Tier list: The JR Yamanote Line

[@골드나인]

10:15 The term Takada(高田) can be translated as "high paddy". The term "paddy" is the place where Asians grow and harvest rice. 21:53 The term Yuraku(有樂) can be translated as "with fun" or "with delight".

[@Jammie96Ar0]

Im sorry but when he said the Nippori Toneri liner was piece of shit I cried inside.

[@Acg1000]

so glad this was on my recommended page. what a great video :). loved the background music and good commentary

[@jessejace]

Thank you so much! It took a long time because I took most of the footage myself, but I like how it turned out

[@jessejace]

BTW, most of the music in the video is mine. Check me out over here: kzbin.info

[@qtm_junky]

What a great video the youtube algorithm has gifted me with for watching Yamanote door closing melodies videos at 3 in the morning

[@Yamamba]

As someone who's gone to Japan a lot of times and is a massive train enthusiast, this was great to watch, and it was fun to get pissed off at some of the rankings, great video haha 👍

[@Vanier742]

One cool thing about Nippori is the cemetery there, Yanaka Cemetery. In sakura season it's really pretty, but it has some of the Tokugawas enshrined there. Highly recommend for a peaceful walk.

[@ruixxxx]

This video brings another layer of enjoyment when I drive Yamanote train in Densha de Go Final. Each station has its own flavour thanks to your brilliant and sarcastic commenting. Well done

[@Istlna]

Enjoyed this video a lot, you got me laughing on the station name's meaning. I love the Yamanote Line lol.

[@mogeleo]

There are several etymological mistakes in this video. Okachimachi actually means "Footmen's Town." Back in the shogun's days, the area featured apartments for o-kachi, lower class samurai who formed the shogun's infantry. Mejiro and Mejguro were named not after the birds, but after Mejiro Fudo and Meguro Fudo ("White-Eyed Fudo" and "Black-Eyed Fudo"), temples dedicated to the Buddha Fudo Myojin. Mejiro Fudo has relocated out of the area, but Meguro Fudo is still a popular temple today. Shinjuku is better translated as "New Post Station," with shuku/juku being a government-sanctioned post station built along highways in the shogun era, although it did indeed feature inns and lodges around the station. And yes, it was "new"--in the early 17th century. Harajuku is similarly better rendered "Field Post Station." While Hamamatsucho literally does mean Beach Pine Town, it is very obviously a reference to the central Japanese city of Hamamatsu.

[@jessejace]

Conspicuously you are silent on the topic of Komagome

[@spaceblue9932]

Nice video btw at 2:20 the keihin tohoku line rapid actually does stop at kanda (it does skips okachimachi and a few others though) (it skips shimbashi as well which is always funny to me as the tokaido and yokosuka lines even stop there lol)

[@changgonng]

涩谷deserves a "Straight dope" tier😭☠

[@carlossarmiento4662]

great video, thanks for the insight on the areas around the stations, it's great to learn it from someone who lives in tokyo.

[@ChandraTamang]

Great video and love the humour!

[@Watahelajjj199]

16:09 you almost know where i lived 💀🙏

[@unduloid]

Most of the stations mentioned are being used as backgrounds in some anime or another, so they're all great in my book. This is the main reason I'm miffed that they just tore down the old Harajuku station. It was dingy, sure, but damn, it had charm!

[@Nelsea7190]

Takadanobaba, has Mikado game center. one of the oldest independently owned ones. IikeBukuro has its newer 2nd location had to and did visit both locations. if you ever want to get lost in a maze then head to Shinjuku station. you will get lost, Guaranteed!

[@fifafootballfans179]

shinbashi not at a good tier is a crime

[@jessejace]

Then consider me Al Capone

[@ledfwil7278]

9:05 Your first mistake? Countrrclockwise.

[@jessejace]

Station code order

[@ledfwil7278]

@jessejace why not count down?

[@TheOpinist]

although yurakucho station isn't my favorite, it has some nice views and my favorite departure melody, at least the ones from platform 2 and 3. (the melody is called JR-SH2)

[@chriscapaccio4342]

The slander for Mejiro is justified but one of my favorite spots in Tokyo is right by that station 😭 I feel personally attacked

[@jessejace]

@@chriscapaccio4342 What's the spot?

[@chriscapaccio4342]

@@jessejace Marucho! It’s a tsukesoba restaurant - refer to JapanEat’s video :). Also Otsuka is very near and dear to my heart as it’s the first station I stayed near in Tokyo.

[@illiiilli24601]

Nice i learned a new word at 0:54 ビンタ

[@pribzz9229]

as a tabata resident i'm upset at that placement but i can't disagree there's nothing going on here (although the shinkansen trainyard is cool)

[@waro2330]

Is there a less gentrified Akihabara offering a similar experience?

[@jessejace]

There are spots in present-day Akiba that still harken back to the way I remember the town, but they're few and far between. I'm not sure if any of Akihabara's equivalents in other Japanese cities have seen the same changes over the years as Akiba has, but I have to assume Akiba saw the worst of it, being the most famous outside Japan.

[@Jintsoo]

Loved the video, especially all the jokes! Just one question, isn’t Tsukiji market still open tho? Unsure what you meant by “defunct”.

[@jessejace]

That might be a mistake. When they opened the new market in Toyosu, the plan was to stop using Tsukiji, but I just looked it up and saw that now Tsukiji is called the "outer market."

[@LGVRhin-Rhone]

@@jessejace ???: 「築地市場は閉場しています!!」 ???: 「築地市場は営業しています!!」

[@Jammie96Ar0]

PLS RANK KEIHIN TOHOKU LINE STATIONS (not mentioned from the video here) PLSSSPSLSLSSLSLPSSLLSLS

[@jessejace]

Hmm, if I include the Negishi Line stations south of Yokohama, that's a lot of stations. Yokohama through Omiya might be possible, but it will take me a long time to make.

[@Jammie96Ar0]

@@jessejace Maybe you can do 2 parter, Part 1 Keihin-Tohoku line then Part 2 the Negishi line. But just do the station that does NOT connect with the Yamanote line as it is already ranked here :))

[@Jammie96Ar0]

I’ll be patient :))

[@qtm_junky]

So - after riding the Nippori Toneri Liner I have to admit that I don’t understand your hatred towards it. It seems like a nice automated line with very similar rolling stock to the Yurikamome Line, just without the views. Then again I’m just some rubber neck tourist who doesn’t know shit. Could you maybe elaborate on your opinion against the NT liner?

[@jessejace]

I didn't say I hated it. I've never ridden it. But I personally have neither any use nor any affection for the Toneri Liner, so it gets made fun of on my video.

[@qtm_junky]

@@jessejace Ahh, well it did add to my enjoyment of your videos so I guess it achieved it's goal haha. Oh and you talked about the Sakura Tram, so I also rode that :P - I guess you've used that at some point too. If you haven't, I highly recommend going to the Minowabashi Station terminal. Extremely picturesque with all the flowers planted near the track.

[@LGVRhin-Rhone]

I'm sorry but I'm going to have to reject these opinions solely on the basis that you lived on the Tobu Isesaki Line 🤢

[@jessejace]

Let's not exaggerate. My address was there, but I don't know how much "living" I did during that period.

[@BarukoKen]

I live on tobu isesaki line Don't speak against this train line😔

[@geordieinjapan]

True Akiba is nothing now. Though not sure I'd blame gentrification. More just the internet- you don't need to trawl little shops for second hand games and electrical bits, you just buy online.

[@jessejace]

That's a good point. I guess at the fore of my perception is that, once city planners saw the tourist potential of the town, it sparked a new interest in correcting Akiba's claustrophobic, fire-hazard nature and cleaning it up for all to see.

[@unduloid]

The last reason for me to go there, Toranoana, closed down a while ago. Well, there goes another shrine of memories.

[@futaba951]

😂😂😂

[@AegisEdge]

all wrong below S, enjoyed the video though lol.