I really enjoyed this. I lived in Japan from 1959 to 1962. Nine to twelve years old. My father was stationed there. It was so beautiful to a little girl of nine. The cobble stone streets in the small villages and the colored lamps hanging from Japanese homes. Crickets in cages for good luck. I remember kite day, when the sky was full of handmade kites..So much color in everything. The people, the trees with cherry blossoms. The Japanese gardens. The most wonderful experience in my lifetime. Thank you Japan and the memories of a little girl.
@@pepelajasantiago9024 Japan was a polluted country during a high-growth period. Due to the rise of Japanese awareness of environments, Japan is now a clean country.
For a little girl from the US (I guess you are an American, aren`t you?), Japan might look like a fairyland which was so different from the West. 60 years later, Japan today looks so different from what you experienced for better or worse.
@@pepelajasantiago9024 Tokyo Olympics was originally planned in 1940, but it was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II. A lot of Japanese people were overjoyed at that time because Japan was the first Asian country to host the Olympics. Japanese economy gained impetus thanks to Tokyo Olympics, and Japanese standard of living was dramatically improved.
In 1968, when this was released, I got out of the Marine Corps. I had spent 13 months on Okinawa where the language and culture were Japanese. My plan was to go to college, then go live in Japan. It didn't work out that way because I met my wife in college. We got married after I finished college and then our son was born. I couldn't afford to go to Japan. I wish I had been able to go live there and learn the language and experience their culture more in depth.
This looks more developed city than 2000s South Korea to me or about the same as Korea today Edit: Actually the reason why South Korea today looks similar to this video is probably because Japan was the one who modernized Korea for the first time only within 35yrs of occupation during early 1900s. Today's Seoul slum districts and poor neighborhoods look like 60-70s poor villages in Japan
@SIDDHAARTH MANIAN not really, for one tokyo has a very efficient public transportation system, being the biggest city in the world it is still one of the cleanest cities on the planet compare that with new delhi having poor air quality, weak public transportation system, no proper city planning. im not hating on our own country but to catch up to tokyo and other developed capitals in the world we still many ways to go.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SPENT TWO WEEKS IN TOKYO IN 1969,AND I LOVED IT.THE JAPANESE PEOPLE WERE SO FRIENDLY,SO NICE. I’M 76 NOW IN 2023,AND WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK FOR A VISIT SOMETIME SOON.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You know in this kind of video this comment to be genuine when the poster in question is such an obvious computer illiterate. Anyhow, glad you had the luck of experiencing this, gramps.
My grandfather traveled to tokyo 13 times between 1958 to 1975. It was truly his favorite place on earth. Now I live here at 18, same age as he was when he first visited Japan! I just wish he could have been alive today to come see me
@@ianc643 like every country, there's always going to be people who "Don't want immigrants there" But at the same time there will be pe people who do want them. I lived with a Japanese family, went to a Japanese school, made Japanese friends and learned to speak the language. Respectfully, I Don't think you have a right to speak over all the people who actively spent time with me, who I still speak to even today.
Интереснее было бы посмотреть на Хиросиму, или Нагасаки. Как люди жили там. Чем занимались. Сколько девочек рожденных в этих городах были названы именем Энола Гей.
My mother was born in Akita, North Japan in 1960's. According to what she told me, the life in country side was not same as the life in Tokyo obviously. However, they already had colour camera and my mothers childhood was recorded in colour. Even my grand parents were farmers. It surprised me. My grandfather used to go to Tokyo or Yokohama every year to do manual labor during the winter season when northern Japan was covered in snow. I hope people don't forget the existence of rural people who contributed to the development of Tokyo.
As a Japanese who never experienced this era (I was born in 80’s), the memories shared here are very fascinating. Also the amount of positive comments is astonishing. I didn’t even expect this video was watched by non-Japanese audience when it popped up on my app. It made me think to work harder and be a better person to be true to all the compliments.
Also remember that you are human and sometimes there will be bad days where you can't do your best. That's ok. Take breaks, slow down and enjoy your life. (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)
@@tiredandsleepy69 Not for most of other Asians they destroyed many of our cities, killed many of the people outside Japan, enslaved other Asian women other than Japanese, and the Chinese especially hates Japan because of the Nanking incident in ww2 which Japan did the most disgusting and horrific event in human history but at least they tried to undo their acts by helping the countries they affected rebuild and develop
I was born 30 years later in europe and always dreamed of visiting japan. A few months ago, after a decade of waiting, I finally had the opportunity to experience this wonderful country with my love. I will never forget how small I felt while being on the Tokyo Skytree not being able to see the edge of the city because it's so huge. And I will never forget how nice we were treated, how good the food was or what it felt like to crawl into my futon after a long day of hiking and a bath in an onsen, waking up with a view of mount fuji. It was the first time ever I didn't want to fly home at the end of a vacation. This trip will always have a special place in my heart and I would love to come back sometime.
I recommend you visit Indonesia too, the people are very friendly, and the culture is very diverse as well as people from various ethnicities, including Malay, Arab, Asian, white and black.
Everything in Tokyo was practically brand new, during this era. Everything was modernized and reconstructed, fresh from the War years. Must have been a very pleasant time to grow up there.
My thoughts were that it could have been from more recent years........until they showed some cars:- they're always an obvious giveaway, along with, yes, the narrator. Looks very clean and advanced, particularly for that era.
Mostly, it's just the fact that Japan didn't modernize. When I say modernize, I really mean losing your culture and becoming bland pan-human. Something Japan hasn't been doing until recently.
@@ommsterlitz1805 how many millions did the japanese kill again 🤔 in 4 years. Oh yeah, that's right, over 6 million people. And who was it that helped them rebuild again by giving them billions of dollars in today's currency 🤔. Oh right it was the Americans so evil for stopping the Japanese from murdering millions of people, also for not killing their emperor that sent his troops to commit kamikaze attacks, and how dare those dam Americans still give technology and protection to the Japanese.
Watching this video while vacationing in Japan for the fifth time since 2015 with my wife and daughter and already planning to spend next christmas holiday in hokkaido. Can never get bored of Japan.
Japan had rebuilt it's country within two decades from world war 2 it would continue to experience growth in the next two decades especially in the 80s known as the bubble era the 60s was a time of rapid growth and rebuilding it's amazing how fast Japan rebuilt it's country.
A lot of the Japanese never left Borneo even after the war, they set their lives there, assuming its to make up for the losses, so its all well and good
However, the problem is that the Japanese economy has remained in place for 30 years since the bubble era. For example, the present GDP for Japan is rather lower than the GDP in 1995.
Agreed. Japan is the best example in our modern times of a society being able to work together to change direction & quickly grow into a leading world economy after previously heading down a different path & suffering a wartime defeat. It is admirable.
Although the country was struck by poverty after surrendering to the US as one of the Axis powers in 1945, they were lucky to benefit hugely from the Korean war that broke out in 1950. If a war breaks out again between the Koreas again in the future, the Japanese will make a fortune once more, making Japan even more prosperous.
@@s2ns Japan was one of the 10 richest countries in the world even before WWII. You say it as if US allies benefit greatly from American wars when the reality is that wealth depends more on the local population than on its affiliation, there are several US allied countries that remain poor even when the US is at war with its neighbor.
Tokyo is amazing. So much has changed over the years... and so much has remained the same. Deep rooted culture and traditions. Nice to see Tokyo Tower, and the old shrines and temples.
Japan and its people live against the tide despite nuclear attack by the USA in two prominent cities and geographically located in such a turbulent Pacific ring of fire prone to frequent earthquakes and tsunami Japanese truly stand themselves and rule the world. Truly inspirational love from India 🇮🇳
Lived in Tokyo from '72-'74. I was nine when the family moved. Took the subway to school on my own, safely explored with my friends, got to swim in the Olympic complex pool, see amazing festivals (boys' and girls' day, kite day and that one where the firemen climb the bamboo ladders held up by other firemen come to mind) heard the Yakima man as he pushed his cart through the neighborhood, stayed up late listening to the radio broadcast in English from Yokosuka airbase (Fivver McGee and Molly, GE Theater) bought and survived fireworks that would be completely illegal anywhere else I've ever lived, got pocketfulls of decals from gas station attendants ('steekah, aru?'), rode my awesome Japanese bike with the horn and lights and blinkers to the best parks and playgrounds (trust me, Tokyo has got incredible local parks, gaijin have no idea), blissfully overdosed on Kamen Rider, Debiruman, I can still sing the Ultraman theme song... I couldn't say what it's like today for a grown-up, but Tokyo in the early seventies was handsdown the best city for a kid from anywhere.
It's crazy to think how advanced they were even back in the 60s. But not that crazy when you learn that Japan is highly prone to natural calamity like earthquakes and typhoons yet they are able to rebuild so fast. They say they start working on bridges hit by earthquakes in the next few days. Some countries take years to start discussion about building roads and another few years to actually do it.
The most civilized people seem to have ancestry who evolved in harsh environments, be it earthquake/tsunami prone regions, or very cold regions. ...places where cooperation and long term preparation are required to survive every single winter, or the ability to restructure quickly is required due to frequent earthquakes/coastal disasters.
1968 was the year I left Japan for the USA. I had difficulties adjusting to the American food and had lost so much weight. In 1971, I was back in Japan and spent the best 3 years of my life being stationed in Japan as U.S. Army soldier. In total I spent 4 years in the U.S. Army and all ranks inclusive from the fellow soldiers to the generals that I had encountered were fair and generous to me. I could not thank enough to all the people that shared 4 years of my life in the U.S. Army. If possible, I would like to live the same life again...
@@somedude0921 Thank you very much, but I`m concerned about my child and young Japanese. I`m also worried about Ukrainian people who are suffering from war. I sincerely wish peace will be restored in Ukraine and other war-torn countries as soon as possible.
1960s to 1990s Japan gave me sense of comfortness, like the feeling i was born and grow in that time period, maybe its because i watched anime and japanese movies that takes places in these time period, and retro Japan is my aesthetic, i just wanna live in that time.
This is really incredibly shot. So many different angles lending so many different perspectives on the city, displaying life in so many different ways. I especially love how many wide shots there are, allowing us to see the complete nature of the city.
@@jerkchickenblog It's a tourism promotion, mate. A properly recorded one as well. Do you really need to feel everything is "propaganda"? Touch some grass, will you?
A wonderful city which still gets bigger and better every year. I visited nearly 20 years ago, and loved it so much than now I live in Tokyo. It gets bigger and better every year.
you understood that it is not pure journalism but advertising in fact it is a promotion of the tourist office so we have to take it for what it is without too much nostalgia
At this time I was not born and my country Vietnam was at war. I love Japan like there is a memory of me being there with rows of romantic electric poles at dusk. Right now I still don't have the ability to go to Japan. You guys are so happy.
amazing how much Japan still looks like this today. The interior designs/architecture back then are so timeless & classic that they withstand the test of time and doesn't look old or outdated even many centuries later
@@Eblak Hmmm. That's a scarily on point, point you make. Maybe they've dodged the bullet that affects other realms with post-modernity, or at least its worse effects.
I was only three years old in 1968 but I was lucky enough to visit Tokyo in 2016 and absolutely loved it. So in a strange way this film made me feel very nostalgic.....for a Tokyo I never knew but wished I had experienced. If you ever get the opportunity to visit Japan don’t hesitate, just go, you won’t regret it.
I was in the navy then and felt fortunate to spend three years on ships visiting the ports of asia. Japan was so cool, it was so tidy and clean, and you could go anywhere on trains or busses super cheaply, you didn't have to understand japanese, and the trains had folks would get on and sell you the most yummy stuff like candy sandwiches salads, drinks beer soda , cakes, and we would go to some town somewhere and follow the teen agers in the evening and find out where they were dancing, and they would treat us like movie stars and want to dance with us and they would watch us and clap their hands, and when i went to fancy restaurants, usually some one would come up and politely ask if they could touch my hair. I had curly very blonde hair. i would let them and then everyone in the restaurant would form a like and touch my hair, and we would all giggle it was so much fun. Even the busses had ladies dressed up like stewardess and they would help the elderly or give information. they all liked to practice english. They had such class and all dressed up all the time. the kids wore cute uniforms and all had leather briefcase like back packs. I liked being a sailor on a ship in asia at that time so much more than being a sailor in the united states., where we were ignored at best. we were invisible to most americans it seemed.
you loved it at three? you must be misremembering. amazing you're giving advice based on things you can't really remember at three! i'd rather have advice from an adult
@@jerkchickenblog Read the comment again pal and see how wrong your understanding of what I said is. I never said I went to Tokyo when I was three. Think before you make dumb comments.
I remember strolling down the back streets where we would explore the little shops. There were a few Japanese that touched my hair also. It was strawberry blond when I was 9 years old.
I was 6 years old when this was made. We lived outskirts of Tokyo. I live in US now, want to go back to Japan to live. Unfortunately I am not sure if that'll happen or not. Anyhow, I have never seen footage like this and I truly enjoyed this. Thank you!
I thought so too; the traditional idiosyncrasies of Japan, quite particularly its architecture, feel rather timeless and robust. No doubt it’s given way to a nonpareil outlook overflowing with elegance and sophistication
Wow I'm not already born on that time but i was amazed. because even before an old years Tokyo had a bridges a modern bridges, now i know why most of the giant Bridges and tunnel here in the Philippines are made of Japanese engineering firms ! Maybe just because of their excellency and expertise! Love it.
Japan was really great at blending old customs, culture and traditions and new modernized western in 1960's. No matter how the world has changing but Japan still values their beautiful culture and traditions since Japanese are still wearing traditional clothing
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I really enjoyed this. I lived in Japan from 1959 to 1962. Nine to twelve years old. My father was stationed there. It was so beautiful to a little girl of nine. The cobble stone streets in the small villages and the colored lamps hanging from Japanese homes. Crickets in cages for good luck.
I remember kite day, when the sky was full of handmade kites..So much color in everything. The people, the trees with cherry blossoms. The Japanese gardens. The most wonderful experience in my lifetime.
Thank you Japan and the memories of a little girl.
Was Japan a very dirty country before?
@@pepelajasantiago9024 Japan was a polluted country during a high-growth period. Due to the rise of Japanese awareness of environments, Japan is now a clean country.
For a little girl from the US (I guess you are an American, aren`t you?), Japan might look like a fairyland which was so different from the West. 60 years later, Japan today looks so different from what you experienced for better or worse.
@@MrEjidorie That is why they held the Olympic Games in 1964 and thus improved the quality of life
@@pepelajasantiago9024 Tokyo Olympics was originally planned in 1940, but it was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II. A lot of Japanese people were overjoyed at that time because Japan was the first Asian country to host the Olympics. Japanese economy gained impetus thanks to Tokyo Olympics, and Japanese standard of living was dramatically improved.
これはまさに、私の子供時代❣️
母と日本橋のデパートへ行き、おもちゃ売り場でBarbie 人形を買い、
屋上で飛行機に乗り 食堂でお子様ランチやプリンアラモードを食べ
母は服を買い 私はマネキンの足元に座って待ち、シュウマイや寿司を買って大田区へ帰りました❣️🙆♀️
楽しい。懐かしい❣️
私は64歳です!
I don't understand a word but I totally agree 😂😂
いい子供時代です 😄
@@rickyyacine4818 translate it
Cool!
まさに葵姫さんと同年代のお婆さんです^^
関西出身ですが、バービーちゃん人形とかプリンアラモードとか懐かしいw
今の若い子知らないんですよね...プリンアラモードっていうと何それ？江戸時代のお菓子？って馬鹿にされます^^;
先日、孫連れて久々に新宿に行きましたが新宿が一番変わりましたね。
昔なかった超高層ビル?やマンションがズラーっと並んでて時の流れを感じました。
50年60年、半世紀で街並みって大きく変わりますね。
In 1968, when this was released, I got out of the Marine Corps. I had spent 13 months on Okinawa where the language and culture were Japanese. My plan was to go to college, then go live in Japan. It didn't work out that way because I met my wife in college. We got married after I finished college and then our son was born. I couldn't afford to go to Japan. I wish I had been able to go live there and learn the language and experience their culture more in depth.
Thank you for sharing your memory!
Thank you for your service
La pregunta del millón es: ¿Por qué pasar toda tu vida en un país que NO ES el tuyo?
@@LaLogicaMeDice Porque la gente hace lo que quiera mientras sea legal
Tokyo in 1968 looks more advanced than the city I'm living in now...
How sad
This looks more developed city than 2000s South Korea to me or about the same as Korea today
Edit: Actually the reason why South Korea today looks similar to this video is probably because Japan was the one who modernized Korea for the first time only within 35yrs of occupation during early 1900s. Today's Seoul slum districts and poor neighborhoods look like 60-70s poor villages in Japan
@SIDDHAARTH MANIAN not really, for one tokyo has a very efficient public transportation system, being the biggest city in the world it is still one of the cleanest cities on the planet compare that with new delhi having poor air quality, weak public transportation system, no proper city planning. im not hating on our own country but to catch up to tokyo and other developed capitals in the world we still many ways to go.
@@vikramadityadadu4748 One day, bro. One day.
@@rrf3f9x7a1g2 The Koreans caught up pretty quick too. All things considered.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SPENT TWO WEEKS IN TOKYO IN 1969,AND I LOVED IT.THE JAPANESE PEOPLE WERE SO FRIENDLY,SO NICE. I’M 76 NOW IN 2023,AND WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK FOR A VISIT SOMETIME SOON.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Which crime family did you belong to again?
You know in this kind of video this comment to be genuine when the poster in question is such an obvious computer illiterate.
Anyhow, glad you had the luck of experiencing this, gramps.
My dad went there around the same time as a boy scouts trip, he's from Mexico DF, he would have been 73 this December. ❤
hope you've been
@@simsportif rude to call him gramps
My grandfather traveled to tokyo 13 times between 1958 to 1975. It was truly his favorite place on earth. Now I live here at 18, same age as he was when he first visited Japan! I just wish he could have been alive today to come see me
Bro Japanese don’t want you guys there. You know that right?
@@ianc643 like every country, there's always going to be people who "Don't want immigrants there"
But at the same time there will be pe people who do want them. I lived with a Japanese family, went to a Japanese school, made Japanese friends and learned to speak the language.
Respectfully, I Don't think you have a right to speak over all the people who actively spent time with me, who I still speak to even today.
映像が現代かと見間違えるほどキレイであるのに、映っているものは全て当時のものなので、まるでタイムスリップしたような気分になる。個人的にとても興味深い映像。
Интереснее было бы посмотреть на Хиросиму, или Нагасаки. Как люди жили там. Чем занимались. Сколько девочек рожденных в этих городах были названы именем Энола Гей.
你们的发展停止了
@@НтколайАндрерсон disrespectful.
@@НтколайАндрерсонレニングラードの方が面白いよww
あんま変わってないですね！むしろこの時代の方がものがシンプルなデザインでかっこいいと思います！
貴重な映像ありがとうございます。
私は1968年生まれで、満54歳です。
昭和43年の映像を拝見できました事は大変嬉しく思います。
昭和の時代は今より不便だったかもしれませんが、何より人と人の繋がりが、とても温かく生活する上では心地良いものだった気がします。
Me too
私は1968年生まれなのでまさにこの映像が撮られた年に赤ちゃんでした。
子供の頃は空撮シーンのような団地に住んでいました。
子供もたくさん生まれてたから、街や商店街は賑やかだった。
やたら明るい未来に希望を持っていましたね。
でもまだ戦後20年しかたっていなかったんだなあ…
平和な時代に生まれたことに感謝します。
自分は61年なのではっきり覚えてますよ
あの空気感も
同い年。
63年生まれです。日本がこんなにも元気な時代が又やってくるのでしょうか？
子供達の為にもせめて平和な日本でいて貰いたいものです。
同い年。
私もです。ただ自分は早生まれなので、学年的にメインの生まれ年は1967年です。
こんなに美しい街。 彼らは今でもそれを美しく保ちます。 そのような素晴らしい人々と文化。 私はそれらすべてをとても尊敬しています。
両親が若かったころの家族の写真を見るとまさにこんな感じです。みんなすごくお洒落だった。服装も髪型も。両親も祖父母も、洋服も着物も両方着こなしていてかっこよかった。生け花や茶道をしながらダンスホールで踊っていました。
ファッションも含めてまったく古さを感じない。みんな活き活きしてて同じ方向に向かって進んでいるなって思った。
うまく伝統とも共存して新旧のバランスが一番良かった時代に感じる。
力強い熱量と活気も、今は無いデザインの建築も美しい。そして羨ましい。
My mother was born in Akita, North Japan in 1960's. According to what she told me, the life in country side was not same as the life in Tokyo obviously. However, they already had colour camera and my mothers childhood was recorded in colour. Even my grand parents were farmers. It surprised me. My grandfather used to go to Tokyo or Yokohama every year to do manual labor during the winter season when northern Japan was covered in snow. I hope people don't forget the existence of rural people who contributed to the development of Tokyo.
この映像を見た感想は、昭和は、時間の区切りがあったんだなぁ～って感じる。
特に、「夜は大人の時間」って感じがした。デジタルが発展した今、子供でさえも深夜まで起きてるのが当たり前の家もあるのよね。
それにしても、、2:55 サザエさんのワカメの服装もあながち間違ってなかったんだなぁ～って思ったｗｗ
本当にサザエさんの家っぽい
当時子供の私にはデパートの大食堂での食事が我が家の１番の贅沢、食券を先に買ってその半券をウェイトレスが持って行って食事が来る迄のワクワク感、今でも思い出します。
わかります。同じでした。自分は関西ですが、おばあちゃんに連れられて大阪の阪急百貨店の大食堂でご飯食べて、屋上の子供用の遊園スペースでコイン入れて乗る乗り物で遊ぶのがすっごい楽しみでした。
私も同じです。幼い頃東京大丸デパートの大食堂で必ずホットケーキを食べていました。また年末母の実家に帰省する際に立ち寄る時は、お正月を控えていたこともあって、いつもにましてテンションが高かったことを覚えています。
ワカメちゃんのスカートって誇張じゃなくマジだったんだ…
昔のそれなりに裕福な方達って、すごく品があってよいなと思う。高速道路の映像で、周りにビルが少なくて空が広くていいなぁと思った。
昔の裕福な方達は人を思いっきり見下してましたけどね。
自動車の排気ガスで｢光化学スモッグ｣の空でしたよ。自然を犠牲にした高度経済成長の負が描かれていません。
高画質過ぎてビックリ!!
60年前だなんて思えないほどのリアルさ！
そうですね、驚きの高画質。ここに映っている大人の方々は今90～100歳でしょうね。
令和の社会人とさほど変わらない事にも驚きです。著しく変わったのはスマホと自動車ぐらいですかね。
世界的には一番幸福の総量が多かった時代なのかもしれんな。
今は余計なものが増えすぎて息苦しいわ。
デジタル復元凄い…まるで今見てる風景のよう
デジタル云々より
元の３５㎜フィルムが良く撮れています。
As a Japanese who never experienced this era (I was born in 80’s), the memories shared here are very fascinating. Also the amount of positive comments is astonishing. I didn’t even expect this video was watched by non-Japanese audience when it popped up on my app. It made me think to work harder and be a better person to be true to all the compliments.
The world loves japan
Such a Japanese thing to say. : >
Cheers from Hungary, mate.
Also remember that you are human and sometimes there will be bad days where you can't do your best. That's ok. Take breaks, slow down and enjoy your life. (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)
You don't need to impress everyone just do what you think is right and don't overdo.
@@tiredandsleepy69 Not for most of other Asians they destroyed many of our cities, killed many of the people outside Japan, enslaved other Asian women other than Japanese, and the Chinese especially hates Japan because of the Nanking incident in ww2 which Japan did the most disgusting and horrific event in human history but at least they tried to undo their acts by helping the countries they affected rebuild and develop
I was born 30 years later in europe and always dreamed of visiting japan.
A few months ago, after a decade of waiting, I finally had the opportunity to experience this wonderful country with my love. I will never forget how small I felt while being on the Tokyo Skytree not being able to see the edge of the city because it's so huge. And I will never forget how nice we were treated, how good the food was or what it felt like to crawl into my futon after a long day of hiking and a bath in an onsen, waking up with a view of mount fuji. It was the first time ever I didn't want to fly home at the end of a vacation. This trip will always have a special place in my heart and I would love to come back sometime.
Nice experience. Please come again. Japan will welcome you anytime.
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I recommend you visit Indonesia too, the people are very friendly, and the culture is very diverse as well as people from various ethnicities, including Malay, Arab, Asian, white and black.
I had a very similar experience 8 years ago. I didn't feel like I went to Japan, I felt like I came home to Japan.
また遊びに来てね。
古き良き時代、私は平成生まれやっと２０歳というところだが、なぜか懐かしく儚さを感じる。
胸が締め付けられる
失われつつある古き日本の伝統、風景。今の時代に生きる私たちも心のどこかに求めているんでしょうね。
これには映っていないけど、戦前のものや戦争の痕がまだまだいっぱいあったのよ。
平成生まれや今の若者はこの時代の現役世代の生まれ変わり世代だからかもしれない
The women were very beautiful back then, I don't know what it is about modern styles but back then the styles made the women more feminine.
人々の心が今より豊かな感じがする
それな
まさか、僕が生まれた年の東京が見れるなんて感無量です。
現在、54才、東京都渋谷区生まれ・・・
アップして頂き、本当にありがとうございます！！
私が今住んでいる日本の田舎よりも、１９６８年の東京の方が栄えてるなんて。
やっぱり凄いな、東京。
さすが東京だ
映像が綺麗で感動した。ノンネイティブも意識して制作されたようでアメリカ人のナレーションがやたら聞き易い。なによりも驚いたのはBGMが団伊玖磨氏だったことだ。気合い入れて制作されたんだと思う。
自分が生まれた年の映像がこんなに綺麗なのは初めて見ました。感慨深い。
この映像は秀逸ですね。当時急成長した街にインフラが追い付かず、河川や用水路は、すごく汚かったけど、皮肉なことに低成長となった９０年代からインフラが追い付き急速にキレイになっていった。それに伴い、人の美意識が戦前に戻ってポイ捨てしなくなった。こんな映像を見ると思いが溢れますが、その中で今と一番異なる点を言うと人の熱量というか行動量の違いです。いいか悪いかはともかく、とにかくめいっぱい仕事して遊ぶ時代だったと思います。
今はSDGｓとか言って人や企業の抑制をしているように見えますが、持続性は、技術開発によって克服するような社会的な機運が最も必要で、そうなれば当時の希望を再現できるのじゃないかと思います。
若者としては、年配の方の考えていることがわかるすごくいいコメントだと思います。
ですね。80年代はまだ犬のウンコがそこらじゅうにあって、よく踏んづけていたし…ｗ
この映像を見ていて現在の日本と一番の違いは、仰る通り熱量だと感じました。
原因はいろいろあるのでしょうが、ともかく同じように感じている方がいて嬉しく思いました。
@@wei10wei 野良犬も沢山居ましたね。学校の校庭にまぐれ混んだ時はクラス中大騒ぎでした。
よその子供を叱るおっさんがそこらじゅうにおったな。うちの近所にも木刀オヤジって呼ばれとる怖いおっさんおったわ。
60年代はちょうど両親の青春時代にあたります。
アルバルでも色あせしたイメージしかなかったから新鮮でした。
がむしゃらな時代の印象もありますが、ゆっくりとした生活で、将来に希望が持てる時代でしたね。
I love and missed Japan i was in active duty in the US Navy stationed at US Naval Base in Atsugi in 1972-76 and 1986-89
Thank you for your service
going to RTC soon, hoping to get posted in Japan aswell. thank you for your service
Everything in Tokyo was practically brand new, during this era. Everything was modernized and reconstructed, fresh from the War years. Must have been a very pleasant time to grow up there.
yes, the glow of nuclear radiation is quite refreshing
@@massivemike4749 Tokyo wasn't struck by neither atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945, not sure what you're talking about.
@@bonktonk74 you don't need to get hit by an atom bomb to worry about radiation and where radioactive dust settles in the soil.
Coward.
@@massivemike4749 no, the dust was mostly cleaned. Look at the morden cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to see
風景や建物はあまり今と変わらないように見えるかもしれないけど、なによりスマホが存在しない時代だから、皆さん前を向いて歩いてるし姿勢が綺麗✨
スマホはクソってはっきりわかんだね
再現VTRなのでそれは貴女の思い込みに過ぎませんww
@@ドラエモン-i7v もし再現だとしたらそれはそれですごい気が····
スマホどころか、ケータイもパソコンもファミコンもない時代ですよ。
今は、昔欲しかった物の多くが今手に入るが、なんかつまらない。
@@ドラエモン-i7v
え？これ再現なの？
凄い。
まるで昨日の事のように身近に感じる。
1968年ってこんなに発展してて綺麗なんだ。
The scenes look like they could be in 2022 but the narraters voice is so old school. Japan was so advanced in the 60s
Because japan is not diverse
My thoughts were that it could have been from more recent years........until they showed some cars:- they're always an obvious giveaway, along with, yes, the narrator.
Looks very clean and advanced, particularly for that era.
@@abimaellopezmaylord27lopez7 Whoever said it was??? Plus OP is right. 🙃
Mostly, it's just the fact that Japan didn't modernize. When I say modernize, I really mean losing your culture and becoming bland pan-human. Something Japan hasn't been doing until recently.
Truly incredible that the Japanese people were able to rebuild Tokyo from the ground up in just 23 years
Yes, guess war crimes are only for everyone except the americans...
@@ommsterlitz1805 Then become americans and u wont be charged with war crimes...
@@ommsterlitz1805 Ironic, considering the Japanese committed the rape of nanking that same war
@@ommsterlitz1805 how many millions did the japanese kill again 🤔 in 4 years. Oh yeah, that's right, over 6 million people. And who was it that helped them rebuild again by giving them billions of dollars in today's currency 🤔. Oh right it was the Americans so evil for stopping the Japanese from murdering millions of people, also for not killing their emperor that sent his troops to commit kamikaze attacks, and how dare those dam Americans still give technology and protection to the Japanese.
@@ommsterlitz1805 War crimes are only commited by the losers. What a revellation
Watching this video while vacationing in Japan for the fifth time since 2015 with my wife and daughter and already planning to spend next christmas holiday in hokkaido. Can never get bored of Japan.
この時代の日本を見て驚く人がいるみたいだけど、日本人としては1940年代の高層ビルが立ち並ぶNYの風景を見る方が驚く
あんな国と戦争しても勝てるわけないって思う
経済力の差が顕著ですよね。
勇敢だが無謀。
白人主義に待ったをかけたところは評価されるべきだなと思います。
@@zlatanpapa9114 nobody wants your mental illness white supremacy
Japan is perfect as it is and doesn't need delusional ideology
日本が参戦しなかったら東南アジアの国々は今も言葉通り植民地なのかもしれない
アメリカは真珠湾攻撃の暗号を解読していて日本を攻撃する口実としてわざとやられましたし、戦争する気がなかった日本をあおったのが国際共産主義者（コミンテルン）と朝日新聞ですね。
昔は洗練された東京だったのですね、今ではところどころで変態が湧く魅惑の街です。
古きよき時代という印象の映像ですが、このときから今の時代へ大切に継承されていることはたくさんあると思います。人としての生き方、何に価値を見出しているのか、社会の仕組み等々です。道路、街、新幹線、ハード以外にもたくさんあると思います。
伝統 歴史を如何に伝えるか。国民全員で考えるべきですね。
Japan had rebuilt it's country within two decades from world war 2 it would continue to experience growth in the next two decades especially in the 80s known as the bubble era the 60s was a time of rapid growth and rebuilding it's amazing how fast Japan rebuilt it's country.
A lot of the Japanese never left Borneo even after the war, they set their lives there, assuming its to make up for the losses, so its all well and good
However, the problem is that the Japanese economy has remained in place for 30 years since the bubble era. For example, the present GDP for Japan is rather lower than the GDP in 1995.
Japan would never have been in that state had it not for the US.
*its country* not ‘it’s country’
@@markpayne2217 It's a typo Max Payne Mr bullet time.
GNP西側世界2位に到達した年ですね。敗戦から23年でここまで復興・発展する日本は、やはりすごいと思う。
Agreed. Japan is the best example in our modern times of a society being able to work together to change direction & quickly grow into a leading world economy after previously heading down a different path & suffering a wartime defeat. It is admirable.
Although the country was struck by poverty after surrendering to the US as one of the Axis powers in 1945, they were lucky to benefit hugely from the Korean war that broke out in 1950.
If a war breaks out again between the Koreas again in the future, the Japanese will make a fortune once more, making Japan even more prosperous.
@@s2ns Japan was one of the 10 richest countries in the world even before WWII.
You say it as if US allies benefit greatly from American wars when the reality is that wealth depends more on the local population than on its affiliation, there are several US allied countries that remain poor even when the US is at war with its neighbor.
1968年...当時、幼稚園児だった自分はケロヨンやロバくん、ウルトラマンやセブンに夢中になり親に怪獣のソフビをおねだりしたものだ。GS(グループサウンズ)に翳りが見え始めフォークミュージックや煌びやかな歌謡曲が世間に浸透し始める時代。この動画を観てあの頃をいろいろと思い出してしまった。(イヤミのシェーのポーズを初めてやったのもこの時代) 素晴らしい動画をup してくださりありがとうございます♪
Tokyo is amazing. So much has changed over the years... and so much has remained the same. Deep rooted culture and traditions. Nice to see Tokyo Tower, and the old shrines and temples.
can I borrow your Dollar sir ?
@@bryan-3070 Sorry, I might need to use it later.
The Tokyo Tower is still there, right?
@@asadfarraj yup!
Kinda amazing to think that children shown here are old now. Hope everyone of them lived a fulfilling life. 😊
They are in their 60's. Not old at all.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhh me estas diciendo viejo =?? soy 1970
I was born in Tokyo in 1968 and have a fulfilling life. thanks😊
🤣I'm still in my 50s
I went there with my family in ‘68 when I was 8. Loved it and have been back several times over the years.
@@urru66 Конечно старый уже. Даже 55 лет это старые люди.
ありがとうございました。I was there in 1968. Love for Japan tattooed on my heart.
地方の政令都市に住んでるが、東京が如何に都会だったのかよく分かる。
30年は遅れてるなんて言われて、子供の頃そんな馬鹿なと思ってたが、そのくらいの差は確かにある。
つか人口違うから当たり前だがオフィスビル群は当時の東京にすら追いつけないだろう。
最高！生まれる前の古き良き日本！！
ちょうど母の幼少期の頃。戦後僅かでここまでの発展を遂げた先人達には本当に頭が上がらない。
こうやってみると、あまり変わってないように見えるなあ。
公園で寝っ転がったり、スポーツ観戦したり、飲み会ではしゃいだり。
日本ってすごい国ですね。韓国人ですが、当時の日本に行ってみたいです
@?? どこらへんがすごいですか？
@@user-tn5hc2uq4p 68年であれほどの発展を成し遂げた日本人と日本という国の凄さに驚きました。
Old videos from japan like these are so calming and saddening at the same time
1968年当時は8歳でした。懐かしいです。
戦後約20年でこれって…ネットがないだけで普通に暮らせそうですね
当時６歳でした。
普通に小学校に通い、普通の生活でした。
逆に今の方が普通を維持するのが大変な世の中だと思います。
私の祖母や祖父が実際に目にしてきたものを映像を通して観れるとはありがたい
Japan and its people live against the tide despite nuclear attack by the USA in two prominent cities and geographically located in such a turbulent Pacific ring of fire prone to frequent earthquakes and tsunami Japanese truly stand themselves and rule the world. Truly inspirational love from India 🇮🇳
昭和43年 戦後23年でここまで復興したのがすごい！
近代科学と歴史伝統が良い具合に融合した時代だったんだなぁ。良い面ばかりじゃないけど、このバランスが素晴らしい。
Lived in Tokyo from '72-'74. I was nine when the family moved. Took the subway to school on my own, safely explored with my friends, got to swim in the Olympic complex pool, see amazing festivals (boys' and girls' day, kite day and that one where the firemen climb the bamboo ladders held up by other firemen come to mind) heard the Yakima man as he pushed his cart through the neighborhood, stayed up late listening to the radio broadcast in English from Yokosuka airbase (Fivver McGee and Molly, GE Theater) bought and survived fireworks that would be completely illegal anywhere else I've ever lived, got pocketfulls of decals from gas station attendants ('steekah, aru?'), rode my awesome Japanese bike with the horn and lights and blinkers to the best parks and playgrounds (trust me, Tokyo has got incredible local parks, gaijin have no idea), blissfully overdosed on Kamen Rider, Debiruman, I can still sing the Ultraman theme song...
I couldn't say what it's like today for a grown-up, but Tokyo in the early seventies was handsdown the best city for a kid from anywhere.
awesome
It's crazy to think how advanced they were even back in the 60s. But not that crazy when you learn that Japan is highly prone to natural calamity like earthquakes and typhoons yet they are able to rebuild so fast. They say they start working on bridges hit by earthquakes in the next few days. Some countries take years to start discussion about building roads and another few years to actually do it.
Reminds me of Toronto how they have 11 million people but can keep the nature.
The most civilized people seem to have ancestry who evolved in harsh environments, be it earthquake/tsunami prone regions, or very cold regions.
...places where cooperation and long term preparation are required to survive every single winter, or the ability to restructure quickly is required due to frequent earthquakes/coastal disasters.
Even though deadly natural disasters are common in Japan, most Japanese still choose not to emigrate to foreign countries
@@NL-tr7ix Except for Peru that one time lol
@@ChadDidNothingWrong Peru or Brazil?
お父さんが10歳くらいのときか😲
白黒写真で見るよりカラー映像で見るととても身近に感じる
服装は違うけど今の子供とあまり変わらない顔なのが安心した
フィルムの映像ってやっぱりきれいですね
今ある日本とは東洋と西欧の良い物を素直に学び日本の中で徹底的に昇華させた結果ともいえます。
日本人は今でも世界の良い所は見習えと思っています。
それな
Mid century aesthetic, looks cool in any decade. If anyone is going to make a big budget Mazinger Z film, Then this is the tone.
当時はビデオがないから、この頃の動画は貴重ですね。
東京出身で1968は子供でした。
今あらためてじっくり見ると、沢山の思い出がよみがえり、今は亡き父母に対する感謝の気持ちが湧き上がってきました。
貴重な動画のアップありがとうございました。
1956年頃の大相撲中継でビデオ映像が使われていました。当時、子供ながらに画像が粗いなと感じた記憶があります。家庭用のビデオ撮影機器は、1965年にソニーから発売されました。世界初でした。
1967年生まれ。終戦から20年余りとは思えない。
産まれた年です。
着物の柄とか懐かしい。
今日本に住む若者としてコメントします。
この動画に映る服も髪型も、広告のテキストフォントでさえも、古臭く感じています。
しかし風景はほとんど今と変わらず、人々は心なしか今より生き生きとしているように感じます。
もっと過去から受け継がれた大事なものを感じて生きていたいと思ってしまいます。
1968 was the year I left Japan for the USA. I had difficulties adjusting to the American food and had lost so much weight. In 1971, I was back in Japan and spent the best 3 years of my life being stationed in Japan as U.S. Army soldier. In total I spent 4 years in the U.S. Army and all ranks inclusive from the fellow soldiers to the generals that I had encountered were fair and generous to me. I could not thank enough to all the people that shared 4 years of my life in the U.S. Army. If possible, I would like to live the same life again...
I am Sansei . Left Tokyo in l969 to go back to the Sates . I miss it less now that I am 75 and don't travel as much . Lots of memories for me .
The kids in the video are around 60+ years old now. Crazy how time flies
I was a 12 years old primary school pupil in 1968, and now I`m 65 years old retiree. Yes, indeed. Time flies, and no wonder I`m old.
hope they aged well
@@MrEjidorie hope you enjoy your retirement
@@somedude0921 Thank you very much, but I`m concerned about my child and young Japanese. I`m also worried about Ukrainian people who are suffering from war. I sincerely wish peace will be restored in Ukraine and other war-torn countries as soon as possible.
nah most likely trapped in the 失われた十年
It's nice to see old Tokyo, even i never been in Tokyo 😊
Love Japan people and culture ❤
With big love from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🙏
salam aleykim, yurddaşım! ❤
məndə Azərbaycanlıyam, Yaponiyanı çox-çox sevirəm. Bayılıram!!!~
1960s to 1990s Japan gave me sense of comfortness, like the feeling i was born and grow in that time period, maybe its because i watched anime and japanese movies that takes places in these time period, and retro Japan is my aesthetic, i just wanna live in that time.
You really are speaking my language here. I feel this.
This is really incredibly shot. So many different angles lending so many different perspectives on the city, displaying life in so many different ways. I especially love how many wide shots there are, allowing us to see the complete nature of the city.
it's a propaganda film made by the government... did you really expect it to be a student film?
@@jerkchickenblog It's a tourism promotion, mate. A properly recorded one as well. Do you really need to feel everything is "propaganda"? Touch some grass, will you?
It was a pleasure to get just a glimpse into Japan's past, and see what has changed by now, and what has not.
A wonderful city which still gets bigger and better every year. I visited nearly 20 years ago, and loved it so much than now I live in Tokyo. It gets bigger and better every year.
活気があって凄い✨ モノクロじゃないのが珍しい。
祖父母たちの若かりしころの生活を覗いたようで、面白かった。
I am currently here in Japan.
Kudos to this clean and organized country🇯🇵💪🏻
なんだろう。この時代まだ生まれてないけど、なんか良い…
海外は色々な都市に住んだけど東京のレストランは世界最強だと思う パリやローマやニューヨークとはまた別な感じだけど 何料理でも美味しいのは東京だけだと思う
良き時代ですね〜
現代の日本人ですらこの頃に憧れるんだから。
無理ンゴ
スマホ無し、自動改札もsuicaもない
これで憧れるのは無理がある
この時代はこの時代、最新のものに勝るものは今後も現れない
@@アンパンマン-z7n
昭和天皇に謁見してみたい感はある。
だいぶよそゆきに作り込まれた映像には感じる 笑。 出てくる人が皆んなキレイで所作が美しすぎる…。
ラスト、日が明けて働きに出た男性女性が颯爽と生き生きと歩くシーンがとても良い。今よりもずっと組織が強くてそれぞれが責任を持って働いていそうなイメージ。
you understood that it is not pure journalism but advertising in fact it is a promotion of the tourist office so we have to take it for what it is without too much nostalgia
I lived in Tokyo as a toddler, around the time this film was made. I went again in 2010 and 2019. Wonderful memories!
At this time I was not born and my country Vietnam was at war. I love Japan like there is a memory of me being there with rows of romantic electric poles at dusk. Right now I still don't have the ability to go to Japan. You guys are so happy.
1日だけならこの時代体験してみたいかも…
amazing how much Japan still looks like this today. The interior designs/architecture back then are so timeless & classic that they withstand the test of time and doesn't look old or outdated even many centuries later
Also has to do with their economy not growing for the last 30 yrs.
@@Eblak fair
@@Eblak Hmmm. That's a scarily on point, point you make. Maybe they've dodged the bullet that affects other realms with post-modernity, or at least its worse effects.
It growned but stop for the last 15 years and theirs not much stuff you can put on japan since limited land not as big as america
@@tatsuyaaikawa7185 the majority of the land doesn't have any buildings on, rural places get abandoned.
終戦から20年近くで街並みが全く違うものになっていて昔の人は凄いなと思った
Japan is an amazing country.
I was only three years old in 1968 but I was lucky enough to visit Tokyo in 2016 and absolutely loved it. So in a strange way this film made me feel very nostalgic.....for a Tokyo I never knew but wished I had experienced.
If you ever get the opportunity to visit Japan don’t hesitate, just go, you won’t regret it.
I was in the navy then and felt fortunate to spend three years on ships visiting the ports of asia. Japan was so cool, it was so tidy and clean, and you could go anywhere on trains or busses super cheaply, you didn't have to understand japanese, and the trains had folks would get on and sell you the most yummy stuff like candy sandwiches salads, drinks beer soda , cakes, and we would go to some town somewhere and follow the teen agers in the evening and find out where they were dancing, and they would treat us like movie stars and want to dance with us and they would watch us and clap their hands, and when i went to fancy restaurants, usually some one would come up and politely ask if they could touch my hair. I had curly very blonde hair. i would let them and then everyone in the restaurant would form a like and touch my hair, and we would all giggle it was so much fun. Even the busses had ladies dressed up like stewardess and they would help the elderly or give information. they all liked to practice english. They had such class and all dressed up all the time. the kids wore cute uniforms and all had leather briefcase like back packs. I liked being a sailor on a ship in asia at that time so much more than being a sailor in the united states., where we were ignored at best. we were invisible to most americans it seemed.
you loved it at three? you must be misremembering. amazing you're giving advice based on things you can't really remember at three! i'd rather have advice from an adult
@@jerkchickenblog
Read the comment again pal and see how wrong your understanding of what I said is.
I never said I went to Tokyo when I was three.
Think before you make dumb comments.
I remember strolling down the back streets where we would explore the little shops. There were a few Japanese that touched my hair also. It was strawberry blond when I was 9 years old.
@seanmacleod1724 Dont Worry All Of His Comments Are Dumb I Was Just Reading A Few Of Them.
なにこの女の子の豪華な家…今は都市も地方もウサギ小屋みたいに縦長で狭小な家ばっかりですよね。そうなる理由があるんだろうけど、単純に日本全体が貧しくなったんだなあと感じます。今の方が全てにおいて活気がないですね。街へいけば廃墟だらけだし…
一人当たりの平均居住スペースはイギリスのが狭い
アメリカやカナダのようなところを除けばどの国も家の広さは日本と大して変わらないよ
実質賃金は数十年変わらないのは日本くらいだけど純資産100万ドル超えてる人の人数は世界で3番目に多いから今でも金持ちが多い国ではある
I was 6 years old when this was made. We lived outskirts of Tokyo. I live in US now, want to go back to Japan to live. Unfortunately I am not sure if that'll happen or not. Anyhow, I have never seen footage like this and I truly enjoyed this. Thank you!
I'm curious, what makes you unsure of whether it will happen or not?
you were 60 yo by now?
@@tagster7822 Family and financial reasons, I am stuck here.
@@hakoHiyo271 Ah I see, any chance of you going back during your retirement years?
@@tagster7822 Not retiring, but working on a new business right now and everything depends on everything haha
The traditional looks very modern compared to what traditional looks in other countries, perhaps that is why they sit so well together.
I thought so too; the traditional idiosyncrasies of Japan, quite particularly its architecture, feel rather timeless and robust. No doubt it’s given way to a nonpareil outlook overflowing with elegance and sophistication
今の日本より元気で健康そうにみえる
Amazingly only twenty years after WWII Japan already blooming again! 🇯🇵
Wow I'm not already born on that time but i was amazed. because even before an old years Tokyo had a bridges a modern bridges, now i know why most of the giant Bridges and tunnel here in the Philippines are made of Japanese engineering firms ! Maybe just because of their excellency and expertise! Love it.
この時の小学生でも、今はもう60過ぎなんですよね。自分の親はこの時小学生でした。
カラーで見るとまた違いますね。
この時代に行ってみたい。とても興味深い。
Love you japan love from india ❤️🇯🇵🇮🇳
Here you have it: th-cam.com/video/oO_RdckoAaI/w-d-xo.html
Japan was really great at blending old customs, culture and traditions and new modernized western in 1960's. No matter how the world has changing but Japan still values their beautiful culture and traditions since Japanese are still wearing traditional clothing
この頃は日常的に着物着てる女性がまだいたんだね。男性はあまり見ないけど。
この時代の100年前は明治維新ってのもなんか凄い。江戸時代生まれの人もまだいたかも。江戸時代から新幹線の時代まで見てるって想像つかない😅