I know what you mean. I mean the 2000s are basically still ongoing really!? I guess they only refer to it now as the time between 2000 and 2010. I was born in 1995, so my time when I actually started to properly remember stuff was near the middle and end of the 10s and onwards, but I refuse as well to believe that we can call that time retro. Apart from the fact that the smart phone/tablets hadn’t properly come out yet, it’s basically no different to now. Film and TV wise there’s very little difference, but the 90s and 80s ‘definitely were’. I guess it’s just meant more for the people who are in their early teens now, or those who have truly relinquished this time to history now. I guess this must be a bit like how people felt after WW1 when it was starting to be taught in schools as ‘history’.😓 Something’s are inevitable I guess.
the late 90s and 2000s had the best combination of technology/ human interaction and experience. That's the best way I can explain it. I'm grateful that I got to be a kid in that era.
Agreed. People used modern technology to have fun. The internet was mainly a place where you met up with people to discuss your love for games, music, comics etc. Politics were still confined to television, newspapers and the local bar. When looking back at the old internet "flame wars" of the late 90's and early 00's, they looked so innocent compared to the crap you see on social media today.
@@blah8934 But if he didn't make it "smooth-brain friendly," you wouldn't have been able to know use one, o mighty arbitrator of who is worthy of using a computer ;)
@@DespaceMan 80s and 90s were awesome. But the early 2000 had the best balance between practical technological devices and simplicity in everyday life.
i always wondered why 80s-early00s footage look so much more appealing compared to movies/videos from our generation, everything feels so cozy, warm and relaxing. Its really hard to describe
Possibly because it’s pre-smartphones and social media, so most people are just ‘doing stuff’ and not wrapped up in smartphones, insta, selfies, etc. Makes it easier to be present and in the moment and you can see that in the vibe of the footage.
Shooting on film, and old color grading techniques have a lot to do with the look I think. All the little "imperfections" of the old processes make things look a bit less "realistic" and "slick", which adds a sort of dream like quality imo.
Every Japanese person knows that the late 90s and the early 2000s were some of the most depressing times in modern Japan lol. Especially if you were a teenager or a young adult. Low employment, school bullying, weird and unsettling crimes, young people giving up on life, suicides etc all skyrocketed around this time. I feel like this is when mental health really started to become a problem in Japan. You started to see a bit of societal decay around this time among the younger generation. The 80s and the early 90s was the golden time of Japan, but the late 90s and early 2000s was something else. Its such an interesting era in Japan. There were tons of subcultures and trends created by the younger generation in this era that came to define Japanese pop culture, yet it seemed like it was kind of a coping method among teenagers and young adults. For some reason, the Gen Z generation in western countries today really reminds me of the young Japanese people during this time. Btw, the high rate of suicides, single adults, hikikomori, extreme political spectrums(both right wing and left wing) in Japan today are usually the generation that were teenagers and young adults in this era(now in their late 30s-40s). Also, its this generation thats partly responsible for Japan’s decreasing population. Something to think about if you are a Gen Z in other countries. If you think the social problems in Japan today is bad, its nothing compared to what it was 20 years ago. Atleast were improving in some parts though.
@@BossMandotnet Late 90s and early 2000s teens and young adults, not 80s. The main similarity I see is the Nihilistic approach to their every day life in general. I understand that every generation has it and its not right to stereotype a whole generation, but Nihilistic type of attitudes seems alot more apparent in Gen Z compared to millennials in western countries. Using negative themes in popular trends, creating “coping” methods and escapism, and being more aware of mental illness seemed to become more apparent in the west among Gen Z. Japan saw this drastic change within the youths in the late 90s, when it was compared to the previous “bubble generation”(the young adults that experienced the golden age of 1980s Japan), and realized that the youths of the late 90s/early 2000s had a more negative approach to life. Even within the subcultures they created or identified with had a bit of negative undertone to it. I dont really like using anime as an example when talking about real Japan, but if you’re interested in it, you’ll kind of realize that anime produced in the 80s-early 90s is a bit different compared to the ones that were released in the late 90s. Mainly the themes and storylines became alot more complex and not every character was a “happy go lucky” type. Storylines that had a bit of dark negative undertone became popular and I think the reason for it is because the youth somehow resonated with it. Same thing with music. Alot of popular Japanese songs in the late 90s had lyrics talking about negative things such as suicides and loneliness, OR had an extremely “in your face” positivity themes that was obviously created for the listeners to cope with. Very different from the warm, cheerful Citypop music from the 80s. Maybe the fact that Japanese economy was going bad in the late 90s+the rise of internet and digital entertainment had something to do with it. People’s attitudes and their view on life can be influenced by societal change, so Im sure this had some affect to the younger generation. I also heard before that Nihilistic themed novels, poems, and plays became quite popular among the youths back in the late 1920s Japan, when the economy was going bad and militarism was rising. I guess these things make a comeback once in awhile.
@@Centre14 No, this is the generation that came before the Yutori generation. Yutori generation were either born or were in their childhood in the 90s/early 2000s. The generation Im talking about were already in their teens or young adults during this time.
My childhood in the late 90's early 2000's was simple. Read manga, watched anime, played NES and PS1... Dad always took me everywhere on his new Honda scooter. I have never been to Japan but Japan sure made my childhood awesome
You must be around my age then, late 20's, the only anime I remember watching a lot of was pokemon and maybe digimon, never read books much when I was young, played a lot of spyro and crash bandicoot on ps1 and countless games on ps2. Also borrowed an old snes from my cousin and played Mario bros and mario cart, and lots of pokemon games on gameboy classic. And we never owned a scooter, but we had an old chevy celebrity.
From the perspective of someone who grew up in the 90s and made it this far, everything has just gotten progressively worse. Even the 90s sucked compared to previous decades, hence grunge and lots of depressing music starting to come out.
@@Longlius nah. man. like i know what you mean but nah. .com bubble is not something an average person had experienced. i had computer and internet throughout 90s and 00s, same as my friends and to all of us it was just another gadget. like a games console or a new skateboard. social media, online shopping, streaming, kickstarted, ebegging etc. internet as we know it all came to be in late 00s/mid10s.
@@TomasuDesu cuz of your name. It’s a very generic white man name, and you saying that you’re Japanese with that name makes ppl figure out that you’re a mix
I've stayed in my grandparents place a lot as a kid in the early 2000's. They lived next to the ocean in a really nice neighborhood in Yokohama. We'd catch fish in their boat and grandma knew the best way to cook it, playing on my PS2, the arcades, the 7/11 trips, the summer BBQ and fireworks. Definitely the best memories that will last me a lifetime.
Japan is pretty much a country that lives in the past and future. Even now, you can see analogue and digital in Japan, which is so nostalgic. From Fax machines in offices to Ramune Soda bottles in konbinis or wearing medieval clothing in the public (in the West, you'd be labelled as crazy...). Taking pride in Traditional and Modern.
@@LL-oq5sf Yukata, Jinbei, Uchikake, Hakama or Haori, in common, kimono's are medieval. Samurai, Orokudama or Ashigaru suits are pretty common to wear in the public. At Matsushiro where Gendai Budo is present (one of few samurai schools), you go from home to school in bushi suit. What is considered crazy in Japan, is wearing Jieitai SDF military uniform in the public 🤣.
The first time I went to Japan was in 2005, right after high school. It was the perfect age to go--I still had a childlike wonder, had spent my school years studying Japanese and watching anime, and being able to finally be in the place I'd only seen on a TV screen and in books was absolutely magical. That said... the only major appreciable difference between then and now is that I didn't have a smartphone to rely on to figure out where I was going. No google maps to instantly get the train route, or to know where a restaurant was or how to find my way around the neighborhood. There was some mystery to that. But otherwise, Japan hasn't changed that much. These videos may feel more nostalgic because of the way they were shot but I promise you if you go to Japan now you'll find a place just as wonderful as you see here.
Same here...I was 18 in 2005 when I went to Japan for 2 weeks...a shitty Digital Photo Camera to hold some memories and there we go. It was so much fun not beeing able to communicate properly and be on its own to come around...following signs and maps. What a great time it was...pre Smartphone. Regarding to this "nostalgic" Video...I love the nostagic uploads from the 90s and 80s but this visual effects to 2000s recordings feel not right to me. In the 2000s we`ve been away from the flickery 80s recording style...VHS and especially 35mm was long ago...unless you were an artist.
a lot of non japanese phones dont get service in Japan, so you can find yourself in a temporary pre smarthphone era vibe until you get a japanese sim card, or just rely on free wifi lmao
A lot of what is shown are clips from the following movies, if anyone was curious: Blue Spring (2001) Nobody Knows (2004) Linda Linda Linda (2007) A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007) and few shots from Shiki-Jitsu Ritual (2000) If you know anymore please comment! Thanks!
I’m not Japanese but the 2000s is such a special decade as it started when I was in 1st grade in elementary school and ended as a 16yo teenager. Everything this decade had are warm and comforting memories.TAKE ME BACK!!! EDIT: About the 9/11 comments, I'm sorry that I didn't feel much about it because I am from the Philippines. I was on my 3rd grade and our news back then reported it but not as much intensity as in the US. It was unfortunate indeed but I have to be honest I live so far from the tragedy to truly impact me in my formative years.
@@livannal.t.9068Not to be insensitive, but It's not like the world revolves around the US. That is to say, what you are referring to only affected a small portion of the world, while everyone else barely noticed it happened, especially the kids. And we are talking about the kids of the period.
@@livannal.t.9068 I see what you mean, and it's quite true. It just came off a bit pretentious to assume kids elsewhere in the world felt the effects of 9/11.
It wasnt better though.Its just the nostalgia.The only difference was that you was bored all the time so you had to be more creative and active.With the smartphone era you cant ever be bored again.Thats good and bad at the samd time.
I’ve watched so many nostalgia videos, and I’ve yearned for so many years I’ve never been a part of. What I’ve learned? Live now. Romanticize now. Hurt now. Do you think the people in the 80s, 90s, 00s, even 10s thought they were in this picturesque time to be remembered and revered? No. They were just living- taking it a day at a time with the life and technology they had. Making friends, having heartbreaks, moving forward. Just live with optimism, even though it gets harder every day- be the change you want to see in this world, and this could be your life.
exactly, just shutup and live lol. this is the problem, stay away from media because its twisting your sense of real life. these videos are you just fabricating a 'lifestyle'. the cameras were different back then too, so how was it really like?
Yeah. 2000's were just normal life. Nothing special except giant nokia phones were cool and people wore cargo pants. Then RUclips came out in 2005 and iPhone came out in 2007. Also, in the US, everyone wore military fatigues as fashion and hummers were everywhere because of the war in Iraq. I think in the US the main thing culturally was that society was much more conservative compared to nowadays, and LGBTQ rights and gender issues were not as openly accepted or discussed. Before 9/11, the mentality was more optimistic. Also, people were less technology-focused and internet centered. There was also hardly any internet advertising except for banner ads. So I guess in some ways, the 2000's was actually really different compared to nowadays.
I love the look of this time period. Right before the internet consumed our lives, the final era of the old world surviving in what was rapidly becoming the new world. It's interesting to see the things people got up to before the internet was as mainstream and encompassing
Me too!! I distinctly remember when smartphones were blowing up in japan for the first time, me and my mom had the conversation of how weird it looked when there were rows of people looking down into their phones in the train! Now days its all we see in the trains of Tokyo
I was born in '87, so I was a teenager during these years. I remember them so fondly. You're right about all the things you said. It did seem like a simpler time, and there was such a different vibe with the technology. I remember playing video games for a couple hours on an 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, or 64-bit system, then getting tired of it and going outside with my friends. We had fun playing video games, but they weren't such an all-consuming thing. We had to go over to each other's houses to play (none of us were pc gamers), and that was really quaint and fun. In fact, by the time I was a teenager, I really didn't even play video games. And that was pretty common. Phones were for texting girls or finding out where everyone was meeting up. The most technological things I owned were a flip phone, a discman, and a car from the 90's. Even when I was a kid, it seemed like no matter how cool the technology was, eventually we would put it down, and it would give way to 'old-fashioned' things like conversation, throwing pecans at each other, making swords out of things, and making up our own games. It really was an interesting bridge between the old world and the new one. And I know I've used the word quaint already, but sitting next to your friends playing something with pixel sprites on a Super Nintendo really was so quaint, and simple, and magical.
However let it be known that those of us who adopted the internet, gaming and anime culture early were ostracized, hated, bullied, and beaten. We spent our youths feeling like we were "wrong" and "disgusting" only to now see these same people lavish themselves in the things we pioneered.
What was it like back then in the early 2000s by comparison to what you believe it’s like now? Was it better then or now? As it seems like some things have definitely improved, but the country still isn’t as open as it was apparently in the 80s. Also what was your eventual decision for moving away? A lot of people leave Japan eventually for various reasons and I’ve always been curious about those different cases as to why it seems that the majority eventually leave. Very few seem to actually remain forever, and although I don’t know what my future holds, I would certainly like to give it a try but I can’t be sure of whether or not I too would become home sick and want to return to my home country.
It's odd that you are older than me, but feel like the 2000's are not in the long distant past. I guess, you don't have kids, right? To be honest, anything before that feels retro to me. ;-)
@@Traumglanz Not sure what you mean by your question whether he has no children. I've thought the reason for me not feeling that the early 2000s are "over" yet was probably due to the fact that I have eight children, so basically we've been surrounded by babies and toddlers since our early 20ies till now. Ok, there was less of THAT extreme form of sexual perversion all around us back then, but other than that things feel just like in 2005 or so. I even stumble on some of my forum posts from the early 2000s once in a while.
Its like the returning fashion cycle. It happens every 20 years . People who live the 2000s start to miss it because this years are far enough now. People who cant remember them or wasnt even here start to idealize this times with the fascination of imagine what you couldnt live. Sort of like a built imaginative nostalgia.
yeah..and the things we think of as "outdated" will be back in style again in 15 years. If I'm not mistaken certain companies take advantage of this phenomenon to maximize their sales
It happened in the 80's remembering the good old 50's, all the recent 2010's people romantically thinking about 80's and 90's, it is a cycle, wait for 2040's and we'll all see nostalgia for 2020's
that is soo ture. Although i am 90s born 'literally 1990' but some how a part of me is stuck in the 80s. the songs the movies is all there is and i am still living through it
@@MisterRhyeOfficial I can't imagine missing the 2020's these upcoming years better be outstanding to wash away all that frustration. The 2010's were already pretty bad too but at the rate it's going the 2020's will be even worse for me.
@@virtuaplayer7234 you already said it, for you, the kids that born in the 2010's that are living the childhood thru 2020's and 2030's gonna see these times are "good old times" because well you know it's a cycle....
My dad describes his couple weeks he spent in Japan in his early 20's with a heavy dose of nostalgia. It was this time frame, very early 2000's, and him and his longtime best friend took a vacation to Taiwan that ended in one redirected flight into the land of the rising sun. Their plan was to spend the night there and then catch a plane back to Canada in the morning. Plans change. My dad's friend had been an exchange student in Japan for a few years in high school, so he could speak decent Japanese and had friends there that he knew quite well. One of said friends said, after visiting a barbeque shop, that they should come out to the base of the mountain range, he had to show them something. My dad says he remembers the first time he saw a Nissan Skyline GTR was at the base of that mountain, the name of which he doesn't remember. He said he flipped out because of course, it's the god car from Gran Turismo. He says there were tons of cars in a gas station parking lot down there. Mostly young guys just hanging out, showing off their rides. For a car guy who had only ever seen some of these cars in magazines and on a 25 inch bubble screen TV coming out of a PS1, it was incredible. He says he never saw any actual racing, just spirited driving up and down the mountain, so no crazy Initial D tall tales, but it was really amazing to see nonetheless. This was before the west had any idea about Japanese car culture at all, so it was quite eye opening, he says. Him and his friend had so much fun that Saturday night that they decided to stay in Japan for a few more days. A few days eventually turned into two weeks, and my dad ended up working Christmas day because he took way more time off. He still remembers not ever regretting it. He recalls the strange feeling of being on another planet in a way that no other country had made him feel so severe. The timing was just perfect, to the point where his own countries technology and society were extremely similar to the one he was in, but neither really knew what the other was up to on that deep level we do today.
One of the best videos I've seen on RUclips for as long as I've been using this platform (it's not my first channel, I've been using RUclips since 2010). Nostalgia for something I haven't experienced, but it's like it's so close and familiar. I love Japanese culture even though I've never been in Japan, it's always seemed interesting to me, just different from everywhere else.
My first trip to japan was in 2003 just after graduating high school. I got to spend traveling to various parts staying with friends and relatives of my family and this video brought on a lot of nostalgia. I also got to live near Yokohama for about a year starting in 2008, the visuals and feel of this video hits it perfectly. What a great time to visit!
For some reason, 90's and 2000's Japan ignites strong nostalgia in me even though I haven't even been there. Maybe it was growing up on SNES and anime? For some reason, this just feels like home.
Their popculture is so strong and appealing that it literally was (and often still is) a big part of our lives even if someone wasn't interested in it. Especially for 90s kids like me. We were so lucky to be able to experience it in 1st person.
@@sirmiluch6856Yeah, I was born in 89 so I'm right there with you. I grew up on Dragon Ball, Pokemon, and InuYasha. My favorite video game was Mystical Ninja on the N64. Ever since I can remember, I've been into Japanese related things.
Come to think of it, it's kinda funny how young non-Japanese people are attracted by Japan in the '80s to the '00s. Meanwhile, I was born in the '80s near Tokyo and I've been fascinated by American, British, French, Thai, Vietnamese, and Japanese oldies and movies from the '50s to the '70s. I felt like I was born in the wrong era, but you guys made me feel proud.
It's normal for every human to be like.. "the neighbor's grass looks greener". That's why.. dont lost your identity. Welp.. If it's bad culture n tradition, change it. Move from that. Like.. The sexual exploitation of female, the alcoholism, etc. Move on from that. Delete that culture.
Your tastes is very different from somebody’s taste for Japanese culture but it’s still pretty interesting what you can learn nowadays. Japanese culture is very far removed from my own culture which can make it more appealing
I didn’t completely grow up in Japan but, I was born there, moved back for 2 years as a toddler, and visited there several times in the 2000s. Back then before globalization and integration of the internet, it felt very magical going there or see things from there, especially as a young kid.
It felt more elusive when information was more limited. Back then you could only see Tokyo through the standard definition TV screen or a low quality 240p/360p video on the internet. The first instance that I felt I have been to Japan/Tokyo was when I watched one of those "walking in Japan" videos by egawauemon in the early 2010s.
same. Born in australia but went to japan every year bc my parents are japanese. I was always excited to visit japan and check out all the new games and go to the pokemon store.
Even though many around the world has never been to Japan, because of the positive influence the country has had strongly in the late 90s especially, most 90s kids and 90s babies have an odd nostalgia attachment to Japan almost as if a metaphorical 2nd home. I'm half Japanese American Hawaiian never been there but this captures something so familiar, almost like it's a dream. very unsettling feel.
I was there a few times as a little kid, precisely in these times (2003 or so). It was that lack of modern distraction that let you see the world with so much more attention, attention rewarded with noticing considerate design and natural beauty.
I've never been to Japan but I've always had nostalgia about Japan in the late 90's - early 2000's. I grew up with Dragon Balls, Yugi-Oh, NES, Playstation, Pokemon etc... Everything in my house was made in Japan too, from our Honda scooter to Panasonic TV, fridge, CD & VHS players... Those were good days.
My era is late 90s-early 2000s too. This is the period where I grew up. I've never stopped loving the pop cultures of those times, and I doubt I ever will. The 80s may be the most magical decade of our time, but the late 1990s and early 2000s will always be the most charming.
@Hi_Nu Ver 0 Zero_Tester yes! It came in two waves, late 80s - late 90s and then late 90s - mid 00s, best years to grew up! A lot of of legendary franchises that are now still popular and getting remade were released during those era!
I know what you mean. It almost feels like Japan has affected the essence of the Stalgia the most. Both idiots old and new architecture, it’s filmed in animation media and the people themselves. I think it comes down to a lot of the desire to return to the simpler ways of the past where things just made more sense, as well as that desire to get back the excitement for the future that existed during the apparent 80s and early 90s bubble. I would love to have been in Japan during those days. So much is still yet to be fully appreciated by the West as to what happened in Japan during that time, but I’m still happy in the time I am in now, and would love to see where the country could be heading once again if it starts to open itself up properly. I intend to visit Japan someday, and even if I am never able to live there fully, a piece of my heart will always be there.
A few of the scenes from this video (as well as the cover image for the video) are from a movie called “Nobody knows” which was directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. It’s a great movie, and the director recently won the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes film festival for his movie “shoplifters”. The Japanese school girl is a Japanese/ Korean actress by the name of Hanae Kan.
This is the definitely the era of Japan that I grew up with the most. I miss 2000s and early 2010s Japan so much. This whole era of Japan in particular always gave me the vibes of waking up early in the morning and you're the only one awake while everyone else is still asleep. It just so peaceful and make me feel so warm inside. Thank you so much for this amazing video footage my friend. Your videos in general have the ability to take your viewers to a whole nother world while still being in the comfort of our homes. So thank you so much for that @TRNGL. Keep up that great work pal. 😊👍💗
I was lucky enough to win a trip to Japan in 2007. I had wanted desperately to visit Japan as early as 1996, but never had the chance. As you can imagine, winning a trip was like a dream. I spent a week in Tokyo and saw as much as I could. I'm thankful to have gone before social media and cell phones became so prevalent, feels like I was able to see what things were like "before" everything changed. But honestly I wish I had a time machine so I could see it in the 90s. The aesthetics were so simple but amazing, which is why everyone is obsessed with the look here in 2022.
Japan is still a fun place. I lived there from 2015 until 2020. People talk about dying economy etc etc. But I learned to ignore those negativity. It maybe true or not. It doesn't matter to me. During my time I learned the good and bad about Japan. I met lots of great people , made some good friends with whom I still keep in touch. Everyday living in Japan was an adventure. Everything is so convenient. Almost every month a new shop or some event will open up and I will always find something I never knew about before. I also liked taking random walks around the city. I am planning to go back there again.
Yea Japan was showing it's problem. around 2015 was when Mai number started becoming a thing. I remember having to go to cityhall to pay taxes in Japan back in 2008.
I lived in Japan in 2000s, even though I have left physically, my heart is still there, in that era. It was a struggle, but it shaped me for who I am, and where I am going.
This make me so nostaligic,cause my family moved to japan in 2003 and after stayed in japan for 2 year my father bought me a PS2 and i still use it till this day.Such a memoriable time that i want to go back to enjoy it again
Love the aesthetics of this, it really perfects the 'lost' vibe, but also has a beautiful/blissful vibe to it, it makes you feel lonely, yet together at the same time.
The late 90s, early 2000s was the peak of my interest in Japanese culture. Anime, Manga, video games and J-rock were finally accessible and internet was moving closer to what we have today. This era was my puberty phase and that exposure was monumental to my growth.
The Japanese companies made most anime inaccessible to foreign markets with their continued bad decisions Now in 2022, most of South East Asia can watch 70% of anime for free on official RUclips channels but Japan still refuses to sell digital copies of anime on mainstream platforms
I missed Japan so much watching this. My first trip to Japan was in the 80's. It was fantastic, been there regularly since then. I still miss the 80's - 2000 Japan. How i wish there is a way to travel back in time. Thanks for the vid.
Wow, I'm jealous. I wish I could have visited there in the 80s and 90s. I didn't make it there until the mid-2000s. But it was still before the smartphone era, so it still felt like a vastly different world compared to today. I feel like with smartphones, people figure out how to do everything by themselves on their phone. Before that, you relied on human interaction a lot more. So it was still a great time to meet people.
I grew up in japan in the 70’s and 80’s it was a fun time. I would later fly missions back and forth from cali to Japan in the 2000’s it was still just as amazing. Now it’s my permanent home I will never leave.
Why do I feel so nostalgic? It's like I've been in all of these places my entire life and i forgot it. It feels like places me and my friends and family would walk through. Home. It almost hurts, it's like a thing I'm missing.
I visited Tokyo in 2001, 2011 and then lived there 2013-2022. I have to say... this video 100% reminds me of my first trip there in 2001. This is exactly how it felt. The vibe is so hard to describe.
When I was in college in the late 90s, I used to look at my parents pictures in the 70s and thought about how simple their lives must have been. And now it's more than 20 years since college and I still think about those times as just recent past. I haven't really felt the changes that much since I have been experiencing it and not really paying attention. But this video shows me how different people and places looked back in the 2000s. It's insane!
I became aware of the shift in 09 and saw it happen in real time(the 90's ended in 2006 and it only got worse) by the time 2013 had rolled around we were officially in the 2000's and man was it not a fun transition; the messed up part is that it's still better than now by a long shot. And of course large chunks of asia, most of europe, and south america all were still in the late 90's early 00's until about 2 years ago and I never got to visit and have a little time travel event. Oh well, worst comes to worse we can always just move to small towns in Japan where it's still the 00's and safe; Beppu is a great example
I know what you mean. The 90s didn’t end u til a few years after the millennium. This era seems to have started in 2013, by then everyone had a smartphone and instant internet
Despite the fact that my first ever trip to Japan was back in 2014 and not during the 2000s, I’m soo glad to have traveled and experienced Japan sooo many times after that! It really is one of the most unique and amazing countries I have ever been to! I met so many people who say they will go to Japan during the olympics as their first time, but then the pandemic happened! I say just just go there when you can, even if there is no specific event! Just experience day to day life there because it really is incredible! I do miss Japan a lot and I really hope they open up to tourists again in the future! Take that chance to go there! You won’t regret it!
I just had to think back to the 2000s, especially the beginning of the decade. I got quite a pain in my heart because of my nostalgia. How can it be that it's all been 20 years now...
Went to Tokyo in 2013. It was really a magical experience and one of the best moment in my life. I really felt sad when I need to go back. Went there again in 2019. things changed and felt different. Also more crowded.
@@Jison9 Exactly. You can never recreated the first time you experience something, it's just totally different to every other time you experience it....while the more you experience it, the more common and mundane it will seem.
I went to Japan a few years ago and it was extremely magical. It depends on what season you go and how many tourists are filling up popular spots. Maybe the first time you just went on an off season, like when the summer is hot. I also visited smaller towns, it was amazing. I fell in love with the country and the people. I don't think Japan has become less good.
@@NightTimeDay Yes, sakura season is a good example of how Japan can be a completely different experience from one season to another. In fact it's probably the best time of year to go weather-wise.
The 2000s were by far the best time to be alive in. The 2010s were already too technological. The 2020s are all about connectivity. Instead in the 2000s we had something real: A human connection!
People don't talk to strangers in Tokyo or much of Japan but maybe in that era it was still more human because this was a pre smartphone era. I'm thinking the 80s and 90s were even more social. Also even the 50s and 60s too
This was what I remember fondest about discovering anime, otaku things and Japanese culture thanks to Adult Swim and Toonami, searching up videos online and seeing japanese movies made in this era. Being in my adolescence, obviously that shounen genre very much resonated with me. Its cool to look back at this footage and remember learning about japanese customs, the aesthetic prevalent at the turn of the century, it was so foreign to me but now with maturity and age its become way less "far away" to me.
Wow, really made me feel nostalgic for this era. Lived through all of my teens in this era in Japan and while people look back and talk about all the dark stuff that happened during this time, we didn't care as kids. Didn't matter if there was a future for us or not - What mattered was hanging out with friends and hitting up the arcades after school and thinking about that awesome used Skyline GT-R you were gonna save up for when you got your license. Looking back, I never did get that car, but somehow managed to make a living for myself as a half-way decent member of society. Guess you never know where life will take you.
The turn of the millennium really was an exciting time. Technology was advanced enough that we had all kinds of cool gadgets but society didn't rely too much on it. You didn't have to be connected to everything, all the time. It really felt like "the future" as seen in sci-fi was only a few years away. Funnily enough, it was. We just didn't have any idea how depressing it will actually turn out be.
THIS is the Japan I fell in love with as a young kid in the 2000’s. The mix between civilization and nature, calm & chaotic, etc. Something so blissful about the entire aesthetic. I’m not even trying to sound like a weeb but there’s something about Japan that forever fascinates me
The only reason my pfp is anime is because I own that car. And I dislike weaboos just as much as the next guy but you're right, Japan had such a foreign culture so removed from what we are used too. It's the closest thing we have to a different dimension/planet because of being an island nation and not interacting much with other countries for a long time.
For sure. That strangeness of Japan also captivated me. It’s almost as if it’s apartheid of the outside world yet so unique, distinct, yet in an weird way, exotic but normal. I wish I could’ve fully enjoyed myself when I went.
@@SpeedKing.. I'm not saying what you felt is "wrong", but the feelings might have been shaped by your expectations and wishes. It might have felt different, had you visited Japan without any established ideas that were perhaps formed through anime or other media.
Wow, that PS2. lol Sometimes I see colorized B&W videos of people from the 1890's, or the early 1900's. It would sadden me to know that almost everyone in those videos are likely gone, and dust now. In this video, from a mere 20 years ago, as well as the amount of young people in it, makes me kind of happy. Because most of these people are likely still alive, and statistically in one of Japan's large cities. To those people I say, I hope you're doing well! I hope you're dreams are being achieved, even if only little by little. Peace be with you! 🙏
Went to Japan for the first time back in 2004. What a magical time that was! Still love it though, although I have a more realistic view of the country now.
@@youngz13o I think a lot of foreigners find it tough here because of the lack of language skills. This puts them behind the 8 ball in terms of advancement in the workplace. I came here in 1988 on the eikaiwa ticket which is a kind of "McJob" in terms of pay and status. It was 25~30M yen back then...it still is now. That is fine if you have no student loans and are single, but if you want to build a life here it's not much. It literally took me 15 years to become functionally literate, at which time I was able to take a full course load at a Japanese university in order to get my teaching license and get a full time, salaried position at a private high school, with all the remuneration and perks that Japanese teachers enjoy. A lot of foreigners bemoan the fact that they can't get ahead in the workplace but they fail to take into consideration the glaring shortcoming that they are illiterate. Imagine trying to get ahead in the corporate world in North America if you couldn't read or write English! Well, that's what it's like for most foreigners here, in Japan. I'm not saying the OP is illiterate. Perhaps she or he is. I'm just saying that that is the most common refrain I hear from foreigners that have found adjusting to life in Japan difficult...that the Japanese are "xenophobic or racist" or what have you...Never taking into consideration their own shortcomings when assessing their situation. Anyway, sorry for jumping in here when your comment wasn't addressed to me...but I can tell you that, in my experience, Japan is a wonderful place to live and build a life. I came here over 30 years ago from Canada and feel it's the best decision I've ever made. I have 5 kids all born and raised in Japan and have recently bought a home that would have cost me 10 times as much in my native Canada! I absolutely love it here. 💖🎌
@@gordonbgraham I started when I was 12, and I am 23 now and only just functionally literate (passed N2 JLPT). It takes a crazy amount of time to learn even if you start off as a kid, hats off to you for putting the effort in as an adult, it's not easy!
@@melbourne_1936 That's great! I couldn't imagine that kind of focus at 12. All I was interested in then was ice hockey and girls...That you could maintain your commitment to learning such a tough language is commendable. I'm sure whatever you endeavor to do you'll succeed. The most important things in learning a language, as you well know, are patience and persistence.
This is when we didn't spent too much time on the internet and actually went out with friends and looking at our friends faces instead phone. Miss those days
@@BackRoadsAndTurbos Many traditional shopping arcade disappeared, many Game Center disappeared, many family runned small factory disappeared. The vibe totally changed, peoples less open about foreign countries than before. Japan face same problems that old industrialized countries. For expat who are living here for decade, 70's and 80's in Japan was the best period. 90's was great too.
Senpai! My first time here was in 2007, been in the country every since and applied for the citizenship. Crazy how much Japan changed since then, but that applies to anywhere in the world I guess.
@@jude2671 How was life during the bubble era? Seems like it was a big never-ending party on a national level for a few years until the bubble burst. Would be interesting to hear some fun stories from that period.
@@valecious7552 It was really really cool, Japanese was smiling, laughing everywere. Human relation was much more deep than now. The average bonus for big company workers was 5k USD twice a year and even more. Every single Japanese girls was wearing Louis Vuitton Clutch (today they wear Coach Clutch)... All new technology was Japanese. It was not rare to meet very small Japanese peoples who was born on early 1900's. Pop culture was fantastic, young Japanese peoples was more educated and cool than now. Every single days there was some good news on TV (for Japan). American and European was more well respected than now. Japan was more exotic than now and full of hope for the future.
I think that the reason why people like this era is because we weren't that deep into technology yet ... we had enough to live comfortably but that's it Yes I was born in the Early 90's this is literally my childhood so I understand my generation feeling nostalgic
As someone who's from 80's I think is more nostalgia from our personal perspective, and young "simple" times, my dad used to said that it was never a good times in the past, is only that as children and adolescents we saw it as a innocent and playful perspective (my dad was from the 50's so he hear many people always saying, nah the 30's/40's/50's were better and simple times that the nowadays 60's/70's/80's/90's....
As much as I enjoy and appreciate the large technological advancements we've created/ harness today I'd still prefer to go back to these simpler times. Everyone just seemed to have been living in the moment more and I feel with todays society containing things like social media we've only grown further apart and have been divided more from the things that really matter in life, but then again that's just me and my way of thinking I guess lol
Simpler times only because you were simple kids back then. Its as if you forgot 9/11 and how war-like and full of fear everyone was back then? Even if you are not American, American fears permeate the whole world or else why can't we bring even a bottled water in every airport in the world?
Despite the fact that I live and grew up in a different country, there is so much nostalgia in this video. The retro game consoles, fashion, arcades, and video resolution hits the nostalgia perfectly as an early 2000s kid.
I have been to Japan around this era. I was there in late 2001 for only 15 days. The video just brought back many memories and the music is also to the point. LOVE IT
I've never been there, but for some reason this video makes me feel really nostalgic. I cant say if its sadness or empitness, but I felt a really deep melancholy, as if I wanted to be there or as if I had already been there. I dont know how to explain this feeling.
Same here. More nostalgic than anything when it comes to gaming. Seeing the game centers reminded me of the old days of arcades before they were just ticket game gambling halls for kids. I shed a tear seeing Tekken 2, King of Fighters, PS2, Gamecube, and the Gameboy Advance SP.
Don't get your hopes up: More than like 70% of these clips are from random movies OP decided to splice together and claim are "real life Japan from the 2000s whoaaa!" Some of these movies aren't even from the time period they claim to be showcasing either, I know for a fact (because I've seen them)
I had a strange reaction to this video. I don’t remember 2000 because I was 2, and I have never been to Japan. But the atmosphere, the combination of images and music together was just so heartwarming. The music in particular is so sweet that I unexpectedly started crying out of nowhere.
The first time I went to Japan was in 2004. I went to a Hanabi festival with my homestay family, and it was the very first time I ever saw people taking pictures on their phone 💜
I was 15 yrs old living in Tokyo then. The pictures are so nostalgic and very familiar to me. Thanks for uploading. Lots of memories! 僕が青春を過ごしていた頃の街の情景に涙がでる。
OMG! This video is unbelievably amazing! 2000's era was so good in animes, movies, music and games. Never, ever, under any circumstances delete this video. May this video last forever!
As a 2000s kid, I think 90s anime were much better overall, and games slightly better overall. Music was also slightly better in the 90s imo (saying as a J-pop and anison fan, otherwise idc about which decade). I think movies were also better in the 90s, especially Japanese movies. The 2000s was a very good decade in terms of western cartoons imo. But relating to Japan, there wasn't much in the 2000s that's better than the 90s, or that the 90s didn't already have that the 2000s only made it slightly better.
Oh, PS2 and Gamecube being presented! Those are the two best videogame consoles ever! For me, those are the true symbols of a bygone Japan, as a die-hard fan of Japanese games from that time.
@@dacracking5768 my parents ran an english school and my siblings and I were raised in japan. All my education was through the Japanese public school system starting with hoikuen. So yeah I lived through it all. We all left Japan after the nuclear fallout sadly.
I’m so happy I grew up in this era. Literally the best. I just wish people would slow down again but not too much to where there’s no technology at all and it’s a perfect balance. That’s what I love so much about the 2000s.
00:44 was a scene from Aoi Haru, Blue Spring. Awesome video btw. I was in Japan in 2003 and I fell in love with it, as a young teenager can. I remember odd stuff was incredibly expensive like CDs and DVDs, they were like $30-50 dollars US.
Ah I might not have been born when you were in Japan, but I’m old enough to remember the olden VCR and Netflix dvd deliveries. These videos are a little nostalgic even for me
The early 2000s seemed like a comforting time for the most part there was some bad things but sometimes a simplistic era can be better than our modern age I still have fond memories of my very young years in the 2000s but it hurts to know I will never experience this very special time for japan
I refuse to believe 2000's are already being taken as retro as 80's.
They are for people of my generation
I know what you mean. I mean the 2000s are basically still ongoing really!? I guess they only refer to it now as the time between 2000 and 2010. I was born in 1995, so my time when I actually started to properly remember stuff was near the middle and end of the 10s and onwards, but I refuse as well to believe that we can call that time retro. Apart from the fact that the smart phone/tablets hadn’t properly come out yet, it’s basically no different to now. Film and TV wise there’s very little difference, but the 90s and 80s ‘definitely were’.
I guess it’s just meant more for the people who are in their early teens now, or those who have truly relinquished this time to history now. I guess this must be a bit like how people felt after WW1 when it was starting to be taught in schools as ‘history’.😓 Something’s are inevitable I guess.
cause the camera quality is bad
They aren't, it's just that the film quality reminded ppl of the 1980s because whoever made this footage wanted it to be done on old film
Early 2000s had a similar nostalgic feel and aesthetics as the 90s and even 80s.
the late 90s and 2000s had the best combination of technology/ human interaction and experience. That's the best way I can explain it. I'm grateful that I got to be a kid in that era.
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Agreed. People used modern technology to have fun. The internet was mainly a place where you met up with people to discuss your love for games, music, comics etc. Politics were still confined to television, newspapers and the local bar. When looking back at the old internet "flame wars" of the late 90's and early 00's, they looked so innocent compared to the crap you see on social media today.
luckyyy
@@NerdX151 Before mainstream cesspool flooded. We can thank Steve Jobs for making computers accessible and smooth brain friendly.
@@blah8934 But if he didn't make it "smooth-brain friendly," you wouldn't have been able to know use one, o mighty arbitrator of who is worthy of using a computer ;)
90s/2000s was such a perfect blend of old and new.
My feelings exactly
80's & 90's was the best life was much more simple, started going down hill after 2000 imo
@@DespaceMan 80's were corny af
@@DespaceMan 80s were trash
@@DespaceMan 80s and 90s were awesome. But the early 2000 had the best balance between practical technological devices and simplicity in everyday life.
the "most replayed" feature exposing everyone 💀💀💀💀
LMAO i refuse to be part of this audience 💀💀💀
Yoooo FR LMAO
these are some nice gazongas tbf
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!
“I’m only human after all” 🧍🏻♂️
i always wondered why 80s-early00s footage look so much more appealing compared to movies/videos from our generation, everything feels so cozy, warm and relaxing. Its really hard to describe
Possibly because it’s pre-smartphones and social media, so most people are just ‘doing stuff’ and not wrapped up in smartphones, insta, selfies, etc. Makes it easier to be present and in the moment and you can see that in the vibe of the footage.
Shooting on film, and old color grading techniques have a lot to do with the look I think. All the little "imperfections" of the old processes make things look a bit less "realistic" and "slick", which adds a sort of dream like quality imo.
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It was great! 80's was great, peoples was warmer than now. Men was Men, Women was Women, society was less divided.
@@jude2671 at some extend I agree with this, in some place, the good condition bring people warmer
Every Japanese person knows that the late 90s and the early 2000s were some of the most depressing times in modern Japan lol. Especially if you were a teenager or a young adult. Low employment, school bullying, weird and unsettling crimes, young people giving up on life, suicides etc all skyrocketed around this time. I feel like this is when mental health really started to become a problem in Japan. You started to see a bit of societal decay around this time among the younger generation. The 80s and the early 90s was the golden time of Japan, but the late 90s and early 2000s was something else. Its such an interesting era in Japan. There were tons of subcultures and trends created by the younger generation in this era that came to define Japanese pop culture, yet it seemed like it was kind of a coping method among teenagers and young adults. For some reason, the Gen Z generation in western countries today really reminds me of the young Japanese people during this time.
Btw, the high rate of suicides, single adults, hikikomori, extreme political spectrums(both right wing and left wing) in Japan today are usually the generation that were teenagers and young adults in this era(now in their late 30s-40s). Also, its this generation thats partly responsible for Japan’s decreasing population. Something to think about if you are a Gen Z in other countries.
If you think the social problems in Japan today is bad, its nothing compared to what it was 20 years ago. Atleast were improving in some parts though.
thanks for this view, I would love for you to expand on the similarities you see between 80's japan teens and Gen z youth of today
is this the yutori generation?
@@BossMandotnet Late 90s and early 2000s teens and young adults, not 80s. The main similarity I see is the Nihilistic approach to their every day life in general. I understand that every generation has it and its not right to stereotype a whole generation, but Nihilistic type of attitudes seems alot more apparent in Gen Z compared to millennials in western countries. Using negative themes in popular trends, creating “coping” methods and escapism, and being more aware of mental illness seemed to become more apparent in the west among Gen Z.
Japan saw this drastic change within the youths in the late 90s, when it was compared to the previous “bubble generation”(the young adults that experienced the golden age of 1980s Japan), and realized that the youths of the late 90s/early 2000s had a more negative approach to life. Even within the subcultures they created or identified with had a bit of negative undertone to it. I dont really like using anime as an example when talking about real Japan, but if you’re interested in it, you’ll kind of realize that anime produced in the 80s-early 90s is a bit different compared to the ones that were released in the late 90s. Mainly the themes and storylines became alot more complex and not every character was a “happy go lucky” type. Storylines that had a bit of dark negative undertone became popular and I think the reason for it is because the youth somehow resonated with it. Same thing with music. Alot of popular Japanese songs in the late 90s had lyrics talking about negative things such as suicides and loneliness, OR had an extremely “in your face” positivity themes that was obviously created for the listeners to cope with. Very different from the warm, cheerful Citypop music from the 80s.
Maybe the fact that Japanese economy was going bad in the late 90s+the rise of internet and digital entertainment had something to do with it. People’s attitudes and their view on life can be influenced by societal change, so Im sure this had some affect to the younger generation.
I also heard before that Nihilistic themed novels, poems, and plays became quite popular among the youths back in the late 1920s Japan, when the economy was going bad and militarism was rising. I guess these things make a comeback once in awhile.
@@Centre14 No, this is the generation that came before the Yutori generation. Yutori generation were either born or were in their childhood in the 90s/early 2000s. The generation Im talking about were already in their teens or young adults during this time.
Same in the rest of the world. Life of no sense and consume
My childhood in the late 90's early 2000's was simple. Read manga, watched anime, played NES and PS1... Dad always took me everywhere on his new Honda scooter. I have never been to Japan but Japan sure made my childhood awesome
i didnt play a lot of games at that time but i remember the trips and people
Ah of course the Honda scooter >_>
Me too
Japan made every Asian's childhood awesome.
You must be around my age then, late 20's, the only anime I remember watching a lot of was pokemon and maybe digimon, never read books much when I was young, played a lot of spyro and crash bandicoot on ps1 and countless games on ps2. Also borrowed an old snes from my cousin and played Mario bros and mario cart, and lots of pokemon games on gameboy classic. And we never owned a scooter, but we had an old chevy celebrity.
懐かしいなぁ。懐かしくて涙が出てくる。きっと親にゲーム買ってもらえて、しっかり愛されていて、幸せな思い出として確かに在るからなんだろうなぁ。思い出させてくれてありがとう。今を強く生きようって思います。
Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
相信人類社會會變得更好。❤❤
@@oldPrince22ok y te quiero ❤❤
2000s was a very interesting decade. Right at a crossroads between a pre and post-internet world...
From the perspective of someone who grew up in the 90s and made it this far, everything has just gotten progressively worse. Even the 90s sucked compared to previous decades, hence grunge and lots of depressing music starting to come out.
No the 2000s was firmly the post-internet world. We'd already an entire economic boom-bust cycle due to the internet at that point.
@@Longlius nah. man. like i know what you mean but nah. .com bubble is not something an average person had experienced.
i had computer and internet throughout 90s and 00s, same as my friends and to all of us it was just another gadget. like a games console or a new skateboard.
social media, online shopping, streaming, kickstarted, ebegging etc. internet as we know it all came to be in late 00s/mid10s.
interesting@@julesl6910
A lost generation
As a Japanese who’s lived in Japan during the early 2000’s, I can confirm this is in fact true and I want to go back to it 😢
you're not japanese if you were you would know how bad the ecnomy and how shit the country was during 1995-2005
@@TomasuDesu cuz of your name. It’s a very generic white man name, and you saying that you’re Japanese with that name makes ppl figure out that you’re a mix
genki desuka?
Thomas. You are gay
@@inftech8976 so shame
I've stayed in my grandparents place a lot as a kid in the early 2000's. They lived next to the ocean in a really nice neighborhood in Yokohama. We'd catch fish in their boat and grandma knew the best way to cook it, playing on my PS2, the arcades, the 7/11 trips, the summer BBQ and fireworks. Definitely the best memories that will last me a lifetime.
I truly envy you man. I'd been fascinated with Japan since I was a small kind (European myself) and dreamt of the exact thing you just described.
You like nu metal fashion? and hip hop fashion? like adidas tracksuit
Japan is pretty much a country that lives in the past and future. Even now, you can see analogue and digital in Japan, which is so nostalgic. From Fax machines in offices to Ramune Soda bottles in konbinis or wearing medieval clothing in the public (in the West, you'd be labelled as crazy...). Taking pride in Traditional and Modern.
From what i know, wearing such clothes is considered crazy in Japan to
Wearing kimono is natural thing,
It's for special day or holidays.
@@LL-oq5sf Yukata, Jinbei, Uchikake, Hakama or Haori, in common, kimono's are medieval. Samurai, Orokudama or Ashigaru suits are pretty common to wear in the public. At Matsushiro where Gendai Budo is present (one of few samurai schools), you go from home to school in bushi suit.
What is considered crazy in Japan, is wearing Jieitai SDF military uniform in the public 🤣.
The west???, In germany in Octuber, people dress with medieval clothes...
Who wants to live in a timeless world like Japan? Well I feel Japan must be that place.
this made me feel nostalgic. I can't believe the 2000s are already considered retro.
I was born in that era
is called y2k for that reason in my head
I can't believe you are fishing. So sad. 😥
@@Od4n fishing for what?
We are getting old dude.
The first time I went to Japan was in 2005, right after high school. It was the perfect age to go--I still had a childlike wonder, had spent my school years studying Japanese and watching anime, and being able to finally be in the place I'd only seen on a TV screen and in books was absolutely magical.
That said... the only major appreciable difference between then and now is that I didn't have a smartphone to rely on to figure out where I was going. No google maps to instantly get the train route, or to know where a restaurant was or how to find my way around the neighborhood. There was some mystery to that. But otherwise, Japan hasn't changed that much. These videos may feel more nostalgic because of the way they were shot but I promise you if you go to Japan now you'll find a place just as wonderful as you see here.
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Ok weeb
@@billkar6479 lol
Same here...I was 18 in 2005 when I went to Japan for 2 weeks...a shitty Digital Photo Camera to hold some memories and there we go. It was so much fun not beeing able to communicate properly and be on its own to come around...following signs and maps. What a great time it was...pre Smartphone. Regarding to this "nostalgic" Video...I love the nostagic uploads from the 90s and 80s but this visual effects to 2000s recordings feel not right to me. In the 2000s we`ve been away from the flickery 80s recording style...VHS and especially 35mm was long ago...unless you were an artist.
a lot of non japanese phones dont get service in Japan, so you can find yourself in a temporary pre smarthphone era vibe until you get a japanese sim card, or just rely on free wifi lmao
A lot of what is shown are clips from the following movies, if anyone was curious:
Blue Spring (2001)
Nobody Knows (2004)
Linda Linda Linda (2007)
A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)
and few shots from Shiki-Jitsu Ritual (2000)
If you know anymore please comment! Thanks!
Yep, the girl in the thumbnail is from Nobody Knows. Great, but very sad movie
4:32 Guilty Of Romance (2011) actress name Megumi Kagurazaka
Gangster movies
Are you sure?
And you like nu metal fashion? and hip hop fashion? like adidas tracksuit
I’m not Japanese but the 2000s is such a special decade as it started when I was in 1st grade in elementary school and ended as a 16yo teenager. Everything this decade had are warm and comforting memories.TAKE ME BACK!!!
EDIT: About the 9/11 comments, I'm sorry that I didn't feel much about it because I am from the Philippines. I was on my 3rd grade and our news back then reported it but not as much intensity as in the US. It was unfortunate indeed but I have to be honest I live so far from the tragedy to truly impact me in my formative years.
what about 9/11
@@livannal.t.9068 I was just about to post a comment about me being in grade 1 in 2000.
Same here, a special decade indeed. #millenial95
@@livannal.t.9068Not to be insensitive, but It's not like the world revolves around the US. That is to say, what you are referring to only affected a small portion of the world, while everyone else barely noticed it happened, especially the kids. And we are talking about the kids of the period.
@@livannal.t.9068 I see what you mean, and it's quite true. It just came off a bit pretentious to assume kids elsewhere in the world felt the effects of 9/11.
As an 80's kid I'd never thought I'd be nostalgic about the 2000's. Yet here we are.
puts things into perspective certainly
Yup but i wasn't born jn Japan
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It wasnt better though.Its just the nostalgia.The only difference was that you was bored all the time so you had to be more creative and active.With the smartphone era you cant ever be bored again.Thats good and bad at the samd time.
@@brknsh6689 yup true
I’ve watched so many nostalgia videos, and I’ve yearned for so many years I’ve never been a part of. What I’ve learned? Live now. Romanticize now. Hurt now. Do you think the people in the 80s, 90s, 00s, even 10s thought they were in this picturesque time to be remembered and revered?
No.
They were just living- taking it a day at a time with the life and technology they had. Making friends, having heartbreaks, moving forward.
Just live with optimism, even though it gets harder every day- be the change you want to see in this world, and this could be your life.
Thanks dude
You couldn't have said it better, I completely agree, thank you for this comment 👍🏼
exactly, just shutup and live lol. this is the problem, stay away from media because its twisting your sense of real life. these videos are you just fabricating a 'lifestyle'. the cameras were different back then too, so how was it really like?
Yeah. 2000's were just normal life. Nothing special except giant nokia phones were cool and people wore cargo pants. Then RUclips came out in 2005 and iPhone came out in 2007. Also, in the US, everyone wore military fatigues as fashion and hummers were everywhere because of the war in Iraq. I think in the US the main thing culturally was that society was much more conservative compared to nowadays, and LGBTQ rights and gender issues were not as openly accepted or discussed. Before 9/11, the mentality was more optimistic. Also, people were less technology-focused and internet centered. There was also hardly any internet advertising except for banner ads. So I guess in some ways, the 2000's was actually really different compared to nowadays.
@@tadamoriyagi8265 this is a great retrospective! I don’t really remember the 2000s as I was a kid, so thank you for this!
I’m not Japanese nor am I from Japan, but the nostalgia is strong here 💛
Japan had a lot of impact on the world
I love the look of this time period. Right before the internet consumed our lives, the final era of the old world surviving in what was rapidly becoming the new world. It's interesting to see the things people got up to before the internet was as mainstream and encompassing
Me too!! I distinctly remember when smartphones were blowing up in japan for the first time, me and my mom had the conversation of how weird it looked when there were rows of people looking down into their phones in the train! Now days its all we see in the trains of Tokyo
I was born in '87, so I was a teenager during these years. I remember them so fondly. You're right about all the things you said. It did seem like a simpler time, and there was such a different vibe with the technology. I remember playing video games for a couple hours on an 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, or 64-bit system, then getting tired of it and going outside with my friends. We had fun playing video games, but they weren't such an all-consuming thing. We had to go over to each other's houses to play (none of us were pc gamers), and that was really quaint and fun. In fact, by the time I was a teenager, I really didn't even play video games. And that was pretty common. Phones were for texting girls or finding out where everyone was meeting up. The most technological things I owned were a flip phone, a discman, and a car from the 90's.
Even when I was a kid, it seemed like no matter how cool the technology was, eventually we would put it down, and it would give way to 'old-fashioned' things like conversation, throwing pecans at each other, making swords out of things, and making up our own games. It really was an interesting bridge between the old world and the new one. And I know I've used the word quaint already, but sitting next to your friends playing something with pixel sprites on a Super Nintendo really was so quaint, and simple, and magical.
Old world... indeed.
However let it be known that those of us who adopted the internet, gaming and anime culture early were ostracized, hated, bullied, and beaten. We spent our youths feeling like we were "wrong" and "disgusting" only to now see these same people lavish themselves in the things we pioneered.
@@autumneagle This is 100% true
I lived in Japan in the 2000s. This was actually quite comforting, I miss those days.
What was it like back then in the early 2000s by comparison to what you believe it’s like now? Was it better then or now? As it seems like some things have definitely improved, but the country still isn’t as open as it was apparently in the 80s. Also what was your eventual decision for moving away? A lot of people leave Japan eventually for various reasons and I’ve always been curious about those different cases as to why it seems that the majority eventually leave. Very few seem to actually remain forever, and although I don’t know what my future holds, I would certainly like to give it a try but I can’t be sure of whether or not I too would become home sick and want to return to my home country.
pls answer the guys above questions! im curious too :)
@@danielwhyatt3278 Most Japanese people don't accept foreigners so they leave, which is great. Japan was never been made for immigrants
It would be nice to go to the before times before the uh oh cough.
@@堂島の龍4649 Japan will disappear in 70 years, so the Chinese or other people will eventually get it in mass.
I moved to Japan in 1999 when I was 25, so there is no way I feel that the 2000s are retro. Feels like yesterday to me. Great video.
I was born in 1998, turned 25 this year haha
It's odd that you are older than me, but feel like the 2000's are not in the long distant past. I guess, you don't have kids, right? To be honest, anything before that feels retro to me. ;-)
@@Traumglanz Not sure what you mean by your question whether he has no children. I've thought the reason for me not feeling that the early 2000s are "over" yet was probably due to the fact that I have eight children, so basically we've been surrounded by babies and toddlers since our early 20ies till now. Ok, there was less of THAT extreme form of sexual perversion all around us back then, but other than that things feel just like in 2005 or so. I even stumble on some of my forum posts from the early 2000s once in a while.
I was born in 1999
Where did you move from? Was it a big culture shock?
Always coming back to this masterpiece, what a great upload.
Its like the returning fashion cycle. It happens every 20 years . People who live the 2000s start to miss it because this years are far enough now. People who cant remember them or wasnt even here start to idealize this times with the fascination of imagine what you couldnt live. Sort of like a built imaginative nostalgia.
yeah..and the things we think of as "outdated" will be back in style again in 15 years. If I'm not mistaken certain companies take advantage of this phenomenon to maximize their sales
It happened in the 80's remembering the good old 50's, all the recent 2010's people romantically thinking about 80's and 90's, it is a cycle, wait for 2040's and we'll all see nostalgia for 2020's
that is soo ture. Although i am 90s born 'literally 1990' but some how a part of me is stuck in the 80s. the songs the movies is all there is and i am still living through it
@@MisterRhyeOfficial I can't imagine missing the 2020's these upcoming years better be outstanding to wash away all that frustration. The 2010's were already pretty bad too but at the rate it's going the 2020's will be even worse for me.
@@virtuaplayer7234 you already said it, for you, the kids that born in the 2010's that are living the childhood thru 2020's and 2030's gonna see these times are "good old times" because well you know it's a cycle....
My dad describes his couple weeks he spent in Japan in his early 20's with a heavy dose of nostalgia. It was this time frame, very early 2000's, and him and his longtime best friend took a vacation to Taiwan that ended in one redirected flight into the land of the rising sun. Their plan was to spend the night there and then catch a plane back to Canada in the morning. Plans change.
My dad's friend had been an exchange student in Japan for a few years in high school, so he could speak decent Japanese and had friends there that he knew quite well. One of said friends said, after visiting a barbeque shop, that they should come out to the base of the mountain range, he had to show them something. My dad says he remembers the first time he saw a Nissan Skyline GTR was at the base of that mountain, the name of which he doesn't remember. He said he flipped out because of course, it's the god car from Gran Turismo. He says there were tons of cars in a gas station parking lot down there. Mostly young guys just hanging out, showing off their rides.
For a car guy who had only ever seen some of these cars in magazines and on a 25 inch bubble screen TV coming out of a PS1, it was incredible. He says he never saw any actual racing, just spirited driving up and down the mountain, so no crazy Initial D tall tales, but it was really amazing to see nonetheless. This was before the west had any idea about Japanese car culture at all, so it was quite eye opening, he says.
Him and his friend had so much fun that Saturday night that they decided to stay in Japan for a few more days. A few days eventually turned into two weeks, and my dad ended up working Christmas day because he took way more time off. He still remembers not ever regretting it. He recalls the strange feeling of being on another planet in a way that no other country had made him feel so severe. The timing was just perfect, to the point where his own countries technology and society were extremely similar to the one he was in, but neither really knew what the other was up to on that deep level we do today.
Such nostalgia. How I wish I could experience that too
Thank you for sharing the story with your beautiful writing
It's because Japan is better then America. lmao. USA doesn't even take care of its citizens
Lovely story.
you're an incredible writer, thank you for sharing.
この画質、ファッション、街並み、この雰囲気すべてが懐かしくて涙が出る。ありがとう2000年代
2000年の方が根拠のない希望と自信があった
@@tokyowada5463 あんときはみんななにか目標というかうっすらなりとも理想があって前を見ることができたきがする。
今は一寸先は暗闇の中、崩れるかもしれないようなボロボロの足場をうつむいて踏み外さないよう崩さないよう気をつけながらひたすらあてもなく歩んでいる感じ。
ふと、実は暗闇は薄い膜で、飛び込んだら突き破れてむこうに明るい世界が広がっていいるんじゃなかと思うときがある。でもひたすら歩くことしかしてこなかったからそんなことする勇気はないんだよなぁ。
まあ３５ミリフィルムで撮ればなんでも懐かしい感じに写ルンです。
@@やん13年と 就職氷河期が一番ヤバい時期ですね。
@@やん13年と 日本は何時でも過去の栄光 50年代は戦時の日本人には活気があった事、70年代は高度経済成長の事90年代はバブルの時の事、00年代は失われた10年、10年代も20年代も
One of the best videos I've seen on RUclips for as long as I've been using this platform (it's not my first channel, I've been using RUclips since 2010). Nostalgia for something I haven't experienced, but it's like it's so close and familiar. I love Japanese culture even though I've never been in Japan, it's always seemed interesting to me, just different from everywhere else.
My first trip to japan was in 2003 just after graduating high school. I got to spend traveling to various parts staying with friends and relatives of my family and this video brought on a lot of nostalgia. I also got to live near Yokohama for about a year starting in 2008, the visuals and feel of this video hits it perfectly. What a great time to visit!
I also went there first in 2003, it feels like yesterday honestly.
I was not born yet
@@Fox-and-fish I feel sorry for people your age. You’ll never know what the world was like before it went completely to hell.
@@helpfulcommenter😢😭
you gotta be my age. Which year are you born in? (If you don't want to answer i'm sorry. Just curious)
For some reason, 90's and 2000's Japan ignites strong nostalgia in me even though I haven't even been there. Maybe it was growing up on SNES and anime? For some reason, this just feels like home.
same
Their popculture is so strong and appealing that it literally was (and often still is) a big part of our lives even if someone wasn't interested in it. Especially for 90s kids like me. We were so lucky to be able to experience it in 1st person.
@@sirmiluch6856Yeah, I was born in 89 so I'm right there with you. I grew up on Dragon Ball, Pokemon, and InuYasha. My favorite video game was Mystical Ninja on the N64. Ever since I can remember, I've been into Japanese related things.
It is home
Pre social media era
Come to think of it, it's kinda funny how young non-Japanese people are attracted by Japan in the '80s to the '00s. Meanwhile, I was born in the '80s near Tokyo and I've been fascinated by American, British, French, Thai, Vietnamese, and Japanese oldies and movies from the '50s to the '70s. I felt like I was born in the wrong era, but you guys made me feel proud.
It's normal for every human to be like..
"the neighbor's grass looks greener".
That's why.. dont lost your identity. Welp.. If it's bad culture n tradition, change it. Move from that.
Like.. The sexual exploitation of female, the alcoholism, etc. Move on from that. Delete that culture.
@@DBT1007 wait can you explain the second paragraph you mentioned?? Kinda confused me haha
The grass is always greener on the other side. We always want what we dont have. And we are always fascinated by whats foreign to us.
The grass is greener on the other side
Your tastes is very different from somebody’s taste for Japanese culture but it’s still pretty interesting what you can learn nowadays. Japanese culture is very far removed from my own culture which can make it more appealing
Thank you for this great video, i recently moved to Japan for work and seeing what life was like for my peers is very eye opening.
I didn’t completely grow up in Japan but, I was born there, moved back for 2 years as a toddler, and visited there several times in the 2000s.
Back then before globalization and integration of the internet, it felt very magical going there or see things from there, especially as a young kid.
It felt more elusive when information was more limited. Back then you could only see Tokyo through the standard definition TV screen or a low quality 240p/360p video on the internet.
The first instance that I felt I have been to Japan/Tokyo was when I watched one of those "walking in Japan" videos by egawauemon in the early 2010s.
same. Born in australia but went to japan every year bc my parents are japanese. I was always excited to visit japan and check out all the new games and go to the pokemon store.
Even though many around the world has never been to Japan, because of the positive influence the country has had strongly in the late 90s especially, most 90s kids and 90s babies have an odd nostalgia attachment to Japan almost as if a metaphorical 2nd home. I'm half Japanese American Hawaiian never been there but this captures something so familiar, almost like it's a dream.
very unsettling feel.
Japan made my childhood ❤🇯🇵
Good explanation most of us grown up with made in japan stuff
Maybe it's inherited memories?
As a early 90s baby I totally agree with this.
I was there a few times as a little kid, precisely in these times (2003 or so). It was that lack of modern distraction that let you see the world with so much more attention, attention rewarded with noticing considerate design and natural beauty.
I've never been to Japan but I've always had nostalgia about Japan in the late 90's - early 2000's. I grew up with Dragon Balls, Yugi-Oh, NES, Playstation, Pokemon etc... Everything in my house was made in Japan too, from our Honda scooter to Panasonic TV, fridge, CD & VHS players... Those were good days.
My era is late 90s-early 2000s too. This is the period where I grew up. I've never stopped loving the pop cultures of those times, and I doubt I ever will. The 80s may be the most magical decade of our time, but the late 1990s and early 2000s will always be the most charming.
@Hi_Nu Ver 0 Zero_Tester yes! It came in two waves, late 80s - late 90s and then late 90s - mid 00s, best years to grew up! A lot of of legendary franchises that are now still popular and getting remade were released during those era!
man the time period of 2000-10 was best
The Jetix era lol
I know what you mean. It almost feels like Japan has affected the essence of the Stalgia the most. Both idiots old and new architecture, it’s filmed in animation media and the people themselves. I think it comes down to a lot of the desire to return to the simpler ways of the past where things just made more sense, as well as that desire to get back the excitement for the future that existed during the apparent 80s and early 90s bubble. I would love to have been in Japan during those days. So much is still yet to be fully appreciated by the West as to what happened in Japan during that time, but I’m still happy in the time I am in now, and would love to see where the country could be heading once again if it starts to open itself up properly. I intend to visit Japan someday, and even if I am never able to live there fully, a piece of my heart will always be there.
Thank you Japan for Nintendo, Sony, Sega, among others. I have fond memories of playing your games and using your entertainment systems.
From America
I am grateful to have lived in the early 2000’s. Such a wonderful time to be alive! So many changes, and the old world was barely hanging around us.
It was the same as every other year tbh. People just think the past or future is always better than the present.
@@macaroon147 nostalgia mostly
@@macaroon147i wish I could go back to the stone age. Fresh Air, no pollution, no politics, just basic animal instincts
@@kimjongunvevo honestly same
@@liberty1212 no you guys don't, realistically wouldn't last a day in the stone age
A few of the scenes from this video (as well as the cover image for the video) are from a movie called “Nobody knows” which was directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. It’s a great movie, and the director recently won the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes film festival for his movie “shoplifters”.
The Japanese school girl is a Japanese/ Korean actress by the name of Hanae Kan.
Super depressing movie
You also have scenes from Aoi Haru, Rinda Rinda Rinda, Hana-Bi
That would explain the naked woman
Guys list all the movies please. Love these videos but no one ever can name the movies!
@@iaincowell9747 Yep, horrifying lol
This is the definitely the era of Japan that I grew up with the most. I miss 2000s and early 2010s Japan so much. This whole era of Japan in particular always gave me the vibes of waking up early in the morning and you're the only one awake while everyone else is still asleep. It just so peaceful and make me feel so warm inside. Thank you so much for this amazing video footage my friend. Your videos in general have the ability to take your viewers to a whole nother world while still being in the comfort of our homes. So thank you so much for that @TRNGL. Keep up that great work pal. 😊👍💗
You like nu metal fashion? and hip hop fashion?
Well that is a yes
You know
Y saludos desde Argentina
Not ready to look at 2000's as old, but the grainy look on the video is ever so telling :(, it seems so peaceful and nostalgic, i love it
I was lucky enough to win a trip to Japan in 2007. I had wanted desperately to visit Japan as early as 1996, but never had the chance. As you can imagine, winning a trip was like a dream. I spent a week in Tokyo and saw as much as I could. I'm thankful to have gone before social media and cell phones became so prevalent, feels like I was able to see what things were like "before" everything changed. But honestly I wish I had a time machine so I could see it in the 90s. The aesthetics were so simple but amazing, which is why everyone is obsessed with the look here in 2022.
How did you win a trip ?
modern japan also looks good, who knows after some time it will change even more
Been there in 2017, the vibe of that 80-90-00s videos and movies is still there anyway, and hopefully will be for long time)
wanna go to 1988
@@crobatgaming5661 why specific?
Japan is still a fun place.
I lived there from 2015 until 2020.
People talk about dying economy etc etc.
But I learned to ignore those negativity. It maybe true or not. It doesn't matter to me.
During my time I learned the good and bad about Japan. I met lots of great people , made some good friends with whom I still keep in touch.
Everyday living in Japan was an adventure. Everything is so convenient. Almost every month a new shop or some event will open up and I will always find something I
never knew about before. I also liked taking random walks around the city.
I am planning to go back there again.
Good luck
Where are you from?
Yea Japan was showing it's problem. around 2015 was when Mai number started becoming a thing. I remember having to go to cityhall to pay taxes in Japan back in 2008.
What caused you to move back?
@@ultracellez1989 ur mum
I lived in Japan in 2000s, even though I have left physically, my heart is still there, in that era. It was a struggle, but it shaped me for who I am, and where I am going.
where are you from? ( where from did you come to japan and where to did you left ) I just want to get some context.
people who talk like that have generally nowhere to go anymore
I too lived there as a kid from 2005 to 2008. Dad worked in Mitsubishi. Great place. Will go back there someday for sure
This make me so nostaligic,cause my family moved to japan in 2003 and after stayed in japan for 2 year my father bought me a PS2 and i still use it till this day.Such a memoriable time that i want to go back to enjoy it again
These are the kind of videos I wanna watch around 2:AM with a hot cocoa. Very relaxing and so nostalgic.
Why do i feel called oout right now?
-watching it in 1:36am
@@Emily-os1jd wow man i am watching it in 1:34
@@Emily-os1jd 1:46 am for me wth
makes me wanna cry
02:19 and I just before seeing this comment I drank some tea and pulled my blanket
Love the aesthetics of this, it really perfects the 'lost' vibe, but also has a beautiful/blissful vibe to it, it makes you feel lonely, yet together at the same time.
The late 90s, early 2000s was the peak of my interest in Japanese culture. Anime, Manga, video games and J-rock were finally accessible and internet was moving closer to what we have today. This era was my puberty phase and that exposure was monumental to my growth.
The Japanese companies made most anime inaccessible to foreign markets with their continued bad decisions
Now in 2022, most of South East Asia can watch 70% of anime for free on official RUclips channels but Japan still refuses to sell digital copies of anime on mainstream platforms
J pop too
Racing scene too
exact way for me
I missed Japan so much watching this. My first trip to Japan was in the 80's. It was fantastic, been there regularly since then. I still miss the 80's - 2000 Japan. How i wish there is a way to travel back in time. Thanks for the vid.
Wow, I'm jealous. I wish I could have visited there in the 80s and 90s. I didn't make it there until the mid-2000s. But it was still before the smartphone era, so it still felt like a vastly different world compared to today.
I feel like with smartphones, people figure out how to do everything by themselves on their phone. Before that, you relied on human interaction a lot more. So it was still a great time to meet people.
I was in Japan in 2002 during the World Cup. It was a fantastic time. I wish I could go back.
6:42 time what
@@masternobody1896 y u do that? i mean idm but still
@@masternobody1896 It's a naked woman, so?
I heard Japanese are super racist
@@LordRoyalTee your mom does
I grew up in japan in the 70’s and 80’s it was a fun time. I would later fly missions back and forth from cali to Japan in the 2000’s it was still just as amazing. Now it’s my permanent home I will never leave.
Lucky you, I would like to visit the country, I admire them so much.
@@ee-ef8qr no military aviator now I fly for an airline.
@@62Tob when it opens back up come through.
Jesus bless you
当時の映画のシーンがチラホラで懐かしい…
ちょうどこの頃映画業界で働いていたんだけど
実際はHDへの過渡期でビデオ映画では720pが主流になっていた気がするので
世に出回る映像は放送がSD、映画がHDみたいな棲み分けだった。
仮面ライダー555とかの時代だったのでこの映像ほど古めかしい雰囲気ではなかったかな。
（フィルム映像が多いようだけど実際は淘汰されつつあったと思う）
都内の町並みは今とあまり変わらないかも。
失われた30年とか言われるが
今ほど極端な格差は感じられなかったな
もしかしたらみんな貧乏だっただけかもしれないけど。
I pressed pause on the video without looking at 4:33 , my suprise was big when I came back on the video
Why do I feel so nostalgic? It's like I've been in all of these places my entire life and i forgot it. It feels like places me and my friends and family would walk through. Home. It almost hurts, it's like a thing I'm missing.
cs u watched anime too much
@@harris6601 I do watch but not that much
Yeah human feeling is so complex, I feel that too
I visited Tokyo in 2001, 2011 and then lived there 2013-2022. I have to say... this video 100% reminds me of my first trip there in 2001. This is exactly how it felt. The vibe is so hard to describe.
woah i happened to see nearly all of these films just this month... japanese coming-of-age cinema from the 80s-2000s looked really really nice
i know it's a lot of work, but could you list some of the movies, please?
or at least the ones you liked the most, i'm curious!
What are the names
@@lonelyhousewife I recognized two of them : Blue spring (2002) and Nobody knows (2004)
@@su1gn Gentle breeze in village 2007 too
@@su1gn Thanks for that, and to everyone else who has added here.
When I was in college in the late 90s, I used to look at my parents pictures in the 70s and thought about how simple their lives must have been. And now it's more than 20 years since college and I still think about those times as just recent past. I haven't really felt the changes that much since I have been experiencing it and not really paying attention. But this video shows me how different people and places looked back in the 2000s. It's insane!
I became aware of the shift in 09 and saw it happen in real time(the 90's ended in 2006 and it only got worse) by the time 2013 had rolled around we were officially in the 2000's and man was it not a fun transition; the messed up part is that it's still better than now by a long shot. And of course large chunks of asia, most of europe, and south america all were still in the late 90's early 00's until about 2 years ago and I never got to visit and have a little time travel event.
Oh well, worst comes to worse we can always just move to small towns in Japan where it's still the 00's and safe; Beppu is a great example
Same here dude. It's kind of trippy over two decades have passed. I don't feel old either.
I know what you mean. The 90s didn’t end u til a few years after the millennium. This era seems to have started in 2013, by then everyone had a smartphone and instant internet
this is one of my favourite videos on youtube. I’m so sad I miss the 2000s very much
Despite the fact that my first ever trip to Japan was back in 2014 and not during the 2000s, I’m soo glad to have traveled and experienced Japan sooo many times after that! It really is one of the most unique and amazing countries I have ever been to! I met so many people who say they will go to Japan during the olympics as their first time, but then the pandemic happened! I say just just go there when you can, even if there is no specific event! Just experience day to day life there because it really is incredible! I do miss Japan a lot and I really hope they open up to tourists again in the future! Take that chance to go there! You won’t regret it!
2000年は楽しかったな。今は昔より少し閉鎖的になってしまった感じがするけど、それでも前向きに生きて行きたい
Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
that vibe is unreal, so aesthetical. you've made me feel overwhelmed with emotion. thanks for the effort, bless you.
美しい映像ですね。 ありがとうございます。 私は韓国人ですが、翻訳機を使いました。 日本の映像が大好きです。
Title of this video should be “7 minutes of random scenes from Japanese movies”.
😂😂😂😂
You're right, that's like mixing some scenes from a romcom and calling it daily life.
literally in the first 10sec i know that this is from film or serials and not real footages of daily life
@@helldronez It says so in the description
read the descripcion
I love how there's always something going on in every corner of tokyo. No matter where you go there's something to do and people to interact with.
No
Thats literally every big city
@@miracleyacht__1538 Yes
I just had to think back to the 2000s, especially the beginning of the decade. I got quite a pain in my heart because of my nostalgia. How can it be that it's all been 20 years now...
Now 21 years now
I was in Japan in the late 1980's for a summer. Most wonderful and amazing people there are.
Went to Tokyo in 2013. It was really a magical experience and one of the best moment in my life. I really felt sad when I need to go back. Went there again in 2019. things changed and felt different. Also more crowded.
Thank you
ありがとうございます。
You never go back. Reality can't live up to the memory.
@@Jison9 Exactly. You can never recreated the first time you experience something, it's just totally different to every other time you experience it....while the more you experience it, the more common and mundane it will seem.
I went to Japan a few years ago and it was extremely magical. It depends on what season you go and how many tourists are filling up popular spots. Maybe the first time you just went on an off season, like when the summer is hot. I also visited smaller towns, it was amazing. I fell in love with the country and the people. I don't think Japan has become less good.
@@NightTimeDay Yes, sakura season is a good example of how Japan can be a completely different experience from one season to another. In fact it's probably the best time of year to go weather-wise.
The 2000s were by far the best time to be alive in. The 2010s were already too technological. The 2020s are all about connectivity. Instead in the 2000s we had something real: A human connection!
._.
2000 BC
People don't talk to strangers in Tokyo or much of Japan but maybe in that era it was still more human because this was a pre smartphone era. I'm thinking the 80s and 90s were even more social. Also even the 50s and 60s too
Wait till you find out what the Borg have in store for us... resistance is futile, we’re half way to full assimilation! 😵
@@Gigantemanatee they're eliminating genders first with all these woke crap 🚾 💩
the 2000s still feel very futuristic yet old at the same time. It's hard to describe it
This was what I remember fondest about discovering anime, otaku things and Japanese culture thanks to Adult Swim and Toonami, searching up videos online and seeing japanese movies made in this era. Being in my adolescence, obviously that shounen genre very much resonated with me. Its cool to look back at this footage and remember learning about japanese customs, the aesthetic prevalent at the turn of the century, it was so foreign to me but now with maturity and age its become way less "far away" to me.
Wow, really made me feel nostalgic for this era. Lived through all of my teens in this era in Japan and while people look back and talk about all the dark stuff that happened during this time, we didn't care as kids. Didn't matter if there was a future for us or not - What mattered was hanging out with friends and hitting up the arcades after school and thinking about that awesome used Skyline GT-R you were gonna save up for when you got your license. Looking back, I never did get that car, but somehow managed to make a living for myself as a half-way decent member of society. Guess you never know where life will take you.
@機械工学者 大学卒業後は海外で就職し、10年間働いていましたので・・・
This is a beautiful comment, thank you
should've got the car
The turn of the millennium really was an exciting time. Technology was advanced enough that we had all kinds of cool gadgets but society didn't rely too much on it. You didn't have to be connected to everything, all the time. It really felt like "the future" as seen in sci-fi was only a few years away. Funnily enough, it was. We just didn't have any idea how depressing it will actually turn out be.
THIS is the Japan I fell in love with as a young kid in the 2000’s. The mix between civilization and nature, calm & chaotic, etc.
Something so blissful about the entire aesthetic. I’m not even trying to sound like a weeb but there’s something about Japan that forever fascinates me
The only reason my pfp is anime is because I own that car. And I dislike weaboos just as much as the next guy but you're right, Japan had such a foreign culture so removed from what we are used too. It's the closest thing we have to a different dimension/planet because of being an island nation and not interacting much with other countries for a long time.
@@SpeedKing.. Stop exaggerating
@@proxigenated I've been there and that's how I personally felt
For sure. That strangeness of Japan also captivated me. It’s almost as if it’s apartheid of the outside world yet so unique, distinct, yet in an weird way, exotic but normal.
I wish I could’ve fully enjoyed myself when I went.
@@SpeedKing.. I'm not saying what you felt is "wrong", but the feelings might have been shaped by your expectations and wishes. It might have felt different, had you visited Japan without any established ideas that were perhaps formed through anime or other media.
Wow, that PS2. lol
Sometimes I see colorized B&W videos of people from the 1890's, or the early 1900's. It would sadden me to know that almost everyone in those videos are likely gone, and dust now.
In this video, from a mere 20 years ago, as well as the amount of young people in it, makes me kind of happy. Because most of these people are likely still alive, and statistically in one of Japan's large cities.
To those people I say, I hope you're doing well! I hope you're dreams are being achieved, even if only little by little. Peace be with you!
🙏
Went to Japan for the first time back in 2004. What a magical time that was! Still love it though, although I have a more realistic view of the country now.
I've been here since 1988 and am still in the "honeymoon phase"
What do mean by realistic?
@@youngz13o I think a lot of foreigners find it tough here because of the lack of language skills. This puts them behind the 8 ball in terms of advancement in the workplace. I came here in 1988 on the eikaiwa ticket which is a kind of "McJob" in terms of pay and status. It was 25~30M yen back then...it still is now. That is fine if you have no student loans and are single, but if you want to build a life here it's not much. It literally took me 15 years to become functionally literate, at which time I was able to take a full course load at a Japanese university in order to get my teaching license and get a full time, salaried position at a private high school, with all the remuneration and perks that Japanese teachers enjoy. A lot of foreigners bemoan the fact that they can't get ahead in the workplace but they fail to take into consideration the glaring shortcoming that they are illiterate. Imagine trying to get ahead in the corporate world in North America if you couldn't read or write English! Well, that's what it's like for most foreigners here, in Japan. I'm not saying the OP is illiterate. Perhaps she or he is. I'm just saying that that is the most common refrain I hear from foreigners that have found adjusting to life in Japan difficult...that the Japanese are "xenophobic or racist" or what have you...Never taking into consideration their own shortcomings when assessing their situation. Anyway, sorry for jumping in here when your comment wasn't addressed to me...but I can tell you that, in my experience, Japan is a wonderful place to live and build a life. I came here over 30 years ago from Canada and feel it's the best decision I've ever made. I have 5 kids all born and raised in Japan and have recently bought a home that would have cost me 10 times as much in my native Canada! I absolutely love it here. 💖🎌
@@gordonbgraham I started when I was 12, and I am 23 now and only just functionally literate (passed N2 JLPT). It takes a crazy amount of time to learn even if you start off as a kid, hats off to you for putting the effort in as an adult, it's not easy!
@@melbourne_1936 That's great! I couldn't imagine that kind of focus at 12. All I was interested in then was ice hockey and girls...That you could maintain your commitment to learning such a tough language is commendable. I'm sure whatever you endeavor to do you'll succeed. The most important things in learning a language, as you well know, are patience and persistence.
This is when we didn't spent too much time on the internet and actually went out with friends and looking at our friends faces instead phone. Miss those days
My first time in Japan was on 1996 i'am still here, country and peoples changed alot... But this is not only Japan i guess. Miss the old days.
Other than the cars it looks very similar out there today. Perhaps people are a little more conservative now?
@@BackRoadsAndTurbos Many traditional shopping arcade disappeared, many Game Center disappeared, many family runned small factory disappeared. The vibe totally changed, peoples less open about foreign countries than before. Japan face same problems that old industrialized countries. For expat who are living here for decade, 70's and 80's in Japan was the best period. 90's was great too.
Senpai! My first time here was in 2007, been in the country every since and applied for the citizenship. Crazy how much Japan changed since then, but that applies to anywhere in the world I guess.
@@jude2671 How was life during the bubble era? Seems like it was a big never-ending party on a national level for a few years until the bubble burst. Would be interesting to hear some fun stories from that period.
@@valecious7552 It was really really cool, Japanese was smiling, laughing everywere. Human relation was much more deep than now. The average bonus for big company workers was 5k USD twice a year and even more. Every single Japanese girls was wearing Louis Vuitton Clutch (today they wear Coach Clutch)... All new technology was Japanese. It was not rare to meet very small Japanese peoples who was born on early 1900's. Pop culture was fantastic, young Japanese peoples was more educated and cool than now. Every single days there was some good news on TV (for Japan). American and European was more well respected than now. Japan was more exotic than now and full of hope for the future.
失ったと嘆いてもね 今からまた紡いで新しい日本に
I think that the reason why people like this era is because we weren't that deep into technology yet ... we had enough to live comfortably but that's it
Yes I was born in the Early 90's this is literally my childhood so I understand my generation feeling nostalgic
same, born in 90. I got to see technology explode.
Im an introvert so...
As someone who's from 80's I think is more nostalgia from our personal perspective, and young "simple" times, my dad used to said that it was never a good times in the past, is only that as children and adolescents we saw it as a innocent and playful perspective (my dad was from the 50's so he hear many people always saying, nah the 30's/40's/50's were better and simple times that the nowadays 60's/70's/80's/90's....
yeah man, I miss how we were more conected to people back then. Was so easy to talk about anything with anyone. fuck that was my time
@@davipenha I literally don't even like to talk to anyone i don't find interesting lol
I'm 18 now, so I was born and raised in Japan during this era. I don't remember much, but it was definitely a wonderful time to be a part of!
I was born and raised there too! It’s was fun while it lasted
I m 18 too
sanaol
i guess the things worsened
the idea of this video is being old enough to remember the late 90s as a kid, which is before your time if you were born 2003 for example.
As much as I enjoy and appreciate the large technological advancements we've created/ harness today I'd still prefer to go back to these simpler times. Everyone just seemed to have been living in the moment more and I feel with todays society containing things like social media we've only grown further apart and have been divided more from the things that really matter in life, but then again that's just me and my way of thinking I guess lol
yea thats just you
@@gauxfox i also agree with them
Agree with you
Simpler times only because you were simple kids back then. Its as if you forgot 9/11 and how war-like and full of fear everyone was back then? Even if you are not American, American fears permeate the whole world or else why can't we bring even a bottled water in every airport in the world?
You're absolutely right
1:14 Toyota Mark II (Cressida) one of my favourite cars.
Despite the fact that I live and grew up in a different country, there is so much nostalgia in this video. The retro game consoles, fashion, arcades, and video resolution hits the nostalgia perfectly as an early 2000s kid.
I have been to Japan around this era. I was there in late 2001 for only 15 days. The video just brought back many memories and the music is also to the point. LOVE IT
I was barely born back then and still, I kinda feel a "this used to be my life before I turned 10"
I've never been there, but for some reason this video makes me feel really nostalgic. I cant say if its sadness or empitness, but I felt a really deep melancholy, as if I wanted to be there or as if I had already been there. I dont know how to explain this feeling.
And i am one with the melancholy
@@hs342 i wanna be there too
Same here. More nostalgic than anything when it comes to gaming. Seeing the game centers reminded me of the old days of arcades before they were just ticket game gambling halls for kids. I shed a tear seeing Tekken 2, King of Fighters, PS2, Gamecube, and the Gameboy Advance SP.
That is Exactly what i feel
Don't get your hopes up: More than like 70% of these clips are from random movies OP decided to splice together and claim are "real life Japan from the 2000s whoaaa!"
Some of these movies aren't even from the time period they claim to be showcasing either, I know for a fact (because I've seen them)
この時代と一番共感があるね、最もカラフルのは80年代なのですけれど
I had a strange reaction to this video. I don’t remember 2000 because I was 2, and I have never been to Japan. But the atmosphere, the combination of images and music together was just so heartwarming. The music in particular is so sweet that I unexpectedly started crying out of nowhere.
Were you born in 1998? I was 2 in 2000, too! Spending my childhood in the early 2000s was a blessing!
Nostalgia anemoia is the expression you are looking for I believe
crybaby
This reminds me of 80s Synthwave. Where you’re nostalgic of a place you’ve never been.
Turns out there’s a word for this: _Anemoia_ .
I lived in Osaka during the 2000s. It's hard to imagine how much has changed in a short period of time... but also what hasn't and still remains.
The first time I went to Japan was in 2004. I went to a Hanabi festival with my homestay family, and it was the very first time I ever saw people taking pictures on their phone 💜
Japan has offered a great many contributions to our childhood and youth days. They deserve a lot more credit for making life more enjoyable.
not in its social culture
@moodyfuck4758not even China
I was 15 yrs old living in Tokyo then. The pictures are so nostalgic and very familiar to me. Thanks for uploading. Lots of memories!
僕が青春を過ごしていた頃の街の情景に涙がでる。
The 2000s was my childhood. This hit way too hard.
I moved to Japan in 1999. Still here. was too drunk to remember a lot of it.
OMG! This video is unbelievably amazing! 2000's era was so good in animes, movies, music and games. Never, ever, under any circumstances delete this video. May this video last forever!
Just download it?
As a 2000s kid, I think 90s anime were much better overall, and games slightly better overall. Music was also slightly better in the 90s imo (saying as a J-pop and anison fan, otherwise idc about which decade). I think movies were also better in the 90s, especially Japanese movies. The 2000s was a very good decade in terms of western cartoons imo. But relating to Japan, there wasn't much in the 2000s that's better than the 90s, or that the 90s didn't already have that the 2000s only made it slightly better.
Oh, PS2 and Gamecube being presented! Those are the two best videogame consoles ever! For me, those are the true symbols of a bygone Japan, as a die-hard fan of Japanese games from that time.
I rarely play video games and never had any consoles etc but the PS2 definitely stands out from the rest. I think it's my fave
Needs more love for the Dreamcast in here, pure arcade console for the home. 🌀🇬🇧
Yeaaaa ps2 and gamecub were INSANE !!!
2:54 sent chills down my spine. How nostalgic!
So true!! even these startup animations looked cool then.
Just got off my ps2 a while ago 😭 was doing its yearly check in incase it decided to die.
Same
God that sound, what a beautiful sound
우리 집 창고에 아직 ps2를 고이 모셔놨다 ㅋ
I lived in Japan as a kid in the mid to late 00's. As a military kid, it was the longest I had ever lived in one place. I miss it so much.
I used to live in Japan. This really hit my heart. You captured Japan perfectly in this video. Thank you.
I was in Japan from 1993-2013. Enjoyed every moment of it. Maybe it’s time to go back?
can i ask what you were doing there? was planning on going there myself but am currently in the process of learning Japanese.
@Daenack Dranils why?
@Daenack Dranils why?
@@dacracking5768 my parents ran an english school and my siblings and I were raised in japan. All my education was through the Japanese public school system starting with hoikuen. So yeah I lived through it all. We all left Japan after the nuclear fallout sadly.
@@colesplay2181 Sadly there was no nuclear fallout just fear mongering by Foreigners who look down on Japan.
I’m so happy I grew up in this era. Literally the best. I just wish people would slow down again but not too much to where there’s no technology at all and it’s a perfect balance. That’s what I love so much about the 2000s.
" there’s no technology at all"
"That’s what I love so much about the 2000s"
did we live in the same 2000's??? lmfao
I feel so fortunate to have been a kid in the 80s, a teen in the 90s and a young adult in the 00s.
00:44 was a scene from Aoi Haru, Blue Spring. Awesome video btw. I was in Japan in 2003 and I fell in love with it, as a young teenager can. I remember odd stuff was incredibly expensive like CDs and DVDs, they were like $30-50 dollars US.
Ah I might not have been born when you were in Japan, but I’m old enough to remember the olden VCR and Netflix dvd deliveries. These videos are a little nostalgic even for me
The early 2000s seemed like a comforting time for the most part there was some bad things but sometimes a simplistic era can be better than our modern age I still have fond memories of my very young years in the 2000s but it hurts to know I will never experience this very special time for japan
2000s was already a modern era, now we live in a shit era where social medias ruin everything.
@@Freak-px9uk so true, sometimes I feel "I think I was born in the wrong era" haha that sounds stupid, but I still feel it till now.