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There are a couple of high def web cams of busy Japanese lines just outside stations, that stream live on YouTube (with good sound, as well). (Unfortunately, t

There are a couple of high def web cams of busy Japanese lines just outside stations, that stream live on YouTube (with good sound, as well). (Unfortunately, the recent typhoon took out the one by the Italian Park in Tokyo.) I've found I can watch those for hours. I've thought of putting a TV in my office and just leaving one or the other on as background. They also remind me a bit of one or two domestic market contemporary Japanese films that have featured trains prominently. I guess it's probably mostly just a one-off amalgam of experiences that exists in my head. But enjoyable. P.S. You watch one of these, and -- as a foreigner -- you realize just how many of the high speed trains are running each hour, each day.

atonse 8y ago
Can you please link to these? I'd love to say my kid would enjoy these, but who are we kidding? I'd love them too.
- pasbesoin 8y ago
  Yeah, I didn't, in my first comment. I guess I was a bit afraid if they got popular they'd "go away" or something -- even though they are "buffered" by YouTube. -- This one is still working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8LY9oqqzXM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8LY9oqqzXM looking SE towards the north end and east side of Shin Osaka station: https://goo.gl/maps/LqVgRHNWu7H2 https://goo.gl/maps/LqVgRHNWu7H2 -- The following one has been down since the typhoon. I haven't tried reaching out -- I don't make comments on YouTube -- but if it's a matter of the cost of replacement, I wonder whether the person it belongs to would be interested in donations to pay for its replacement. I rather enjoyed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F-Aw9t1VC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F-Aw9t1VC8 Located across the street and tracks (and the other street) from Italy Park, looking to the SE: https://goo.gl/maps/2154UmjBYu72 https://goo.gl/maps/2154UmjBYu72 -- P.S. For the Osaka location, once in a while you'll see a commercial jet's shadow approach and cross the forefield. 2 pm local time, or sometimes an hour either way of that, has seemed to be the time for that, this fall.
  - atonse 8y ago
    Thanks!

atonse 8y ago

Can you please link to these? I'd love to say my kid would enjoy these, but who are we kidding? I'd love them too.

pasbesoin 8y ago
Yeah, I didn't, in my first comment. I guess I was a bit afraid if they got popular they'd "go away" or something -- even though they are "buffered" by YouTube. -- This one is still working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8LY9oqqzXM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8LY9oqqzXM looking SE towards the north end and east side of Shin Osaka station: https://goo.gl/maps/LqVgRHNWu7H2 https://goo.gl/maps/LqVgRHNWu7H2 -- The following one has been down since the typhoon. I haven't tried reaching out -- I don't make comments on YouTube -- but if it's a matter of the cost of replacement, I wonder whether the person it belongs to would be interested in donations to pay for its replacement. I rather enjoyed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F-Aw9t1VC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F-Aw9t1VC8 Located across the street and tracks (and the other street) from Italy Park, looking to the SE: https://goo.gl/maps/2154UmjBYu72 https://goo.gl/maps/2154UmjBYu72 -- P.S. For the Osaka location, once in a while you'll see a commercial jet's shadow approach and cross the forefield. 2 pm local time, or sometimes an hour either way of that, has seemed to be the time for that, this fall.
- atonse 8y ago
  Thanks!