Ten Tokyo time-lapse trips

Here are ten time-lapse videos shot in Tokyo…

1. 35 years of Shinjuku construction: 1969 to 2004 in 10 seconds.

2. Roppongi Hills construction: April 2001 to July 2003 in 35 seconds. (Watch the slower version here.)

3. Yamanote Tour: Circle the Yamanote Line in under 4 minutes. (Watch the slower version here.)

4. Lightning Tokyo: Electrical storm strikes Higashiyama, Tokyo.

5. Tokyo En Lapse: Quirky moonwalking, Yamanote Line footage, and a great sunset.

6. Stop Go Tokyo: The granddaddy of Tokyo time-lapse videos on YouTube. Awesome.

7. Tokyo Skyline: Cool time-lapse footage for the first minute.

8. Timelapse Video From Around The World: The Tokyo scenes begin at 1:47.

9. Tokyo 24-Hour Timelapse: 24 hours of webcam footage shot from a high-rise apartment near the Sumida River.

10. Turbulence — Stop Motion Series (via Grow-a-Brain): Tons of stop-motion photo animations that explore the body language of Tokyo train passengers.

16 Responses to “Ten Tokyo time-lapse trips”

  1. I’m a bit embarrassed to say it, but I can remember all these changes from when I first visited Shinjuku as an annoyingly precocious tike in 1964 … all the way to this evening as a perv lurking in the alleys of Goldengai on a Friday night.

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  2. Every once in a while there’s something on the internet that I feel compelled to share a link for at every place I go. This is one of them. Thanks!

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  3. hi, you probably got loads of these, but i shot a timelapse movie of a few sites around Tokyo last year. View it here, if you’re interested!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOB2PMrg67Q

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  4. AMAZING COLLECTION. Thank you for this.

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