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Less Crowded in 2008 Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 50 seconds Morning crush-rush train travel. Better in 2008 than in 1991 - more trains, more train lines, more rails on existing lines. Same station, same time, and same express train as "Actually Full Train in 1991 (Why Flex-Time is a Good Idea" video. Related: crowded, japan, morning, rush, tokyo, train |
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"Morning Tokyo Trains in 1991" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 309 seconds Morning Tokyo trains, all taken on the same morning as the famous "Sardine Run" video (including some of that too), mainly from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. on the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: 1991, 1991, crush-rush, tokyo, trains |
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Shakujikoen Sardine Run Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 81 seconds More morning crush-rush commuter train fun from 1991 (it's a little less crowded now, thanks to flextime). Both this one and "Actually Full Train in 1991" were taken by me. "Actually Full Train in 1991" has been relentlessly copied and even labeled as being from China! It's not! It's from the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line in Tokyo. Lyle Related: crush-rush, japan, shakujikoen-sardine, tokyo, tokyo-commute |
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"Shibuya Evening - October 2008" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 276 seconds Cruising through Shibuya - walking around, seeing what's on the streets. Begins and ends with the Yamanote Line. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ http://uk.youtube .com/lylehsaxon Related: evening, line, shibuya, yamanote |
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"Tokyo Auto Show - 1991 #1" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 463 seconds 1991 Tokyo Car & Truck show at the Chiba convention center (MM). The first half is the trip out there, and this clip ends midway into the show. (More to follow I think.) Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: 1991, 1991, auto, show, tokyo |
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"Tokyo Perpetual Motion - August 2008" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 172 seconds Walking & riding trains in central Tokyo in August 2008. Including ride on old Tokyu train with circulating ceiling fan. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: circulating, fans, line, tokyo, trains, yamanote |
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Old Marunouchi Line Train in Ginza - 1991 Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 25 seconds One of the old steel (pre-aluminum) All red with a white stripe Marunouchi Line trains - as it comes into and stops at Ginza Station. Notice the sound of the air compressors coming on. These train cars were sold to Argentina and are still in use there. - LHS Related: 1991, ginza, line, marunouchi, old, station, subway, tokyo |
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"Shinjuku Melody - October 2008 #1" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 226 seconds Walking around the Shinjuku Station area one evening in October, 2008, watching/listening to several street bands playing music in public. Also a view of a rare... (don't know the proper name) restaurant train. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: area, bands, jazz, melody, shinjuku, station, street, -01 |
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"Trip to Omiya - 1991" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 157 seconds Starting in suburbia, then going to Ikebukuro, and then out to another suburbia on the outskirts of Omiya (in Saitama). Some views of trains that have since been retired. Also view of bikes illegally parked being packed into a truck and taken away, etc. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: 1991, bike, ikebukuro, japan, old, omiya, packing, trains |
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Hibarigaoka Station - 2008 Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 17 seconds Hibarigaoka Station, on the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line during the early part of the morning rush. Related: hibarigaoka, morning, rush, station |
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"Tsukiji Fishmarket - 1991" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 326 seconds Walking around the Tsukiji fish market (reportedly the largest fish market in the world) in 1991. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: 1991, fish, ginza, history, market, near, tokyo, tsukiji |
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"Shinkansen - March 1991" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 45 seconds Mainly views (inside and out) of the oldest type of Shinkansen, with a few of the generation that followed that (still new when this video was taken). Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: 1991, in, shinkansen, 1991 |
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"Visiting Mt. Takao by Train & Cablecar" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 148 seconds Visiting Mt. Takao from Shinjuku via the Keio Line and the cable car that goes up the mountain. (2008) Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: hachioji, japan, keio, line, mt, takao, trains |
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"Ebisu Station in July 1991" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 41 seconds Ebisu Station is radically different now than when this video was taken. In 1991, it was just a narrow open-air platform with only the Yamanote Line. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: 1991, ebisu, line, tokyo, yamanote, 1991 |
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Umbrella City Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 36 seconds Approaching train station in the rain - in a sea of umbrellas (taken in 1991 in Tokyo). Related: japan, tokyo-umbrella, umbrella |
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"Coming Into Gotanda Station, Etc." (October 2008) Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 73 seconds View out the window of a Yamanote Line train as it passes another train and arrives at Gotanda Station. Then jumping back to Shibuya Station and some other views on the Yamanote Line. - LHS Related: gotanda, shibuya, tokyo, trains, yamanote |
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"Hibarigaoka - Summer 1991" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 83 seconds Walking around Hibarigaoka Station in August 1991. Included view of the beginnings of construction of Parco, the shotengai (shopping street), the old station (it looks completely different now), and getting on a train for Ikebukuro. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: 1991, area, august, hibarigaoka, tokyo, 1991 |
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"night before The Train" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 101 seconds The night before the "Actually Full Train" full-capacity train on the Seibu-Ikebukuro Line. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: before, midnight, the, tokyo, train |
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"Approaching Shibuya Station at Night" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 23 seconds Approaching Shibuya Station on the Toyoko Line at night in May 2008. - LHS Related: line, night, shibuya, toyoko |
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"Jiyugaoka Irish Music at Irish Pub" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 31 seconds One fine evening in late May 2008 in Jiyugaoka, with fine Irish music at an Irish pub. - LHS Related: irish, jiyugaoka, music, pub |
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"Tokyo - Here & There, Oct. 1991-A" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 172 seconds Hibarigaoka, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Shinjuku, etc. Going about from one place to another via train. Scene of buying commemorative stamps at the Central Post Office, walking in seas of umbrellas, etc. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: hibarigaoka, ikebukuro, shinjuku, tokyo |
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"Shinjuku Station, West Exit - 2008" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 20 seconds The west exit of Shinjuku Station - the 'beep-beep' in the background is the sound the ticket gates make when you put your IC card near the sensor. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: exit, shinjuku, tokyo, west |
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"Free Tissues, Crosswalks, & a Speech" (July 1991) Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 56 seconds Walking around in Ikebukuro in July 1991 - getting free tissue packs, listening to a rousing speech (about what I didn't notice) and taking in the Ikebukuro scene. Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: 1991, 19917, crosswalks, ikebukuro, july, tokyo |
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"Yurakucho Station to Hibiya Park" Posted by: lylehsaxon
Video duration: 33 seconds A late summer stroll from Yurakucho Station to a German beer festival in Hibiya Park. Clip lengths are not good - I need to experiment with that more.... Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon http://www5d.bigl obe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/ Related: hibiya, moat, night, palace, park, yurakucho |
























