokWk

Taking pictures... as it was the last day for Mihara Curry Corner at Miharabashi Chikagai, a lot of pictures were taken.

三原橋-03 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/c74zISDGnb8

三原橋-04 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/CSNPZesxS9A

三原橋-05 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/iQ-S0n1lLRI

三原橋-06 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/_-DrvsfNvPU

三原橋-07 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/5oDZpd8OUZg

三原橋-08 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/LZIE-QO4bZg

三原橋-09 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント 140425
http://youtu.be/KJBj1mMDLu4

居酒屋の電話 二の一 140425
http://youtu.be/zY_tRYvmf_Q

In these two videos (above and below), the guy on the phone was trying out the old type phone.  He had commented on the phone, which is a type that used to be the norm in coffee shops and izakayas, but is quite rare now.  At first, he was impressed, but then he appeared to think it was just sitting there as an ornament, and wasn't in use.  So, to demonstrate that it wasn't ornamental, but really was the shop's phone, I called it, and he acted out the part of someone working at an izakaya.  It was a fun night, and it occurred to us that he might never again get a chance to use one of those phones in an authentic way.

(What I mean by "authentic", is as an actual real phone that was installed as a piece of current technology, and not a replica, or an actual old phone installed as a retro object for nostalgic reasons.  For some reason it didn't occur to me to ask the shop owner how old the phone was, but I would imagine several decades.)

居酒屋の電話 二の二 140425
http://youtu.be/HM4X7DUluss

三原橋 平成２６年４月２５日 三原カレーコーナーイベント記念写真 140425
http://youtu.be/kT7xZpD1gys

三原地下街の閉門時間が近い 平成２６年４月２５日 140425
http://youtu.be/Go9m4rtP8vU

三原地下街の閉門時間 平成２６年４月２５日 140425
http://youtu.be/7OGTTmdpgW0

Midnight Kyobashi 夜中の京橋 140425
http://youtu.be/qucvsK_OiXY

京橋車鋼鉄反射と木造建物 Kyobashi Steel Reflections and Wooden Building 140425
http://youtu.be/3FCTqMvIu0s

Waiting for Oimachi Line Train 東急大井町線の電車を待っている 140425
http://youtu.be/auW0VqcqW1M

1992 Hibarigaoka Kids Matsuri Etc ひばりが丘子供の夏祭り 920716
http://youtu.be/Vi0RuazSw-Q

1992 ひばりヶ丘駅-日吉駅 電車と車など Hibarigaoka to Hiyoshi Etc 920718
http://youtu.be/NUUoNLtsPmE

(Below)  This video covers a lot of ground, including bus rides, train rides (surface and subway), and a walkabout in Waseda, followed by weekend street scenes in Shinjuku.  This was taken in July of 1992, a time when much of the train system had already gone to automatic ticket gates, but there were still manually operated ones here and there, and there are a couple of clear views of manually operated ticket gates on the Tozai (subway) Line in this video.

1992 バスと電車と早稲田と新宿など Buses Trains Waseda Shinjuku Etc 920719
http://youtu.be/A_-TwbulLpA

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

1992 Toyoko Line, Tama Zoo, Etc.; 2014 Sakura Views, Yamanote Line, Trains Here and There, Etc.

Looking at 1992 views of the Toyoko Line generates surprisingly strong feelings of nostalgia for me.  Cities change all the time of course, but there are some elements you don't expect to change, and the above-ground Toyoko Line station in Shibuya is definitely not something I expected to vanish!  The line is still in Shibuya of course - under ground now - but the station has been smashed to rubble and soon there will be new high-rise buildings, etc there.

Trying to reason out why there should be so much nostalgia attached to something like this, I come to the power of places to bring back memories of days gone by, and so the destruction of a memory-generating spot feels like a loss of the past itself?  Something like that....

And then - in the 1992 video showing going from Shibuya to Hiyoshi, there are three main points - Toyoko Shibuya Station, an old station with wooden beams, and then squeaky new Hiyoshi Station.  I didn't quite realize it at the time, but looking back now, it seems clear that it was a transition period between the Showa Era and the Heisei Era.

Hmm..... as soon as I typed "Heisei Era", I realized that I have never before used that term.  Using it, I stopped typing, stared at the screen for a minute and tried to imagine what "Heisei Era" represents exactly.  Time will tell.  It was the same way in the 1980's - the concept of "Showa Era" never crossed my mind, because it was current.  Now you hear "Showa Era" all the time, and the general theme is of steel and wood (or all wood) buildings - and the rebuilding of the economy after WW-II.

One more comment about 1992 - my visit to Tama Zoo on July 12th, 1992.  Looking at the young couples in the video who are visiting the zoo with their small children, it's hard to believe that they're middle-aged now and those tiny children are now adults - indeed some of them are likely parents themselves.  One generation ago....

Anyway - on to 2014!  Looking over the videos I've posted between March 25th, 2014 and April 17th, 2014, the main thing I'm struck with are train views here and there in Tokyo, as well as some views of this year's sakura trees.  I didn't put much effort into seeing the flowering trees this year, but did make a few trips to favorite hanami spots.

1992 京王線 夕方列車 Twilight Keio Line Window View 920711
http://youtu.be/3866CaWIkTQ

If you want to watch - as a batch - all the things I took on July 11th, 1992, search (on my YouTube page/channel) for "920711" and they should all come up.  I earlier posted from a different tape taken on that day, and have just gotten around to posting the continuation of that day which was recorded onto a different (Hi8) tape.

1992 明大前駅-渋谷駅 京王線 Meidaimae to Shibuya - Keio Line 920711
http://youtu.be/sOnYlEsl8Vk

1992 夜の渋谷 別の時代の雰囲気 Nighttime Shibuya Walkabout 920711
http://youtu.be/igEbUsTbbpA

Back in the early nineties, I took a number of different videos in Shibuya, but the side street atmosphere of the area near the Inokashira Line area of Shibuya Station is perhaps best captured in this one.

1992年の東急渋谷駅 Tokyu-Shibuya Station in 1992 - 920711
http://youtu.be/-Z5_ELCVYt4

I still can't believe that the above-ground Tokyu Shibuya Station is gone.  It comes as a shock/surprise every time I think about it.

1992 夜東急東横線 渋谷駅-日吉駅 Shibuya to Hiyoshi - Toyoko Line 920711
http://youtu.be/ABblM6YBIb4

How modern and new Hiyoshi Station seemed at the time!  Now that's just the normal design for stations all over Tokyo.

1992 日吉駅辺りドライブ Driving around near Hiyoshi Station 920711
http://youtu.be/kZNjBxQ64Wg

A view through the windshield of a car driving through the narrow streets of Hiyoshi late at night.  It was a Mitsubishi Pajero (called Montero in the US and Shogun in the UK), which was considered very cool at the time, but not by me actually... I've always hated off-road vehicles being re-marketed as "Sport-Utility-Vehicles" (SUV) and driven around on smooth city streets.  It was a successful, but dishonest marketing ploy (worldwide by most car manufacturers) to save car companies from having to go to the expense of bringing out new designs to fill that size category.

1992 日吉駅-新宿駅 Hiyoshi to Shinjuku - Late night trains 920711
http://youtu.be/mcgZsWssf2U

Concert Goers in Yotsuya Heading for Station at Night 140325
http://youtu.be/do4Xxu6wqNg

秋葉原駅のリベットゾーン Riveted Area in Akihabara Station 140328
http://youtu.be/H77TMnGeW2g

So little remains of the old station structures that I feel compelled to try to record images of the bits that remain.  This is one such area within Akihabara Station.

秋葉原駅-飯田橋駅 中央線各駅 Akihabara to Iidabashi - Local Chuo Line 140328
http://youtu.be/rVp31d7_ywE

Early Sakura at Chidorigafuchi 千鳥ヶ淵桜 早い時期 140328
http://youtu.be/7h3jOKbqqWA

Yotsuya Rampart Sakura Voices at Night 140328
http://youtu.be/tTIc38XM_4Q

It was too dark for clear pictures, but I thought the sound track of early sakura viewers (apparently university students) conveyed the season and the atmosphere somewhat.

御茶ノ水駅-神田駅 中央線 Ochanomizu to Kanda - Chuo Line 140325
http://youtu.be/hTOcQzm9z9Y

工事中神田駅 Kanda Station Under Construction 140325
http://youtu.be/aJlXE4iPsYU

Kanda to Yurakucho - Keihin-Tohoku Line 神田駅-有楽町駅 京浜東北線 140325
http://youtu.be/l_ar7RG7frQ

東京駅-御茶ノ水駅 中央線 Tokyo to Ochanomizu - Chuo Line 140325
http://youtu.be/6aSEkOkCl-E

新宿夕方横断歩道 Evening Shinjuku Crosswalk 140325
http://youtu.be/kHcO-FfyjSQ

Yotsuya Station - Ticket Gates to Platform 四ッ谷駅 改札口-ホーム 140325
http://youtu.be/jaXjTCK9LTg

Waiting for Train at Takadanobaba Station 高田馬場駅で電車を待ってる 140328
http://youtu.be/GJYe0HfFK6o

Twilight Sakura in Ueno Park 夕暮れの上野公園の桜 140331
http://youtu.be/9wkuGbihoW8

高田馬場駅-池袋駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Ikebukuro - Yamanote Line 140328
http://youtu.be/_h9g863_PZ4

山手線FCビュー 大塚駅と巣鴨駅 Yamanote Line FC-View - Otsuka and Sugamo 140328
http://youtu.be/0AZe_w6iOp4

山手線FCビュー巣鴨駅-上野駅 Yamanote Line FC View - Sugamo to Ueno 140328
http://youtu.be/eSFmzcO_D7Y

上野駅 山手線ホームから出口まで Ueno Station - Platform to Exit 140328
http://youtu.be/X9qds5lcoUs

大崎駅エスカレーター Osaki Station Escalator 140328
http://youtu.be/BWhFmrrHEyM

Iidabashi Station - Platform to West Exit 飯田橋駅 ホームから西口改札まで 140328
http://youtu.be/XAyoAs9aSos

Food Stalls at Kudan-kita 九段北二丁目の桜時期の屋台店 140328
http://youtu.be/PAfxC7HTQ1U

Early Part of Sakura Season at Kudan-kita 夜の九段北二丁目 140328n
http://youtu.be/ozBeK81cmUw

夜の九段北二丁目 Early Part of Sakura Season at Kudan-kita 140328n
http://youtu.be/Apg2amCF7Ug

Exiting Kudan-kita during Early Part of Sakura Viewing Season 140328
http://youtu.be/_2RmRxALsSw

千鳥ヶ淵 影と桜 140328
http://youtu.be/aV-MnRdZsD8

Walking to Iidabashi Station at Night 夜で飯田橋駅西口まで歩く 140328
http://youtu.be/WZtK2ElnGbQ

飯田橋駅西口から電車乗るまで散歩 Iidabashi West Entrance 140328
http://youtu.be/QM2nNxqvLuE

各駅中央線 飯田橋駅辺りから四ッ谷駅まで Nighttime Local Chuo Line 140328
http://youtu.be/R9LAY5UgihI

Illuminated Sakura at Chidorigafuchi 千鳥ヶ淵の桜ライトアップ十時まで 140401g
http://youtu.be/OA83hdyiKEE

There are good places to see sakura trees all over Tokyo, but for seeing them illuminated at night, Chidorigafuchi is my favorite area.

桜花見時期の夜九段下駅 Night Kudanshita Station at Sakura Hanami Time 140401
http://youtu.be/WVgY0LxSuig

九段下駅で東西線を乗る Boarding Tozai Line at Kudanshita 140401n
http://youtu.be/nMdrUhoRbG4

Tozai Line - Walking Up-Train 東西線の車内移動 140401n
http://youtu.be/4qKy3Zl8gKc

西武新宿線の高田馬場駅ホームの様子 Seibu Takadanobaba Platform Walk 140401
http://youtu.be/Nx-QkCoOBEY

高田馬場駅で西武新宿線の電車がやってくる Arriving Train at Takadanobaba 140401
http://youtu.be/M-0RchCetcQ

夜遅くの電車内 Late Night Outbound Train Headed for the Suburbs 140401
http://youtu.be/7knYcWt4-XU

上野公園の夕方花見 Evening Sakura in Ueno Park 140401
http://youtu.be/YoNFRorJLoo

Evening Sakura in Ueno Park 上野公園の夕方花見 140401
http://youtu.be/B-ucKSrzma8

上野駅の公園口からホームまで Ueno Station Koen-guchi Entrance 140401
http://youtu.be/KSuTQiZ7DJQ

上野駅-東京駅 夕暮れの京浜東北線 Ueno to Tokyo - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140401
http://youtu.be/tZ_eHNMCW0E

Keihin-Tohoku Line Train Departing Tokyo Station 東京駅京浜東北線 140401
http://youtu.be/9rkw1ZgZPwo

Entering Kudan-kita Area During Sakura Hanami Season 夜の九段北二丁目 140401
http://youtu.be/dO2_giGuhcQ

After 10PM Sakura Hanami Stroll at Chidorigafuchi 十時過ぎの千鳥ヶ淵花見 140401
http://youtu.be/7dxki-an8hA

Sakura Hanami Season Near Kudanshita Station 九段下駅辺りの桜花見 140401
http://youtu.be/ilCeabR891A

夜の桜花見の九段北二丁目散策散歩 Hanami Walkabout in Kudan-kita Area 140401
http://youtu.be/Qna-5oQ073Y

千鳥ヶ淵の美しい桜ライトアップ Illuminated Sakura at Chidorigafuchi 140401
http://youtu.be/hjSl-9uxEuo

Authentic Independent Izakaya - Just Before Closing Time 140402n
http://youtu.be/tBAjlb_x3rs

Older Type Seibu Line Train Noises at Station 電車の音 140402
http://youtu.be/uFocDqhz6Ak

春の三鷹駅ホーム 桜とか Sakura at Mitaka Station 140402
http://youtu.be/ZJnjIUugOiE

三鷹駅-荻窪駅 中央線 Mitaka to Ogikubo - Chuo Line 140402
http://youtu.be/plX1MmF8528

阿佐ヶ谷駅-中野駅 中央線 Asagaya to Nakano - Chuo Line 140402
http://youtu.be/wcfKtIqdLqc

中野-新宿 上り中央線 Nakano to Shinjuku - Inbound Chuo Line 140402
http://youtu.be/Wjhl-25bEJE

新宿駅-東京駅 中央線 Shinjuku to Tokyo - Chuo Line 140402
http://youtu.be/sGbe-x-fEmg

The Passageway 通路 140402
http://youtu.be/C1idiGC5wZc

Lobby to Street Level ロビーから外の道まで 140402
http://youtu.be/UlAIhvdzhyQ

Sakura Season Shop Tents in Hibiya Park 140402
http://youtu.be/Ph3_5_F_jj0

有楽町一丁目の春桜 Spring Sakura in Yurakucho 140402
http://youtu.be/DpLUdVeTgdw

ガード下の電車音 (ア) Overhead Train Sound in Yurakucho 140402
http://youtu.be/nUk6YM1ePk0

ガード下の電車音 (イ) Overhead Train Sound in Yurakucho 140402
http://youtu.be/Ub6RePnaME4

Sound of Shinkansen Passing Overhead Near Tokyo Station 140402
http://youtu.be/ym5PUUSNcQk

夜遅くの中央線 立川駅から出発 Departing Tachikawa Late at Night 140403
http://youtu.be/F3ATs5XvfY4

夜遅くの電車窓の反射 Late Night Train Window Reflections 140403n
http://youtu.be/O4dgB37Vjjs

春が来ました 桜万歳 Spring is Here 140402
http://youtu.be/9bCXqB56ii0

Tokyo Station Concourse at Lunchtime お昼東京駅の通路 140402
http://youtu.be/hmaJ5glSgJ0

Construction Area Opposite Hibiya Park 140402
http://youtu.be/Yq71PJgixGU

Edamame and a Drink in Yurakucho 140402
http://youtu.be/_lvfk5LO6x8

Yurakucho Springtime Sakura 有楽町春の桜花見 140402
http://youtu.be/31v5y7kVTwk

Ginza Night Stroll 銀座四丁目辺りの夜散歩 140402
http://youtu.be/k0rfT_Wg3As

Sakura in Small Ginza Park 銀座桜 銀座一丁目 140402
http://youtu.be/FiLmpQwaF40

日比谷公園 坂から見回る Hibiya Park 360 from Hill 140402
http://youtu.be/6TybtN_AZ-E

夕方の日比谷公園 春と桜 Springtime in Hibiya Park 140402
http://youtu.be/UTuoUMY3sTI

内幸町のエスカレーター Uchisaiwaicho Escalator Ride 140402
http://youtu.be/5hFSXi2tj1U

モダンエスカレーター 内幸町 Modern Escalator in Uchisaiwaicho 140402
http://youtu.be/Y-2KkJaNN88

Hibiya Park Corner Fountain と Sakura 日比谷公園角の噴水と桜花見 140402
http://youtu.be/eXnkMmLwWMI

Yurakucho Night Angles - Trains Lights and Shadows 140402
http://youtu.be/CKRC0l368B8

モダンビルのロビー Modern Building Lobby 140402
http://youtu.be/8fIkpvoyqDQ

Chuo Line View - Rainy Day 中央線 雨の日 140403
http://youtu.be/VUjZR16l5lk

Seibu Line Arriving at Ogawa Station 西武線 小川駅 140404
http://youtu.be/A_Bqr_Fkkr8

Climbing Stairs to Chuo Line Platform at Kunitachi 国立駅 140405
http://youtu.be/iR9MgNAVcSg

Midnight Empty Platform at Kunitachi Station 国立駅のミッドナイトホーム 140405
http://youtu.be/6v4SJke14V4

高田馬場駅-目白駅 山手線 Takadanobaba to Mejiro - Yamanote Line 140405
http://youtu.be/74uPxYdk98w

大塚駅ホームと山手線 Otsuka Station Platform and Train 140405
http://youtu.be/yyPY3SOmjrY

湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 新宿駅から大崎駅まで SSLTCTK 140403
http://youtu.be/gYlpsIpRNgg

Shibuya Station - Floor Wall and Ceiling Advertising 渋谷駅広告 140407
http://youtu.be/fcLRQQB8kKw

Billboard advertising in Tokyo is declining fast.  There isn't really much point in it any more, as everyone is walking around with their eyes locked onto their cell-phone/computer screens and they never look up and see anything high up.  But this floor-walls-ceiling advertising was something you couldn't ignore/not see!

Likewise, small billboard advertising within train stations is on the decline, but in-your-face you-can't-ignore-this! advertising on the sides of trains is ever more common.

Sakura Flowers and Spring Green in Jiyugaoka 自由が丘桜 140407
http://youtu.be/zY0uyGq5Zhk

Street Level Train Passing Small Crossing in Jiyugaoka 自由が丘の踏切 140407
http://youtu.be/dzO2c0BjpUM

A view that is becoming rarer in Tokyo as railways are either elevated or put underground.

Jiyugaoka Station Platform Quick View 自由が丘駅ホームの一見 140407
http://youtu.be/dDX_dL_idI8

有楽町駅 山手線がやってくる Yamanote Line Arriving at Yurakucho 140407
http://youtu.be/zOTDLInIScU

目白駅-渋谷駅 山手線 Mejiro to Shibuya - Yamanote Line 140407
http://youtu.be/pOylvNzhPFY

Yurakucho Bridge Noises - Trains Passing by Overhead 有楽町の橋音 140407
http://youtu.be/moA96rW-Lz0

Boarding Yamanote Line at Uguisudani 鶯谷駅の山手線 140407
http://youtu.be/x3hWo1vOmcE

Empty Train Yard by Shinagawa Station 品川駅隣の眺め 140410
http://youtu.be/eXdjqQ0sDUo

東京駅山手線と京浜東北線ホーム Tokyo Station Afternoon Platform 140408
http://youtu.be/FpVwC_M4Jyo

大井町線の電車がやってくる Waiting for Oimachi Line Train 140408
http://youtu.be/aj0Tpflyx5k

FC-View of Arriving at Oimachi Station on Oimachi Line 大井町線 140408
http://youtu.be/UAVmYAprxVI

Kobori Reiko Exhibition 小堀令子展 Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 140408
http://youtu.be/k5WKi2oWbas

Shinjuku Station - Waiting for a Train Late at Night 新宿駅ホーム 140408
http://youtu.be/gUbYdPV_w7c

Tokyo Station Etc Viewed from Marunouchi Building 丸の内ビル 140410
http://youtu.be/u6ve87dfIQ8

Tokyo to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 東京駅-田町駅 山手線 140410
http://youtu.be/96vJ-nSn6y4

Observation Area View - Tokyo Office Towers 東京の展望台眺め 140410
http://youtu.be/-dksHFAkC14

Internal Elevator Glass and Reflections - Tokyo Office Tower 140410
http://youtu.be/PM5WUk8X3Gg

Telephone Poles 140410
http://youtu.be/k9LI9ZooEOw

Construction Area Beside Kokubunji Station 国分寺駅隣の工事現場 140411
http://youtu.be/5AKIbB6qVb8

This redevelopment is interesting in how large of an area they were able to clear.  All of that empty space had buildings on it, so there was a lot to get out of the way.  From what I noticed in casually passing the area in past years, it was all (or nearly all) small businesses, so I suppose they were happy (and/or willing) to move for the right price.  High-rise towers are on the way....

Tamachi to Hamamatsucho - Keihin-Tohoku Line 田町駅-浜松町駅 京浜東北線 140411
http://youtu.be/AoBpUMZtGJw

Shinagawa to Tamachi - Keihin-Tohoku Line 品川駅-田町駅 京浜東北線 140411
http://youtu.be/AnvwLVhHpj8

Arriving at Takaosanguchi Station 高尾山口駅に到着 140414
http://youtu.be/lGJRoFkQM7I

Small Pond Near Mt Takao 高尾山近くの小さい池 140414
http://youtu.be/gEST0ulavxU

Twilight Near Mt Takao 夕暮れの高尾山近く 140414
http://youtu.be/lfqeFNZhWsw

Reserved Seat Express Train Passing Kokubunji 特急 国分寺駅 140417
http://youtu.be/wyHD2mFzYwI

Tamachi to Shinagawa - Keihin-Tohoku Line 田町駅-品川駅 京浜東北線 140417
http://youtu.be/a2zWiOigjYA

高尾山口駅-高尾駅-京王線 Takaosanguchi to Takao - Keio Line 140414g
http://youtu.be/GH4m3ORKirI

Local Train Leaving Siding at Nakano Station 夜の中野駅ホーム 140417
http://youtu.be/7MPBonPecCs

品川駅-田町駅 京浜東北線 Shinagawa to Tamachi - Keihin-Tohoku Line 140417
http://youtu.be/iGOHxP2DqCU

Tokyo to Tamachi - Keihin-Tohoku Line 東京駅-田町駅 京浜東北線 140417
http://youtu.be/Njn-rzxYttc

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