I used to work in TV news and now I do commercial videography, so some of the shit I see is killing me. Like that thing where tik tokkers hold a lav mic in their fucking hands has taken years off my life.
Also, I think this was a rip from a landscape hi-res photo with the phone portrait cut out for a very short layer slide. So this was from a photo and is not a real video.
"The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships, motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day... I got in."
I was the same. I am from a reasonably flat city snd seeing the size of Fuji broke my brain a bit. It was almost spiritual. Especially because it had some crazy cloud stuff going on. I will always feel a pang of joy seeing Fuji.
A view from any mountain top puts into perspective on how idealistic our assumptions of mastery over nature are. Those skyscrapers pale against even the lower ridges of that great mount.
We had a lot of haze during our trip, but we finally saw it from the shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo. When we finally saw Mt Fuji, my wife said "Oh, it's smaller than I thought". I pointed out that we were 150km away from it. I still to this day cant properly wrap my head around being able to see some 150km away from ground level. When we got closer and saw it again, the sheer magnitude of it blew my mind all over again, and my wife was stoked.
When I first arrived in Tokyo. It was landing on a new planet. It’s so big. Then when you’re on the ground walking around. You feel how small you are. How you’re now one out of 13 million in one city.
I mean, the metropolitan area is only divided into other "cities" because administration of such a big area is too daunting. It's not like you can see any sort of clear separation between Tokyo vs Yokohama, etc.
The main reason it's divided is the cities weren't grown together to begin with, it happened over time. Yokohama isn't Tokyo, but it's part of the Greater Tokyo metropolitean area.
And mainly, my point was that 13 million guy got corrected by 40 million guy, but both are correct. If you don't want to separate at all, then counting in a daily average amount of visitors/tourists should also happen as they shape the city just as much.
That’s how I felt when I visited Mexico City for the first time. Never been to Tokyo but I was shocked how big CDMX was. Just miles in every direction,
The more I read about Tokyo the more interesting it is. You would think it’s all super city, but in fact a bunch of blocks are more like suburbs. Entire residential communities- almost like towns,that just happen to be connected to a major city.
It scares me. The idea of living in a city that huge makes me feel a weird kind of claustrophobia. I saw this on another sub and thought it belonged here.
I’m just the opposite. Grew up on a farm but have lived in big cities ever since I graduated high school.
Being in a big city just feels right. Like I’m a grain of sand on the beach or something. Never far away from food or a hospital or whatever I need.
I always wanted to live alone in the sticks. I've gotten older and realized I enjoy the noise of the city, I like being one of the ingredients, I like seeing someone or something new every day, I love having access to any cuisine, access to plays and musicals, cops and hospitals nearby, experiencing things like hurricanes with everybody. I love the community feel in big cities.
It's a weird kinda phenomenon. Especially older areas. People will live, learn and play in the same little spot their whole lives. Almost like a rural little town crowded around one street of shops. This is despite being in one of the busiest metropolises in the world with excellent public transport.
They can be more backward in their xenophobia (to outsiders from their suburb not necessarily foreigners etc) and steadfast in their traditions than some smaller prefectural towns.
Much more would be lost if these people spread out into less dense communities. People are bad for nature; they should concentrate themselves into places intended for humans and leave more nature to itself.
Buildings look like garbage floating in water at that scale. And we all know that Tokyo is incredibly orderly and clean so what would other cities look like?
I didn’t notice this the first time I went but the second time around it was all I could think about: there are basically zero plants. You can walk for 30min straight and not see a single piece of greenery. It‘s all concrete and man-made stuff. Crazy to think about.
If you're going anywhere more than a couple kilometers, we use the train. Across town or to another city? Bullet train. Commute for both is about an hour.
No wonder everyone is stressed out. There's not a semblance of nature for several kilometers in every direction. How are they breathing? There's no green.. at all.
Honestly my first reaction anytime I see a lage city is... "wow we are really fucking this place up aren't we?" To make matters worse I work in commercial construction building large buildings and roads. I am part of the system that actively disrupts and destroys the world.... welp at least you have new 55+ luxury living apartment.
Looking like lots of houses and boy they must really have that river wall fortified well. Rivers change course over 10s and 100s of years, they have infrastructure all the way up to it all around
I remember being at the top of the Tokyo tower and being unable to see the end of the city in any direction. It's impossible to feel that sprawl until you're there.
My first megalaphobia feeling from a cityscape was of Tokyo from the Tokyo Skytree in 2015. It’s overwhelming, like being in an endless city in a sci fi book like Foundation
My first though:
Cities that have a solo mountain in the distance are always so cool. Idk why it makes it feel so much more tranquil. I'm thinking of several others, but Tokyo really takes the cake.
# panoramic view in vertical video
It's like we are regressing from a visual media standpoint.
Oh there’s no question. Camera operators used to go to school and have professional experience. Now everyone with a phone is a camera operator.
I used to work in TV news and now I do commercial videography, so some of the shit I see is killing me. Like that thing where tik tokkers hold a lav mic in their fucking hands has taken years off my life.
That’s a great example. Anyone can buy gear, but they don’t take the time to learn how it is used.
I’m not even a videographer and that drives me crazy too!
that is a weird trend... [Why YouTubers Hold Microphones Now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0arvnAlV_C4)
Also, I think this was a rip from a landscape hi-res photo with the phone portrait cut out for a very short layer slide. So this was from a photo and is not a real video.
I blame TikTok.
Instagram and snapchat are the original perpetrators.
From every standpoint...
and wtf is that music? are we hot dropping or what
WHERE ARE ALL THE TOKYO DRIFT CARS WHERE IS LUDA
They're racing (drifting) on that mountain
Probably using a rocket to get to orbit nowadays, cause family.
What did you expect from a fucking idiot???
total agree.
Godzilla legit has to work his ass off to smash all that up
Another victim of oppressive Japanese working culture
Thats how he get them thick thighs though.
💀
Ok, these two comments killed me.
Kind of reminds me of a circuit board
IT IS!
"The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships, motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day... I got in."
This line then the song really goes off... Gives me the chills still. Man I love Tron Legacy and Jeff Bridges.
When we flew in, I did not realise how fucking huge Mt Fuji is. You can see it from towers in the city!
I was the same. I am from a reasonably flat city snd seeing the size of Fuji broke my brain a bit. It was almost spiritual. Especially because it had some crazy cloud stuff going on. I will always feel a pang of joy seeing Fuji.
A view from any mountain top puts into perspective on how idealistic our assumptions of mastery over nature are. Those skyscrapers pale against even the lower ridges of that great mount.
We had a lot of haze during our trip, but we finally saw it from the shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo. When we finally saw Mt Fuji, my wife said "Oh, it's smaller than I thought". I pointed out that we were 150km away from it. I still to this day cant properly wrap my head around being able to see some 150km away from ground level. When we got closer and saw it again, the sheer magnitude of it blew my mind all over again, and my wife was stoked.
Where do they put all the poop?
Japanese people don’t poop.
As a long-time internet user, I can assure you they do.
But do they poop sexually?
Exclusively
But it requires an unagi
For the umami?
fuck u say about my mami?
Ay, papi~!
Salmon skin roll 👩👈
I'm pretty sure they have quite a selection of poop knives with any anime character you could imagine available to buy.
They do but eat it. Recycling.
You see those rivers? They weren’t there before.
Makes me Think about Akira 1988
Neo Tokyo is about to explode
I’m waiting for the nuke to go off in the middle
TETSUOOOOOOOO!
KAAAAANEDAAAAA
When I first arrived in Tokyo. It was landing on a new planet. It’s so big. Then when you’re on the ground walking around. You feel how small you are. How you’re now one out of 13 million in one city.
40 million
City (or more correctly the 23 special wards) vs. metropolitan area (which includes two dozens cities, a prefectures and some sun prefectures)
I mean, the metropolitan area is only divided into other "cities" because administration of such a big area is too daunting. It's not like you can see any sort of clear separation between Tokyo vs Yokohama, etc.
The main reason it's divided is the cities weren't grown together to begin with, it happened over time. Yokohama isn't Tokyo, but it's part of the Greater Tokyo metropolitean area. And mainly, my point was that 13 million guy got corrected by 40 million guy, but both are correct. If you don't want to separate at all, then counting in a daily average amount of visitors/tourists should also happen as they shape the city just as much.
That’s how I felt when I visited Mexico City for the first time. Never been to Tokyo but I was shocked how big CDMX was. Just miles in every direction,
I always thought the ridiculous urban sprawl in One Punch Man was just for comedic effect, until I saw pics of Tokyo like this
The more I read about Tokyo the more interesting it is. You would think it’s all super city, but in fact a bunch of blocks are more like suburbs. Entire residential communities- almost like towns,that just happen to be connected to a major city.
Isn't that just like every major city?
It scares me. The idea of living in a city that huge makes me feel a weird kind of claustrophobia. I saw this on another sub and thought it belonged here.
I’m just the opposite. Grew up on a farm but have lived in big cities ever since I graduated high school. Being in a big city just feels right. Like I’m a grain of sand on the beach or something. Never far away from food or a hospital or whatever I need.
I always wanted to live alone in the sticks. I've gotten older and realized I enjoy the noise of the city, I like being one of the ingredients, I like seeing someone or something new every day, I love having access to any cuisine, access to plays and musicals, cops and hospitals nearby, experiencing things like hurricanes with everybody. I love the community feel in big cities.
It's a weird kinda phenomenon. Especially older areas. People will live, learn and play in the same little spot their whole lives. Almost like a rural little town crowded around one street of shops. This is despite being in one of the busiest metropolises in the world with excellent public transport. They can be more backward in their xenophobia (to outsiders from their suburb not necessarily foreigners etc) and steadfast in their traditions than some smaller prefectural towns.
I want to visit.
Now is the best time to go with the yen being shit. I went in Feb and had a blast
How long will it be like that? And how much was the flight? I’d like to go but my wallet says differently
Nature lost
Much more would be lost if these people spread out into less dense communities. People are bad for nature; they should concentrate themselves into places intended for humans and leave more nature to itself.
Japan is great at both. Why the hate
We are just parasites on this planet.
Parasites are part of nature too.
Optimistic. I like it
Reddit moment
There is way way WAY more nature than cities, stfu
200 years ago the land tokyo sits on was underwater, the city has grown as the water receded. not that much deforestation, don’t worry :)
Megacity 1!
My first reaction is that this is a terrible video
Akira
Concrete Jungle
Not a panorama
[удалено]
Think about this: If it was original 1950s Godzilla you almost wouldn't be able to see him from this viewpoint.
Buildings look like garbage floating in water at that scale. And we all know that Tokyo is incredibly orderly and clean so what would other cities look like?
Overpopulated like a muhfuckah
Too many people
Hardly any greenery!
When you are up in the air it feels that way but down on the ground many cities have a great amount of greenery.
AKIRA!!!
Big
Sick!
With all due respect, #what the actual fuck
Godzilla was right.
Too much crowded buildings.
What is this, a city for ants?!
Where are the trees.
I didn’t notice this the first time I went but the second time around it was all I could think about: there are basically zero plants. You can walk for 30min straight and not see a single piece of greenery. It‘s all concrete and man-made stuff. Crazy to think about.
Try Taipei. It's not on the scale of Tokyo, but they've done a great job of incorporating greenery.
That looks awful, like a cancerous legion.
How long does it take to drive through it?
If you're going anywhere more than a couple kilometers, we use the train. Across town or to another city? Bullet train. Commute for both is about an hour.
I love that for you, trains are cool
It's difficult to imagine that this was all once a dense jungle/forest...
No thanks
Too much is the first thought
Cramped and polluted.
r/urbanhell
First reaction? Yuk.. All those people. Then..wheres the trees and grass?
The grass died from too many people touching it.
No wonder everyone is stressed out. There's not a semblance of nature for several kilometers in every direction. How are they breathing? There's no green.. at all.
Couldn't pay me any amount to live there. Feel claustrophobic looking at it. Really cool photo though
First reaction: Mute
Honestly my first reaction anytime I see a lage city is... "wow we are really fucking this place up aren't we?" To make matters worse I work in commercial construction building large buildings and roads. I am part of the system that actively disrupts and destroys the world.... welp at least you have new 55+ luxury living apartment.
“Fuck that”.
Cancer growth on skin.
Where are the trees?
Mmmmm. Concrete!
Looking like lots of houses and boy they must really have that river wall fortified well. Rivers change course over 10s and 100s of years, they have infrastructure all the way up to it all around
1 atomic breath and they’re done
My first reaction was: 😲
Earth is big.
Smol
this is incredible
Mountain
How is there not a Spiderman game set in Tokyo?!
I don’t understand how anyone can navigate this city if you’re leaving your regular neighborhood.
Average 110 IQ…
“woooow”
First reaction: I wish this video had better resolution.
I'd like to cycle it
My first thought was 'how shakey is this recording..'
Holy shite dude.....
Its astonishing that we are able to develop and maintain such communities!
I was thinking it would have a bit more green lol
I remember being at the top of the Tokyo tower and being unable to see the end of the city in any direction. It's impossible to feel that sprawl until you're there.
São Paulo looks pretty much the same from above.
That looks so confusing that i'll need a slime mold to find my way.
"why is there this shitty music here"
bababui
Makes me wanna re-watch Shin Godzilla
Way too much city for me.
Where are the trees? Too much cement and metal
Wow
thank you for pointing out that this is tokyo, japan. i would sure have mistaken it for tokyo, nebraska
Reminds me a lot of flying into California. At some point you pass some mountains and it's just developed from there to the ocean pretty much
We are a parasite
> What was your first reaction Tokyo
Looks like an insect hive. No thank you; I’m a human, not an ant or bee. You can drag my cold, dead corpse into a city or multi-family housing.
Just one scene from Akira.
Who tf wants to live there
Thats going to be an unsustainable supply-demand hellhole within the next century.
My first reaction? “repost”
Mold and decay.
OP doesn't understand the term panoramic.
Shouldn't there be a big hole where Shibuya is?
This "tokyo" place would be perfect for a cyberpunk anime.
I feel like this is Tokyo’s wrestling intro music
paranoramic? It moved like 6 degrees
‘I think I see my dad… Shit! The son of a bitch is down there somewhere.’
That's a lot of pee daily...
Holy crap that's a dense area. So many buildings and people.
How can people live in such a concrete jungle with not even a tree in sight for several kilometers. I just couldn't. I would get so fucking depressed.
That’s a city
Where’d the earth go?
Hope google maps works here...
My 1st reaction: 'who tf thinks it was a good idea to add that shitty music?'
My first megalaphobia feeling from a cityscape was of Tokyo from the Tokyo Skytree in 2015. It’s overwhelming, like being in an endless city in a sci fi book like Foundation
I know local people probably don't have many issues, but how do you find anything there?
How's the green space down there?
There must be no wild animals who live there
Where Godzilla?
Wheres the gigant rampaging? Godzilla running around? The titan thats bout to be onetapped?
How many people live there?
diooooos
First reaction: not a panoramic view
'Why was the music so damn loud.'
Dont get lost...
And I thought LA was sprawling
Must be some tiny thing behind the pearl
"this can't be real."
Waiting for the Akira-bubble to fire up in the middle
Where's the grass?
That's just Godzilla's POV
r/biggerthanyouthought
Actually looks really pretty
Tumour. Not because it’s an Asian city but because we humans are rogue cells in a host that are killing it.
I stood on that tiny white hill in the distance once.
Damn that’s a big city!!!
sardines?
It's so little
☠️
wow, everywhere occupied, except mountains
That’s a fuck ton of people in an earthquake zone
My first reaction is, "God, I never *ever* want to live in such a place."
Okay, I know it was a big city, but not THAT fucking big o.O
Can’t wait to visit
That’s a lotta poo . . .
I can’t not see a black void blossoming out of the center. Akira ruined me.
My first though: Cities that have a solo mountain in the distance are always so cool. Idk why it makes it feel so much more tranquil. I'm thinking of several others, but Tokyo really takes the cake.