As far as I remember me being a kid in 90s, all we ever wanted are Japanese products. Video games, toys, walkman, discman, mini disc, camera, cartoons, card games, candies, books, comics, cars etc etc.
i was born in 2001, but seeing the media, culture, and vibe of the 90's or the 80's always makes me wish i was around during those period. life looks more simple and real. not everything was centered around social media and the vibe in general feels so chill. man i wish we all could live like that again just so i wanna experience it for once.
You're right life was so peaceful back then, no anxiety from excessive social media and screen time. But not many genZs actually appreciate the 80s and 90s, you're the first of your kind I guess hahaha
@@d33pakkkk you need to elaborate on compete and stay ahead then. social media is made for nothing else than advertising, doom scrolling and keeping people attached and addicted to the platform
I don't know if you're still a student or are working, but if you're working, you must know this by now; staying connected and keeping updated on the latest in your industry is a must in today's world. Anyway, that's MY perception; I could be totally wrong on this@@copymizer
My uncle told me so many fascinating stories about 80s Japan. I know that this is technically early 90s but it still has 80s elements. He said 80s Japan was heaven for young people working at the time. There was so much money overflowing and people worked hard and PARTY HARD. That’s why these videos are so amazing to me.
1980s Japan was the era of economic boom (and bubble). That's why Japanese loved parties and spending on luxuries that time. 1991 was the final goodbye for that.
0:13 Former Sony Headquarters Building (Osaki) This video was produced by Sony. This HDTV broadcast technology was launched in 1987 as HDCAM and is now succeeded by XDCAM. This valuable footage is the foundation of the technology that is still used by HD TV stations around the world.
@James 1993 was just as partially 80s as 1991 & 1992. There were no internet, music was still early 90s and still people wore big glasses and some 80s aesthetics. The 90s completely came on its own when the internet revolution entered around 1994/1995. The only 90s thing that happened was Bill Clinton started his presidency that year. As of 1990 its completely late 80s fads from the early 90s werent a thing people confuse 1990 with the 90s because of the numbers but due that there were no year 0 in the calendar its technically the late 80s.
@James yes compare to 1990 even 1991 was changing mainly by the second half of the year when Grunge got popular and House music gained popularity. 1990 was for the 80s similarly to what the year 2000 was for the 90s.The years to 2001 to early 2004 were transitional years but still the 90s werent completely erase the same from 1991 to early 1994. Many 80s tv shows were still airing until the mid 90s.
I agree. The year 1993 had pretty much as many late ’80s holdovers as the previous years. I also remember it as the last year with clearly visible late ’80s holdovers. The difference between 1993 and 1994 is much bigger than the one between 1992 and 1993, I think.
I don't know why, but this videos about the 80's and 90's warm my heart with such a nostalgic feeling that one or two tears drop from my eyes. I was born in '98, so I wasn't raised in the 90's but something about it feels nostalgic
I find the 90s especially nostalgic, but often I get that feeling when watching or reading something, and it turns out to be 1992, the year I was born. My respect and fondness for Japanese culture in general made this a very lovely watch :)
Thanks for this. The images brought me back to my years as a student at the University of Tokyo during the 1990s. My daily commute from Todai's Mitaka Ryo to my classes in both Hongo and Komaba campuses (running to and from train stations especially in Kichijoji, Shibuya and Shinjuku) are filled with amazing images and experiences. I am incredibly grateful to the Japanese Ministry of Education (what used to be Monbusho, now MEXT) for the scholarship, and the Japanese friends, teachers, colleagues I had opportunities to engage with. I am grateful to Meguro UNESCO and the Japan Olympic Centre for the opportunity to train as a foreign student representative for their organizations. And the amazing grants, conferences and study camps that enabled me and so many of my friends to travel all over Japan, and experience the warmth of Japanese people, especially those who live in the countryside. I really miss Japan.
As a junior of Todai, I welcome you again to Japan anytime😁Although we Japanese young people are suffering from low salary nowadays, I still be happy for foreigners coming to Japan for sightseeing or to study and work here👏It still means a lot to us 😆 cuz that means we still have great culture and well-maintained society !
The 90s are my favorite time period in modern Japan. Although it was the end of the bubble era, at the time, people believed it to only be a temporary thing and life seemed to go on as normal. Aside from cameras which were finally affordable for everyday use and hobbyists (like the one's the gave us this quality footage) and few other consumer electronics (audio/visual products mostly), technology was limited to the academic-to-corporate realm and the web wasn't mainstream yet. It was rare to ever see a computer outside of a work or school setting until dial up became mainstream in the late 90s. There's a big nostalgia factor for be because most of the anime I grew up with came from this era, before they went digital. Even series like Pokemon you can see how "90s" things are. That style is similar to other American cartoons too that used Japanese animation studios the way Korean studios became more utilized in the 00s. Late 80s shows like Inspector Gadget and Heathcliff the Cat come to mind with that "made-in-Japan" animation and the re-branded dubbed anime like L'il Bits and Noozles that while created in the late 80s didn't make it to American viewers until well into the 90s
Oh man I can't begin to tell you how wrong you are. But thats probably mostly because you know Japan at a surface level so let's check it out whats changed. Tsukiji fish -> Relocated now called Toyosu Fish Market totally different place and building Boeing 737 -> Replaced by A350 and 777/787 Can in fending machines -> all look totally different cost 20 yen more now Hi-C is now called minute maid, Ambasa was created to compete with Calpis now you can rearly find it KOCHAKADEN aka 紅茶花伝 has had a totall remake and is now basically Royal Milk Tea Ueno Zoo entrance looks nothing like this I think that station at 9:00 is Ichigaya station and looks nothing like it used to goo.gl/maps/17BG84Y6jQfzqTqr5 Shinkansen 100 series and 300 series replaced with so many from 500 all the way to N700S now. Series 103 and 201 trains on Chou Sobu are also long gone replaced by so many but we're up to E231-500 now. Literally all the cars except for taxis look totally different now. Tons of companies on the neon signs simply don't exist anymore.
@@luisrx9121 check out some japanese movies in the 70s they have great qualities ..female prisoner #701 scorpion (1972) th-cam.com/video/ArNu_NnWl-U/w-d-xo.html
thanks for the video it brought back a lot of memories, I was in Japan during the 90s and keep going back for visits. But Japan in the 90s was a lot of fun and great memories.
Even if the burgundy of the sunset still remains the same, the atmosphere of this city and its people has completely changed. Those were good times. I could cry when I think of the days I spent with my friends and parents who are no longer with me. Thank you for the time slip experience.
Well, video games, anime, music, manga and all the aesthetic memes we've seen give a romanticized view of Japan that gives us an unrealistic feeling of nostalgia.
I was 12 in 92, and ever since (and before) my dream was to visit Japan, ever since I was a kid I've always loved Japanese culture, martial arts, anime, katanas, technology, etc. I remember asking my dad if he would take me and he would say yes but he never did. Tokyo was like the future back in late 80's early 90's and I would have surely loved to have visited at that time. Eventually I made my first trip in 2004 with a cousin, then went back on 2006, for my honeymoon in 2009, with my wife in 2012, and with my newborn daughter in 2015, planned to go to the 2020 Olympics but covid made sure that didn't happen, planned to go to the 2021 olympics but covid again made sure that wasn't possible. Now we have our trip planned with my wife, 9 year old daughter and 7 year old son for next year, paid for and ready to go and you have no idea how excited I am. Japan may not be the place it was back in 90's, in fact, it's not even the place it was back in 2004 when I first went, Akihabara is no longer the center of technology on earth, etc. But Japan is better than ever, it's the perfect combination of tradition and modernity, of their values combined with the western values they like, then dispose of those they do not. Now that I am older I am even more so into the culture, not only am I still an anime, video game (and everything else) fan at 43 but I started to enjoy sumo tournaments a few years back, and now I watch every Basho, every day of every basho, I love watching Naoya Inoue fight, etc. I am simply spellbound by this country and I hope I can keep going in the future. Regards from Mexico.
Very inspirational, I plan to visit Japan in a couple years. Hopefully I am able to once I graduate university, and start working and saving up money. Thanks for your comment. Any tips on traveling to Japan if you don’t mind?
It's the 90's... and yet it feels like it's from a COMPLETELY different era... An era that's MUCH older than just 25 years ago... as someone who was born in 96... This video is strangely nostalgic and some what sad in an odd way.
I spent some years in Japan at this exact time period 90s and beginning of 2000s- it was already so advanced technologically like it was from another planet..There is no place that can match that mix of technology, infrastructure and social development even now, not mentioning 90s.
90s Japan looks more advance and modern from 2022 version of my country. Wish I would live there at that time. I love how everything was simple back than
I'm amazed by the vides of the video. It really means a lot for some many young people like me, it feels to take a time machine and move the clock but to the highest peak of development in Japan. It really assimilates the feeling with the movies from studio Ghibli. It's fantastic.
Amazing video quality for 90s. When we watch an old VHS from the early 90s, it looks like hot garbage! There's a certain likeable nostalgic aspect of that, but this is like decent quality even now
@@user-yv2cz8oj1k There's no film. This is one of the earliest analogue HD video systems developed by Sony in 1989 called MUSE and this was made for tech demos. It has a 60Hz refresh rate, far higher than film.
@@1990-t1j Pffft, what are you talking about!! The use of the word "like" as conversation filler has been a thing at least since the 80s and continued into the 90s as well.
This is the Japan that I remember from my time living there. Great memories! Hot Georgia coffee from a vending machine at Akabane Station while waiting in the freezing cold to catch the Saikyo-sen train into Shibuya. Thank you for posting this! (I wonder if the happy, waving Japanese couple on the bus at 5:35 are still with us?)
If the title didn't say 90's I would believe it's brand new film. The image quality is so beautiful! Japan is basically always about 20 years in the future.
lol, this isn't true at all. Japan was high tech in the 90's and has basically stayed there. I live in Japan and absolutely love it, but it's no longer on the cutting edge of technology.
@@danl0134 It depends on the technology, for image sensors especially, Japan is extremely advanced. The problem is trying to market some of the new products overseas.
@@towada1066 Yeah, Japan does have some high tech image sensors. But I work as a cinematographer in Japan and the most popular camera for high end production is still the German Arri Alexa, which has a "very, very good" sensor but outstanding and unbeatable color science as well as genuinely easy usability, something Japanese brands like Sony and Panasonic haven't quite nailed yet. For very low budget/no budget shoots, I see a ton of BMPCC, an Australian brand. I'm seeing a lot of Japanese with RED Komodo actually too, an American camera. Outside of consumer DSLR and mirrorless cameras, Japanese camera makers are having trouble selling professional grade cameras within Japan itself.
What an amazing country Japan is. I visited Japan 3 times and stayed for months at a time. The technology, discipline, and culture is phenomenal. They're truly ahead and a perfect example of a 1st world country. I will come back. It's an addiction... 😁 🇯🇵 ❤️
You are very lucky indeed. How are you able to visit for months at a time? Was that due to a residency thing or a job position? I would love to actually stay in Japan for months at a time rather than just a one off two week holiday. It is wonderful, but definitely not perfect.
I only was able to travel two times there. My dream is to make a long stay for three months there. I can't have enough of the sceneries and the peoples of the Kyushu region.
I live in Japan, maybe is just me but still feels the same! still many cultural aspects has not change yet. I think the only difference between this video and todays life style is just that we have newer buildings and cars and internet.
Not just you. As a fellow resident, I’m sure you grasp the charm and the sadness of the feeling that we live in a time-frozen country. Most commenters here work on the glamorous utopia we’ve all begun with.😌 I just showed the video to my family to be amazed at how little has changed in the last 35 years.
One of my dreams is to travel to japan and take a day to roam the city and just get lost and explore, see how far i can make it without relying on my phone. I feel like japan is the only country where you can truly do that. I would love to travel to france, italy, and spain, but feel like in those countries you still have to be careful of pick pockets, scammers, or crazy or rude people. I love that in japan, about 99 percent of the people follow the laws, no one is out to get you.
Fun fact if you are watching this video, it was recorded in 1992.. the current japanese economy in 2023 is smaller then it was then in 1993, with the japanese economy peaking in 1995 and havent really moved since.
I am from Mexico but I am fascinated by Japan. I have been fascinated by that country for many years. I don't feel that way about South Korea or China, just Japan.
thank you. It seems that my parents have been to Mexico, and they said it was a very nice country. I'm a high school student now and I want to go to Mexico someday.
@@vamotokyo-y1g I'm from Mexico as well and, sadly, my country is not “a very nice country” although I think it could be if it wasn't so damaged and hurt by corruption, violence and crime (evil, straying away from God). But it certainly is a unique country and potentially beautiful, for example, with the warmth of its decent people, its varied landscaped and cuisine.
Tokyo really seems livelier back then.. Tokyo nowadays still has that charm but I feel like it's died down, maybe retired from its apex. It coincides with Japan's Lost Decade and how people in Japan slowly left their glamorous days behind..
@Not Rusty Shackleford No, the 90s were its peak you dumbass. Now they are in decline because they did not have children and will not have any any past the 2.1 fertility rate
As far as I remember me being a kid in 90s, all we ever wanted are Japanese products. Video games, toys, walkman, discman, mini disc, camera, cartoons, card games, candies, books, comics, cars etc etc.
Japan had the best quality tech at the time
And quality was the best. 10x better than chinese made
i was born in 2001, but seeing the media, culture, and vibe of the 90's or the 80's always makes me wish i was around during those period. life looks more simple and real. not everything was centered around social media and the vibe in general feels so chill. man i wish we all could live like that again just so i wanna experience it for once.
You're right life was so peaceful back then, no anxiety from excessive social media and screen time. But not many genZs actually appreciate the 80s and 90s, you're the first of your kind I guess hahaha
nobody is forcing you to be on social media or consume it
@@copymizer it's a huge part of life today to compete and stay ahead, one can't possibly just switch off from it...
@@d33pakkkk you need to elaborate on compete and stay ahead then. social media is made for nothing else than advertising, doom scrolling and keeping people attached and addicted to the platform
I don't know if you're still a student or are working, but if you're working, you must know this by now; staying connected and keeping updated on the latest in your industry is a must in today's world. Anyway, that's MY perception; I could be totally wrong on this@@copymizer
My uncle told me so many fascinating stories about 80s Japan. I know that this is technically early 90s but it still has 80s elements. He said 80s Japan was heaven for young people working at the time. There was so much money overflowing and people worked hard and PARTY HARD. That’s why these videos are so amazing to me.
1980s Japan was the era of economic boom (and bubble). That's why Japanese loved parties and spending on luxuries that time. 1991 was the final goodbye for that.
@@LiuBei661 ah yes, the good ol' america bad everyone else good mentality
@@novemberdelta1282 google the plaza accord.
@@novemberdelta1282 yes. unironically, united states bad. the rest lf the world is at least better than them.
@@jjkpolskeem theres alot of places worse than America too.
見たかった動画です。今から30年前だけど映像がきれいなため今を感じます。その当時の方々の躍動感が伝わる。当時から東京は大都会で携帯・スマホない以外は大差ないと感じます。
0:13 Former Sony Headquarters Building (Osaki)
This video was produced by Sony. This HDTV broadcast technology was launched in 1987 as HDCAM and is now succeeded by XDCAM. This valuable footage is the foundation of the technology that is still used by HD TV stations around the world.
wow thanks for the info
この９０年代の空気感めちゃくちゃいいな
1日の始まりからおやすみまで、活気を感じるとても面白い切り口。お昼の風景がいい。
映像のクオリティも高く見ごたえがありました。
ネットもケータイも殆どの人が縁が無く、日本語を話す外国人を見るのはテレビの中くらいで、
街を歩いて出会うことは殆ど稀だった時代。懐かしいな。
Simply incredible. From the bottom of my heart, I thank the people who created this and the people who've uploaded it for us to see here.
you can feel the 90s in this video. So 90s.
no phones in people's hands
this is so 90s its like it was almost filmed in the 90s. very 90s
@James 1993 was just as partially 80s as 1991 & 1992. There were no internet, music was still early 90s and still people wore big glasses and some 80s aesthetics. The 90s completely came on its own when the internet revolution entered around 1994/1995. The only 90s thing that happened was Bill Clinton started his presidency that year. As of 1990 its completely late 80s fads from the early 90s werent a thing people confuse 1990 with the 90s because of the numbers but due that there were no year 0 in the calendar its technically the late 80s.
@James yes compare to 1990 even 1991 was changing mainly by the second half of the year when Grunge got popular and House music gained popularity. 1990 was for the 80s similarly to what the year 2000 was for the 90s.The years to 2001 to early 2004 were transitional years but still the 90s werent completely erase the same from 1991 to early 1994. Many 80s tv shows were still airing until the mid 90s.
I agree. The year 1993 had pretty much as many late ’80s holdovers as the previous years. I also remember it as the last year with clearly visible late ’80s holdovers. The difference between 1993 and 1994 is much bigger than the one between 1992 and 1993, I think.
30才の人が生まれた時代の東京。
こんなに鮮明に残されてるなんて凄い。
30年前の映像だからといって解像度が低いわけでは全くない。むしろ90年代なら綺麗で当たり前かと。70年代の日本の映画だってまるで昨日のような画質。TH-camにあるのはVHSなどで撮られたものが変換されてビデオになってるから解像度がかなり下がるけど当時からそんなに画質が汚かったわけではない。
存在しそうに見えて今の東京には存在しない独特な感じだよねぇ。
30年って時間はやっぱり結構長いもんなんだと実感する。
@@tmtmtm_ でもテレビって480iでっせ
ついこの間撮影されたような鮮明さですよね。
@@tmtmtm_ フィルム撮影は高精細ではあってもフレームレートが低くて（１秒24コマ）
フィルムにもよるが彩度も低く、新しいものでもいかにも歴史的映像という仕上がりになる
（だから昔の時代劇は古めかしい雰囲気を出すためにあえてフィルム撮影をしたりしていた）
ビデオカメラでかつハイビジョンで撮ったからこそその時代の臨場感を感じることができる
綺麗な映像は、まるでつい最近のよう！この頃の東京は、若い自分にとって憧れの街だった。当時は残業休出当たり前。しんどかったけど、その分ちゃんとお金で報われた時代。毎月の給与がボーナスのような人も多かった。よく飲んでよく遊んだなぁ…☆
この頃のが明らかに活気は今よりありましたよね。本当に日本が停滞してるのが強く感じます。
少子化が大きい
I don't know why, but this videos about the 80's and 90's warm my heart with such a nostalgic feeling that one or two tears drop from my eyes. I was born in '98, so I wasn't raised in the 90's but something about it feels nostalgic
yeah but my life was shit in the 90s. We were dirt poor then so no I don't feel nostalgic about being poor
because you had all the comfy technology but it didn't dominate you
@@NYG5 fully agreed. 90s tech were so healthy. i think steve jobs is demon sent from hell.
I find the 90s especially nostalgic, but often I get that feeling when watching or reading something, and it turns out to be 1992, the year I was born. My respect and fondness for Japanese culture in general made this a very lovely watch :)
画質がすごく綺麗で貴重な動画ですね✨
動画の投稿ありがとうございます😊
楽しく見させていただきました。
とても懐かしく感じます。
どうもありがとうございました😀🇯🇵
Thanks for this. The images brought me back to my years as a student at the University of Tokyo during the 1990s. My daily commute from Todai's Mitaka Ryo to my classes in both Hongo and Komaba campuses (running to and from train stations especially in Kichijoji, Shibuya and Shinjuku) are filled with amazing images and experiences. I am incredibly grateful to the Japanese Ministry of Education (what used to be Monbusho, now MEXT) for the scholarship, and the Japanese friends, teachers, colleagues I had opportunities to engage with. I am grateful to Meguro UNESCO and the Japan Olympic Centre for the opportunity to train as a foreign student representative for their organizations. And the amazing grants, conferences and study camps that enabled me and so many of my friends to travel all over Japan, and experience the warmth of Japanese people, especially those who live in the countryside. I really miss Japan.
これから頑張ろう
頭良くて草
As a junior of Todai, I welcome you again to Japan anytime😁Although we Japanese young people are suffering from low salary nowadays, I still be happy for foreigners coming to Japan for sightseeing or to study and work here👏It still means a lot to us 😆 cuz that means we still have great culture and well-maintained society !
You guys Japanese? Nice.
めちゃくちゃ優秀な人いて草
The 90s are my favorite time period in modern Japan. Although it was the end of the bubble era, at the time, people believed it to only be a temporary thing and life seemed to go on as normal. Aside from cameras which were finally affordable for everyday use and hobbyists (like the one's the gave us this quality footage) and few other consumer electronics (audio/visual products mostly), technology was limited to the academic-to-corporate realm and the web wasn't mainstream yet. It was rare to ever see a computer outside of a work or school setting until dial up became mainstream in the late 90s.
There's a big nostalgia factor for be because most of the anime I grew up with came from this era, before they went digital. Even series like Pokemon you can see how "90s" things are. That style is similar to other American cartoons too that used Japanese animation studios the way Korean studios became more utilized in the 00s. Late 80s shows like Inspector Gadget and Heathcliff the Cat come to mind with that "made-in-Japan" animation and the re-branded dubbed anime like L'il Bits and Noozles that while created in the late 80s didn't make it to American viewers until well into the 90s
Time stands still in Japan. The only way to tell this wasn't shot today is the lack of smartphones.
And baby metal
The 90s weren’t that long ago. THAT’S why.
@@daMacadamBlob Please look at this in comparison th-cam.com/video/fT4lDU-QLUY/w-d-xo.html
@@daMacadamBlob this is truly disgusting blob disturbing the experience peace
Oh man I can't begin to tell you how wrong you are. But thats probably mostly because you know Japan at a surface level so let's check it out whats changed.
Tsukiji fish -> Relocated now called Toyosu Fish Market totally different place and building
Boeing 737 -> Replaced by A350 and 777/787
Can in fending machines -> all look totally different cost 20 yen more now Hi-C is now called minute maid, Ambasa was created to compete with Calpis now you can rearly find it KOCHAKADEN aka 紅茶花伝 has had a totall remake and is now basically Royal Milk Tea
Ueno Zoo entrance looks nothing like this
I think that station at 9:00 is Ichigaya station and looks nothing like it used to goo.gl/maps/17BG84Y6jQfzqTqr5
Shinkansen 100 series and 300 series replaced with so many from 500 all the way to N700S now.
Series 103 and 201 trains on Chou Sobu are also long gone replaced by so many but we're up to E231-500 now.
Literally all the cars except for taxis look totally different now.
Tons of companies on the neon signs simply don't exist anymore.
As a person who lived here in the 90s for 5 years from 5-9 years old,I can say with confidence that is was almost surreal living here!🥰🥰
Even in the 90s they’re sooo advanced in technology
Their not, you just haven't experienced decent tech...
well by the 60s they infrastructure was much better than almost every country today so...
Their whole country peaked in 2000.
Japan certainly isn't advanced anymore. Japan stopped advancing in the 1990s
@@explorermike19 ya after japan bubble burst 1990...but most advanced and developed countries take 10 years meanwhile in 2000 japan have all this
mane they had really good cameras wow
Why don’t movies look like this
The movies from the 90s
@@luisrx9121 check out some japanese movies in the 70s they have great qualities ..female prisoner #701 scorpion (1972) th-cam.com/video/ArNu_NnWl-U/w-d-xo.html
@@luisrx9121 they do...
I mean Canon and Nikon originated from there so I guess they are pioneers in film making and image technology
I am in love with these vibez especially the 90s vibez, I really hope to visit Japan in the future it's number 1 on my list of places to visit.
Arigato! Please come to Japan!
You’ll love japan.
@@huntrrams but what about Gojira ???
This feels unreal... like even my memories of the 90s have VHS quality and this looks so sharp
2:24ここのお母さんと子の出かける前の触れ合いが微笑ましい。また平和な日常が戻る事を祈りながら目指しながら自分軸で頑張れる気がする。
I still remember 80's & 90's Japan was the dream country for any tourists to travel.
3:29 何気ないシーンに見えますが、資料性が高いシーン。
そして80年代生まれには懐かしい場面です。
１１０円でなく１００円でプルタブを引き抜くタイプが主流だった時代のほうが懐かしいかな
This makes me feel nostalgic to Japan in the 90s, when I was just a small child then, and I'm not even Japanese, nor never visited there.
当時17歳ころ。９１～９２年は一番好きな頃だ。
東京ラブストーリーやアイルトンセナに夢中な頃だった。良い時代だったな・・・。
thanks for the video it brought back a lot of memories, I was in Japan during the 90s and keep going back for visits. But Japan in the 90s was a lot of fun and great memories.
Even if the burgundy of the sunset still remains the same, the atmosphere of this city and its people has completely changed. Those were good times.
I could cry when I think of the days I spent with my friends and parents who are no longer with me. Thank you for the time slip experience.
I found this video to me so emotional and atmospheric, i dont know why but you got that feeling of nostalgy and time pass, wonderful video
Well, video games, anime, music, manga and all the aesthetic memes we've seen give a romanticized view of Japan that gives us an unrealistic feeling of nostalgia.
1992年は新卒一年目でした😊お茶汲み、灰皿掃除なんか入社半年間はあり、今の時代じゃ想像出来ないね。とにかく良く会社の人たちと飲みに行きました！希望に満ち溢れていて楽しかった❤
I wish old 90s videos had this quality
Same, most pre-recorded video/movies and TV broadcast content were pretty much available at standard-definition resolutions.
The prime of Japan, at the time the economy of Japan was almost as big as the USA's although it has a much lower population. Truly a sight to see.
Es una lástima que actualmente japón está casi muerto
@@peew1231 世界３位の経済大国が消滅してるなら君の国はもはやホームレスの国だろう
I was 12 in 92, and ever since (and before) my dream was to visit Japan, ever since I was a kid I've always loved Japanese culture, martial arts, anime, katanas, technology, etc. I remember asking my dad if he would take me and he would say yes but he never did. Tokyo was like the future back in late 80's early 90's and I would have surely loved to have visited at that time. Eventually I made my first trip in 2004 with a cousin, then went back on 2006, for my honeymoon in 2009, with my wife in 2012, and with my newborn daughter in 2015, planned to go to the 2020 Olympics but covid made sure that didn't happen, planned to go to the 2021 olympics but covid again made sure that wasn't possible. Now we have our trip planned with my wife, 9 year old daughter and 7 year old son for next year, paid for and ready to go and you have no idea how excited I am. Japan may not be the place it was back in 90's, in fact, it's not even the place it was back in 2004 when I first went, Akihabara is no longer the center of technology on earth, etc. But Japan is better than ever, it's the perfect combination of tradition and modernity, of their values combined with the western values they like, then dispose of those they do not. Now that I am older I am even more so into the culture, not only am I still an anime, video game (and everything else) fan at 43 but I started to enjoy sumo tournaments a few years back, and now I watch every Basho, every day of every basho, I love watching Naoya Inoue fight, etc.
I am simply spellbound by this country and I hope I can keep going in the future.
Regards from Mexico.
Very inspirational, I plan to visit Japan in a couple years. Hopefully I am able to once I graduate university, and start working and saving up money. Thanks for your comment. Any tips on traveling to Japan if you don’t mind?
何回見ても最高
エモい気分になりたい時に見てます
何気にBGMが神
Image quality and the nature of this city tricks you out, just add 30 years to every person you see to understand how freaking old this footage is.
It's the 90's... and yet it feels like it's from a COMPLETELY different era... An era that's MUCH older than just 25 years ago... as someone who was born in 96... This video is strangely nostalgic and some what sad in an odd way.
Actually Japan looks way less different from how it looked back then, compared to Europe or North America.
It doesn’t look that different from now to be honest, the only difference being the older cars and the absence of smartphones.
96 born person here, I feel the same. Looks like I'm staring at a Studio Ghibli live action
@@gabrielus123gabby Imo European countries don’t look that different since the 19th century except for the few skyscrapers and some new buildings
@@gabrielus123gabby THIS. When I went there felt like I was in the 70-80s in most of the streets lol. And it's so cool tho
80s japan is comfortable
What really stands out to me the most is the unity and harmony demonstrated through out most of the video.
８０年代の終わりから９０年代初頭くらいが一番好きだわぁ
This is the most surreal thing I've seen in my life. Over 20 years ago, yet it looks like it was filmed yesterday...
Thank you for the video! This is amazing!
ここに写っている子供たちが、2022年現在の社会を中心的に動かしていると思うと感無量。
正しい教育は大切なんだな。
This video reminds me of my childhood moments a long time ago which were confluent with manga and anime. Thank you for a great video!
I spent some years in Japan at this exact time period 90s and beginning of 2000s- it was already so advanced technologically like it was from another planet..There is no place that can match that mix of technology, infrastructure and social development even now, not mentioning 90s.
Their infrastructure looks great, but they reputedly haven't really embraced the information age fully.
Agree. Nowadays they are lagging.
@@petecardona8203 And where are u from?
90s Japan looks more advance and modern from 2022 version of my country. Wish I would live there at that time. I love how everything was simple back than
Where？
I stayed in Tokyo for 9 months in 2003, it never sleeps...
I'm amazed by the vides of the video. It really means a lot for some many young people like me, it feels to take a time machine and move the clock but to the highest peak of development in Japan. It really assimilates the feeling with the movies from studio Ghibli. It's fantastic.
Exactly
Aesthetic
ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣＳ *fixed*
Aesthetically pleasing
way ahead in the future in 80s compared to my shitty city
This camera quality is better than most phones today
すごい、こんな高画質の動画が残ってるなんて。
There's something about Japanese culture that is unlike any other culture. It is beautiful
Most definitely! Totally agree! One of the most ideal societies I've ever visited.
Because it's a homogeneous high IQ society allowed to express its culture.
Its hurts bro... We had that at one point to and now they pir all the races against each other... I wanted to see the stars...
@@Bristecom cool it with the antisemitic remarks
@Mister John A copy of Korea and China? You're kidding!?
i don't hold with!
Amazing video quality for 90s. When we watch an old VHS from the early 90s, it looks like hot garbage! There's a certain likeable nostalgic aspect of that, but this is like decent quality even now
I'm guessing professional film cameras shooting for large media company or government footage.
Its all about preservation of video tapes. And enhance video editing right now
And back in the 90s, people used to be able to express themselves with misusing the word 'like'.
@@user-yv2cz8oj1k There's no film. This is one of the earliest analogue HD video systems developed by Sony in 1989 called MUSE and this was made for tech demos. It has a 60Hz refresh rate, far higher than film.
@@1990-t1j Pffft, what are you talking about!! The use of the word "like" as conversation filler has been a thing at least since the 80s and continued into the 90s as well.
Japan in the 90s always bring nostalgic feeling on my childhood
20년 전 일본에 처음 여행을 했습니다...그 당시 발전된 일본 문화에 놀랐던 기억이 있네요..
色んな場面がこのサイズで高画質で見れることにビックリ‼️
真夏でもクールビズになってない時代😮
This is so natsukashii, even though I didn't go until the early 2000s. Must be because of all the 90s movies I watched.
今よりよっぽど豊かに見える日常風景だな。皆に余裕があるように見える
嫌なこともあっただろうけどぶっちゃけこの時代が羨ましい
恐ろしいのが、この頃より平均年収が下がってる事
良いところだけを切り取った映像だからだよ。当時も色々あった。
オウム真理教(地下鉄サリン事件等)、阪神淡路大震災、ネオ麦茶事件、神戸児童殺人事件
@@Metropolitan_night_ramen1995年以降一気に暗くなったとよく言われますね
統一教会も
Gotta love those Media cameras. Ive seen a few remastered classics like this. Crazy good quality.
Huge censors and RAW Film.
Even footage from 90s Japan looks like the future
30年前…さすがに時の流れを感じますね。
今から30年後も今現在の映像見返すとこう思うのかな
全く成長してないから。衰退国だからあり得る。全く変化がない。まさに失われた30年。給料はもっと減ってるし😂
この時代は流石に古臭いけど20年前くらいから全然変わってないから、2,30年後先も多分ほとんど変わってない
戻りてぇなぁ…
この頃の、日本に…
アンパンマンッ！
良すぎる
今撮ってる写真と動画大切に残しとこ
1990年台はつい最近の様な感覚で見てしまうなあ
小6だったけど…
Wow ❤ beautiful ❤ Japan is full of beautiful lovely humans, and it’s amazing to see them smile 💕💕 God bless Japan people ❤
This is the Japan that I remember from my time living there. Great memories! Hot Georgia coffee from a vending machine at Akabane Station while waiting in the freezing cold to catch the Saikyo-sen train into Shibuya. Thank you for posting this! (I wonder if the happy, waving Japanese couple on the bus at 5:35 are still with us?)
Yes!! You can still see Hato bus at many places even now!!
A wonderful paradise, no war, just peace.
No businessmen were drunkenly singing karaoke in the making of this video. ;)
If the title didn't say 90's I would believe it's brand new film. The image quality is so beautiful! Japan is basically always about 20 years in the future.
but your wrong, Japan can still be 20 years in the past.
lol, this isn't true at all. Japan was high tech in the 90's and has basically stayed there. I live in Japan and absolutely love it, but it's no longer on the cutting edge of technology.
@@danl0134 It depends on the technology, for image sensors especially, Japan is extremely advanced. The problem is trying to market some of the new products overseas.
Thats because Japan literally hasn't grown at all since the 90s. Their economy is at a standstill and the population is aging and shrinking.
@@towada1066 Yeah, Japan does have some high tech image sensors. But I work as a cinematographer in Japan and the most popular camera for high end production is still the German Arri Alexa, which has a "very, very good" sensor but outstanding and unbeatable color science as well as genuinely easy usability, something Japanese brands like Sony and Panasonic haven't quite nailed yet. For very low budget/no budget shoots, I see a ton of BMPCC, an Australian brand. I'm seeing a lot of Japanese with RED Komodo actually too, an American camera.
Outside of consumer DSLR and mirrorless cameras, Japanese camera makers are having trouble selling professional grade cameras within Japan itself.
Great video!!! My first trip was from Honolulu, May 1994. Now I am a Japaholic!
What an amazing country Japan is. I visited Japan 3 times and stayed for months at a time. The technology, discipline, and culture is phenomenal. They're truly ahead and a perfect example of a 1st world country. I will come back. It's an addiction... 😁 🇯🇵 ❤️
please bring and share japan to the classes!!
@@花ットoレイ but now it's stagnated
it's not all that pretty in that country. suicide rates are a signal!
You are very lucky indeed. How are you able to visit for months at a time? Was that due to a residency thing or a job position? I would love to actually stay in Japan for months at a time rather than just a one off two week holiday. It is wonderful, but definitely not perfect.
I only was able to travel two times there. My dream is to make a long stay for three months there. I can't have enough of the sceneries and the peoples of the Kyushu region.
the best video on the internet
I live in Japan, maybe is just me but still feels the same! still many cultural aspects has not change yet. I think the only difference between this video and todays life style is just that we have newer buildings and cars and internet.
Not just you. As a fellow resident, I’m sure you grasp the charm and the sadness of the feeling that we live in a time-frozen country. Most commenters here work on the glamorous utopia we’ve all begun with.😌 I just showed the video to my family to be amazed at how little has changed in the last 35 years.
i want to go for a year vacation in 90s
Tokyo in the 80's and 90's look so futuristic
I can't believe the video from the '90s is so high-quality. 😂🤗👍🏻
Same
HDVS camera
この辺りが日本のピークだね。
バブルは弾けていたけど、今より活気がある。
The sad thing, living here, is that Japan in the 90s felt like the future. Japan today feels like the 90s...
One of my dreams is to travel to japan and take a day to roam the city and just get lost and explore, see how far i can make it without relying on my phone.
I feel like japan is the only country where you can truly do that.
I would love to travel to france, italy, and spain, but feel like in those countries you still have to be careful of pick pockets, scammers, or crazy or rude people.
I love that in japan, about 99 percent of the people follow the laws, no one is out to get you.
Fun fact if you are watching this video, it was recorded in 1992.. the current japanese economy in 2023 is smaller then it was then in 1993, with the japanese economy peaking in 1995 and havent really moved since.
Amazing quality. Reminded me of photos that my friend's dad brought from Japan in the 90s. It looked stunning
Japan is just so op when it comes to technology. I got a japanese car and works like a wonder
Nevermind the transmission is fucked
@@отпирайте LMFAOOO
Daniel Thompson nah it’s cool the brake disks were just stuck because of rust :)
отпираете what brand car did you get?
john mayer a rarer one for a car, suzuki
I am from Mexico but I am fascinated by Japan. I have been fascinated by that country for many years. I don't feel that way about South Korea or China, just Japan.
thank you. It seems that my parents have been to Mexico, and they said it was a very nice country. I'm a high school student now and I want to go to Mexico someday.
Gracias❤
@@vamotokyo-y1g Stay away. Mexico sucks. Enserio, nada bueno aqui. Except the food.
@@vamotokyo-y1g I'm from Mexico as well and, sadly, my country is not “a very nice country” although I think it could be if it wasn't so damaged and hurt by corruption, violence and crime (evil, straying away from God). But it certainly is a unique country and potentially beautiful, for example, with the warmth of its decent people, its varied landscaped and cuisine.
my granddad stayed for 3 months in tokyo in 1990, some of his fondest memories were those that came from his stay
Gawd, it feels like i want to go back to 90s Japan. 2020 sucks
why
Thank you. Good point all anime was based on 90s Japanese society
@@chiralei read news re evaluation of japan companies plus japan has faecd many problems in history and i tell you that japan will have resurgence
It cannot anymore compete with south korea and china how sad
@@LiuBei661 because south Korea and china
まだまだバブルの余韻が全然残ってた良き時代だな。ここから30年間、経済が全く回復せず閉塞感漂う国家になってるとはまだ誰もが知らないでいるんだ。
本当に日本停滞してるしむしろ衰退してますよね。
if only we could live in a endless loop of the 90's i miss those times
It's very lifelike. I feel like i'm there while watching..
If I never make it to Japan I am thankful to be able to watch these videos, music and all. Excellent!!!
この頃に戻りたい
コロナ禍になってからこの映像みるとやっぱりマスクなしで目一杯笑ってる子供とか本来こうあるべきだと思います。何か今は表情も良く分からないしやっぱり異常だと思います。
@@さっすぃー-q6y 外せば
I LOVE the 90's japan 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻
90年代はバリバリ子供時代でした。幼稚園や小学校。。✨️映像が綺麗でつい最近なような錯覚を覚えますが、所々今はなき文化や建物がたくさん映っていて懐かしさを感じました😢この頃は街に映るもの全てが子供の目線でした✨️😌
Tokyo really seems livelier back then.. Tokyo nowadays still has that charm but I feel like it's died down, maybe retired from its apex. It coincides with Japan's Lost Decade and how people in Japan slowly left their glamorous days behind..
Lost 30 years….(1991~2021)
It was. There were more families. Tokyo now is just a place people live to go work while their family lives somewhere else.
Tokyo in the 90s is like every other city in the the 2010s. They were truly ahead of their time.
I’m amazed how it’s not too different from the present day Tokyo.
what kinds of things do you imagine?
Beautiful. Excellent video 😊
バブル弾けて「ヤバい、ヤバい」言ってたけど、
今より遥かに活気があったな。
wow the quality is incredible
very sad that their economy hasn't gotten any better since the 90's
It's still the 3rd largest.
@Detective Biggles and now the world is gonna go through a depression lmao
@Not Rusty Shackleford No, the 90s were its peak you dumbass. Now they are in decline because they did not have children and will not have any any past the 2.1 fertility rate
japan is the first world post growth economy