(ENG SUB) 300 year-old Namiyoke Inari Shrine at Tsukiji Market, Tokyo
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A lovely shrine rich in history in the heart of Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo. Whenever we went to the market, we need to visit this shrine.
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Great Views of Tokyo at Government Building, Andaz Toranomon Hills, & Odaiba (Japan Day 7)
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Kumano Shrine
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills
Odaiba
Rainbow Bridge
Aqua City
Diver City
Venus Fort
Palette Town
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Neon Sighs of Susukino, Sapporo
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Tokyo Metro Ginza Line: Asakusa-Tawaramachi-Inaricho-Ueno. JAN 2016
Filmed in January 2016. This is riding a new 1000 series metro train built in 2014, based on the original 1000 series metro trains in the Tokyo metro, which had been in use between 1927-1968 (The new 1000 series metro trains have been introduced since 2012, scheduled to replace all the 01 series metro trains from 1983-1987, 1990-93 and 1997). This is riding the 2,2km long extension with 4 stations, which originally opened back in 1927 (Asakusa-Ueno).
The Ginza Line was conceived by a businessman named Noritsugu Hayakawa, who visited London in 1914, saw the London Underground and concluded that Tokyo needed its own underground railway. He founded the Tokyo Underground Railway (東京地下鉄道 Tōkyō Chika Tetsudō?) in 1920, and began construction in 1925.
The portion between Ueno and Asakusa was completed on December 30, 1927 and publicized as the first underground railway in the Orient. Upon its opening, the line was so popular that passengers often had to wait more than two hours to ride a train for a five-minute trip.
On January 1, 1930, the subway was extended by 1.7 km to temporary Manseibashi Station, abandoned on November 21, 1931 when the subway reached Kanda, 500 meters further south down the line. The Great Depression slowed down construction, but the line finally reached its originally planned terminus of Shinbashi on June 21, 1934.
In 1938, the Tōkyō Rapid Railway (東京高速鉄道 Tōkyō Kōsoku Tetsudō?), a company tied to the predecessor of today's Tokyu Corporation, began service between Shibuya and Toranomon, later extended to Shinbashi in 1939. The two lines began through-service interoperation in 1939 and were formally merged as the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan Subway or TRTA) in July 1941.
The Ginza Line name was applied in 1953 to distinguish the line from the new Marunouchi Line. In the postwar economic boom, the Ginza Line became increasingly crowded. The new Hanzōmon Line began to relieve the Ginza Line's traffic in the 1980s, but the Ginza Line is still quite crowded as it serves major residential, commercial, and business districts in central Tokyo. According to a June 2009 Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation survey, the Ginza Line is the seventh most crowded subway line in Tokyo, running at 168% capacity between Akasaka-Mitsuke and Tameike-Sannō stations.
The newest station on the line, Tameike-Sannō Station, opened in 1997 to provide a connection to the newly built Namboku Line. The line is 14,3km long and has 19 stations.
(Source: wikipedia).
The Tokyo Metro system operates 9 lines, while the Toei Subway system operates 4 lines in Tokyo.
Osaka | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:00:35 1 History
00:00:44 1.1 Prehistory to the Kofun period
00:01:41 1.2 Asuka and Nara period
00:03:08 1.3 Heian to Edo period
00:06:00 1.4 19th century to present
00:08:39 2 Etymology
00:09:32 3 Geography and climate
00:09:42 3.1 Geography
00:11:04 3.2 Climate
00:12:52 4 Cityscape
00:13:12 4.1 Neighborhoods
00:15:53 4.2 Wards
00:16:05 5 Demographics
00:17:46 5.1 Dialect
00:18:13 6 Politics
00:20:37 7 Politics regarding the use of nuclear energy
00:24:28 8 Economy
00:27:29 9 Transportation
00:29:32 10 Culture and lifestyle
00:29:41 10.1 Shopping and culinary
00:32:43 10.2 Entertainment and performing arts
00:35:27 10.3 Annual festivals
00:36:11 10.4 Museum and galleries
00:37:25 10.5 Sports
00:40:14 10.6 Media
00:41:04 10.6.1 Newspapers
00:41:49 10.6.2 Television and radio
00:43:00 10.6.3 Publishing companies
00:43:21 11 Places of interest
00:43:33 11.1 Amusement parks
00:44:54 11.2 Parks
00:46:19 11.3 Temples, shrines, and other historical sites
00:47:00 11.4 Entertainment
00:48:37 11.5 Red light districts
00:48:48 11.6 Day-Trip Locations
00:49:09 12 Education
00:51:36 12.1 Libraries
00:51:56 12.2 Learned society
00:52:08 13 International relations
00:52:19 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:53:19 13.2 Business partner cities
00:53:31 14 See also
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Osaka (Japanese: 大阪市, Hepburn: Ōsaka-shi, pronounced [oːsakaɕi]; commonly just 大阪, Ōsaka [oːsaka] (listen)) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants. Osaka will host Expo 2025. The current mayor of Osaka is Ichiro Matsui.