Saturday, September 29, 2012

"1990 Komagome, Kagurazaka, Machida, Etc; 2012 Kawagoe, Komagome, Ochanomizu, Etc."

There are both 1990 and 2012 views from Komagome in this batch, although the 2012 views only show the area very near to the station.  In 1990 however, I spent most of September 14th, 1990 in the area, recording several areas (Nishigahara, Nakazato, Kaminakazato, etc.), including an interesting old shotengai shopping street.  Other 1990 views include Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Machida, Takadanobaba, Ikebukuro, and of course various train views.

There are a lot (and I do mean *a lot*) of separate views of Kawagoe - primarily in the old section of town with it's Edo style buildings.  Then there are morning views of Shinjuku and Ochanomizu; and various views of Ginza, Yurakucho, Kanda, Etc.

1990 Shimofuri-Ginza Shotengai 霜降銀座商店街 (900914)
http://youtu.be/NFkzeC63zNE

This is a good example of how the old shotengai shopping streets used to look.  I say "used to" because even the ones that remain are not quite the same as when this was taken in 1990.  Even in 1990 - as I note on-tape (in the longer version below) after walking into a fairly large (by shotengai standards) grocery store - the grocery store had a lot of customers, but many of the shotengai stores just down the street had very few.  I wondered at the time what would become of the shotengai shopping street, and over the years, a new term has come up, "shutter-gai" meaning not a street of open shops, but a street of closed shutters of former shops.  Many shotengai shopping streets soldier on, but business doesn't appear to be very good for them now.

1990 Komagome, Nishigahara, Etc. (900914) 駒込, 中里, 上中里, 西ヶ原
http://youtu.be/7UeYgI-VVho

This is a long video - just over an hour and a half, and it includes a fairly detailed look at the area on one side of Komagome Station.  (The shotengai clip above this one is a new edit - from the source tape - of part of this longer video.)  Time-wise, this includes views from the daytime, the evening, and at night - part of the time walking in the rain.

1990 Night Rain Walk Kagurazaka 神楽坂 (900907)
http://youtu.be/ujmxKyERdO0

1990 Shinjuku, Machida, Etc. (Here and There) 900914
http://youtu.be/orBq5lAKJT4

1990 Takadanobaba to Ikebukuro Rush Rides (900907)
http://youtu.be/oAonOOdS6s4

Trains in Ueno at Night (120905)
http://youtu.be/MPJM-2ENbKY

A lot of 15-car trains come into Ueno and dead-end there, since most platforms in central Tokyo can only accommodate 10-car trains.  The Chuo Line is the only major JR line that runs right through central Tokyo (via Shinjuku), and one consequence of that is Chuo Line trains are only 10-cars in length.

Kawagoe Bell Tower Area (120919) 川越 小江戸
http://youtu.be/Ri8GccVFpPI

Kawagoe Lookaround (while Bell Tolls) 120919 川越 小江戸
http://youtu.be/lM9mzkadJvU

At the time I took this, I didn't realize how close I was to where the bell was being rung, or I would hurried around the corner and recorded it being rung by hand (it's not automated).

Kawagoe Side Street Stroll (A) 120919 川越 小江戸
http://youtu.be/I0gNns0dNh0

Kawagoe Main Old Street (120919g) 川越 小江戸
http://youtu.be/4MPBKOgp9lc

Ginza 1-Chome Lookaround (120918)
http://youtu.be/eghP9IQ-mwk

Ginza Chuo-Dori Lookaround (120918)
http://youtu.be/_Byeaq2fNwY

Ginza Side Street (120918)
http://youtu.be/NSz7SCXn1VA

Komagome Trains (A) 駒込駅電車 (120918)
http://youtu.be/KGswx4XR5rE

Komagome Trains (B) 駒込駅電車 (120918)
http://youtu.be/YDk6InIOoFc

Kyobashi Lookaround (120918)
http://youtu.be/AtkKmHjpCxQ

Ochanomizu Bridge Scene (Morning Rush) 御茶ノ水 (120918)
http://youtu.be/HEOHaBfs_zA

Ochanomizu Morning Rush 御茶ノ水 (120918)
http://youtu.be/SHp811Xd5R4

Shinjuku Trains (A) 新宿電車 (120918)
http://youtu.be/-kuHObycGHQ

Shinjuku Trains (B) 新宿電車 (120918)
http://youtu.be/VBxgcPXGLTo

Tokyo Station - Newly Rebuilt (Evening) 120918
http://youtu.be/ekiFJiVReXU

The 1914 Tokyo Station building has been renovated/rebuilt - with (from appearances) more reconstruction work than renovation.  It looks pretty much like a squeaky-new building, which is slightly disappointing.  I think they could have kept a little more of the original structure, but that's just my opinion.  In any case, it looks pretty cool and it's styling from another era provides very welcome contrast in the Marunouchi area, which has been almost completely rebuilt with glass and steel high-rise office towers.

Three Door Seibu Train Departing Station (120911)
http://youtu.be/zEUl4kcfKU4

The more crowded the trains get, the more doors they put in them (to provide quicker loading and unloading).  I think this type of Seibu Line train is the last type in Tokyo to have three-doors (per side of each train car) - the standard is four, although there were some six-door train cars on the Yamanote Line before they decided it make it into a kind of horizontal elevator and needed all the train cars to have the same number of doors in order to match them up with platform wall doors (currently only at Ebisu, but platform construction for additional platform walls is evident at several other stations).

Chuo Line Train Departs Station (120912)
http://youtu.be/Fo5jg9UrOWs

Cicada Still at it in Mid-September (120918)
http://youtu.be/ViOBfHU_8cE

Morning Shinjuku Station (Central West Exit) 朝の新宿駅中央西口 (120918)
http://youtu.be/MSzigCozXVc

Shinjuku Morning - West Side Stroll (Odakyu Etc) 新宿朝の散歩小田急 (120918)
http://youtu.be/uyeB8dEF8_M

Shinjuku Station Morning Rush Etc 新宿朝の小田急線電車到着西口など (120918)
http://youtu.be/RaIZYdU9g74

Platform End at Shinjuku Station (120918)
http://youtu.be/LGO6242Spf4

Shinjuku to Ochanomizu (Morning) 120918
http://youtu.be/mIXztfh4j1o

Ochanomizu Magazine Handout (120918)
http://youtu.be/OoqKBbYNg5M

Ochanomizu Morning Stroll (A) 御茶ノ水朝散歩 (120918)
http://youtu.be/Y0lN-k2bSLc

Ochanomizu Side Street Stroll 御茶ノ水朝散歩 (120918)
http://youtu.be/D1BqWMKd0IY

Ochanomizu Morning Stroll (B) 御茶ノ水横道散歩 (120918)
http://youtu.be/z_JnHciZT0I

Ochanomizu Morning Exit 御茶ノ水駅朝出口 (120918)
http://youtu.be/QPKdg8IFIV4

Ochanomizu Side Exit Views (120918)
http://youtu.be/EWYzQNxxKCI

Ochanomizu Bridge View from Station (120918)
http://youtu.be/CBNaYCst2ok

Ochanomizu Side Exit Lookaround and Exit (120918)
http://youtu.be/wDzjJeMjhYg

Ochanomizu Stroll Past Construction Site (120918)
http://youtu.be/90vRTzm7Vnk

Ochanomizu Tissue Pack Advertising Handout (120918)
http://youtu.be/OVBs3nIp2oY

Shinjuku West Side Stroll (120911g)
http://youtu.be/yN8kHMoE-uQ

Ochanomizu to Shinjuku (Morning Chuo Line) 御茶ノ水から新宿までの朝中央線 120918
http://youtu.be/HPZ9cqtPucM

Shinjuku Station Chuo Line Platform Walk (120918)
http://youtu.be/z1Znraiakig

Shinjuku Morning Chuo Line Platform View (120918)
http://youtu.be/kq55X9qtMgM

Shinjuku - Waiting for Yamanote Line 新宿山手線を乗る (120918)
http://youtu.be/H3L__jEYJTI

Shinjuku to Komagome (Yamanote Line) 新宿から駒込まで (山手線で) 120918
http://youtu.be/RTVg2HZrFKQ

Komagome Platform Walk 駒込駅ホームからの見回り 120918
http://youtu.be/dDWHHiHSi24

Komagome Station - Hot September Day 駒込駅暑い九月の日 120918
http://youtu.be/Y-bdUH9PHKA

Exiting Komagome Station 駒込駅 120918
http://youtu.be/Bt6ObfoQICU

Bicycles Beside Komagome Station 駒込駅隣の自転車 120918
http://youtu.be/3l_aztKIxo0

They have people watch over bicycle parking areas like this and very neatly align the bicycles after people have hurriedly parked them in the morning.  This one seemed especially neatly aligned to me.

Komagome Shotengai (A) 駒込商店街 120918
http://youtu.be/ZbmEddsAYBk

Komagome Shotengai (B) 駒込商店街 120918
http://youtu.be/h_-6_7uq_Hk

Komagome Station Old Type Ticket Price Board (120918)
http://youtu.be/auR-IyXviZM

Entering Komagome Station 駒込駅を入る 120918
http://youtu.be/io3aTbPFfIA

Komagome to Nippori (Yamanote Line) 駒込から日暮里まで_山手線 120918
http://youtu.be/2bqmm2isGXk

Ikeda Tatsuo Exhibition 池田龍雄展 Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 2012年9月 (120918)
http://youtu.be/ivEKxo3ybhI

Shibuya Eiichi Exhibition at Lixil Gallery 渋谷英一展 (120918)
http://youtu.be/2UM-oMbq7Jk

Nippori to Ueno (Yamanote Line) 日暮里から上野まで (山手線) 120918
http://youtu.be/3aU82yn4nuc

Ueno to Tokyo (Yamanote Line) 上野から東京まで (山手線) 120918
http://youtu.be/MYMDAQ1MsCU

Tokyo Station Afternoon Platform 東京駅お昼のホーム (120918)
http://youtu.be/LOBot6bJWx8

Short Glimpse of Rebuilt Tokyo Station (120918)
http://youtu.be/K6haPaoV9KA

Tokyo to Yurakucho (Yamanote Line) 東京から有楽町まで (山手線) 120918
http://youtu.be/N7l3I8VQ9hg

Yurakucho Walking Towards Ginza (120918)
http://youtu.be/tL84Cq1k-ms

Ginza Pomegranate Tree 銀座柘榴木 (120918)
http://youtu.be/tN7zGbLPUYM

This is probably the only pomegranate tree in all of Ginza....

Yaesu Construction Cranes by Tokyo Station 八重洲 (120918)
http://youtu.be/HhsL82Uk1rE

This view of the Yaesu side of Tokyo Station will likely be radically different when they finish the construction project the large cranes are there for.

Tokyo Station Newly Reconstructed (Ground Level View) 120918
http://youtu.be/hZxC-LI6NWY

Tokyo Station Twilight View (Newly Reconstructed) 120918
http://youtu.be/5jEc-iWYyRA

Marunouchi Night Terrace (120918)
http://youtu.be/Jbt-zVha-DE

Tokyo Station Night View (Marunouchi Side) 東京駅丸の内側 (120918)
http://youtu.be/3VrvIB86QZw

Marunouchi Evening Beautiful Lights 丸の内夜の美光 (120918)
http://youtu.be/U7Z1cxs-RMg

Marunouchi Night Street View 丸の内夜道ビュー (120918)
http://youtu.be/Vl3Y6B3IH9M

Entering Tokyo Station (Marunouchi Side) 120918
http://youtu.be/zFs0jsW5Bco

Tokyo Station Platform View (120918)
http://youtu.be/HgcrLnud1MM

Tokyo to Kanda - Keihin-Tohoku Line 東京から神田まで (京浜東北線) 120918
http://youtu.be/a6HxYPkVH9g

Kanda Night Stroll 神田夜散歩 (120918)
http://youtu.be/8Sj8c8V6DfU

Entering Kanda Station (Under Construction) 工事中神田駅を入る 120918
http://youtu.be/bDyVQVKfoac

Tokyo to Kanda (Chuo Line) 東京から神田まで (中央線) 120918
http://youtu.be/Pdbi_sH9O-Q

Lights and Reflections (Departing Kanda via Chuo Line) 120918
http://youtu.be/MuqCfp-x6Lo

Tree Walk (Shinjuku Southern Terrace) 120918
http://youtu.be/q3yTYNW-1Ek

White Three-Door Seibu Line Train Departs Station (120919)
http://youtu.be/GeMPTbuk7go

This is not the usual color scheme for Seibu Line trains - so it really stands out.

Countryside Side Window View (120919)
http://youtu.be/dEMhNSd_1ec

Kawagoe Station 川越駅 (120919)
http://youtu.be/gAchNKyaitY

Kawagoe Shotengai 川越商店街 (120919)
http://youtu.be/AySvsC3jhoY

Temple in Kawagoe (120919)
http://youtu.be/bFw99mYfazk

Ramen Place in Kawagoe (120919)
http://youtu.be/WteYAJFZBHw

Kawagoe Mystery Zone (120919)
http://youtu.be/-_BKBZ9GI2I

A space I stumbled upon accidentally.

Tea Machine (Three Types) 120919
http://youtu.be/Dfnov7V4wIY

This is a pretty cool machine.  It offers three types of tea, each either hot or cold (thus the twin buttons) and also plain hot water or plain cold water.

Kawagoe Lookaround (A) 120919
http://youtu.be/98gNFHwf1Yw

Kawagoe Lookaround (B) 120919
http://youtu.be/GOXwM0ia40Q

Kawagoe Museum (A) Cool Stairs (120919)
http://youtu.be/Mgx6uYl3kxo

Kawagoe Museum (B) Old Fire Fighting Equipment (120919)
http://youtu.be/O5DCpPWzZKc

Kawagoe Museum (C) Old Fire Fighting Equipment (120919)
http://youtu.be/YBCSID-yx6E

Kawagoe Museum (D) Secret Staircase (120919)
http://youtu.be/aLzpABdh2QQ

Kawagoe Museum (E) Old House (1st Floor) 120919
http://youtu.be/3XAGJMaVObU

Kawagoe Museum (F) Old House (Exterior) 120919
http://youtu.be/dvxYbsmM68s

Kawagoe Museum (G) Old House (1st to 2nd Floor) 120919
http://youtu.be/xB5wazr79LI

Kawagoe Museum (H) Old House (2nd Floor) 120919
http://youtu.be/gZRGyloTI7U

Kawagoe Museum (I) Old House (2nd to 1st Floor) 120919
http://youtu.be/GmT2GFYmfys

Kawagoe Museum (J) Street Side Store (2nd Floor-A) 120919
http://youtu.be/Frn1FBnjz-U

Kawagoe Museum (K) Street Side Store (2nd Floor-B) 120919
http://youtu.be/maCvQ3W4mGs

Old Kawagoe Street Scene (120919)
http://youtu.be/YVML4UWeub4

Old Kawagoe Side Street Scene 川越市横道 120919
http://youtu.be/e37t7SQWHSU

Walk to Back of Temple in Kawagoe (120919)
http://youtu.be/HJB4dw1V2_A

Kawagoe Lookaround (C) 120919
http://youtu.be/0GSStewr6vw

Kawagoe Evening Lookaround (A) 120919
http://youtu.be/Lkbvrv85fyA

Kawagoe Evening Lookaround (B) 120919
http://youtu.be/i2-xV29FGFE

Kawagoe Retro Style Tourist Bus (120919)
http://youtu.be/2hRafta3Yi4

Kawagoe Evening Lookaround (C) 120919
http://youtu.be/g0t8dE6kqZ0

Kawagoe Department Store Near Station (120919)
http://youtu.be/PbnWwhukgbU

Kawagoe Bookstore and Street Outside 川越市本屋さん 120919
http://youtu.be/I6fPge0h2_o

Cars and a Temple (Kawagoe) 120919
http://youtu.be/kTdgMfKjt1k

Kawagoe Temple in the Evening (120919)
http://youtu.be/fST1J_RG38s

Kawagoe Evening Window Reflections (120919)
http://youtu.be/oDPRz2BZoH0

Kawagoe Evening (Shop Closing for the Day) 120919
http://youtu.be/Q-mPegvo1gA

Kawagoe Twilight (Cars Drifting By) 120919
http://youtu.be/Ia9f0FvLT94

Kawagoe Night Walk to Station (120919)
http://youtu.be/X2dIwAfm5Ss

Kawagoe Temple Lookaround (September) 120919g
http://youtu.be/Ge-UFSF6dvY

Kawagoe Side Street Details (120919g)
http://youtu.be/R20lk38D-48

Kawagoe Side Street Diving 川越横道探検 (120919g)
http://youtu.be/4-aGepPH8Qw

Kawagoe Twilight 川越夕方 (120919g)
http://youtu.be/uOC8tay9OMY

Kawagoe Temple Lookaround (September) 120919g
http://youtu.be/Ge-UFSF6dvY

Kawagoe Side Street Details (120919g)
http://youtu.be/R20lk38D-48

Kawagoe Side Street Diving 川越横道探検 (120919g)
http://youtu.be/4-aGepPH8Qw

Kawagoe Twilight 川越夕方 (120919g)
http://youtu.be/uOC8tay9OMY

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

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