Walking Around the Yamanote Line

Many creators have made videos about riding the Yamanote Line, a train that goes around Tokyo in a circle (kinda). But I'm the only one who has made a video of walking around the Yamanote Line.
This series shows the various sides of Tokyo, from high end shopping to seedy places and residential neighborhoods.

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Walking around the Yamanote Line Part 1

Weekly Fascination

The Nippon Railway Company opened the train line that became present-day Yamanote Line on March 1, 1885. It ran between Shinagawa Station in the south and Akabane Station in the north. The top part of the loop between Ikebukuro and Tabata (a distance of 3.3 km) opened on 1 April 1903, and both lines were merged to become the Yamanote Line on 12 October 1909.

Station numbering was introduced on JR East stations in the Tokyo area from 20 August 2016. I don’t really like that system because I’d rather learn the train stations. It feels like they’re giving people training wheels. Nonetheless, the Yamanote Line stations use the prefix "JY". Tokyo station is JY01, so let’s start there and walk our way up.

Here are the songs I used for this video:
Song: End Them All
Music by: CreatorMix.com

Song: Moody Blues
Artist: Owl Nest
Music by: CreatorMix.com
Video: https://youtu.be/V98XscBgFRw

Song: Alone Tonight
Music by: CreatorMix.com

Song: Break It
Music by: CreatorMix.com

A very special thank you to CreatorMix. I always find the perfect song for my videos in their library.

1 year, 11 months ago

395 8:02

Walking around the Yamanote Line Part 2

Weekly Fascination

In Part 2, I walk from Mejiro to Osaki and accidentally end up at Oimachi on the Keihin Tohoku Line.
Fun fact: Shinjuku is Japan's busiest train station, with a total of 3.6 million passengers going through every day. By the way, who counts all these people?
Takadanobaba Big Box – operated by the Seibu Group
https://www.seibu-shop.jp/baba/en/

Music in this video
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Song: Up the Steps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX7Bzyb1Hag
Artist: Geographer
Album: Up the Steps
Licensed to YouTube by: YouTube Audio Library

Song: Ferris Wheel
https://youtu.be/bkaVU2bo1cI
Artist: Geographer
Album: Ferris Wheel
Licensed to YouTube by
YouTube Audio Library

Song: Twilight Train
https://youtu.be/kREOrixkMW8
Artist: Dan Lebowitz
Album: Twilight Train
Licensed to YouTube by: YouTube Audio Library; BMI - Broadcast Music Inc.

1 year, 11 months ago

382 3:22

Walking around the Yamanote Line Part 3

Weekly Fascination

I did it! I finally finished walking around the Yamanote Line! It took 3 attempts, totaling 15 hours and over 75,000 steps, but I did it!
In this video, you'll see the newest station on the Yamanote Line, Takanawa Gateway.
Fun Fact: The Chuo Shinkansen, which is scheduled to open in 2027, will connect Tokyo and Nagoya with a maglev train. The Nagoya to Shin-Osaka section is scheduled to open in 2037.

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To purchase the background music, To See You, visit Bandcamp:
https://tracygreenwood.bandcamp.com/album/one-more-time

1 year, 11 months ago