会津若松駅

[Anonymous No.]

Ignore the recently made garbage thread, here's the real one.
Last thread >>14571955

Link: http://www.ntt-east.co.jp/fukushima/mado/detail/jr_aizu.html
Non-silverlight link: http://center3.ntt-fukushima.com/n-jraizu?MSWMExt=.asf

[Anonymous No.]

both threads look real to me.

[Anonymous No.]

Reposting resources from the last thread


Timetable links +09:00(JST)

Weekday
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301322/up1_1.htm
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301322/up1_2.htm
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301321/down1_1.htm
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301321/down1_2.htm

Saturday
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301322/up1_1_sat.htm
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301322/up1_2_sat.htm
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301321/down1_1_sat.htm
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301321/down1_2_sat.htm

Holidays
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301322/up1_1_holi.htm
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301322/up1_2_holi.htm
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301321/down1_1_holi.htm
http://www.ekikara.jp/newdata/line/1301321/down1_2_holi.htm

>"会津若松　着" This column is arrival time.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14919458
Weather links:

three-hourly + one week forecast:
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/yoho/313.html

nowcast (last hour + next hour):
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/highresorad/

snow depth (click on locations for hourly weather observations of today and yesterday):
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/amedas/205.html?elementCode=4

rain/snowfall rate GFS map (updated every 6 hours):
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?CONT=japa&MODELL=gfs25&VAR=prty

easiest to use rain/snowfall map:
http://www.sat24.com/foreloop.aspx?type=1&continent=azie

three-hourly + one week forecast:
http://www.tenki.jp/forecast/2/10/3630/7202.html

meteograms:
http://www.yr.no/place/Japan/Fukushima/Aizuwakamatsu-eki/time_for_time_detaljert.html
https://www.meteoblue.com/meteogram-web?lon=139.93&lat=37.508
http://www.ready.noaa.gov/READYcmet.php

spaghetti GEFS (updated every 6 hours):
http://www.meteociel.fr/cartes_obs/gens_display.php?ext=1&lat=37.508&lon=139.93

[Anonymous No.]

>>14919463
Relevant photoblog links:

https://www.pinterest.com/tsugiwa/japanese-snow-scenery/

http://hekiqoo.tumblr.com/archive

http://photohito.com/user/59618/

http://aizuwakamatsu2015.imgur.com/

http://gokujo-aizu.com/aizu-photo-album

Interesting anons links/streams:


http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sushi-live

Speaking of streams, what other streams do you guys follow?

Heres some of mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGSjvzPzg7Y [Embed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBU_qLwRCjo [Embed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAKHunNR-WQ [Embed]

http://www.stickam.jp/miyagi_tatami2/stickon#webcam

http://www.stickam.jp/needurhelp/stickon#webcam

http://www.stickam.jp/zepaki/stickon#webcam

http://www.stickam.jp/entotuyama/stickon#webcam

http://www.stickam.jp/yamatobvb/stickon#webcam

http://www.stickam.jp/sansan/stickon#webcam

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/michikocurry

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nakame-live

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sandanbeki-s-show

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kawazuzakuranet

http://www.hyobando.co.jp/camera3.htm

http://live.ueda.ne.jp/

http://www.shinjuku-ohdoori.jp/livecamera.html

http://tokyosky.to/

>Japanese intersection(with music)

http://www.ustream.tv/embed/5883040

>Akihabara

35°41'58.9"N 139°46'16.7"E

[Anonymous No.]

>>14919468
Use FFMPEG

After setup, use commands:

>to stream

ffplay -i mmsh://center3.ntt-fukushima.com/n-jraizu

>to record as webm for 4chan posts

ffmpeg -i mmsh://center3.ntt-fukushima.com/n-jraizu -an -y -b:v 700k n-jraizu.webm

>record as video with sound

ffmpeg -i mmsh://center3.ntt-fukushima.com/n-jraizu -y -b:v 700k n-jraizu.webm

>>create timelapse webm (I haven't tried this before myself)

ffmpeg -i input.avi -y -filter:v "setpts=0.00390625*PTS" -b:v 700k -r 30 output.webm". (256*0.00390625 = 1)

[Anonymous No.]

>会津若松

That's a hard name to remember.

[Anonymous No.]

Why is that?

[Anonymous No.]

>>14919473
I'd just like to point out how sexy this suspended monorail is.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14919926
Standard monorail are also quite nice.

This is Tama monorail at Tachikawa station.

[Anonymous No.]

Maybe kinda lame, but I think this thing is pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14921732

[Anonymous No.]

>>14921736
What is this even really? A buss on guiderails? Never really seen anything like that before

[Anonymous No.]

>>14921744
It's considered a type of "people mover". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_mover

This one specifically: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seibu_Yamaguchi_Line

[Anonymous No.]

>>14921909
>>14921736
>>14921732

These small people movers are so cute. I really like the Yukarigaoka line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaman_Y%C5%ABkarigaoka_Line

[Anonymous No.]

>>14922118
moar?

[Anonymous No.]

>>14924080
The Saitama New Shuttle Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Shuttle

it starts at Omiya station, and runs parallel to the shinkansen lines. In fact, the shinkansen runs between the two tracks of the shuttle.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botchan_Ressha

[Anonymous No.]

>>14925934
Please don't use the silverlight website.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14926220
Awww how adorable-
>Diesel powered replica of a steam train
FUCKING ABOMINATION! SCRAP THIS HERETIC!

[Anonymous No.]

There's this weird purple train and I don't know what to make of it. Its in the middle track O.o

[Anonymous No.]

>>14927267
see >>14925934

Looks like it was here earlier too. Wonder what train it is. Kind of creepy just staring us down like that. Window looks like a damn visor.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14926479
why

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

I've been reading up on people movers! They're super neat, but what are the advantages of one?

[Anonymous No.]

Where was the garbage thread?

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>14933564
Is a people mover basically an elevated light rail system designed for localized area?

[Anonymous No.]

>>14935402
I think they're just wheel on tire buses on guide rails... I'm hoping somebody could shed more light on them.

>>14934267
probably dead

[Anonymous No.]

>>14925934
>>14927267
>>14927281

I think it's the Utage, a special joyful train...
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B4_%28%E9%89%84%E9%81%93%E8%BB%8A%E4%B8%A1%29

[Anonymous No.]

>>14936671
Wow. I want to ride a joyful train.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14937669
It looks so dope!

[Anonymous No.]

>>14937669
That is so cozy looking.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14937669

What do they typically use these joyful trains for? Conferences?

Also, it looks as comfy as fuck.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14939994
it looks like a ryokan on rails

[Anonymous No.]

>>14937669
Are those ashtrays in the middle of the tables?

I'm sorry but its not comfy if smoking is allowed.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14937669
Also analog 4:3 tv.

Really?

[Anonymous No.]

>>14939994
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyful_Train

[Anonymous No.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEEPBZB1W68

This might be interesting.

The first part is about The Aizu Candle Festival (every Feb it seems so its past now though).

[Anonymous No.]

>>14944075
you realize that smoking is a big part of japanese culture, right? as a weaboo, you're pathetic if you can't so much as effortlessly tolerate it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14945375
and also yes, it is a diminishing aspect, but even today 30% of adult males smoke, with that figure more or less consistently represented through Japans' income demographics. In the 90's, about 50% of adult males smoked.

[Anonymous No.]

At the concourse of Sodegaura Station, Uchibo Line.

[Anonymous No.]

Saved from page 9

Somebody post pictures of joyful trains

[Anonymous No.]

>>14954418

Here have a DMU, sorry I don't have joyful trains pics saved.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14954782
I'll see your DMU, and raise you a.... I don't know what this is.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14957210
Geez that must be terrifying if a huge earthquake ever struck.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>14958499
Those people taking a step back "after" the train had already passed.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14957210
That's the Shanghai Maglev.

I only know that because it's in Train Simulator 2016, and people were so annoyed when it got released because it takes 7 minutes to drive the route

[Anonymous No.]

>>14959753
Shanghai? Google search tags lied to me. I guess I raised nothing.

What do you even do in train simulator? Why is a shorter route worse?

>>14958497
Nah brah, it's all thanks to SUPERIOR MONORAIL-ISH technology! Mag lev trains are technically monorails, as they have the "feet" that wrap around the beams. As long as the pillars were secure, it shouldn't be too terrifying

[Anonymous No.]

>>14960528
well, not all of them, I should say. Because things like this (the 2004 Niigata derailment) can happen too. What I'm getting at, is that monorails are dope.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14958499
My biggest grip about the chuou maglev line that the majority of it will be underground. I just like looking at the scenery passing by at lightning speed. That's why I can really sit down and watch videos like this for hours on end and sometimes travel to Hakata/Kanazawa just for the sake of riding for hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceqDG7t9O5c

[Anonymous No.]

>>14959753
I wish there were some Japanese lines in Train Simulator. I don't think dovetail will ever manage to get a license for them though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14960528
>What do you even do in train simulator? Why is a shorter route worse?
Well obviously you drive a train. Short routes can be fun, but the Maglev is two stations, point A to B, and the entire run is 5-7 minutes. Now do you think that's worth the overpriced DLC cost of $25? That's why most people weren't interested in it at all. There's nothing to do in it really.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/376933/


>>14961143
There's the fictional Story of Forest Rail that comes with a KiHa. Unfortunately it's ruined by the random anime girl in the passenger section.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14919473
That looks beautiful. But what is the point of being up in the air if you are not going to use the ground under it? Might as well have made it on the ground.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14961634
But anon, there's a stream under it

[Anonymous No.]

>>14961715
Yes I know. I'am not sure if that stream was there before or they've built it. You can even just cover the stream.

[Anonymous No.]

Rare event collector here!
Not very rare but interesting
Part 1
Lonely plastic bag floating in the wind ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>14967462
Part 2
Seconds after the first capture we get someone chasing the bag

The cleanliness and attention to detail really strikes the heart

Stay tuned for more rare events!

[Anonymous No.]

>>14945375
>>14945392
You are absolutely correct, but the person you are replying to only said that smoking in public precludes comfiness.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14967462
>>14967471
People just wouldn1t even give a shit about it here. Good cacth

[Anonymous No.]

>>14967570
What better way is there to declare yourself a pedant? Well done.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14961715
Kek'd

>>14965208
>You can even just cover the stream.
Are you fucking kidding me? You're probably the type of person to fight against greenspaces in cities, or architecture that costs a little more but looks good. Thank god you're not in charge, or we'd be living in a series of windowless concrete monoliths.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14967462
>>14967471
Damn that's crazy. Just for a plastic bag. I guess it's not very common for plastic bags to be floating around.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14969372
Perhaps it's not fair to generalize but neatness and cleanliness seems to be a big part of their culture. If you've ever been there you would notice the big fuss they make about trash collection as well

[Anonymous No.]

>>14967471
>>14967462

Wow.

Really captures the essence of the Japanese attention to cleanliness.

Thank you for sharing as always rare collector anon.

Appreciate it always and look forward to your next work of art.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14969381
Yea I know all about that. I was just wondering about how much effort they put into keeping it clean. I'd assume the plastic bag would have no affect on the train.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14969938
Doubt it's a large effort since the majority of people are clean by default

Must be quite the culture shock when they come to the US and see the beautiful public spaces of large cities

[Anonymous No.]

>>14970056
Apparently a big part of a japanese tourist's paris syndrome is due to how filthy everything is in the west

http://60abc.com/paris-is-too-dirty-for-the-japanese-tokyo-travel-agents-launch-clean-up-operation/

[Anonymous No.]

>>14973388
Interesting
can't say I blame them

[Anonymous No.]

anybody here ever ride a shinkansen?

[Anonymous No.]

>>14980070
Quite a few times and almost all lines.
Why?

[Anonymous No.]

>>14980070
Whenever I'm in Tokyo, I usually reside in Nippori so I know this station all too well.
I can't recommend it enough to anons who decide to go there. Close to Ueno, Yamanote and is a very cozy place in general.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14980452
>>14980460
Are they all they're cracked up to be? Is there much of a view?

[Anonymous No.]

>>14989862
I'm not sure what you mean.
If you're interested how does it look like from the inside, you can check YT, there are tons of videos. In my opinion, it's interesting how you don't have a feeling of speed. I mean, okay, it's fast, but even around 300 km/h it doesn't feel THAT fast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceqDG7t9O5c

[Anonymous No.]

Suzukawa Ayako did a vid of her trip inside Gran class of an E5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T0HaB09FBE

[Anonymous No.]

>>14990382
fuck, that video is so wonderful. I wish I had a spare monitor to loop it continuously.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14919468
>Relevant photoblog links

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjongkind

[Anonymous No.]

>>14991751
That photo is a mindfuck. Parts of it look like graphics, parts of it look genuinely realistic.

Added to the template, thanks! That blog is a gem

[Anonymous No.]

>>14926220
Being able to drive this line, and the Ressha itself, made Densha de Go! Ryojouhen totally worth picking up.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14918789
Would anyone happen to have the non-silverlight links for the rest of the streams on there?

[Anonymous No.]

>>14992560

you mean these?

http://pastie.org/private/mkwlzgzrrfadtjppk7mtia

[Anonymous No.]

>>14993614
Three more.

mms://center.ntt-fukushima.com/n-tatsumi?MSWMExt=.asf

mms://center.ntt-fukushima.com/n-tomioka?MSWMExt=.asf

mms://center.ntt-fukushima.com/n-nihonmatsu?MSWMExt=.asf


If mms:// prefix doesn't work try replacing it with http://

[Anonymous No.]

>>14994006
>>14993614
I updated the information here's a new link with everything:
http://pastebin.com/skcJu0BV

[Anonymous No.]

Didn't come by train, but came nonetheless. Pictures online make it seem much bigger. Right in the center of town, surrounding roads are super tight for even kei cars.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14993614
>>14994006
Thanks!

[Anonymous No.]

>>14994148
Where is this exactly?

you have very pleasant finger nails

[Anonymous No.]

sure is busy today

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>14998273
>>14998278
Did I miss the steam train?! FUCK

[Anonymous No.]

>>14998278
>>14998273
Holy hell, how in fuck did I miss these ;-;

thanks for recording this small piece of history, anon!

[Anonymous No.]

guys, how do i get a job driving steam trains for a living?

[Anonymous No.]

Is this a thread for Japanese train network?

[Anonymous No.]

>>15001260
well, it's originally the thread for trainwatching through cam at a particular station, but it's kind of just the japan railfan thread now

[Anonymous No.]

>>14961634
https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/湘南モノレール江の島線
because it is funded by Mitsubishi not Hitachi and it can suit rougher terrain

[Anonymous No.]

>>15001332
I wish I read japanese

[Anonymous No.]

Will/When will shinkansen ban smoking?

[Anonymous No.]

>>15004638
probably not for a while. A whole third of the japanese male population smokes, and women are on the margins when it comes to mass-marketing decisions for unisexual products.

here's where my own knowledge gets fuzzy: Are cigars and pipes banned? I seem to recall some vaguely editorial piece mentioning something in that vein.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15004638
I don't smoke and I generally hate the smell but unless you go to the smoking room, you won't feel it at all, so why care?

[Anonymous No.]

>>15005814
The allocation seems to be disproportional, read below:

>>15005680
Last December I ride from Osaka to Tokyo for comiket on its first day's morning, since it is Dec29 so all those non-smoking cars are full and I can only get a seat in the smoking car (come to think of it, as Shin-Osaka is the first station, I should probably check the last few cars in the train that would not assign seats). The smoking car was quite empty but those smokes (which I have never been to such a smokey environment before) make me feel dizzy and trigger uncomfort in my respiratory track which make me cough till now. (well that's probably what I deserve by settling with a seat in smoking car)

p.s. there're actually quite a few women smoker on that car back then so sex is probably not an issue there
p.p.s seems like N700 trains does not have smoking cars. Can I expect more rolling stocks being replaced by N700?

[Anonymous No.]

>>15005869
Wait, what/when did you ride? I thought all trains on the Toukaidou line are now served by N700(A) series with non-smoking carriages only. At least I never got anything else in the past 2 years.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15006138
I was using JR Pass so it's a Hikari train. Hikari still have some non-N700. (See http://www.shinkansen-yoyaku.com/iphone/smoking/shanai/smoking-seat.html ) (According to the article, it seems like all of them will be changed to N700 in ~2019 and thus effectively banned smoking)

[Anonymous No.]

>>15006325
>700系新幹線は大変残念ですが、2019年度末までに引退をJR東海は発表しています。
>耐用年数を迎えることもあり、2019年以降は全てN700系になります

I have to admit I'm surprised. I usually ride Nozomi though (they're all N700(A) as far as I know), but haven't seen any 700系 for a long time.

[Nathaniel Peck No.]

Don't die on me now.

[Cameron Conley No.]

Rare event collector here

Looks like we have a mascot/promo event combined with a rare train color
Sure is a large constant crowd!

[Steve Potts No.]

>>15013768
Man, I miss all the cool stuff.

You're doing god's work, Conley.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15013768
Three cheers for Conley!

[Anonymous No.]

>>14994148

Nicely done.

>>14995291

Please. Thats the front / entrance of the station.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14998278
>>14998273

As others said, fuck at missing this.

Surely there is a schedule for this type of train?

[Anonymous No.]

>>15001332

Oh so its located in Shonan?

[Anonymous No.]

>>15013768

Thank you Cameron Conley as always.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14994148
That's pretty cool! I never got around to go there when I still lived in Japan. Maybe sometime in the future.

[Anonymous No.]

Here's a live stream of the Hokaido Shinkansen from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr_zJ5K1AvE

[Anonymous No.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnAJdZFwFsU

[Anonymous No.]

>>15017821

Here is the same livesteam with others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGSjvzPzg7Y

[Anonymous No.]

>>15017821
>>15025082
Here's one for the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The catenary poles and wires kinda kill the view a bit though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-OtLnknOpQ

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>15032168
>>15032185
Not entirely sure what these are but they seem nice plus they seem to loop seemlessly.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15033395
Last one is Paris' metro line 6 crossing Pont de Bercy.
First one is from Paris suburb I'd guess from the background buildings, probably either a RER or Transilien train.

Not entirely sure what it has to do with this thread or /jp/ generally.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>15041213
I feel like we are never going to get heavy snow again

[Anonymous No.]

A rare event! I think they are fixing something on the tracks or the train or something. Working overnight like this must be tough.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15050983
2spooky

[Anonymous No.]

>>>/hr/2628013

[Anonymous No.]

>>15051730
The Maglev is so ugly.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15051737
I don't think it's ugly, however the fact that most of it will be underground bothers me. 90% of the joy in riding trains is the scenery. With this, it'll lose every little bit of the journey feeling and will be 100% pure, solid, cold transportation.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15051730
>>15051737
>>15052777
Speaking of Maglev
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/japanrailway/201603310600/

[Anonymous No.]

>>15041213
How do they clear heavy snow like this off the tracks?

[Anonymous No.]

2015/16 may be the worst year for snow.

But we have snow right now, in April

[Anonymous No.]

>>15061161
Quite odd.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15060214
they have a specialized engine (snowplow truck on rails) that runs across to clear snow if it's especially heavy

[Anonymous No.]

>>15013768
Damn I always miss stuff like this...thanks Conley.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15061161

What on earth?

Isn't it supposed to be Sakura season now?

[Anonymous No.]

>>15067677
sakura season's even better with SNOW

[Anonymous No.]

>>15069380
I imagine the sakura won't blossom under temperatures cold enough to make it snow.

[Anonymous No.]

Uh, guys how do you download all the images in a thread in one shot? I use quadchan but doesn't do archived threads.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15077234
Install gentoo

[Anonymous No.]

http://www.hokuto-star.jp crowdfunding for conservation of 北斗星 completed

[Anonymous No.]

>>15082048
*I mean, fulfilled

[Anonymous No.]

>>15082048
>>15082058

What exactly is this?

[Anonymous No.]

>>15077268
/g/ pls go

>>15077234
I normally use 4chanX which has a gallery, though I don't know about off-site archives or downloading all images in the thread at once. (I think it's possible.)

[Anonymous No.]

>>15077234
There's this:
https://github.com/SuperGouge/ChanThreadWatch/releases

I think downthemall for firefox still works but I haven't used that in a while.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15088770
>>15089458
Thanks for the replies.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>15090407
What / where is that?

[Anonymous No.]

>>15091770
it s in nagasaki. 正覚寺下停留場
Shoukakujishita dentei. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E8%A6%9A%E5%AF%BA%E4%B8%8B%E5%81%9C%E7%95%99%E5%A0%B4

[Anonymous No.]

>>15090407

How comfy

[Anonymous No.]

>>15090407
>>15092034
this is great
Thanks for sharing

[Anonymous No.]

The sky has a fantastic gradient today
Overcast days are the best

[Anonymous No.]

Comfy, isn't it?

[Anonymous No.]

starts in 42 minutes at NHK World

[Anonymous No.]

>>15107784
Is there a VOD?

[Anonymous No.]

Do you guys sometimes watch on-board videos like this one? I can waste hours on them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceqDG7t9O5c

[Anonymous No.]

American here. I just discovered this thread and took me a while to understand what was going on.

I never would of thought this was a hobby in Japan as well.

God speed.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14980070
>keisei-ae-skyliner
Skyliner is not shinkansen. It is the limited express of Keisei Dentetsu (Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.) running between Narita Airport and Ueno.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15118280
On some long nights I put it fullscreen on my left monitor and pretend I'm on a train.

[Anonymous No.]

>>15118280
Yes. I actually spend way too much time on them.

[Anonymous No.]

Just how much of the Tokyo Metro is underground? I've seen some rails on the surface.

[Anonymous No.]

>>14980070
I do and pretty much all lines all well. Also always in Green Car now.

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>>15121167
90%+ of it in the central area (I call "central whatever is inside the Yamanote loop). The rails on the surface are mostly JR and other lines.

Tokyo Metro lines that continues onto others lines resurface afterwards too.

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>>15121186
Did you rotate those?
Once I tried the Grancar because why the fuck not. It was glorious but expensive as fuck.
I usually take normal carriage and am still jelly of the railpass for tourists. They should allow that shit with working visa too.

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>>15121186
Isn't it rude to put your feet on the seats like that?

Double if your foot has natural strong odor.

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>>15121502
Yeah I did, the carriage was empty so we didn't care.

And yes I'm glad to be a tourist again. I actually seen less of Japan while working there 2 years than I do in 3 weeks as a tourist.

I wish there was more routes with GranClass. I'm pretty much done visiting the Tohoku area. Used that Hayabusa way too much. Wanted to head to Shin-Hakodate in GranClass last month but was fully booked on the day I traveled. Green Car is still good enough.

I don't care much about large seats or legroom, I just want a quiet and empty carriage.

>>15122884
A bit I guess, but you have people sitting with their legs crossed on their seat too so it's exactly the same in the end. My feets don't smell and I didn't put my shoes in there on purpose.

Conductors never told us anything (maybe they we afraid since we looked non Japanese).

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>>15123421
>And yes I'm glad to be a tourist again. I actually seen less of Japan while working there 2 years than I do in 3 weeks as a tourist.

That pretty much depends on how you live. I usually set out on Friday evening on early Saturday morning and get back to Tokyo late Sunday. But there's always so much more to see.

Damn, I can't wait to get back, this 2 month project handover is killing me. I can hardly tolerate EU fuckery after I got used to stuff in Japan.

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>>15123521
Sure weekends were possible, but that prevents you from going far unless you take the plane.

Also the money spent was a deal breaker for me. I was earning enough (45万 a month), but shelling out 30~40K in Train Fare just for a weekend was just way too much. I like the Shinkansen when I'm not paying for it (JRP basically).

I would only pay that much if I had a specific event / concert to attend, not just to do normal tourism.

I hate most of aspects of EU as well and miss Japanese trains, but my salary here is higher, my working hours way lower and I have 5+ weeks of paid vacations which I almost exclusively spend in Japan so I don't mind it too much.

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>>14918789
I loved these threads, I'd watch it for hours but for more than a year I can't get the feed to load and I have no idea why.
>tfw

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>>15128456
Well the stream does have a few alternate subdomains you can try.

center.ntt-fukushima.com/n-jraizu?MSWMExt=.asf
center2.ntt-fukushima.com/n-jraizu?MSWMExt=.asf
center3.ntt-fukushima.com/n-jraizu?MSWMExt=.asf

Are all the same stream but they have different IP addresses and one might work for you. I don't know why but for some reason center3.ntt-fukushima.com became the one everyone uses in these threads.

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I have one of these

:^P

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>>15129611
ok

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>>15128456
who are you quoting?
what are you quoting?

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>>15129611
How?

I thought dual citizenship / passports weren't allowed for Japan?

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>>15129611
The old BR passport looks so much better.

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>>15096809

Comfy.

And amen.

Overcast / cloudy skies are the best. Sunny days are the absolute worse.

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>>15090407
It looks ghetto yet comfy at the same time.

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Following in from a while ago, I did some research. I got a rough idea of the metro layout.

Yamanote line appears to be completely on the surface, so it's all red. Multiple stations and rails surrounding and connected to Tokyo Station seem to be all underground, but I could be wrong.

How about the rest, though? How much of the Tokyo Metro is on the surface and underground?

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>>15121167

From Wikipedia:

Due to the age of the Marunouchi Line and the relative shallowness at which it runs, at several points in central Tokyo trains run at or above ground level. These include Yotsuya Station, the Kanda River near Ochanomizu Station (see comfy image), and between Kōrakuen and Myōgadani stations.

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>>15134986
Why don't you, like, go on google earth and find out by yourself like a big guy?

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>>15133877
And how do you want them to check? Do you expect some kind of Global Citizenship database somewhere?

I have 2 passports to my name, could apply for a third one technically and no one can check anything. Just don't travel to/from Japan with your other passports and choose the one which is the most suited depending on the destination.

>>15135144
Same shot, couple weeks ago.

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>>15135144
Did some further research. This is a (very) rough idea of surface (red) and underground (blue) stations and rails.

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>>15138992

Still a comfy piece of civil engineering, as ever. Are they reinforcing the river bank there?

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http://www.demap.info/tetsudonow/

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>>15138992
Relax buddy.

It was just a general question I had regarding multiple passports.

But given your defensive questions in response I gather there is some technicality around having these passports at the same time.

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Something about that uneven glow of the headlights in the dark is nice

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>>15154920
Here is another
Looks like some early morning maintenance

Yesterday was a really active day. I guess Saturdays are generally a good time to tune into the stream

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>>15154920
>>15154925
Agreed.

What times were these taken?

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>>15157595
early morning local time, the same day as the post

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JR Kyushu: Onizuka Station

[Anonymous No.]

The station which is the Japan's nearest to the sea.

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>>15169313

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>>15169323
Blue Sea River?

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>>15170549
Preceded by Asian Hat Island and succeeded by Whale Wave

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>>15170581

Is that what the other two are? Okay.

Always found it interesting how tame the Japanese names really are when you translate it literally.

But yeah why is it called a river when its next to the Sea of Japan?

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>>15171812

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>>15171812
Maybe it's a play on words because umigawa could also mean "side facing the sea". Probably not though.

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I just started watching this stream. What am i supposed to look for?
I hope i am going to have fun, i already saw kids running and it was funny.

Also why do the trains stay for so long here? Is the station a terminus?

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>>15118280
Comfy/10

thank you for introducing me to this. I'm actually going to send this to my grandfather, who would love this.

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>>15183270
Technically it isn't a terminus. It's a reversal station.

However you're not wrong. The mine we can see is the Ban Etsu West running from Niitsu to Koriyama. While the whole line goes from these two stations, only the limited expresses and special train do. All local trains terminates at Aizu Wakamatsu station, which is my you can often see people running from one platform to the other.

Also the point of this stream isn't really to find something funny all the time... It's more of a means of relaxation we have.. It's very comfy. But yes sometime you can see funny and rare stuff happening. (Special event, special train, maintenance stuff, people taking pictures, someone from /jp/ waving at the camera etc etc)

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We're getting a rail here in Hawaii

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I woke up two hours ago and it was night, i re-opened the stream again and now it's day
What happened?

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>>15185930
the passage of time, friend.

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>>15187616
oh. i did not know it was that fast in japan.

I saw that train. It's the first time i'm seeing a train like that (it also sounds very good)
I also saw a bird earlier but i can't show it to you guys because i have no idea how to record a video stream, sorry

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>>15188351
forgot to put the train picture

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>>15188356
>I missed the SL again
FUCK EVERYTHING!

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>>15121167
Actually, JR Line such as Yamanote Line, Chuo Line, Soubu Line, Keihintouhoku Line and other private railways drawn like capillaries in the map are aortas of Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Caught a bird!

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>>15193550
That little turn was kinda neat. Must be pretty windy up there.

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>>15193550
he came back short after

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>>15193561
There is indeed a lot of wind. Even clouds are moving fast
this webm is not sped up

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>>15193550
Japanese bird riding the wind!

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>>15188715
it comes around 06:35 am it seems
i hope you didn't miss it today too

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>>15194750
Japan time I assume? Also, YES I MISSED IT AGAIN! FFFF-

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0HGHsRwNd0

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>>15194869
No my bad i looked at my clock, in japanese it's 1:35 pm

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>>15188351
>because i have no idea how to record a video stream

See this post >>14919473

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>>15194927
>>15193612
>>15193563
>>15193550

I love these kind of webms. So comfy.

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>>15194927
Guess it didn't show up today. Does it not do weekends, or have I got the times mixed up? I thought at 12:30 am on the east coast of the US, it was 1:30 pm in Japan? I was watching an hour ago and didn't see it either.

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>>15201731
I meant weekdays, sorry.

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>>15201731
>>15201741

Heres the timetable for April to September.

http://www.jrniigata.co.jp/Scripts/press/20160122nottetanoshii4-slban-etsu.pdf

Weekend and public holidays only it seems.

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>>15201808

Basically, on the days the SL Banetsu Monogatari does run, it departs from Niigata Station at 9:30am and arrives at Aizu-Wakamatsu Station at 1:35pm as per >>15194927

Then later in the day, the SL Banetsu Monogatari departs Aizu-Wakamatsu Station at 3:25pm and arrives at Niigata Station at 7:06pm.

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lights turning off

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>>15208024

Are you the timelapse anon?

>>15173180

Everything I could have hoped for.

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>>15208116
No but i made the webms that >>15199086 linked

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>>15208116
>>15173180

Ōita is missing; someone please add it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cita_Prefecture

>The origins of the name Ōita are documented in a report from the early 8th century called the Chronicles of Bungo (豊後国風土記 bungonokuni-fudoki?) .[4] According to the document, when Empress Keikō visited the Kyushu region, stopping first in Toyo-no-kuni, she exclaimed that 'This is a vast land, indeed. It shall be known as Okita-Kuni!' Okita-Kuni, meaning "Land of the Great Fields", later came to be written as "Ōita". Present day interpretations based on Ōita's topography state that Oita's name comes from "Okita", meaning "many fields", rather than "vast" or "great" field, because of Ōita's complex terrain.[4]

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>>15208156
Are you rare event anon then?

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>>15216622
Haha no, i am the new friend that first posted here >>15183270

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They're fast!!

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>>15219643
>birdies.webm

Those are swallows, you uncultured mongoloid.

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>>15219738
all of my excuses
have more bir-i mean, swallows

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>>15219643
>>15219738
>>15219759

They look like bats to me.

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>>15219769
That's because you've got the eyesight of a bat.

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I'm from the UK so my only options to watch anything here during busy times are late at night or early in the morning. It sucks.
But I can watch the sun rise this time of year, its so nice.

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No very rare events lately

I want to try out how some long timelapses will look like (2-3 days compressed maybe?) soon

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>>15224538
Is this that station with the famous blue lights that stops people from killing themselves?

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>>15224564
doubt it
This is a terminal station

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>>15224692
Terminal as in, no blue light and people kill themselves, terminal?

Yeah..

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>>15224538
>I want to try out how some long timelapses will look like (2-3 days compressed maybe?) soon

Look forward to it. Especially since time-lapse anon seems to have disappeared forever ;_;

Also been meaning to try myself, but I just can't seem to get anything done recently nowadays it seems.

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I DID IT! I finally got to see her.

[Anonymous No.]

that's a beautiful train.

[Anonymous No.]

well, here is a quick time lapse

Will do some much longer ones soon

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Had to head to Kanagawa this AM. Not a bad station, pretty quiet for a Sunday morning.

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>>15230215
>>15227281

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>>15229641
Congratulations !

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>>15233988
Do you have more photos?

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>>15219759
Lovely.

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http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201605160004.html

>The well-known 485 series express train of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will make its farewell runs on June 18 and 19 before being retired from service, JR East’s Sendai branch announced.

>On June 18, the train will run between Sendai and Koriyama stations; Koriyama and Aizu-Wakamatsu stations; and Aizu-Wakamatsu and Koriyama stations.
We're all going to watch it on the stream right?

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>>15239864
yes ;_;

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>>15239864
You even have to ask?

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>>15239864

How many trains have retired in the past couple of years?

Big Red and now this.

There won't be any trains left at this rate.

I'm in.

Whats the time of the last train? ;_;

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>>15239864
if I'm alive I'll be watching.

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>>15236483
Sorry, no, but there wasn't too much to the station anyways. It seems much larger in some of the photos.

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>>15240536
What happened to you?

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>>15245841
i got minor surgery on the 7th. its outpatient stuff, but you never know.

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>>15246330
Good luck anon.