Tokyo sound effects from the streets and stations, and the quiet corners in between. Pedestrian crossings, metro carriages, station announcements, the racket inside a pachinko parlour. Then the calm side: parks and temple gardens, and residential streets late at night. Very Tokyo. Day and night are both covered, so a scene can follow the city round the clock.
Tokyo has a sound generic city traffic can't fake. Trains and the Subway run through all of it, with their own tones and politely spoken announcements, and crowds surge and stop at the crossings. Lots of footsteps. These recordings were made on location across the city, from busy junctions to quiet residential lanes, and the wider Japan libraries add markets and bullet trains. Films and games set in the city lean on them to put the audience right there on the pavement.
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