@@NN-ix9wf that too. The Confucian values of education, work ethic, rituals, consensus building, and relationships between individuals, family and state were what I meant.
I'm almost 65 now. I lived in Tokyo in 64-67 and then again in the 70's from the age of 13. It was a fantastic place to live especially as a kid and later as a teenager. So much in this video looks and feels so familiar! It was honestly the experience of a lifetime and I'm so glad I got to do it. Even now, I sometimes go on googlemaps and use street view to cruise through the areas I was familiar with- many have changed almost beyond recognition whereas others have remained exactly the same. I guess one thing I liked so much was the absolute freedom I had as a kid/teenager. One example was being able to go to any English language movie I wanted- there was no such thing as being stopped due to an R rating for example. Also, as a teen, I could walk into a restaurant, order a meal and even have a mixed drink with it. Those are just two simple examples which relate to the freedom I felt. By contrast, before I went back in the 70's, I was in the USA and everything was so controlled that it felt oppressive and suffocating by comparison. Also, in Japan, we could ride our bikes anywhere and there was always something new, exciting and interesting to discover around every corner. When I was in the USA, my brother and I just threw our bicycles down and never rode them again because we had no place really to go and everything was so far away in any case. It was so boring by comparison! Additionally, in Japan, it was safe for us to go anywhere on our bikes without any worries whatsoever and we would spend hours and hours just riding around even many miles from home. If we chose to ride the trains instead and got lost, it was not uncommon for someone to get on a train with us and ride with us all the way back to our home station even if that meant they went an hour out of their way to do it just to be sure we got home safely. Yes, the people were that nice!
@@routiesero5632 True. Where I lived as a kid in the USA, the city was not very large and had little to offer. Much larger cities would have been much better. I remember my dad one time demanding to know where I was going as I went out the back door of the house. I was irritated/frustrated and gestured at the scene out the back door and said, "Take a look. Where the hell is there to go in this boring place?!?" There was nothing in the surrounding area of interest and, even miles away, it was dull as dirt compared to Tokyo. The local kids had bikes but weren't allowed to ride on the main street as it was too dangerous and there was nowhere to really go in any case. So, they rode their bikes up and down our dead end street back and forth, back and forth like caged animals at the zoo pacing in their cages and going crazy from the tedium. If I'd had to stay there any longer than I did, I would have gone completely and irrevocably insane. Lol.
it will take time to bring population back. But is definitely not the end. population will still be large. Mabye this will show how working hour really need fix.
@@nos8141 Theres still hope for the Japanese. Nationalism in Japan must rise again and the people have to start taking pride in their culture and history again. Germany is a country concept long lost to the past
It’s strange to think for us 15-20 years ago was just 2001-2006, that’s how recent it feels for us but in that time in 1960, world war 2 happened. Japan’s army may have done atrocity, but so did the whole world during that time, but when America dropped 2 nuclear bombs at the end of the war, japan lost 220,000 innocent people. I also read America originally aimed to drop the bomb on Kyoto but the US secretary of war stopped it from happening because he and his wife spent their vacation there before. It is crazy to think.
When I first became interested in Japan which was way back in 1989/88 I was aware that Taxis in Tokyo had electronically controlled passenger doors and it was funny watching Total Recall (a film made in 88 set in the future starring Arnold Schwarzenegger) showing Arnold getting out of a robotically piloted taxi and he manually opens and closes the door!
@@UnderTheSameSun693 Yeah, you know it. Glorious Nihon is so advanced with their fax machines and working people to literal death. It's a beautiful country, but turn the anime off and open a book.
I'm Japanese, and I was a high school student at this time. Many homes were poor people with colorless TVs but no cars. People were convinced that the future would be better.
Showa era was so beautiful. People could be optimistic about their future, and believe that their efforts would be rewarded if they worked hard. Life might be poor by today`s standard, but people were happy. Our life is far better than we wished in 1960`s, but young Japanese people could not have bright view about their future, and feel pessimistic about their life. Happiness does not depends upon wealth but how we can have bright hope about tomorrow. If tomorrow is better than today, we could be happy even if our life is frugal.
@佐藤浩一 The definition of "rich" is different from today`s Japan. Basic needs were met, and few Japanese people were starving in 1960`s. But color TVs, automobiles and air conditioners were luxurious items, and many people could not afford to purchase them. Life was not poor, but frugal in Japan at that time.
Such a beautiful country. I cannot stop saying to myself in amazement how advanced they were, and just the vibrant energy even with the devastation 15-20 years ago. Something about Japan and Asia in general has always intrigued me. I've always been so pulled into their beautiful culture and comfort/peacefulness it brings. I can 100% say I love Japan more than my own country lol. Even back then.
No wonders because engineers of fighters during WW2 made bullet trains after they retired from the air force. They were top-notch engineers in the world at that time.
@@TheFlyingMochi yes, it's not only development. everyday's operation and maintenance are superb. trains come every few minutes without delay and are very safe. they haven't caused any injuries so far.
1960 the year when my Japanese grandfather left Japan. And only came back around 1982 with my father. Many things didn't really change like for example the kimono style or the children bagpack, many houses, temples and the fact that you have to work hard. But living there during my teenage years was amazing.
I have lived in Japan for quite a few years now, and I feel lucky to be here. It is nice to live in a country which is clean, well-organized, and where there is almost no crime. The water is safe to drink, the food is good, the people are friendly. There are many things to see and do, and there is a lot of humor here. There are definitely worse places to live.
As 16 year old teen,It's always been my dream to go there,the culture,the peace, the cars and lifestyle is just so different,even thought it's apparently hard to work there,I want to persevere and do my best to be able to live there
@@DA_BEAMERRRR as a soon 18 year old i couldn't survive the crazy work culture and mental stress of displaying feelings as taboo. I am danish where a 8 hour work day is maximum and 6-7 is normal, working hard!=sleeping or idling at the job out of exoustion
Now i'm working as a caregiver in Japan. Sometimes i think whenever i see old school videos like this, they used to live in this era and i really want to see them in the younger self. Difficult to explain in words but i hope you get my point.
Sometimes watching old videos like this, I get reminded that I did not exist at this time, and yet I can watch and experience it in a way. Feels like time travel.
@@blumythefool777lol of course the entire video is an aesthetic trip. I'm just appreciating this one in particular 'cause I loved the composition of it with the phone, man sitting on the floor talking to someone, pedestrians, traffic and skyscrapers in the back, it captures the essence of urban Japan really well.
I always thought the kimonos that the Japanese girls used to wear were so pretty. In story books and cartoons they're always seen as so glamorous and as a little girl I always thought the culture was like that. Nowadays, they're a lot like U.S but they still have really cool culture
It is very modern today but many parts of Japan still have old architecture and it’s not uncommon to see women wearing kimono, at least when I went there!
It was a lot like the US back then and any time after the 1950s, It hasn't really been independent from it since WW2 as afterwards they experienced an economic boom under after the americans rewrote their stuff. You are probably being swayed to think its more different by the vaguely asian music playing over the video lmao
@@nevreiha well when I thought of Japanese culture I thought of girls wearing pretty kimonos and cherry blossoms like in cartoons (like Yoko's mum in Timothy goes to school)
When I was a child, I would often see Japanese ladies walking on the streets in kimonos...hardly see any now...people were so soft spoken & polite...times have changed...enjoyed the video!
Kids in the videos are in their 50s-70s now, time flies. I hope they see this video and watch themselves, reminisce and tell stories. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. When I look at this. First thought is that this is someone's grandmother or grandfather that is living today. This is amazing footage. Thank you again.
Industrialization hadn’t taken over completely like it did in the 90s. Coming out of a world war just 15 years prior, they were still trying to find their own thing to make themselves apart of this world.
The US government never apologized for the horrendous war crime of dropping 2 atomic bombs in Japan. They also never even recognized the genocide of East Germans and Prussia, their part in the war crimes, the collaboration in communist war crimes too It really disgusts me when I see people talking about the US like just because you're from there you have some link and obligation with the US governments history of war and crimes around the world. The US Federal government is one of the biggest war criminals in modern history, only behind communism I'm myself from the US but I despise the US Federal government and the sheep that defend their crimes. I know it doesn't mean much but I just want japanese people to know that a lot of America inhabitants hate what the US government did, the atomic bombs and all other crimes, and their policy of denial of war crimes. And I know it doesn't mean anything at all, but at least one person from the US, myself, offer apologies to the Japanese people for the atomic bombs and crimes by the US government against Japan
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess There's a reason behind the the nukes and it's a just reasonable reason. It's a war, Us or them, kill or be killed. Tojo's Government should know better before they started the war.
@@saltymonke3682 You have been fed so much propaganda. You're repeating the same BS story they made up to cover up their crimes and paint the image that they're heroes and the good guys Do you really think the US and the allies were the good guys in ww2? Your extremely delusional if you do. Just the fact the allies willingly sided with communists, and wither collaborated or turned a blind eye to their many atrocities, already proves they were villains. The US helped the red cancer spread across the globe, you have no idea how many people suffered because of that The fact is, the federal government has made a habit of making enemies all around globe, because they need to defend the interests of Israel, their masters. And one day we're gonna pay the price, we already have had to live in a dystopian surveillance nightmare because of the radical Islamic hate against America (thanks to the US government attacking them while serving Israel). We're nothing but pawns, you're very naive for saying "we" when Talking about the US government's shenanigans worldwide, you would never have a say in anything. War is the US government's business, and they don't give a shit about sacrificing people's lives, neither you or the "enemy", whoever's turn that may be in the moment
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess although I don’t completely agree in your hatred of the decision of the use of atom bombs by the us, Japan has one of the highest population ratios in the world and the climate is starting to feel it. I think it was a good way of controlling Japan’s population and the us knew that, I look forward to your response
Very relaxing, entertaining and informative! I was simply fascinated by the people speaking on the red public phones, by the man using a ladder at a big height without a safety rope (I was thrilled and afraid at the same time!) and by the man who rode a bike with an entire shelf with goods on his shoulder!!! In fact, the entire video is simply fascinating! Thank you so very much for sharing these rare images with us!
This is so beautiful. In some aspects, especially in the countryside, Japan is very much the same as what's shown in this video. There's still many rice fields, and you can watch the older men and women harvest the rice in fall. One of my favourite scenes to watch while I lived in Japan. Hopefully I can go back once the pandemic is over.
At 15:33, a female employee of a restaurant points to a "food sample" to confirm what a male customer wants to order! Replica foods are cool items that were developed in Japan many years ago, and we Japanese people are very proud of them. Even if restaurant visitors from abroad don't speak Japanese and the restaurant staff don't understand their native tongues, food samples help them communicate!
When they went to Japan in the '70s, my parents carried a pack of 3 x 5 cards. They would stand outside with the food models and copy the characters down and then go inside and hand the card to the waiter. "Hai!" he would say.
My late father stayed in Japan for 3 months in the 60s. He loves it. This video gives me an idea what was like back then. I watched this video while listening to '60s Japan Hits Essentials on Apple Music. A perfect match.
Wow, so beautiful ,I envy Japanese. They have preserved their culture, tradition is so well. They are so well organized. It's hard to believe it just 20yr later from the horrific tragedy they build so much. Japan really took good lesson from it and focused on self development.
@@antihero9443 good point. and when the monetary system is distorted, and the value of currency is debased, so is the culture and its respective values. the true health of the economy is things like if young people can find good paying jobs, afford to get married, have families and buy a home, and save up wealth to pass on to the next generation. The true economy is not just how much the stock market is worth or how much useless consumer goods people buy, but how it benefits the people and nation as a whole.
When I lived in Japan with a Japanese roommate, We were playing soccer and accidentally kicked the ball into our neighbors yard and probably knocked down one of their garden pots. Next day, at our door.. we found a plastic bag with goodies in it and our soccer ball next to our door.
Newrly drove me to tears. Ive long loved japanese culture and i long to visit that country at some point in my life. My desire to learn their culture so that i can be as respectful as possible at all times.
@@AndrewManook they even have newer ones but no longer use for public transport but for hauling goods & materials instead, these are still common in rural Chinese provinces.
I was surprised at the 1:04 video! No way, I can see myself riding my grandmother's tractor, his aunt, and my cousin! !! I don't remember being copied, but I think I'm heading to the field. Landscape between 1966 and 1968 (2-4 years old)
I got emotional and the music is something else. Most of the people shown here are gone. That’s life. It reminds me of all my people who I lost due to old age ..... Japan beautiful japan.
This takes me back. WOW !! This looks like a James Bond movie !! I lived in Japan in the early 80's, but the 60's look like they were swinging. Nice video.
why isn't it possible to go on a journey to every country at every time that passed to feel what living like this was..like traveling to japan's 60-70-80s etc or traveling to my childhood recapping every memory and live it again
でれら CC: I'm surprised by foreigners, but I'm also surprised by the Japanese people who were born in posterity. The reconstruction after the war is really fast. (The translation could be inaccurate)
I think this was when my father was in elementary school. I am very grateful to see such a valuable video., very interesting. What a beautiful. Thanks.
It's lovely and gives me a nostalgic feeling seeing this. It's not so modernized like developed as heck, but it's peaceful with a lot of labour work. Maybe it's just me, but this is appealing to me. Doing something with your own strength and going around the farm tending your stuff. Man, maybe because I am a country bumpkin, but this is just refreshing to me. Nowadays it's mostly people work in offices till their death, I am talking about modern Japan.
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when japan in 1960 is more advanced than your country in 2021
"when japan in 1960 years ago" What did you mean by that? 1960 years ago? lol
It's the Confucianism
@@krunkle5136 lol nah, it's them having a high iq, high trust, ethnically and culturally homogenous society
Sounds like a chip on shoulder to me, Nuclear bomb comes to mind, get over it cherry blossom.
@@NN-ix9wf that too. The Confucian values of education, work ethic, rituals, consensus building, and relationships between individuals, family and state were what I meant.
I'm almost 65 now. I lived in Tokyo in 64-67 and then again in the 70's from the age of 13. It was a fantastic place to live especially as a kid and later as a teenager. So much in this video looks and feels so familiar! It was honestly the experience of a lifetime and I'm so glad I got to do it. Even now, I sometimes go on googlemaps and use street view to cruise through the areas I was familiar with- many have changed almost beyond recognition whereas others have remained exactly the same.
I guess one thing I liked so much was the absolute freedom I had as a kid/teenager. One example was being able to go to any English language movie I wanted- there was no such thing as being stopped due to an R rating for example. Also, as a teen, I could walk into a restaurant, order a meal and even have a mixed drink with it. Those are just two simple examples which relate to the freedom I felt. By contrast, before I went back in the 70's, I was in the USA and everything was so controlled that it felt oppressive and suffocating by comparison. Also, in Japan, we could ride our bikes anywhere and there was always something new, exciting and interesting to discover around every corner. When I was in the USA, my brother and I just threw our bicycles down and never rode them again because we had no place really to go and everything was so far away in any case. It was so boring by comparison! Additionally, in Japan, it was safe for us to go anywhere on our bikes without any worries whatsoever and we would spend hours and hours just riding around even many miles from home. If we chose to ride the trains instead and got lost, it was not uncommon for someone to get on a train with us and ride with us all the way back to our home station even if that meant they went an hour out of their way to do it just to be sure we got home safely. Yes, the people were that nice!
wow
Cheers!!
😭😭😭❤
@@routiesero5632 True. Where I lived as a kid in the USA, the city was not very large and had little to offer. Much larger cities would have been much better. I remember my dad one time demanding to know where I was going as I went out the back door of the house. I was irritated/frustrated and gestured at the scene out the back door and said, "Take a look. Where the hell is there to go in this boring place?!?" There was nothing in the surrounding area of interest and, even miles away, it was dull as dirt compared to Tokyo.
The local kids had bikes but weren't allowed to ride on the main street as it was too dangerous and there was nowhere to really go in any case. So, they rode their bikes up and down our dead end street back and forth, back and forth like caged animals at the zoo pacing in their cages and going crazy from the tedium. If I'd had to stay there any longer than I did, I would have gone completely and irrevocably insane. Lol.
Wow that is so cool that you experienced this time in Japan!
So many children, children everywhere. Signs of the past.
Sad yes. It saddens me. But I’m glad that at least the Japanese will stay Japanese, even if there are fewer Japanese. The West is gone
As in any major economy, first world country problems.
it will take time to bring population back. But is definitely not the end. population will still be large.
Mabye this will show how working hour really need fix.
@@nos8141 Theres still hope for the Japanese. Nationalism in Japan must rise again and the people have to start taking pride in their culture and history again.
Germany is a country concept long lost to the past
what happened in between?
Even in the 60s Japanese trains look unbelievably futuristic today. Amazing!
50年代60年代を生きた人たちは一番勤勉な世代だよね。戦後から80年代までのちょうど真ん中の時代。希望に溢れてるからか心なしか今より街の人の表情が活き活きみえるね。
戦前にちゃんとした日本の教育を受けた人ですね だから戦争に負けた中で欧米に追いつけ追い越せという精神で本当に日本をよくしようとした世代だと思う
その世代が一線を去り戦後教育を受け馬鹿なメディアの洗脳を受けた世代が日本を悪くした
Most of the people in this video are passed away, and those little girl are granny now, what a life 😭
Wouldn't have thought of someone in their 50s as being a granny.
@@yasashii89 It’s definitely possible tho, there’s many people out there who are in their 40s and already grandparents
I'd say about a 1/2 are gone. Surprisingly many Japanese people live well into their late 80's and 90's. I would have been 3 myself if this is 1967.
I think most Japanese people in this video are still alive. Japanese life expectancy is 81.7 (male) and 87.45 (female) years old.
No need to cry. That's life!
Cannot believe that this was only 15 - 20 years after the WWII devastation
Don't know why it happened. Dearly sorry.
@BasedGamer I’m very sorry. It was a terrible thing the U.S. did.
@@coolmediaz3582 Are you aware of what the Japanese did?
@@numberstation No. But nuking innocent people seems wrong.
It’s strange to think for us 15-20 years ago was just 2001-2006, that’s how recent it feels for us but in that time in 1960, world war 2 happened. Japan’s army may have done atrocity, but so did the whole world during that time, but when America dropped 2 nuclear bombs at the end of the war, japan lost 220,000 innocent people. I also read America originally aimed to drop the bomb on Kyoto but the US secretary of war stopped it from happening because he and his wife spent their vacation there before. It is crazy to think.
5:00 I love how the deer don't run or hide
He chilling
Not to insult US or other country people but
Other people and hunter: start interrupt and shoot them
@@suprisebuttsecksspy5958 *upset yee-yee cowboy noises*
because people were so gentil and kind
@@ilkemezgiasam311 thats what i like about japanese people
Unlike idiotic tiktok user who doesnt care about thier live
What a lovely and beautiful video of Japan. 🎎🇯🇵
I was born in 1988 and life was so much better back then.
Those were the good days.
I agree
タクシーの色使いやデザインが可愛らしい。
I can't believe they had taxi with automatic door in 1960
and in 2021.. we still use manual door :)
When I first became interested in Japan which was way back in 1989/88 I was aware that Taxis in Tokyo had electronically controlled passenger doors and it was funny watching Total Recall (a film made in 88 set in the future starring Arnold Schwarzenegger) showing Arnold getting out of a robotically piloted taxi and he manually opens and closes the door!
trains look more modern than those in my city today lol
@@sanchoodell6789 white countries are far behind
@@UnderTheSameSun693 Yeah, you know it. Glorious Nihon is so advanced with their fax machines and working people to literal death. It's a beautiful country, but turn the anime off and open a book.
16:34 insane skill
Howww
Fresh soba noodle delivery
He is ninja
He deserved a raise
He was ahead of his time
I'm Japanese, and I was a high school student at this time.
Many homes were poor people with colorless TVs but no cars.
People were convinced that the future would be better.
Showa era was so beautiful. People could be optimistic about their future, and believe that their efforts would be rewarded if they worked hard. Life might be poor by today`s standard, but people were happy. Our life is far better than we wished in 1960`s, but young Japanese people could not have bright view about their future, and feel pessimistic about their life. Happiness does not depends upon wealth but how we can have bright hope about tomorrow. If tomorrow is better than today, we could be happy even if our life is frugal.
Yeah indeed the future is better. 80s was a great years for Japanese! Money grows literally on trees and flows like Edogawa.
@@leezanda8430 Unfortunately, I was not a beneficiary of the bubble economy in 1980`s, but it was an exciting period.
@佐藤浩一 The definition of "rich" is different from today`s Japan. Basic needs were met, and few Japanese people were starving in 1960`s. But color TVs, automobiles and air conditioners were luxurious items, and many people could not afford to purchase them. Life was not poor, but frugal in Japan at that time.
@佐藤浩一 different perspective I guess? I'm convinced both of you guys are Japanese 😅
Everyone looking happy, working hard and well dressed... beautiful views and optimism
Such a beautiful country. I cannot stop saying to myself in amazement how advanced they were, and just the vibrant energy even with the devastation 15-20 years ago. Something about Japan and Asia in general has always intrigued me. I've always been so pulled into their beautiful culture and comfort/peacefulness it brings. I can 100% say I love Japan more than my own country lol. Even back then.
In 1960 Japan already had bullet train Shinkasen. *WHAAT!!!!*
i have heard the the bullet trains first appeared in Japan during late1950s or early 1960s !
1964 is when Shinkansen started
No wonders because engineers of fighters during WW2 made bullet trains after they retired from the air force. They were top-notch engineers in the world at that time.
@@pseudotatsuya Even nowadays I think Japan is in the very front line when it comes to trains development, specially bullet trains.
@@TheFlyingMochi yes, it's not only development. everyday's operation and maintenance are superb.
trains come every few minutes without delay and are very safe. they haven't caused any injuries so far.
1960 the year when my Japanese grandfather left Japan. And only came back around 1982 with my father. Many things didn't really change like for example the kimono style or the children bagpack, many houses, temples and the fact that you have to work hard. But living there during my teenage years was amazing.
I have lived in Japan for quite a few years now, and I feel lucky to be here. It is nice to live in a country which is clean, well-organized, and where there is almost no crime. The water is safe to drink, the food is good, the people are friendly. There are many things to see and do, and there is a lot of humor here. There are definitely worse places to live.
Japan better than Europe and USA
As 16 year old teen,It's always been my dream to go there,the culture,the peace, the cars and lifestyle is just so different,even thought it's apparently hard to work there,I want to persevere and do my best to be able to live there
@@DA_BEAMERRRR as a soon 18 year old i couldn't survive the crazy work culture and mental stress of displaying feelings as taboo. I am danish where a 8 hour work day is maximum and 6-7 is normal, working hard!=sleeping or idling at the job out of exoustion
@@Mathias-bz2kr depends on the job you so though tbh
@@lestafan1783 speak for yourself you shouldn't say Europe it's a continent not a country
Now i'm working as a caregiver in Japan. Sometimes i think whenever i see old school videos like this, they used to live in this era and i really want to see them in the younger self. Difficult to explain in words but i hope you get my point.
Sometimes watching old videos like this, I get reminded that I did not exist at this time, and yet I can watch and experience it in a way. Feels like time travel.
13:10 That is a beautiful shot.
📮
All of em are 😵
@@blumythefool777lol of course the entire video is an aesthetic trip. I'm just appreciating this one in particular 'cause I loved the composition of it with the phone, man sitting on the floor talking to someone, pedestrians, traffic and skyscrapers in the back, it captures the essence of urban Japan really well.
Like in stories
Sadly 50 years later this plagued Tokyo
Ngl Japan scenery, music really has that power and vibrant to make feel nostalgic even though I never even went there (in the future, I would)
I think you mean the word "anemoia"
Nostalgia for a time/place you've never experienced
@@Wanderlight17 ohhh so there's an actual word for the "mood" lmao thnk uouu
I guess I ain't the only one who had that feeling
Same here
P.S. Is that Xiumin in your pfp?
my father had a face similar to that of the guy in minute 12:23
I miss him too much.
He was very handsome
I'm sorry for your loss
@@jjba3571 I see that too
11:43 Japan has a monorail already. WOW!!!!
the past has a special taste. thanx more from Morocco.
14:45 was so scary without any secure equipment.
Welcome to South Aisa 😂
@@AntiMuslim Japan is in East Asia.
South Asia is India and neighbouring countries.
@@anarghyasumanth8590 Actually I meant Indian Subcontinent region too.
Lemme write it Properly " Then, Welcome to South Asia"
@@AntiMuslimbe more specific next time buddy
@@ilhamseptian1604 you are an idiot. He didn’t change his wording because he said what he meant. I think he was referring to the conditions in India.
I always thought the kimonos that the Japanese girls used to wear were so pretty. In story books and cartoons they're always seen as so glamorous and as a little girl I always thought the culture was like that. Nowadays, they're a lot like U.S but they still have really cool culture
It is very modern today but many parts of Japan still have old architecture and it’s not uncommon to see women wearing kimono, at least when I went there!
@@Deliciousclagglue One side you'll see a futuristic city, in the other side you'll feel like your back in the medieval era.
@@Scazoid I think it's easier to see that the further you go away from cities and to the country side
It was a lot like the US back then and any time after the 1950s, It hasn't really been independent from it since WW2 as afterwards they experienced an economic boom under after the americans rewrote their stuff. You are probably being swayed to think its more different by the vaguely asian music playing over the video lmao
@@nevreiha well when I thought of Japanese culture I thought of girls wearing pretty kimonos and cherry blossoms like in cartoons (like Yoko's mum in Timothy goes to school)
When I was a child, I would often see Japanese ladies walking on the streets in kimonos...hardly see any now...people were so soft spoken & polite...times have changed...enjoyed the video!
The nostalgia is unreal watching this.
What are kimonos worn for?
@@MustacheDLuffy ...meeting someone...attending an event...attending tea ceremony...
@@charliebrown3404 that makes sense, it’s formal wear. I’ve never been to japan or wear it’s clothing
I still see them in Ginza today... well a year ago, before the whole lockdown ............ They will be back
懐かしい、小学生の頃だ、父も母も若くて元気だった、日本中活気に満ち溢れているようだった。
I love everything about this video! Especially all the adorable children and the music!
the fashion is on point!
Me ve um sonho aê mano
@@sushidobaire kk
That's how the 60s was in general. I love watching videos like this from that time period and the fashion is one of the main reasons.
I cant believe half of the stuff I was amazed now by they had 50 years ago
戦後、今の私達には想像もつかないくらい大変な時代に、その頃生きた（明治・大正・昭和初期頃生まれ）日本人は、皆本当に頑張ってくれましたね。感謝してます。
Kids in the videos are in their 50s-70s now, time flies. I hope they see this video and watch themselves, reminisce and tell stories. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. When I look at this. First thought is that this is someone's grandmother or grandfather that is living today. This is amazing footage. Thank you again.
They look a lot happier than today's walk-around japan videos :/
well, japan is in crisis for several years
That’s interesting, I mean people are way too busy nowadays
The economic bubble hasn't burst yet.
Industrialization hadn’t taken over completely like it did in the 90s. Coming out of a world war just 15 years prior, they were still trying to find their own thing to make themselves apart of this world.
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Was pleasantly surprised to see the bullet train already in 1960!! That’s fascinating
Ikr. I thought it first came from around 90s
They came out in 1964 and before that in the 50s they had some electric trains
Same! I was surprised to see it as well.
World War l l 1945 end
Japanese 「Zero」fighter technical expert team 👦
(WWll period ) ↓
the 「Shinkansen 」👦💪✨🚅
Japanese People are very good with technology
15 years after the war was over, Japan's society looked so vibrant in the middle of the economic miracle they made for themselves.
with the help of US capital and demand.
The US government never apologized for the horrendous war crime of dropping 2 atomic bombs in Japan. They also never even recognized the genocide of East Germans and Prussia, their part in the war crimes, the collaboration in communist war crimes too
It really disgusts me when I see people talking about the US like just because you're from there you have some link and obligation with the US governments history of war and crimes around the world. The US Federal government is one of the biggest war criminals in modern history, only behind communism
I'm myself from the US but I despise the US Federal government and the sheep that defend their crimes. I know it doesn't mean much but I just want japanese people to know that a lot of America inhabitants hate what the US government did, the atomic bombs and all other crimes, and their policy of denial of war crimes.
And I know it doesn't mean anything at all, but at least one person from the US, myself, offer apologies to the Japanese people for the atomic bombs and crimes by the US government against Japan
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess There's a reason behind the the nukes and it's a just reasonable reason. It's a war, Us or them, kill or be killed. Tojo's Government should know better before they started the war.
@@saltymonke3682 You have been fed so much propaganda. You're repeating the same BS story they made up to cover up their crimes and paint the image that they're heroes and the good guys
Do you really think the US and the allies were the good guys in ww2? Your extremely delusional if you do. Just the fact the allies willingly sided with communists, and wither collaborated or turned a blind eye to their many atrocities, already proves they were villains. The US helped the red cancer spread across the globe, you have no idea how many people suffered because of that
The fact is, the federal government has made a habit of making enemies all around globe, because they need to defend the interests of Israel, their masters. And one day we're gonna pay the price, we already have had to live in a dystopian surveillance nightmare because of the radical Islamic hate against America (thanks to the US government attacking them while serving Israel).
We're nothing but pawns, you're very naive for saying "we" when Talking about the US government's shenanigans worldwide, you would never have a say in anything. War is the US government's business, and they don't give a shit about sacrificing people's lives, neither you or the "enemy", whoever's turn that may be in the moment
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess although I don’t completely agree in your hatred of the decision of the use of atom bombs by the us, Japan has one of the highest population ratios in the world and the climate is starting to feel it. I think it was a good way of controlling Japan’s population and the us knew that, I look forward to your response
17:05 cooks playing baseball... such a mood
まず冒頭に出てきた女性たちがスタイリッシュで驚きました。とても素敵。そういえばサザエさんもデパートにお出掛けするときは、こんなふうにおめかししていましたね。
全てとても丁寧に扱われているように感じる。人達も物も自然も最も良い状態で存在しているよう。美しい
自然はないな。1960年代は高度成長のおかげで空は灰色、川はドブ川だよ。
@@Onanie1919 そういう所も確かにありましたね。 でも、それは大体は都市部およびその近郊。
地方はまだこんなもんだったですよ。リアルタイムで見てますからね。
殺人事件や交通事故が今のすうばいq
写ってるおじいちゃん達はバリバリ戦地で従軍してきた方たちなんだよなぁ。感慨深い。
また戦争に巻き込まれやしないかと内心穏やかじゃなかったかも
好きなシーン、赤電話で話すサラリーマン、休憩時間に野球するコックさん、チラッと写る空冷ポルシェw当時にしたら相当な金持ちと思う
いい時代だな〜と思うけど、当時の人に現代を見せれたとしたら、そっちの方がいいわ！って言われそう
I love how some of these old buildings were built before anyone set foot in my country.
Ah yes the self-creating building
@San Cho 天安門事件 ウイグル族
Very relaxing, entertaining and informative! I was simply fascinated by the people speaking on the red public phones, by the man using a ladder at a big height without a safety rope (I was thrilled and afraid at the same time!) and by the man who rode a bike with an entire shelf with goods on his shoulder!!! In fact, the entire video is simply fascinating! Thank you so very much for sharing these rare images with us!
This is so beautiful. In some aspects, especially in the countryside, Japan is very much the same as what's shown in this video. There's still many rice fields, and you can watch the older men and women harvest the rice in fall. One of my favourite scenes to watch while I lived in Japan. Hopefully I can go back once the pandemic is over.
Beautiful time capsule. Thanks for sharing,
At 15:33, a female employee of a restaurant points to a "food sample" to confirm what a male customer wants to order! Replica foods are cool items that were developed in Japan many years ago, and we Japanese people are very proud of them. Even if restaurant visitors from abroad don't speak Japanese and the restaurant staff don't understand their native tongues, food samples help them communicate!
im asuming because at that time there were no printer or poster for the food sample yet? or is there another reason haha
You're not Japanese. Give me a break.
When they went to Japan in the '70s, my parents carried a pack of 3 x 5 cards. They would stand outside with the food models and copy the characters down and then go inside and hand the card to the waiter. "Hai!" he would say.
My late father stayed in Japan for 3 months in the 60s. He loves it. This video gives me an idea what was like back then. I watched this video while listening to '60s Japan Hits Essentials on Apple Music. A perfect match.
素晴らしい!!場所を全部教えて欲しいですね。資料としても素晴らしいし、人々が生き生きと匂い立つ映像で、感動します。
Wow, so beautiful ,I envy Japanese. They have preserved their culture, tradition is so well. They are so well organized.
It's hard to believe it just 20yr later from the horrific tragedy they build so much. Japan really took good lesson from it and focused on self development.
高度経済成長期の真っ只中ですよね。現代より皆さん希望に満ち溢れてるように見える。
国の経済を人体とするなら貨幣は血液です。血液の循環が良好な体は健康体です。今みたいにお金が人から人へと上手く流れないから経済もダメです。お金さえ流れれば再び日本は元気になります。その為に少ないコストで多くの利益を得ようというセコイ考えを捨てなければいけないと思うこの頃です。
@@antihero9443 good point. and when the monetary system is distorted, and the value of currency is debased, so is the culture and its respective values. the true health of the economy is things like if young people can find good paying jobs, afford to get married, have families and buy a home, and save up wealth to pass on to the next generation. The true economy is not just how much the stock market is worth or how much useless consumer goods people buy, but how it benefits the people and nation as a whole.
I lived in japan 13 years.....best years of my life
ありがとう (ございます ❤️
新幹線や羽田モノレールが1964年９～10月に開業だから、それ以降の撮影ですね。
若い男の子のアイビールックのスタイル・今は無きホテル大倉等々懐かしい！。
東京オリンピックの前後でしょうか？私の青春時代！街を歩いている人の中に私も居るかな？？。
When I lived in Japan with a Japanese roommate,
We were playing soccer and accidentally kicked the ball into our neighbors
yard and probably knocked down one of their garden pots.
Next day, at our door.. we found a plastic bag with goodies in it and our soccer ball next to our door.
Thank you for sharing this. It's nice to have a window into what Japan was like in the past, and to get a feel for how much has changed.
I love Japan. I was in Osaka and Kyoto for a congress un 2017. Lovely experience. Greetings from México.
Bom que você gostou daqui !! Sou japonesa e fiquei feliz por ler seu comentário!
素晴らしい映像をありがとうございます。
Newrly drove me to tears. Ive long loved japanese culture and i long to visit that country at some point in my life. My desire to learn their culture so that i can be as respectful as possible at all times.
Good old days in Japan. I truly miss these beautiful days…
もう六十年昔のこと。貧乏が当たり前だった。今夜スキヤキと言われたら学校からすっ飛んで帰った。食べることが一番優先していた。ただただ懐かしい！今が一番。貧乏を身を以て知っているから❣️
別に全ての日本人に当てはめているわけではなくないか…？
昔の人は質素な生活の人々が多かったんじゃないかな？
1:04 - In the Philippines, we called them literally as "kuliglig" as a transport vehicle. It had just been disappeared in our provinces recently.
@@Mitchell527 Super rare to find in China now, you would have to go looking for them.
@@AndrewManook they even have newer ones but no longer use for public transport but for hauling goods & materials instead, these are still common in rural Chinese provinces.
18:18の竹沢ガーデン、調べてみたら今も営業しててほっこりしました。
I was surprised at the 1:04 video! No way, I can see myself riding my grandmother's tractor, his aunt, and my cousin! !!
I don't remember being copied, but I think I'm heading to the field. Landscape between 1966 and 1968 (2-4 years old)
I got emotional and the music is something else. Most of the people shown here are gone. That’s life. It reminds me of all my people who I lost due to old age ..... Japan beautiful japan.
とても懐かしい動画をありがとうございます。私はこの頃、小さな少女でした。今はおばあちゃんです。大阪万博に行くために、家族ではじめて新幹線に乗りました。
This is truly amazing I wish I was alive then to experience this 60’s and 70’s were amazing times thank u for this masterpiece
自分の親や爺ちゃん婆ちゃんがこの風景のこの時代にどういう生活をしていたのか想像すると何かグッとくるものがある…今も昔になるわけだけど
This takes me back. WOW !! This looks like a James Bond movie !! I lived in Japan in the early 80's, but the 60's look like they were swinging. Nice video.
携帯電話、パソコン、インターネットを除けば、市民の生活はさほど変わらないように感じます。
ようはまるっきり変わったってことですね
@@barreltitor9631 以前は紙の媒体や固定電話、郵便を使って行っていた情報通信手段が格段に進歩したということです。
さすがにそれはない
@@whiteriot 私の母親は、パソコンやインターネットどころか、携帯電話も使ったことがないが「普通」に生活している。
@aho kingof 将来を不安に思うと子供育てをコストとみなして消極的になるんでしょうね。
この時から食品サンプルのクオリティ高すぎます。高層ビルの窓ふきの人も怖かったでしょうね。
My childhood! Thanks a million!
Amazing! Clean and well organised. Great video. Thanks.
11:26 電車目当てで見たんだが懐かしいね。しかし新しい電車だね。まだ茶色い電車があったと思うけれども、一つ目の。
赤電話も懐かしい。ネオンも良いね。女性のファッションは数回まわって、、今のファッションが似せてるのかな。
why isn't it possible to go on a journey to every country at every time that passed to feel what living like this was..like traveling to japan's 60-70-80s etc or traveling to my childhood recapping every memory and live it again
The beautiful smile on everyone's face makes it more lively!!!
Cool, one day I will visit Japan.
Traditional and Modern in one place. Wow Japan is really something.. I wish my country was at least half as developed as japan
日本の文化と日常をホントによく捉えた記録だと思います。カットが韻を踏んでいるのも素晴らしい。海外の方が記録された日本の高度成長期の映像の中でも最高の作品です。
海外の人驚いてるけど、後世に生まれた日本人の自分も驚きよ。本当に戦後からの復興は目まぐるしいものだね。
60年代に新幹線が普通に走ってるのにビビった。
でれら CC: I'm surprised by foreigners, but I'm also surprised by the Japanese people who were born in posterity. The reconstruction after the war is really fast.
(The translation could be inaccurate)
恐らく長い日本の歴史で1番日本人が団結していた時代。そして最も全員が上を向いていた時代。
@@わんわん-n5f 今の日本は暗いね…コロナや少子高齢社会とか色々言われてるせいでみんなピリピリしてる。自分達だけでも明るく生きてこうぜ！苔のむすまで日本が繁栄することを祈って。
Ok. Who got 3D anime vibes from this?!?
It’s literally a Miyazaki film in real life. It’s so beautiful.
I was like "Wait, they wore the school uniforms back then!"
this comment kinda made me cringe
Being a weeb is normal, but this is too much
ikr :)
@@danieladan5297 Miyazaki film is not anime, huge difference. Anime is inferior.
子供も大人も屈託のない表情をしている。今の我々に同じ顔ができるかどうか。。
将来に期待を持てるかどうかですね。
知らないと思うが、この時代は凶悪犯罪発生数や発生率が戦後最も多発した時代。
今の方がよっぽど健全な時代だよ。
@@あかとんぼ読書
この時代を生きてきたが一度も危ない目にあってない
@@山田かおる-h9s
日本人の国ですからね
@@山田かおる-h9s
今はより安全になっています。
I just love japan❤️🇯🇵 ❤️🇧🇩
It looks so peaceful, calm, and clean.
I think this was when my father was in elementary school. I am very grateful to see such a valuable video., very interesting. What a beautiful. Thanks.
もう60年前になるんだ……
祖母が元気で母が子供の頃
戦後20年でここまで凄いなぁ
江戸時代~昭和初期で既に完成されてたけど
I live in Japan now and I can say that the kids school uniforms have not changed since then, amazing!
It's lovely and gives me a nostalgic feeling seeing this. It's not so modernized like developed as heck, but it's peaceful with a lot of labour work.
Maybe it's just me, but this is appealing to me. Doing something with your own strength and going around the farm tending your stuff.
Man, maybe because I am a country bumpkin, but this is just refreshing to me.
Nowadays it's mostly people work in offices till their death, I am talking about modern Japan.
Thanks for sharing
I am fan of Doraemon & shinchan,both animations were set in 70s+..This footage reminds me of the Japan shown in both animations
🇮🇳♥️🇯🇵
Please change it to animation 😌💕
Same I watched doraemon a lot too
Not to mention every other 70s , 80s anime
@@tommyvercetti1111 Your next mission is to attend Boat Party Tommy 😂😜
Japan was the first country whose name I heared after my country. I love Japan since the very beginning.
2:12 awwwwww
15:38 That piece of dessert cost 400 Yen in 1960s, with inflation adjustment that will be roughly 1800 Yen.
That's a pork cutlet set. Still, 1800 yen is about double the price which you can get nowadays in Tokyo :)
looks damn tasty!!!
At least it is still affordable I suppose
I'm South Korean and I love japanese and
culture!!!🇯🇵❤🇰🇷
I would love to migrate and live in japan, japan feels so relaxing and calming even the people are nice.
子供の頃テレビCMで流れてる食べ物が自分のところには売ってなくて悲しかったな〜文明堂のカステラとかナボナとかケンタッキーとか流行りの洋服も なんかそういうの思い出した
60年代の都会ですらすごいと思ったわ
Beautiful footage. Thank You for posting.
脈絡のない編集だが昭和四十年代と思われる日本の情景。
貴重な映像なのでshareさせていただきました。
ありがとうございます。
1:54 The boy hat blown by the wind was most beautiful thing
Excellent footage
Thanks to my fiancee, who is japanese, to show me the History of her unique and magnificent country through these videos