In Tokyo, These Trains Jingle All the Way
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2018
- While most train stations alert passengers with basic dings and dongs, metro riders in Japan are treated to uniquely crafted melodies. Minoru Mukaiya is the mastermind behind these jingles-he’s made around 200 distinct chimes for over 110 stations. For Minoru, there’s no greater joy than bringing a little bit of music to millions across Japan every day.
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向井さんご本人ですか？カシオペアの向井さんが作曲されていたとは知らなかったです。感動しました。ジャケットが素敵です(笑)
WOW! Mr.Minoru Mukaiyama, himself!! I salute you Sir! You are legend!
best piano player i know. thank you for your melodies mr mukaiya
Thank you so much for your music Mr. Mukaiya, it brings me great joy every time I hear it.
Hi Mr Minoru Mukaiya. I think you're an incredibly talented musician and an entrepreneur! Thank you for your music! Love from Malaysia 🇲🇾❤️
“I am a music producer and composer of train melodies” says the maestro from one of the most famous fusion bands. What a humble man!
LONG TIME CASIOPEA FAN HERE... THAT'S A TRUE HUMBLE MAESTRO MUKAIYA IS!!
*ever exist
Their music (along with another band T-Square) inspired Japanese video game musics, that's why I know and love about them
1:35 *Mission complete*
lol
😂
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he was Casiopea keyboard player !!?, wooow ...no wonder his music is amazing
Casiopea is an amazing band..!!
Dude. You guys have to hear Casiopea songs, which is this man old band. The band was a legend in Japan and was ahead of its time. They produced top notch fusion-jazz and pop songs which influence and changed the music industry in Japan, for example : a lot of video games music composers of Mario,Sonic, Kirby were Heavily INFLUENCED by Casiopea, which was this old man's band. HIGHLY recommended.
Thanks!II'm Casiopea's Fan.MeeTo!Please have a look at these songs on my TH-cam channel!
Yeah casiopeas really good.
The created that special funky gran turismo vibe
@@igameu3 mostly GT song (1,2,4 at least) made by T-Square tho. But yea both casiopea and t-square were the 2 biggest and most popular jazz fusion band back then.
@@invertbrid Yess T-SQUARE is also A legendary band as the same level as Casiopea. BOTH of them are just a blessing in this world.
CASIOPEA!
Love them, mint jams is such a good album
Now it all makes sense... Truly great band.
Yeeeaaa
The only thing louder than his jingles, is his jacket.
Oh my god it's been the Casiopea guy all along WHAAAAAAT
Lol I found this video via casiopea
Pat C Same
Just made this realization too
Exactly! That's amazing!
I know, my jaw hit the floor!
Haha I KNEW IT, I always took the Tozai Line from Waseda station, at some point you start recognising the melodies
You live in Japan m8?
Oh hey
used to work in Nishi-waseda and used the Fukutoshin line to Denenchofu.
I can't express how much joy i get watching this video. I like trains too and this man is doing something i would have thought should be done, but i don't even try to think about cause i think it could be seen without a purpose, useless for a government, specially when i live in a country where trains don't run on time, ever. The fact that it makes a whole song with each little part is amazing.
Which country are you from, out of curiosity?
Probably Canada...Toronto to be exact 😂
Philippines? >.
Must be Germany then, trains are never on time despite the rumor of german punctuality :DD
I read a funny article that a Japanese train had accidentally departed the train stations 20 seconds EARLY, and had to issue a public apology, and publish formal statements as to the mishap. The metro system there is on a whole other level.
JAMES MAY SUMIMASEEEN~~
I lived in Japan for years and was really familiar with the jingles, but when I watched JM: Our Man in Japan last year, I found out that it was that breathtaking keyboardist from Casiopea who was behind these catchy jingles all along!!
I just realized this is great for blind people
It would be a lot better for them if it just says the sttion name but sure, it is...
Yeah, when you wanna memorize and be able to differentiate some 300 different jingles, sure
@@Chrisxhi the announcer on the train says the station name
@@Chrisxhi The general announcements in Japan go like this:
As the train leaves the previous stop, it announces the next station, transfer info at that station, and any other important announcements in English and Japanese (at some major stations Chinese and Korean are added). As the train approaches the next station, you hear "now approaching X station, the doors are on X side" in Japanese and English. Once the doors open at the station, you hear the following:
"X Station, This is X Station. Thank you for riding with us. Watch your step as you leave the train. (Melody Plays) Doors closing, please watch your hands and baggage."
This last part is translated of course, but its what it says in Japanese. Some stations have these announcements in English as well if the train is stopping for longer than 30 seconds.
@@physics-guy3164 Plenty of people know all the melodies for multiple lines. I lived in Tokyo and knew ever melody on my line to and from work, and my station's would almost act like an alarm clock if I was sleeping on the train lol.
After leaving Japan and moving back to the UK, I found a copy of my home station's jingle and have used it as my phone ringtone ever since. It's like a nostalgia bomb every time.
Thanks!II'm Casiopea's Fan.MeeTo!Please have a look at these songs on my TH-cam channel!?
I have done the same with my ring tone as well!! :)
Man, Casiopea was a great band.
Still are!
Was???
Oh my god, it's the Casiopea keyboardist !!! Their music made me so happy throughout the years so I'm glad to see Minoru happy as well doing what he likes after retiring from the band
Mukaiya is a monster, dude killed it in casiopea for years, then moved to something as complex as simulator design and killed it as well
His jazz band, Casiopea, is amazing.
How can you not smile at this video? What a humble talented man who's legacy will be remembered for ever. Inspiring generations to come. The band he played in, in his youth is classic and his passion and pride show in his smile and stride. Thanks for sharing your gift.🙏 💯😊✌️🎹🎶🎼
Because I scrolled down and read the comments.
How can you not love this guy
It sounds something straight out of Pokemon
Well, fusion bands like Casiopea inspired a lot of the video game music from the 80s and 90s so that makes sense.
That first jingle we heard half way through the video reminded me of the wii sports theme
For real, especially at around 2:20, like you’ve just walked into a new town
OMG I LOVE Casiopea. I'm glad Mukaiya still looked energetic as always.
"It was very hard to perform"
In all the video I've seen of Mukaiya perform, he made it look easy.
That's classic Japanese mannerism. He's among the most talented musicians, he can play the most musically complex melodies and make it look like he's playing a kid's lullaby, and still says that playing was hard. He's amazing.
The jingles are just one of the countless little minute details that I loved about Japan. Japanese culture cares so much about the little things that bring happiness and comfort to peoples lives.
Man, I am a big fan of Casiopea, I have most of their albums. I did not know these were composed by Minory Mukaiya!!!
God I fucking love Minoru. He’s just such a great composer.
He's so cool it hurts
I think japan has got all these cool things cuz they hire people who wanna love what they do and bring passion with them. Not just someone who wants a promotion or because the job falls under their degree
> examines high suicide rate due to overworking
yeah definitely man 100% agree GO JAPAN
(I do think we have a lot to learn from Japan but no country is a perfect dream-world, nor will any country ever be)
Jack Dets - That kind of thinking is outdated. Sure, it still happens a lot but S. Korea has a much higher suicide rate, and Japan's own is about on par with India's. The actual population-normalized number isn't that much higher than the US's own. On the flipside, people in Japan live to a really ripe old age and keep active and healthy throughout thanks to their excellent healthcare. It's also one of the safest places in the world due to strict gun regulations and a very low crime rate.
+pawala not by much, Japan still ranks 2nd by OECD standards, Korea may be #1 in OECD, but not per capita or non-OECD. There are still 10 other countries in the less-developed world who surpass South Korea. Suicide in Korea is relative to work-related stress and on education, same as Japan. Same could be said about East Asian Tigers in general too with universal healthcare, safest places in the world, low crime, old age, strong economy, and strict gun regulations; this is not only Japan, but Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore.
Well, the majority of the jobs in Japan are still like that. Heck, most jobs don't really care what your degree was, they just want a black sheet of paper so they can shape you the way they want you to be.
AdamDeeZam not certainly EVERYTHING but mostly works ;)
This guy is a genius and train-ed professional
Badum tss
rixouney What station is that?
He might also be a great *conductor*
booo
A bit de-rail-ed from his original genre, but still a good musician
Passions should be married together to form amazing outcomes
Sockbabies.
This composer is actually incredibly well known in Japan, he is highly respected and in some ways is probably the most played artist in the world! Very cool job
There is a reason behind this. For the blind, they identify stations by this melodies.
In addition to the music, they also have chimes for doors opening and doors closing. And chimes to inform people on the platform of incoming trains and outgoing trains. Usually you hear the chimes before the voice announcements. Other than being advantages for the blind, it also helps the new generation of mobile users who cannot get their face out of their mobiles (they got eyes but they don't look where they are going).
"Most trains alert each other with dings and dongs"
Justin Y. oh, it’s you.
Justin Y. Hi
Oh no no
This is the earliest I am to reply your comment.
Oh boy, here we come again…
The train itself in Japan makes me wanna live there
Such a small thing but same here, I loved it when I was out there!
until you see somebody jump in front of the train on a monday morning
Same!
It should make you at least want to visit. Great country
I always LOVE wtchccing Mr Mukaiya performances with Casiopea, his smile always gets me and its such a fitting energy for their music.
Minoru Mukaiya, always my favourite keyboard player, this video brings me so much joy! :)
He's still smiling all these years later. Love ya, Mr. Mukaiya.
This man is one of the most legendary japanese musicians ever and still feels honoured to get the chance to compsoe melodies for train stations. Thats how legendary he is.
You guys just have to listen Casiopea's albums
Been listening to them for the past couple of years, found out about them through listening to T-SQUARE. Definitely some of my favorite music to listen to.
The live shows are better than the albums I find
@@mcbill7352 I think so too
@@mcbill7352 100% of all world agrees with you.
1:00 Oh shite! I saw them in Brazil back in the late 80s. Brazilian singer Gilberto Gil got along with them while touring in Japan and later he brought the group to Brazil.
My favorite is Thomas tHe TrAin jInGLe
Casiopea no Brasil? Q louco, nunca soube disso. Eu sei que o baixista, Tetsuo Sakurai tem muita influência de bossa nova e mpb no geral, ele menciona isso numa entrevista com a fabricante Warwick. Ele tem até um álbum solo chamado "Cartas do Brasil".
As a person who went to Tokyo, I knew about the jingles. My hotel was a 5 minutes walk from a station on the Tozai Line and I never knew about the stations making a full song. The attention to detail is divine!
legendary japan jazz band.. casiopea ! !
Wow, I love how much work and thought he’s put into it. Having a local who loves the area and trains makes such a difference.
I was recently in Tokyo and I learned Mukaiya was behind all these jingles right before I went. It was a joy to listen to the tunes of every station knowing such a great artist was behind it.
I ride the train from Motomachi Yokohama to Shibuya station in Tokyo and then to another station every single day and to now learn that all those different melodies I hear before a train leaves was composed by this sweet man makes me appreciate those short jingles even more!
He is Japanese Fussion-Jazz Legend
James May, Sumimasen
0:52 GALACTIC FUNK
Galactic Funk Jumpscare
James May, Sumimaseeeeen
This guy is a legend. Long live casiopea!
I happen to be writing a story that takes part in Japan. This just made that story a little bit better. Thank you.
Lendin Swiftbolt they have a lot of stories taking place in japan. But please research japanese culture and not base everything on what you find in anime.
I actually have been trying to do my best in researching, but I know I don't know everything. Thank you, though.
silly weeb
Fucking weebs.
lol
I love the jingles on the train stations in Tokyo - its one of my fond memories of Japan, so thank you for making this video!
This was one of the most memorable and notable things that i noticed while visiting Japan. So cool and it makes the hectic, crouded train stations feel a lot more pleasant and it helps you remember individual stations faster as a tourist!
James May sumimasen
My favorite is Gotanda and Shinagawa in Yamanote Line.
Komagome is my fav
Takadanobaba is my favorite
No Man.......go to shimo-ochiai station in seibu shinjuku line, they ripped off the melody straight from Gundam opening, or takadanobaba with astroboy..... the even better when there was a Disney collaboration last year during December, they frickin used Imperial March from Star Wars as jingle. Feel like Darth Vader walking down the aisle killing resistance in Rogue One
ユーネト / Yuuneto The name of the melody is “さくらさくらa “ for Track 1 and “さくらさくらb” for Track 2. Now you can listen to it all day long by searching it up on youtube:p
No no no no. JR
Thank you, your melodies bring life to an already lovely city!
as someone who been living in Japan on/off for the past few years I always wondered who composed these jingles...you can buy key chain for every station that has the jingle
I’ve heard these when I last visited Tokyo a few years back. They’re amazing! Love this small subculture of Japan!
【 J a m e s M a y S u m i m a s e n 】
I've always wondered who creates train station melodies here in Tokyo. This is so wonderful and Mr.Mukaiya seems such a lovely and happy artist. I love his jacket/blazer! 😍
I love Mukaiya, What a legend and also Casiopea!!
One of my favorite things about Tokyo was the metro jingles. I was so surprised that they were composed by the keyboardist of my favorite J fusion band Casiopea!
As a DX7 user, it's so sick seeing two of them in his studio at 1:45
This video makes me want to go ro Japan even more! Thank you Great Big Story..
I love train so much!
Such an incredibly talented and passionate human being. This guy is absolutely living his best life. He's also happens to be my favorite keyboardist of all time.
I feel so lucky to have been able to visit Japan! I'm hoping to go back very soon. I love all the jingles!
He definitely is the main influence as to why Nintendo's and SEGA's music sounds amazing! It's all jazz-fusion influence.
so lovely :D i wonder if the nyc train experience would be improved by this.
no way
I can only think of the poor workers in the stations... for a traveller it is fine, you spend at most 5 minutes in a metro station, but the workers? Having to hear the same melody 20-30 times an hour, every hour, all their working lives? It'd drive me to insanity!
@@JT29501 that’s a good point... for me it was bad enough working in a supermarket during Christmas and hearing Christmas melodies non stop throughout December...
@@Jett1250 I once worked night shift in a supermarket where they fired the guy in head office who controlled the music piped in to every store nationwide, without realising that was one of his jobs. We had the same music playlist every goddamn night for a whole year. It was like a strange torture...
@@JT29501 a whole year? Screw that
Seriously. That's cool. Such small nice things in the infrastructure of cities make the world a better place. This can lift your spirits and if not, can it at least least bring a smile? :)
Ooooh so he’s the one that made all the melodies!!
When I was in Japan, I made a habit to record all the different station tunes(songs?) and they were all very lovely!!
I remembered this when we visited Japan. It makes you wish your own cities did stuff like this. It's the little things that make Japan such an extraordinary place.
Never expected these guys to make a video on minoru, also I love that they showed galactic funk. Casiopea is a great band.
No fucking way. I love Casiopea. And he pianist did the Tokyo train music?!? That's why I love the train jingles so much! Oh and I love living here too. ❤️
Amazing touch Japan! Good Job on this feature GBS.
JAMES MAY Sumimaseeeen!
Holy moly this guy was in Casiopea. That like mind blown
I always loved the music and voiceovers catching the trains in Tokyo, it felt like a cinematic experience come to life. Now I know why! Thank you Minoru Mukaiya and Great Big Story!
Next story idea: The different street crossing sounds in different regions. I particularly like Hokkaido! It is gentle sweet bird chirping sounds.
This channel never fails to amaze me
You know it’s interesting if it’s in Japan!
james may sumimasen
Thank you Mr. Mukaiya who made me love japan Metro even more
Listening to japanese train announcements and melodies fills me with joy for whatever reason
Casiopea is like my favorite band lol
James May~ Sumimasen ~
Nice to see the legendary Mr Mukaiya still jamming with his synths. You guys should watch Cassiopeas Perfect Live performance to see his magic
I can't say I ever noticed the melodies but I'll definitely keep an ear out now! Thanks!
One of the million reasons why I love japan and Japanese..
they all sound like wii music i love it
actually wii music sounds like his music :)
You covered my favorite keyboardist, and I learned something incredible. SUBSCRIBED :)
awesome Mr. Mukaiya
I just discovered the game Densha de Go! a few nights ago and was amazed that they actually included a lot of these jingles in the game. When you're at Shibuya station in the game, you'll hear the real jingle you'd hear at the actual station. If anyone is interested in seeing what it's like to drive a subway in Tokyo, I highly recommend this game.
I have All those melodies downloaded to listen when i miss tokyo so i love this story!
This makes me happy. Very happy.
when i went to kyoto, the train jingle sounded like the ballad of mona lisa by panic! at the disco
I like his snazzy jacket. :D
For those who (might) not know this man, he's a legendary keyboardist/pianist from Casiopea. If you want to know his ability, just heard from the Casiopea album. You'll be amazed 😉
And he's the one also that did the jingle. No wonder. Super! 😊👍
LOVED that about the train stations in Japan, took my by surprise
1:35 ~*New High Score!*~
This dude
I love casiopea
And he made the metro music
This dude
I just love watching people do the things that they really love and enjoy.
This channel is amazing!