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Nearly 1,400 live streams from Japan

133 points by pajop 2mo ago

kadonoishi 2mo ago
Used to live in Yokohama. This is relaxing, to listen to the quiet traffic, thanks.
- hyperionultra 1mo ago
  I like Yokohama tires.
jackyard86 2mo ago
Why is 독도 (written "竹島" in the map) depicted as a Japanese territory? Some might say I'm bringing politics here, but the map itself is provoking strong political reactions.
- harpiaharpyja 1mo ago
  Maybe the Korean live stream map will depict it as a Korean territory
- KPGv2 1mo ago
  Because South Korea's territorial claim over the Liancourt Islands is contested by Japan. I'm actually surprised someone can read Takeshima, can write Dokdo, but isn't aware of the territorial dispute. Edit: For anyone who isn't familiar with the dispute, no one lived in this series of islets until the late 20th century, when a Korean guy moved there. So there's no historical argument one way or the other. South Korea argues that an island listed in a 1000yo historical record (Usando) is the present-day Liancourt Islands, but Japan says that record refers to a different island (Jukdo), and that South Korea has no historical claim over or tie to this series of islets. My personal feeling on this is that the document lists a few dozen people living there, and I don't think a few dozen people 1000 years ago could live on any of those islands. They're extremely tiny and the biggest one is just one big mountain. It's hardly "supporting 100 residents isolated from the mainland" terrain. Japan's argument is that it controlled the islands, and the post-war treaty governing territory Japan was to surrender did not include Liancourt, so they still own it and that South Korea is illegally occupying it, going so far as to illegally attack the Japanese Coast Guard when it got too close to Liancourt. If you look at a map, it's equidistant from both countries' mainlands (Japan is very slightly closer, and it has multiple small islands that are even closer, including one territory that sits almost between SK and Liancourt). Japan's claim is that for centuries, they've exerted claim over this island specifically, pointing to historical records from the Tokugawa Shogunate. Then fin de siècle Japan reasserted authority over the islands to help it fight Russia and protect civilians on nearby Japanese islands (Oki is the one I remember the name of). After WW2, there was a treaty where Japan surrendered territory. Early drafts of the document refer to Liancourt as Korean territory that Japan is to surrender, but the next few drafts referred to it as Japanese territory it was to surrender, and the final treaty completely excluded it. There's a US draft series and a UK draft series, and they aren't internally consistent, either. Anyway, it's a huge mess that will never be resolved.
  - solarmist 1mo ago
    As for why it matters at all. Besides national pride and prejudices. The dispute is significant because controlling the islets dictates fishing rights and surrounding maritime borders (EEZ) in resource-rich waters.
    - KPGv2 1mo ago
      Yup. These conflicts always just seem completely petty until you think about how it expands maritime rights.
Cider9986 2mo ago
Very cool because it has the reliability of YouTube streaming.
thenthenthen 1mo ago
jazz fusion track from Japan released in the 1970s or 80s with 'sun" or 'summer'
namdnay 1mo ago
browsing around the tokyo area, wasn't expecting so many streams of ... streams. is there some reason for the number of cameras that seem to be filming under various bridges?
- Shank 1mo ago
  The Japanese government (more specifically the Tokyo Metropolitan Government) actually runs a lot of these for flood monitoring and prevention. You can find a feed for essentially all rivers so that during rain storms, each can be monitored. This supplements automated flood monitoring systems that don’t use video. https://www.youtube.com/@TokyoSuibou/streams https://www.youtube.com/@TokyoSuibou/streams
  - namdnay 1mo ago
    Of course! Thanks
L_226 1mo ago
see also https://tabi.cam/ https://tabi.cam/
- w-m 1mo ago
  Unfortunately, this seems somewhat unmaintained: five of the first nine "featured" cams have a dead/removed/copyrighted stream.
hamper653 1mo ago
1,400 live streams.......... :| 1,400 live streams, Japan... :D
firefax 1mo ago
live stream working over tor.
albert_e 1mo ago
Cool. If anyone were to propose such a thing in my country -- there would be hue and cry about national security and that this will be misused by anti social elements How does Japan not have same concerns / voices?
JKCalhoun 1mo ago
Found the famous Shibuya crossing. It doesn't look like I can link to it? It appears to be from a YouTube feed anyway (https://www.youtube.com/live/dfVK7ld38Ys https://www.youtube.com/live/dfVK7ld38Ys).
- Markoff 1mo ago
  shame it is such a low quality, one would expect 720P be decent, but this is practically unwatchable due to heavy compression, likely the most famous place in Japan and they can't afford Full HD webcam with proper bitrate?
dopamean 1mo ago
What does the swasitka mean? I see it all over the map and assume it's not what it looks like to me.
- krapp 1mo ago
  Before the Nazis co-opted (and corrupted) it, the swastika was commonly known as a positive religious sun-symbol[0]. In Japan, where it's called a manji, it denotes the location of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Even ancient Christians used it[1]. Fun fact, which everyone probably already knows, one of the dungeons in the original Legend of Zelda for the NES was shaped like this[2]. [0]https://medium.com/my-bookmark/history-of-the-12-000-year-old-swastika-origin-meaning-and-symbolism-199a78066f27 https://medium.com/my-bookmark/history-of-the-12-000-year-ol... [1]https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/108825/why-do-we-see-swastika-and-pagan-symbols-in-early-churches https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/108825/why-... [2]https://www.zeldadungeon.net/the-legend-of-zelda-walkthrough/level-3-the-manji/ https://www.zeldadungeon.net/the-legend-of-zelda-walkthrough...
- rawgabbit 1mo ago
  The counterclockwise one is a Buddhist temple. The torii gate symbol is a Shinto shrine.
addandsubtract 1mo ago
There's this stream[1], of AI agents working(?), between Osaka and Kobe. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1qNNxdZHdo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1qNNxdZHdo
Markoff 1mo ago
I wish there was something like this for China where you could see normal street life live, but for obvious reasons that's impossible.
deleted 1mo ago
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timonoko 1mo ago
Not many recreational boats in harbors. Same as in Northern Norway: Conditions mostly suck and there no particular places to boat to.
- SapporoChris 1mo ago
  They are there if you know where to look. For example: https://www.umi-eki.jp/en/kanto.html https://www.umi-eki.jp/en/kanto.html
lofaszvanitt 1mo ago
Waaah, I just love the Japanese obelisk architecture and the special lighting they have in Tokyo.

133 points by pajop 2mo ago

kadonoishi 2mo ago

Used to live in Yokohama. This is relaxing, to listen to the quiet traffic, thanks.

hyperionultra 1mo ago
I like Yokohama tires.

jackyard86 2mo ago

Why is 독도 (written "竹島" in the map) depicted as a Japanese territory? Some might say I'm bringing politics here, but the map itself is provoking strong political reactions.

harpiaharpyja 1mo ago
Maybe the Korean live stream map will depict it as a Korean territory
KPGv2 1mo ago
Because South Korea's territorial claim over the Liancourt Islands is contested by Japan. I'm actually surprised someone can read Takeshima, can write Dokdo, but isn't aware of the territorial dispute. Edit: For anyone who isn't familiar with the dispute, no one lived in this series of islets until the late 20th century, when a Korean guy moved there. So there's no historical argument one way or the other. South Korea argues that an island listed in a 1000yo historical record (Usando) is the present-day Liancourt Islands, but Japan says that record refers to a different island (Jukdo), and that South Korea has no historical claim over or tie to this series of islets. My personal feeling on this is that the document lists a few dozen people living there, and I don't think a few dozen people 1000 years ago could live on any of those islands. They're extremely tiny and the biggest one is just one big mountain. It's hardly "supporting 100 residents isolated from the mainland" terrain. Japan's argument is that it controlled the islands, and the post-war treaty governing territory Japan was to surrender did not include Liancourt, so they still own it and that South Korea is illegally occupying it, going so far as to illegally attack the Japanese Coast Guard when it got too close to Liancourt. If you look at a map, it's equidistant from both countries' mainlands (Japan is very slightly closer, and it has multiple small islands that are even closer, including one territory that sits almost between SK and Liancourt). Japan's claim is that for centuries, they've exerted claim over this island specifically, pointing to historical records from the Tokugawa Shogunate. Then fin de siècle Japan reasserted authority over the islands to help it fight Russia and protect civilians on nearby Japanese islands (Oki is the one I remember the name of). After WW2, there was a treaty where Japan surrendered territory. Early drafts of the document refer to Liancourt as Korean territory that Japan is to surrender, but the next few drafts referred to it as Japanese territory it was to surrender, and the final treaty completely excluded it. There's a US draft series and a UK draft series, and they aren't internally consistent, either. Anyway, it's a huge mess that will never be resolved.
- solarmist 1mo ago
  As for why it matters at all. Besides national pride and prejudices. The dispute is significant because controlling the islets dictates fishing rights and surrounding maritime borders (EEZ) in resource-rich waters.
  - KPGv2 1mo ago
    Yup. These conflicts always just seem completely petty until you think about how it expands maritime rights.

Cider9986 2mo ago

Very cool because it has the reliability of YouTube streaming.

thenthenthen 1mo ago

jazz fusion track from Japan released in the 1970s or 80s with 'sun" or 'summer'

namdnay 1mo ago

browsing around the tokyo area, wasn't expecting so many streams of ... streams. is there some reason for the number of cameras that seem to be filming under various bridges?

Shank 1mo ago
The Japanese government (more specifically the Tokyo Metropolitan Government) actually runs a lot of these for flood monitoring and prevention. You can find a feed for essentially all rivers so that during rain storms, each can be monitored. This supplements automated flood monitoring systems that don’t use video. https://www.youtube.com/@TokyoSuibou/streams https://www.youtube.com/@TokyoSuibou/streams
- namdnay 1mo ago
  Of course! Thanks

L_226 1mo ago

see also https://tabi.cam/ https://tabi.cam/

w-m 1mo ago
Unfortunately, this seems somewhat unmaintained: five of the first nine "featured" cams have a dead/removed/copyrighted stream.

hamper653 1mo ago

1,400 live streams.......... :| 1,400 live streams, Japan... :D

firefax 1mo ago

live stream working over tor.

albert_e 1mo ago

Cool. If anyone were to propose such a thing in my country -- there would be hue and cry about national security and that this will be misused by anti social elements How does Japan not have same concerns / voices?

JKCalhoun 1mo ago

Found the famous Shibuya crossing. It doesn't look like I can link to it? It appears to be from a YouTube feed anyway (https://www.youtube.com/live/dfVK7ld38Ys https://www.youtube.com/live/dfVK7ld38Ys).

Markoff 1mo ago
shame it is such a low quality, one would expect 720P be decent, but this is practically unwatchable due to heavy compression, likely the most famous place in Japan and they can't afford Full HD webcam with proper bitrate?

dopamean 1mo ago

What does the swasitka mean? I see it all over the map and assume it's not what it looks like to me.

krapp 1mo ago
Before the Nazis co-opted (and corrupted) it, the swastika was commonly known as a positive religious sun-symbol[0]. In Japan, where it's called a manji, it denotes the location of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Even ancient Christians used it[1]. Fun fact, which everyone probably already knows, one of the dungeons in the original Legend of Zelda for the NES was shaped like this[2]. [0]https://medium.com/my-bookmark/history-of-the-12-000-year-old-swastika-origin-meaning-and-symbolism-199a78066f27 https://medium.com/my-bookmark/history-of-the-12-000-year-ol... [1]https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/108825/why-do-we-see-swastika-and-pagan-symbols-in-early-churches https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/108825/why-... [2]https://www.zeldadungeon.net/the-legend-of-zelda-walkthrough/level-3-the-manji/ https://www.zeldadungeon.net/the-legend-of-zelda-walkthrough...
rawgabbit 1mo ago
The counterclockwise one is a Buddhist temple. The torii gate symbol is a Shinto shrine.

addandsubtract 1mo ago

There's this stream[1], of AI agents working(?), between Osaka and Kobe. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1qNNxdZHdo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1qNNxdZHdo

Markoff 1mo ago

I wish there was something like this for China where you could see normal street life live, but for obvious reasons that's impossible.

deleted 1mo ago

[deleted]

timonoko 1mo ago

Not many recreational boats in harbors. Same as in Northern Norway: Conditions mostly suck and there no particular places to boat to.

SapporoChris 1mo ago
They are there if you know where to look. For example: https://www.umi-eki.jp/en/kanto.html https://www.umi-eki.jp/en/kanto.html

lofaszvanitt 1mo ago

Waaah, I just love the Japanese obelisk architecture and the special lighting they have in Tokyo.