"Ikebukuro to Hibarigaoka - July 1991"

[mcknife25]

i like that , near nothuing has changed since i did that exacttrip inthe video in 2008, brought back lovely memories!

[lylehsaxon]

The ticket gates were still manual at Hibarigaoka, but yeah - it's basically the same. It's not in this particular video, but Hibarigaoka Station was rebuilt between when I took this and 2008. - LHS

[fatandslat]

Great videos.  The more like a field recording, the better! Reality expresses itself best in ephemera like this. Good good stuff.

[lylehsaxon]

Thanks! There's a bit more random than I'd like, but in any case, the purpose was to show (somewhat) how things appear in different places in Tokyo (with some videos from other areas). - LHS

[lylehsaxon]

Make "there's a bit..." they're a bit...." - sorry for the typo. - LHS

[hachikounet]

懐かしい池袋駅ですね。

0:21あたりで公衆電話使っている人がたくさんいたのが印象的­でした。

今では携帯電話の普及により使ってる人はほとんどいませんね..­.。

[ccr1965]

I'll watch any videos you post Lyle. They're always very well filmed and fun to watch.

My wife went to Giyu Gakuen school and took this train daily back in the day.

[lylehsaxon]

Thanks!! Jiyu-gakuen! That didn't sink in right away, but that was just across the tracks from where I lived (in Hibarigaoka) for 16 years! A student there once took me on a walking tour of the campus. It's a nice campus, with lots of trees... - LHS

[ccr1965]

Cool. It's always great seeing your footage from the early 90's.

thanks Lyle

[lylehsaxon]

Thanks for the feedback!  Not very many people see these, so sometimes I wonder if it's worthwhile posting them. I have a lot of stuff from back then, especially 1991. I'll post more stuff as I find time to edit it. - LHS

[imdaman765]

Def keep posting them, very interesting view of Japan which we don't often see on youtube

[UpsidedownVieweing]

Nice with the view from behind the driver. I thought they were fixing the ticket machine until i read the description. ^^

[lylehsaxon]

Thanks! With the newer trains, you can't get so close to the driver. The first ticket gates are at Ikebukuro Station, and they actually are fixing that one machine. Later in the video (at 3:08), at the still manual ticket gates in Hibarigaoka, the guy is going over the pile of tickets the disembarking passengers have left on the... counter? (Not sure what to call that.) - LHS

[UpsidedownVieweing]

Ah I see thanks... that's the problem with watching at only 25% it's original size... (squints even harder)..... ~_~

[lylehsaxon]

Good luck with getting your computer set up again. What is the computer scene like there? I wonder if prices and availability of parts, etc. is basically the same as Tokyo? - LHS

[UpsidedownVieweing]

Ah they are available part by part, so I can really customize to specific detail which is pretty cool. Not sure about the price difference but maybe a teeny bit cheaper than they are over there as I've heard everything else cost a lot more in that place. For comparison the price of a 2.8 GHz Intel Core2 Duo here is P5,600 about +/- $115