Can this movie help you to change trains ?

Hello everyone,
Two unique movies were uploaded two weeks ago.

1.Tokyo Station @1 Change trains Digest 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6rkMyCJg6M
2.Tokyo Station @2 Change trains Digest 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1U-ssSLteI
To watch the movies please copy the link address above and paste it into your browser.

I hope these movies help the people who visit Japan and especially who change trains at Tokyo Station.
This station has so huge and complicated promise that a lot of people get troubles.
It might take a long time to get the train which takes you to your destination.
Before going to the Tokyo Station, people would be able to look and feel the inside of the station through these movies.

This would be helpful for making people easily change trains, wouldn't this ?
This is my question.
If people can change trains smoothly, they don't need to waste the time.

When I changed trains at the Gare du Nord station in Paris, it took a couple of hours just to get to the Eurostar's platform via subway.
I couldn't find not only any direction boards toward that platform around subway exit, but also French who speak English.
This situation caused the trouble.

Since I've experienced this hard time, I've been thinking of how efficiently I would be able to give useful information to change trains.
The best way would be to show the way of walking to each platform and to also show the train's shape on movie.

Based on this conclusion I've designed the movies because I thought that there might be a lot of people all over the world suffering in changing trains at Tokyo Station.
It took about four months to take videos and edit them.
So today I tried to present you the movies above.
I hope you like them and they will help you and your friends someday to change trains smoothly.

Finally I want to say thank you to Mr. Mfedley and Mr. Uji.
Thanks to your kind suggestion, I could have the chance to present my movies here.

Best regards,
Tom

I find very hard to believe that one would spend hours in Gare du Nord looking for the Eurostar.
If one arrives to Gare du Nord by the RER or the subway, there are lots of signs showing the direction towards the departure hall (Depart in French) (obviously it is ABOVE the subway and RER platforms..)

http://parisbytrain.com/gare-du-nord-photos/
click on photos to enlarge them...

I first time I used the Tokyo station I was surprised how easy it was to go from the Tokaido Shinkansen to the Yamanote line...Could be because I am from Europe and am used to trains and subways...but the signs were great

I should have said that in all my trips to Tokyo I never entered the Tokyo station from the street but from either a subway line or the Yamanote line.

You did a lot of work. Congratulations.

Love the commentary!

Hi, Mr Red frog and Mr Miyagi, and All

Thanks for your quick response.
I'm glad to hear from you.
Good information !
Thanks to your watching these movie, I've gotten some messages directly from USA and France.

I'm thincking of designing some similar movies at the Gare du Nord station in Paris.
What do you think, Mr Red frog ? Do they help people who try to change trains in Paris ?
Also another movies of Tokyo Station are almost ready. They show you the detail of how to change trains.

Best regards.

Very cute videos! Nice work. :)

Thanks for your message.
I'm glad you liked them.
Another movies of Tokyo Station are coming soon.
If you have some time, enjoy them please.
And please have nice days in Japan.
See you.

There is already a very good site in English about all the train stations in Paris, the subway, RER etc.etc.
http://parisbytrain.com/

I tried to follow the the guide of the site you gave me.
It work well.
If I could have found this site, it would have helped me.
Thanks for your kind reply and have a nice day.

Dear friends,

I hope my movies help you change trains in the Tokyo Station.
Today I've uploaded all of the movies following.
My project of producing these movies has done.
I hope these new movies also help you.

Tokyo Station @3 Change to Narita EXP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3B_Rcyzu1A

Tokyo Station @4 Change to Chuo Line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrhAsFs9sP0

Tokyo Station @5 Change to Akihabara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QVna_WIyrg

Tokyo Station @6 Change to Shinagawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rs9vfCuRxI

Tokyo Station @7 Change to Yokohama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHZvaAASO7A

Tokyo Station @8 Change to Izu Odoriko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb96P0Epd2Q

Tokyo Station @9 Change to Tokaido Bullet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0Fe938w-g

Tokyo Station @10 Change to Tohoku Bullet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CjqMURk-YU

Tokyo Station @11 Change to Disney Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1aIs9SD1MA

Tokyo Station @12 Change to SkyTree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_KtwtBA0k

Best Regards.

I've not watched these but I'm sure they will put some peoples mind at ease. Personally i find directions in Japanese stations are as good if not better than all the places I've travelled around the world. Transferring trains is usually easy, it's finding correct exits that cause all the trouble.

While it's true that directions are easier now that they are in English, there is indeed something to be said about these videos or using Google Street view to orient yourself beforehand. It gives you an idea of what it looks like or maybe you can even recognize landmarks within the station to situate yourself.

While I don't need them, I'm sure someone will find them useful. Keep up the good work!

If you live in Tokyo, you will learn to avoid train transfers at the Tokyo station as much as you can. It is much easier, faster and less confusing to transfer at other stations.

amazinga does have a point. Tokyo is not the best place for some transfers.