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By fading back and forth between scenes of pre- and post-quake Tokyo, this time-lapse video by YouTube user darwinfish105 shows how the metropolitan nightscape has been affected by Japan's ongoing power shortages and conservation efforts.
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By fading back and forth between scenes of pre- and post-quake Tokyo, this time-lapse video by YouTube user darwinfish105 shows how the metropolitan nightscape has been affected by Japan's ongoing power shortages and conservation efforts.
Various Japanese plants (and fungi) spring to life in Omni/ScienceNet's "Action Plant" series of time-lapse videos shot in Kōchi prefecture.
+ Snake gourd flower (Trichosanthes kirilowii) // Wikipedia
+ Veiled stinkhorn (Phallus indusiatus) // Wikipedia
+ Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica) // Wikipedia
+ Japanese cheesewood (Pittosporum tobira) // Wikipedia
+ Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum japonense) // Wikipedia
+ White egret flower (Habenaria radiata) // Wikipedia
+ Red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) // Wikipedia
+ Soybeans (Glycine max) // Wikipedia
+ Ume plum blossom (Prunus mume) // Wikipedia
+ Cherry blossoms (Prunus serrulata) // Wikipedia
Inter // States is the latest Tokyo time-lapse piece by photographer Samuel Cockedey. The soundtrack is "Paradigm Flux (Tokyo Cut)" by Woob, from the new "Paradigm Flux" EP (listen).
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This time-lapse video of the 18-meter (59-ft) Gundam robot in the city of Shizuoka, Japan is the latest in a series of YouTube uploads from Gundam videographer darwinfish105.
"Floating point," the latest Tokyo time-lapse video by photographer Samuel Cockedey, features views of Rainbow Bridge, Shinagawa station, Ikebukuro, Ochanomizu, and Tsukishima.
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Enoshima Aquarium (Fujisawa, Japan) has released some time-lapse footage of a molting Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi), whose 3.8 meter (12 ft 6 in) leg span makes it the world's largest arthropod species. The video was shot over a 6-hour period.
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This time-lapse video of Japan -- shot by Brad Kremer in the summer of 2009 -- features impressive footage of Tokyo, Matsuyama, Imabari, Nagano, Gifu, and Mt. Ishizuchi.
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This video by the bitter*girls gives the tilt-shift/time-lapse treatment to Japan's most ancient and honorable contact sport. Don't miss the kancho at the end.
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A glowing "walk signal" man takes a leisurely stroll through Tokyo at night.
[Link: Tokyo/Glow via Tokyomango]