Ron's Life in Japan (1980's)
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- Here is a video of my life in Japan that I made while learning video editing equipment. I was trying to learn to make training videos in those days. Interestingly, the content was helpful for some people. It is not professionally produced, but you might find the content important if you are going to live in Japan for any length of time.
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I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm still in Japan. The daughters are grown and I have one granddaughter.
Wow That's cool!
貴重な動画をありがとうございます！この動画が好きでたまに見に来るのですが、近状を聞けてなんだか嬉しい気持ちになりました。
I'm a college student who plans to move to Japan after I graduate and obtain my Bachelors degree. This was pretty helpful, and nice to see.
Ironically, my mother had Isuzu vehicles the whole time I was growing up, including a Rodeo and two Troopers/Bighorns :)
Wow incredible how life goes fast, makes me melacholic and nostalgic
Ronald McFarland congrats on being a grandfather!
The original youtuber
Annotations, music, it has all the good TH-camr qualities from the 1980s.
@@YayAkiba OurTube Comrade, OurTube.
@@YayAkiba He didn't ask to like and subscribe though
@@tharqal2764 subscribe wasn't invented back then. You just had to remember the channel names of all your favorites.
Ted Bundy was the original Logan Paul.
Vlogging back in 80's before it was cool.
Internet, bandwidth and storage capacity changed. Vloggers have been around far longer, a lot of them travel related. As far back as 1880s amateur film been posted on YT. In the 1980's, cam corders were everywhere usually wielded by gadget dads bent on archiving their family experiences. Obviously the smart phone combined a lot of separate devices into one thing, tech generally got faster, better and smaller, scifi levels in some cases. The big difference today is the way in which we share them and the access them. It far surpasses what only networks were capable of in the 80s.
@@wizardmix ah yes the great TH-cam vlogging trend of the 1880s
if you into that kinda stuff just google old camera brands and put the name on you tube, 8mm film or what ever you can find allot of home movies as early as the 1930's from all over the world.
It's more to the point and educated
Make a 2020 edition to celebrate 40 years in Japan! :)
Magnawox good idea
Nothing has changed that much except for the internet and smart phones. The kids are grown and have no interest in videos on Japan.
Aldemar Aburto facts aren’t racist my friend, any American from the 80s would be appalled at the current state of this country.
@@ronmcfarlandUnika Even if nothing much has changed, it would be interesting if you did the same commentary on modern Japan. Congrats on the grandchild by the way!
@@Teddingtin Oh shut up, nothing is more stupid than you people complaining about the current state of your country and making false statings because you have a dream memory of the times before. I already saw movies and documentaries about druggy gang wars back in the 70s that were just as brutal as it is now. Stop giving others the fault for things that exist already since your country exists.
What a time to be alive...so nostalgic. Im also japanese. Seeing how the 80s was back then shed an tear to my eye. So many memories with people that arent alive today. Im 36. Live seems to be so chilled back then. No smartphones and all the stuff. Just life. Beautiful footage. Thanks for the video ron. Cheers
Glad you liked it. It brought back memories for me too. My children are grown and I am a grandfather now.
Ronald McFarland Yes I got to spend 10 days in Japan in 1989. I LOVE your videos. I wish I could have lived there. I may yet!!
oliver eales shut up
oliver eales Asking if he was a weeb and then proceeding to tell him to man up. Clearly he loves Japan far beyond fetish and otaku. His love his genuine and real. Telling him to man up seems very inappropriate. Even if he were a weeb who cares.
oliver eales really, why do you care what brings someone else happiness?
I wasn't born this period .
However,I feel likeing nostalgic.
Glad you liked it. I enjoyed those days of living simply in Japan.
kuro Nora I've never even been to Japan, and I wasn't alive in the 80s, but this makes me nostalgic also. I can't explain it
Same
You should check out the Vaporwave scene. It's full of this stuff
This feeling is called "anemoia" nostalgia for a time you've never know
I'm glad you enjoyed it. We still live near there. The daughters are grown and we have one granddaughter.
Hope you are doing well!!!
@@MyThoughts19902X Doing well, thanks. the Coronavirus is finally starting to decline throughout Japan. We all have to stay safe.
My parents went to visit Japan in 1980. I was curious what it was like. I only have a few co slides from them.
@@LMB222 Pretty much if they lived there for any period of time their life would not be that different from mine.
Yes, I'm in southern Tokyo now and glad to be able to meet friends again without a great deal of fear.
TH-cam algorithm sends me here 2019
Same
shit here we go again
It didn't send me here, this video showed up while searching for "japan 1980s".
@@NotSoCrazyNinja me too lol
Trọng Nhân Lê I actually searched for this which is a first for me lol
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I made it around 1988. My daughters are grown and we have one granddaughter. Still in Japan.
hope you stay well and healthy!!
@@Kai_O_Cad Having a large family is wonderful. If you can, spend as much time with them as possible. They and you will remember those moments for a lifetime. I was traveling so much in those days, that I think I missed a lot.
@@ronmcfarlandUnika hope you and the family are in good condition, and we can pass this pandemic
and perhaps you also can make some testimonial video about comparison on how life in japan
during 80s / 90s and now...
which do you think more better
thank you
respect from Jakarta
@@farizmeinardi3906 Thank you for your thoughts. Yes, the Olympics are here in Tokyo, but we can only watch on TV with Covid-19 getting worse. I hadn't planned on making another video, as life hasn't changed that much. I'm fully retired now and life is more relaxing these days.
@@ronmcfarlandUnika So you did retire in Japan after all?
This is one of the most endearing videos of family life I have ever watched. What a wonderful husband and father you are Ronald. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you Graham for your very nice comments. Those little girls are now grown and I have one granddaughter. I now live very close to where that video was shot.
Stumbled upon this while looking for footage of Japan from the 1980s. For an amateur production, it provides a very in-depth look at Japan during its bubble economy and a rare glimpse at a Westerner's view of daily life in Japan as a resident. Thank you so much for uploading this.
I'm glad you found it informative. We still live near there in southern Tokyo now, just over a river. The daughters are grown, and we have one granddaughter.
I was born in the 90's and haven't lived in Japan but it still felt very nostalgic.
It was a simpler time.
wow...very nicely edited with 80s tech...more feels like a professional documentary of that time ...I was expecting bunch of home videos
Yes, in those days I had a whole editing room to do that. Using personal information I was tried to learn how to use the equipment. I know I needed a good presentation and purpose for each scene. Thanks for your comments.
virtualatall Glad you enjoyed it. I still live in an environment like that very close to there.
It is great! I love 80s than today :( I'm little sad so.
I'm sure two monitors, two VCRs, a good mic and a jog shuttle controller were involved in making this. I especially like the analog "ducker" on the voice (where vocal inputs trigger a reduction in the background music).
Japan literally looks like the 21st century in that documentary. They're amazing.
There are some things in Japanese daily life that the world can learn from. The Japanese have no problem picking up ideas from Europe and other regions. So, the rest of the world should also consider taking a close look at Japan's lifestyle. I'm hoping the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics will expose this lifestyle more.
Ronald McFarland If only Japan didn't have such huge debt they, we could honestly see a much better scenario for the olympics than how it is now, but I think it will still be really good!
Honestly japan in the 80’s look so modern
@@brandonlee7279 Not everything was modern. In the 80's quite a few people still lived with septic tank toilets that were pumped out out each week. This was the case even inside the urban core. I don't know about today, but I think there still is older housing like that.
@@ronmcfarlandUnika what are some specific examples?
7:39 Had a slight vaporwave moment
Boards of Canada kicked in.
we need a sequel to Ron's Life in Japan
I thought about it, but Japan and my life hasn't changed that much. The daughters are grown though and we have two granddaughters.
I remember Japan like this. This is nostalgic. 1980s Notice no computers - only piles of paper on the top of the desks. Paper everywhere. Piles of paper and books in the office. I remember well. Japan was exciting and vibrant before the economic crash. Everything was so positive and hopeful and happy. Japan was full of energy and excitement for today and hope for the future. After the economic crash in the 1990s, Japan never seemed to recover. Now, things seem so slow and so old and so little vitality. It is sad in some ways and nice in other ways.
Explorer Mike when things were normal
Japan are depressing nowadays. The genuine happiness are gone. Full of worries, loneliness and depression. I think it's not only Japan but tye whole world as well. Full of hate and greed.
@@Crabking19 That I believe is nostalgia
My dad used to work in Tokyo-Chiba area from late 95 to May 1996.
Yeah it was and probably still gloomy places.
90s work clothes didn't helped either,lots of grey suits.
2011 Fukushima Meltdown is still ongoing issue with some Japanese people have doubts whether it's still safe to live in Japan at all.
Why they have to use nuclear power in such a vulnerable place middle of the pacific with active volcanoes landslides typhoons and earthquakes,I'll never know...
Very good points. I feel the same way.
Great Video. This is may sound weird but I love the background music and style of this video. It reminds me of those old 1980's late 70's documentaries I used to love to watch as a child.
TREEEWIZARD That is a famous Japanese flite player. I selected one of his songs.
TREEEWIZARD Glad you enjoyed it. I still live in the area and the daughters are grown. I have one granddaughter now.
@@ronmcfarlandUnika Do you think that Japan is a good choice for the older Western retiree ? (my wife is Japanese).
Well, here are some things to consider. The country is very safe and the Japanese respect old people very much. The winters are cold in some parts of the country, so a warmer climate might be nicer. Also, language may be a concern . The Japanese in general are poor English speakers, so finding friends to speak with might be an issue.
I love it but it's making me SO SAD.
2017: no
2018: mmm no
2019: ok i'll put this video in recommendations
It's worth it tho
Feed DDOS Ever I got this in my recommended around 1 year ago and now again. Not complaining tho
1945: BOOOOM!!!!
Man 80s 90s 00s Japan must've been sublime
Vintage blogger, it's really nice
I was there in the early to mid 80s and miss it! I was stationed on the USS Midway and spent all my time in Tokyo while there. Best times of my life!
Have you played the arcade game : 1943 - The Battle of Midway
Its the one arcade game i remember playing from back in the 80s.
31337 TV have you ever considered going back?
Holy shit I’ve been on the midway! Decommissioned but that’s insane that it was in Tokyo
Multipass
This is beautiful, Ron. I’m glad people like you have been around at different points of history to show future generations how people have lived 🙂
Sean Dyer I'm glad you enjoyed it. Those two daughters are now grown and I have one granddaughter. We now live near there in southern Tokyo. Life hasn't changed that much.
Arrived in Japan in 1984. Have lived in Yokohama ever since. This video brings back lots of memories! Was an excellent time to be a young adult in Japan before the economic bubble burst.
Wow, what a dream. I just commented to Mr. McFarland above that I was jealous he got to live in Japan during the bubble. I lived in Hachioji and then in Yamato City in Kanagawa from 2005-2008, met my wife there. Since then we've lived near where I grew up in a suburb of NYC. We're both teachers and have summers off so we spend a month in Japan with my wife's family. I'm very luck to get still get to spend part of my year in the place I love so much, and with my second family and visiting with old friends. As a person who deeply loves Japan, I feel both nostalgia and loss for the bubble, a time I never actually lived though, although my wife grew up in it so I feel I've lived vicariously through her. I imagine the hustle and bustle, the unbridled positivity in the air and in all the people. Japanese people are the most wonderful people in the world, and yet their society has been on hard times for over 25 years. I can't even imagine how much more delightful they'd be if they had more reason to be positive and cheerful rather than the way they are now, somewhat like embers resigned to merely glow after the end of a bright hot fire. I wonder how your life is now, and I hope you are living happily in Yokohama.
Did you ever watch the Glenn Scannell reality show about me (Glenn) and my family, it took place in the 1990s, filmed in the San Francisco Bay Area, one of the houses we lived in was a two-story house, I rode bicycles, BMX & mountain bikes, struggling with mental health issues, drinking a lot coffee, spending time with family and friends ?
Love that’ 80s cheese music so much nostalgia
opposite of cheese
Your video got me so teary eyed, even though I was only born in 1989. I love the 80s and I love Japan! Thanks for sharing. You do know how to make a good video! :)
Glad you liked it. It is amazing people are interested in that video that I made so many years ago.
Those girls casually riding down the street in unicycles at 8:10 was really interesting haha. Thanks for letting us peer into your past and life in Japan, Ronald-san! A nice piece of history here, sir.
Not so different from Japan now. Sure, some of the fashions and hairstyles have changed, and I noticed the 7-11 didn't have automatic doors, but it's really pretty similar to what I've experienced over the last 25 years or so. But I would say, given the demographic shift, that elderly people have many more recreational and social options in Japan now...
If I'm correct he still resides in Japan too so maybe he changed his mind.
7-11 didn't have an automatic door‽ That's unexcusable!
This makes me tear up and I dont know why 😥
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
wow... thanks youtube algorithm, a wholesome man sharing about his life with a couple hundred subs. Liked the video :)
Those girls on unicycles tho!!
Great video, wistful music, a trip into Japan's luxurious bubble economy of the 80s.
I feel like I caught a glimpse of what a live action version of Maison Ikkoku or Kimagure Orange Road might look like.
Glad you enjoyed it. Those girls on the unibikes just happened to be going by when the camera was running. Life is not so different now. I still live very near there. The daughters are grown and I have one granddaughter.
ToruKun1 I was looking for a comment about the unicycles
Lucky I caught this comment.. those two animes are two of my absolute favorites ❤
this does indeed seem like an accurate real-life peek into those worlds and the time period they were set in. No wonder I like this video so much..
@@beanburger5689 I know exactly where your profile pic is from! 🤣 Good to know this vid brought in some good company
@@beanburger5689 Charlie Tanner Agreed 👌 I'm happy I've found this video for that exact reason. Down-to-earth and realistic perspectives on both pre and post recession Japan (be it in real life captures or animation) captivate me more than any fantasy-type stuff ever could
You should go back and film the same locations angles for a side by side to see what had changed.
Something to think about. I'm older too and the daughters are grown.
@@ronmcfarlandUnika It looks like most of the trains there now are above or under ground, as I don't remember seeing any level crossings (in Tokyo at least) when I went last year.
@@Andres33AU Yes, even now there are level train track crossings.
@@ronmcfarlandUnika if you can you should do it. Id love to see it now
@@pavleradovanovic9841 I'm in that area from time to time. You will not see much change. Some shops have changed, the train station has been upgraded, but the crowds are about the same. Anyway there will be few surprises.
Wow, no people staring at their hands! People communicating in the lunch room face to face because there are no PC's! Thanks for the video!
John Doe Yes, that was many years ago before PC's or Smart phones. Thanks for your comments.
No PCs? The IBM PC was released in 1980.
This is pretty interesting I must say, I'm really into this decade as well as other countries
Shadowdragon 37 Glad you enjoyed it. My children are all grown up now.
めちゃくちゃ地元でビックリした！
アップロードありがとうございます！！！
This is my hometown!
Thank you for uploaded!!!
I love these historical vids. My Uncle was stationed in Japan many times during the 80's and he told me a lot of stories about being in Japan. Part of my initial interest in Japanese culture came from that. I wish I could have seen it, was a different time. Though a lot of things about Japan have not changed at all.
What a gem. Thanks for sharing.
I'm glad you liked it.
Thank you for using a tripod or just having a steady hand. Too many people waste their film by making it shaky. I really appreciate this footage. Thank you.
Thank you for your comments. Yes, I used a tripod for all the scenes. Ron
1:22, ahh the days when you could literally just denote with a guide map exactly where you live in a broadcasted video.
Straight up doxed himself.
@@someguy2744 Well, we are talking about a video from the '80s. Don't think things are exactly the same after 40 years.
@@Death_Korps_Officer
Fair point.
Like that they show the blueprints of the apartment to give people an idea of what its expect to live.... Today, they are mostly removed because terrorist :(
Lovely video. It really transports you to this beautiful, peaceful moment of your lives. Appreciate you sharing this with us!
Truly a priceless gem from such an era to come across, and it's amazing you took the time to document and archive your experiences back then. Thanks for the upload; I'm a millennial myself but it's absolutely intriguing to watch videos like these.
Great. I'm glad you like it. Even though I made that a very long time ago, I think many of the things I present are applicable today.
I wonder where these people are now...all these years later. I hope they’re happy :)
My wife and I live just over the Tamagawa River in Tokyo. The two daughters are grown, live nearby and I have one granddaughter. Yes, we are all happy, thanks.
Sir Nippleton McSugarteets when you finna upload brethren?
Isaac Flores I’ll try to this weekend fam gg
Sir Nippleton McSugarteets ight bet cutie
Stromae the brethren actually dropped something, you should check it out.
Thank you, Ronald! These captures are just beautiful.
Thank you for this wonderful video!
Very nice and relaxing video. Love scenes from the 1980s, especially Japan. Thanks a lot, Ron!
Me: born in 1999
TH-cam: watch a video of 1980's Japan
Me: why?
TH-cam : JUST WATCH
Yeah ...sometimes i wish i could have power to time travel to diffrent periods.there to many diffrent interesting periods in time....
Sometimes you just shouldn’t question it, just go with it
Wouldnt've minded going on a week long bender through Tokyo at the peak of the bubble and economic triumphalism. Would be a ride.
This is really lovely. Thank you for uploading this. Hope you, your family and your granddaughter are doing well. I'm excited to return to Japan for a holiday in 2021 after the Olympics.
Dude, the soundtrack makes this whole thing. I LOVE this video. Thank you for sharing with us
Thank you for this! It's a great time capsule clip as well as good insight to life in Japan!
James Osterberg Glad it was both interesting and informative.
Spectacular reportage! Loved the pace of the editing!
Thank you for creating this and sharing it with the world. Absolutely remarkable. 🙇
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I made it around 1988. We still live near there and now have one granddaughter.
The music you put behind this is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your treasured memories from your time in Japan. I recently spent a year in Japan in 2017 and it was life-changing but I've always wanted to know what it looked like in the 80s/90s. Thank you for allowing us to take a look at how the country looked :)
We still live near there. Here's more of that music. th-cam.com/video/Y6ank-bs0qQ/w-d-xo.html
Great video, many thanks! I lived and worked in Tokyo between 2004 and 2007, and I also met my Chinese wife so Japan has a special place in my memory.
We live in China at the moment but we regularly visit Japan.
How do China and Japan compare ? What are the major differences and similarities ? Just curious
@@kishore369 Chinese are much or like westerners in their mindset, especially in northern China. Japan is really complicated and I never got to understand their culture. China is poorer, ruder, less developed but more easy to understand. More like a very poor European country. Don't believe in the facade that is Shanghai, most of China is still under developed, especially people's mindset. Very much dog eat dog mentality but in Japan safety or honesty is never an issue.
@@andersnilsson7917 So what's the primary reason for you settle in China ?
I think comparing China/Japan is like comparing Northern European countries and Southern European countries? maybe?
@@yux.tn.3641 Much more extreme difference. Like comparing a North European country with a traditional African country. Japan is really different, for good and sometimes bad.
I just love this movie. It is a great portrait of daily life in Japan. Also reminds me of my childhood in Singapore.
OMG this is amazing, it's literally across the street from where I used to work! It's so interesting to see the area from decades ago.
Thanks a lot for keeping the video up!
This was a fantastic video, and what a great candid view of Japan from the past. Thank you so much for making and sharing this!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm still in Japan near there. The daughter are grown and we have one granddaughter.
This was great! Seemed professional enough to me... like I was watching a special on NHK or something. Well done! Both Japan and peaceful footage from the 80s makes me smile!
Hi,
I'm an argentinian youtuber looking for footage of japan in the 80s. Can I use your footage in my video?
I'll give the credit.
Thanks
Yes, please feel free to use it. I'm flattered that you liked it.😀
@@ronmcfarlandUnika thanks! great work
This is like a time machine. Its so nostalgic yet i wasn't even born until 1987. Life from this period is so simple even from a modern standpoint. No smartphones, no social media
Yes, many things we have today didn't exist in those days. To make that video, I used a full video editing room in the company I was working for.
We just started to use FAX machines to do international business, no email at all.
I used to record what I was involved in on a cassette tape and mailed it to my sister, so she could hear my voice. Telephoning was quite expensive for me in those days.
@@ronmcfarlandUnika Thank you for sharing. I always wanted to visit Japan for a vacation and experience its beauty and the culture. Hopefully in a year or two it can finally happen. Again many thamks and God bless you and your family
@@rogueagent0191 I'm glad you enjoyed it. I came to Japan in 1976 and wound up just staying as one interesting project after another came to me. Interestingly, in the first 20 years, Japan was not a tourist location, just business and cultural interests. In the past 10 years, Japan has become a real tourist spot, as I'm seeing visitors all the time. I think most people have very favorable experiences here.
What a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing it.
it would be so interesting if you did a video talking about changes in japan since the 80s!
greetings from norway, great video, hope you can do a new modern version, would be fun to compare
someone That one was hard work for me, but you have a good idea. I'm still in Japan, but the children are grown and I have one granddaughter.
This was so calming. Honestly it allowed a lot of my daily worries to just fade away while watching it. You have a beautiful family and I'm sure it only got more beautiful as you all grew older together to today and the family expanded. I appreciate you sharing this video. Best wishes to you and yours.
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, the daughters are grown now, and we have one granddaughter. If you're interested, here is where the music came from. th-cam.com/video/Y6ank-bs0qQ/w-d-xo.html
such a beautiful nostalgic video... one of my favorite videos to watch on TH-cam, hands down.
Glad you enjoyed it. I made it in 1988 when my children were small. Still live near there, but live has changed greatly, mostly for the better.
Thanks for posting this, very interesting window into life in 80's Japan.
Glad you enjoyed it. Not so different in many ways from today.
This video made me realize just how little has changed since the 80s.
Truly a gem, sir. Perfectly preserved snapshots of the past with sweet, calming music. Fantastic work. Thank you!
Thank you. That is very nice to say, as I'm not a professional movie maker and had no budget. Just me.
This was so delightful to watch. Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. So, fascinating that it is still interesting today, over 30 years later. We still live near there, and we have one granddaughter.
I love this. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you liked it. Interesting how some things don't change much. My two daughters are now grown, and I have one granddaughter though. We now live near there, just over a river in southern Tokyo.
This is amazing! I'm so glad you recorded all of this. You probably never thought at the time that there would be a means to share this to the world 30+ years later. I wasn't alive in the 80s, and I don't live in Kawasaki. This is as close as I can get to experiencing what it was like at a specific moment in time at a specific place. Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I now live very near Kawasaki, in southern Tokyo. The two daughters are grown and I have one granddaughter. We now have a very large, extended family around Tokyo which is very nice.
Glad to hear that you and your family are doing well! I'm so sorry for my late response. Hope you all have a very nice day! ^_^
Thats lovely to hear! would be awesome to see an updated video, how your life has changed since then.
Ronald McFarland Also it's interesting how you said you wouldn't retire in Japan yet here you are all cozy in Tokyo ;)
How awesome. Thank you for posting this.
Thank you for sharing your life story with us...
Glad you enjoyed it.
40 seconds in was Kawasaki station. It looks the same today, really surprising
its true nothing changed ....
A few upgrades but Same placement
I liked this video so much. Thanks TH-cam algorithm for recommending this to me after two years.
That was an amazing mini documentary, well made! I thoroughly enjoyed this window into 80s daily life in Japan! Thanks for sharing Mr McFarland!
Kind regards from The Netherlands
Thank you for sharing! This is so heartwarmnig, I love it!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm still in Japan. The daughters are grown and I have one granddaughter.
Had to laugh when he said 3 or 4, 4 bedroom houses in Sacramento California for the price of his one apartment shows how times have changed in the last 40 years house prices have shot up in California due to massive government regulations/planning laws that have stopped most new houses being built
I was born in the 90s and have lived in Mexico all my life, but seeing this is heartwarming, thanks for showing a bit of your life in Japan in the 80s
, thank you Ron, its beautiful.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. We still live in Japan near where I made that video.
This video is so sweet and well made. You can tell this guy worked hard to live well in Japan. This video comforted me during my trip to Fukuoka. Thanks so much~
That's great. I'm glad it was helpful for your trip to Fukuoka. Although I made the video around 1988, much of it is still valid today. Thank you very much for your comments.
This video is so calming and educational! I absolutely love it!
I'm glad enjoyed it. We need a little calm in our current unstable global environment.
Great Video, I am from Taiwan now I living in Australia over 20 years, I've been to Japan few times I also speaking a little Japanese and I love it very much, English & Japanese are most of beautiful languages in the world, it's interesting to discover history of Japan especially after world war II how Japan growing up for all industries in 90's we can see many leading products and ideas are MADE in JAPAN, proud of Japan, I hope you'll continue enjoy your life in Japan, thank you Ronald
Glad you enjoyed it. I made it many years ago. The daughters are grown and I have one granddaughter. Still live near there. It has been over 40 years now.
Thank you for the interesting video! I am Japanese and a college student now! 80s is big era in Japanese history and the era is not only about economical growth but also new cultures were born!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, although I don't think there is anything surprising to you. It was made for people who have never come to Japan and probably would never come.
thank you for letting everybody see this. it is incredible and priceless.
Glad you enjoyed it. The children are now grown and I have one granddaughter. We all still live pretty close to there in southern Tokyo.
thanks. you made a great video here. captured a moment of an era long gone. you cannot replicate this.
Yes, the children have grown, the cars and dress have all changed. Glad you enjoyed it.
Time really flies so fast... i remembered a life like this when I was a kid living in japan with my family. Exactly like in the video
doug house Glad it brought back good memories.
very nice video.thank you for uploading .
This video tells us that the "lost decade" is not over.
Because the scenery in this video is almost the same as the current scenery in Japan.
Yes, many things haven't changed that much. We still still live near there. The daughters are grown and we have one granddaughter.
I'm glad I came across this video - I had the opportunity to visit Japan for two weeks this summer and it's amazing to see how many aspects of life in Japan haven't changed in so many years. I'm studying Japanese alongside my major in engineering and I hope I can spend a semester in Japan studying the language and to experience more of Japanese life. I would love to live there someday or at least spend many more weeks seeing Japan's beautiful art and eating their delicious food!
This is an amazing and beautiful time capsule. Thank you for sharing this. It's truly inspiring.
Glad you enjoyed it. I made in around 1988 when my children were young.
This was really relaxing for some reason.
I think the music has a lot to do with it. Glad it was relaxing.
I'm from Europe and though I was born in 1993, I still feel kind of nostalgic watching this video. And the background music is just splendid! Thank you :)
I'm glad you enjoyed it. The music is from Sojiro. You can find more of his music on the internet. th-cam.com/video/Y6ank-bs0qQ/w-d-xo.html
Videos like this are gems! One way to "time travel". Love it!
Thanks. We're still in Japan. We live just over a river in southern Tokyo now.
This is a great video. I moved to Yokohama in 1986, so this really brings back some memories of those early days. Thank you.
Great! I'm glad it brought back some great memories. Actually, we lived in Yokohama for four years before moving to Kawasaki. I liked Yokohama even more than Kawasaki. Now, we live in southern Tokyo, just over Tamagawa river. All three places have been very good for us.
Why does the tune in the background feel so nostalgic?
It is from Sojiro and very classic. th-cam.com/video/Y6ank-bs0qQ/w-d-xo.html
Uh oh, you might have an influx of viewers as your video suddenly appeared in my list of recommended videos by TH-cam :) I’m glad I stumbled upon it though, it’s so calm and wholesome :). Best wishes to you Ron and thank you for sharing.
That was a fascinating video to watch, nice to see how somethings still look very much the same and how other things/places move on.
Very well produced film. Thanks for sharing!
My memories are from the late 80's but this video was pretty nostalgic. I was more in the city in Sumida. Never visited Kawasaki but now I have a good friend that lives there so I guess I should. Anyway, I came across your video randomly and I have no idea why. TH-cam/Google algorithm must be broken since I was looking up audio equipment. Cheers
Ron, you should recreate the video man..
Daigo YES this pls!!!!
Could have, would have, should have moved to Japan in the mid 80...but life had other plans for us. We visit every year. Brilliant filming! ❤
Thank you for your comments. I often ask myself should I have stayed. Most visitors leave after a few years. I never did and wonder what I missed living Stateside.
I loved this video! Thanks for sharing. I hope you share another video like this or something !
Onyx Garcia aThanks. I enjoyed making it. I still live near there, but the children are grown and I have one granddaughter.