Around Tokyo (realtime)

[Malcolm]

Feeling nostalgic and desperately wanting to go back to Japan....and found this clip.
Anyone want a trip around central Tokyo on the Yamanote line? This clip is the full circle in real time.
It's a long clip....about an hour, but well worth watching:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTrUBCyHGbY

Quality is good, and it brought tears to my eyes. More determined than ever to get back there.

PS. Anyone wanting a list of the stations we pass through in the order we pass through them, just let me know.

Malcolm

[rob237]

1) Notice how the Japs don't encroach past the platform yellow lines, unlike here.
2) Dennis Thatcher would have been chasing contracts for his weedkilling company.

Cheers
Robt P.

[Malcolm]

1) Notice how the Japs don't encroach past the platform yellow lines, unlike here

Is it absolutely necessary to use that word? It is just as easy to type "Japanese".

Malcolm

[Malcolm]

To get this back onto a lighter note, a popular game in Japan, even among people who are not railfans (on TV game shows, too), is the Yamanote Game.
The idea is a station on the line is pulled out of a hat first. Then a piece of paper that says either 'clockwise' or 'anti-clockwise'. The contestant must now go around around the line from that station in the direction chosen, naming all 29 stations in the correct order (not as easy as it sounds).
This is because the Yamanote is used by everone in Tokyo on a regular basis. Remember:
An estimated 3.5 million passengers ride every day on Tokyo's Yamanote Line, with its 29 stations.
And:
Trains run from 04:26 to 01:18 the next day at intervals as short as 2.5 minutes during peak periods and four minutes at other times. A complete loop takes 59 to 65 minutes. All trains stop at each station.

Malcolm

[rob237]

Is it absolutely necessary to use that word?...

As both my Uncle and my best friend's Dad died as Jap POW's in Burma, your righteous PC crap means f... all to me.

Robt P.

[Malcolm]

The Oxford Dictionary defines the word 'Jap' as a racist and offensive slur. I would point out that you were not the only one to lose relatives in the Far East, but it does not excuse the use of such generalizations. The use of such terms is the recourse of a small mind, and as for the comment "your righteous PC crap means f... all to me.".......I congratulate you Sir on your intelligent and articulate response. I would defend your right to your opinion, but may I suggest this is not the place for racism or foul language.

Malcolm