2008.08.12
Yamanote Line Walking - Day 1
今日、自分のプロジェクト「山手線の散歩」を始めた。１日目は山手線目黒駅から池袋駅まで写真を撮りながら歩いてきた。撮った写真を動画にして下のYouTubeに載せた。6分間ちょっとかかるので、好きなところにスキップしていいよ。
万歩計には24468歩、596ギャラリー、12.23キロが記録された。
撮った写真は1442枚（徒歩の写真）以上。
かかった時間は５時間。
目黒～新宿は部分的に歩いたことがあるが、一気で歩くのが初めてだった。新宿～池袋の間ほとんど知らなくて何があるかすごく楽しみにしていた。しかし、感想は他の時書くね。このプロジェクトの元は毎年１日で全部歩く知り合いだった。彼は友達と一緒に東京駅から山手線沿いで都心をぐるっと回って約１２時間後また東京駅に着く。さすがにゆっくりしながらできないことです。今日目黒～池袋は２９駅内のたった９駅なのに５時間もかかった。３日間のプロジェクトにしては最初は結構いいペースだと思う。
さてこのビデオを見て、何が面白いと思うでしょう？
Today, I started my little project: “Yamanote Line Walking”. Day 1 took me from Meguro Station to Ikebukuro Station taking photos along the way, and turning those photos into a YouTube video. The video is a little over 6 minutes long, so if you get tired with one area skip to another.
My pedometer recorded 24468 steps burning 596 calories through the 12.23 kilometers walked.
I took 1442 walking photos and more.
This leg of the loop took 5 hours to complete.
I have walked from Meguro to Shinjuku before in parts, but never all at once. From Shinjuku to Ikebukuro, it was for the most part new to me, so I was quite interested what I would find. Those thoughts are for later though. The origin of this project was an acquaintance of mine who does this walk every year but all at once. With his friends, he walks from Tokyo Station right around central Tokyo following the Yamanote Line and ends back at Tokyo Station in some 12 hours. I couldn’t possible do that at my lethargic pace and taking photos too. Today, of the 29 stations on the line, I completed 9 in 5 hours. Not a bad pace for this 3 day project.
Take a look at the video and tell me what you think!
I did this walk in 4 parts. I’m thinking that you’re gonna do the top today. Just to tell u..it’s difficult. I did this a few weeks ago. The sides of the Yamanote Oval are fairly easy as there are things to look at along the way but the top and bottom are a little less interesting. the top I did Ikebukuro to Ueno…took about 3 hrs. This part you will run into a lot of neighborhoods..and streets that just randomly end. And so many buildings are blocking the view of the tracks.
I’m sure your friends know all about this esp if they have walked it every year.
Have fun!
Haha… I did this totally unplanned and just wandering through streets. Since I’ve been taking photos every 5 seconds I sometimes don’t pay attention to where I’m supposed to be.
check out day2’s video, I made a music video out of it
http://tokuon.com/art/photography/2008/08/yamanote-line-walking-day-2
it sounds interesting and sounds so you, ian. i haven’t checked the video yet but I will make comments after I see it. it also reminded me of tokyo!