"Live Jazz in Yurakucho; Ginza, Chidorigafuchi Hanami (千鳥ヶ淵花見), Etc."

It's a sign of spring in Tokyo when you start seeing more street bands out performing, so it was great to see a three-piece jazz band enlivening Yurakucho (four clips at the top of this batch, plus a couple of HD clips further down the list).  Then there are a couple of art exhibition clips, and views of a strangely empty Seibu Line train (most likely due to a very powerful storm that had just blown through Tokyo, so people were probably avoiding going out if they could), on which I had the first two cars all to myself (until a few stops down the line, when more people boarded the train).  Add in a few typical train system views, and finally there's a very strong indication of spring (and something fun) - cherry blossom viewing (花見) season!  I visited the area around Kudanshita Station (on the Tozai Line) yesterday evening and had a good time partaking in the yearly ritual of welcoming the coming of spring with parties beneath the cherry blossom trees.  Yearly, except outdoor events were canceled last year due to Fukushima radiation, etc, so this was the first time in two years.

Yurakucho Jazz Band - (C) - Close-up - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eu0OA3CpU8

Yurakucho Jazz Band - (B) - (120402)
http://youtu.be/Cey3bsPDOmY

Yurakucho Jazz Band - (A) - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv-8BS9ody0

Ginza Chuo-Dori Double Shadow - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2KYdrxuJBE

横田寛之 Ethnic Minority - Live in Yurakucho - (2C) - (120402)
http://youtu.be/BtxqQjiRVnI

Yurakucho Jazz Band - Setting Up - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SEd7R-29Y

Yurakucho Jazz Band - (2B) - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0p6Do3Sifw

Yurakucho Jazz Band - (2A) - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU2YeoFfhj0

Ginza Line Train Floor - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwkNal48ww0

Tachihara Mariko 立原真理子展 Gallery Kobo 巷房 Screen Door Exhibition - (B) - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93tB7K8UNss

Tachihara Mariko 立原真理子展 Gallery Kobo 巷房 Screen Door Exhibition - (A) - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCtEtK_WgEI

Empty Front Carriage - Seibu Line - (120403)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vAEzVVu_UY

Yamauchi Terue (山内光枝展) Gallery-58 Installation - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_SSgbjavtM

Late-Night Yurakucho to Tokyo - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STxCU3nejGs

Where is Everybody? - Seibu Line - (120403)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbfoTK_Tnbo

Windy Night Station - Seibu Line - (120403)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcsCy9jBqCc

Yurakucho Below-Tracks Stroll - (120402)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krK0X6N_GDs

Windy Station - Seibu Train Arrives - (120403)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOmYTXGuIYI

Cherry Blossoms by Small Temple in Tokyo- (120405)
http://youtu.be/FytC1LH56xY

Chidorigafuchi Hanami 千鳥ヶ淵花見 - (D) - (120405)
http://youtu.be/mXU6hAEaykc

Small Temple Cherry Blossoms - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s91v6jMHfMQ

Side Streets Near Waseda Station - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gac8u9SPUaM

Old Water Pump - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE6IRVVjC60

Shadows - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlgW2uYwALM

Kichijoji to Mitaka - Late Night Chuo Line - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irvSRKM1bCQ

Nakano Late Night Outbound Platform - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFpwSKrNrE8

Exiting Kudanshita Station - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTCNYSZT0iY

Cherry Blossoms in the Dark - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXDEOIHVxBM

Kudanshita to Iidabashi - Tozai Line - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADPs7H4ssnI

Entering Yasukuni Hanami Area - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-T27o_KGQ4

Crossing Street in Kudanshita - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_x2ZajxWGQ

Tozai Line Kudanshita Tile Mural - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0veSeOvdWg

Entering Waseda Station - Street->Station->Train - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhW5juja7L0

Walking Through Yasukuni Grounds During Hanami Season - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BoHxNVaXuQ

九段北花見 Kudan-Kita Hanami - (A) - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdn13G2Vsik

九段北花見 Kudan-Kita Hanami - (B) - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8-cmswinnQ

九段北花見 Kudan-Kita Hanami - (C) - (120405)
http://youtu.be/6l-afQdHYCE

九段北花見 Kudan-Kita Hanami - (D) - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CeW1jmivdQ

Hanami Along 302 - Yasukuni-Dori 靖国通り - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqBpcoflRog

Beautiful Flowers at Hanami in Kudan-Kita - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0th6dgthjk

Chidorigafuchi Hanami 千鳥ヶ淵花見 - (C) - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItS4H8uGJZI

Chidorigafuchi Hanami 千鳥ヶ淵花見 - (B) - (120405)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJNwx6FRMzo

Chidorigafuchi Hanami 千鳥ヶ淵花見 - (A) - (120405)
http://youtu.be/gJiOy3qtIpY

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