I lived in Japan between 1958 and 1960. The greatest experience of my life. Wonderful people. Dear Kazuko, I hope life treated you well. I am now wiser but much older and grayer.
And never returned to Japan since then? Your remarks made me recall the lyrics of Mary Hopkin's "Those were the days", although it's different from yours. She sang "Oh my friend we're older but no wiser..." Good to know you have good memories during your stay here. I'm, too, getting older but not necessarily wiser, I know, but like the song says I have many people whom I want to see again at taverns. Hope you have a peaceful and happy life where you live now.
@@MrEjidorie Richard, if his story is to be believed, is well into his 80s. It may be me, but octogenarians generally don’t go down the rabbit hole of RUclips videos . Seriously ... read his “note to Kazuko” again. Does it have the ring of truth.
Marvelous, thank you for uploading these films! 1958 is the year this American girl applied for a Japanese pen pal from an ad in a magazine. I was very excited when I got my first letter from Yoshiko in Nagoya! We wrote letters for about 9 years, but then she disappeared from my mailbox. Despite my repeated inquiries, I never knew what happened to her. I've never forgotten Yoshiko. In 2014 I had the privilege of going to Japan for a week. I didn't try to find her, it was just too daunting, but I thought of her the whole time.
+diane9247 It`s sad that you could not keep in touch with Yoshiko-san anymore. I wonder what happened to Yoshiko. As you were excited when you received a letter from her, I`m quite sure that it might be a very exciting experience for Yoshiko to be in correspondence with you too. In 1950`s and 1960`s, the United States was a faraway country for most of the Japanese people and only the privileged few could afford to visit the U.S. because the majority of Japanese were not wealthy enough to do so. Many Japanese had a strong longing for American way of life. They learnt American wealthy life and freedom from Hollywood movies and pop music. Quite coincidently, I was born in Nagoya in 1956. I sincerely hope you will meet Yoshiko-san in the near future. Maybe she lived near my parents.
is very common that japanese people do that, they keep in contact short or long time and sudenly disapear, a friend of mine have a japanese guy as boyfriend during two years, he say that love her, blah blah blah, and make a lot of promises to her, when she go to Osaka to visit him he simple vanish in the air, he and she will meet finally after two years and minutes before they meet he delete her of all his social media and block her in his phone, 15 minutes before they meet !! actually she go in the train to meet him and she saw that was be deleted and blocked of him, and she never know about him again!! that is super very weird, so much weird and is not the only one tale, lot, thousand of situation like that has made by japanese people, men and women, so mrs Diane dont worry, look like japanese people is like that, maybe part of they way of life, maybe part of their culture or whatever, maybe will be better that you keep the memories of a good friend that you have in your childhood and no more, is sad but is the reality
Japan already has remote control TV back in those days ! They must be well ahead of the USA. I have watched many youtube videos you uploaded. Thanks for such a wealth of education for our younger generation.
Actually most modern convenient machine TV, microwave stoves cars, light, modern buildings etc.. invented by Japan, not whitemen as American media portray like rest of the world in dark age except Europe and America, else how Japan was ahead America before ww2 too?
@array s like rest of the world whitemen forced to open for them so they can plunder to empower and enrich themselves at cost rest of the world to be dirt poor, that's yr hairy assholes got kicked out for good so speak in Asia especially communist China and Vietnam and Japan etc.. si we can have great successful countries now, Kakakakak.
@@armandopentium please don't jump on the racist train on impulse. The writer has no ill thoughts. Only you are being ignorant, Asians are depicted as yellow.
@@yuegonghuamei6685 , The term yellow race, was designed only to distinguish Asians from a region, but not that their skin is yellow, they are WHITE. The Indians are called red skin, but they have brown skin, not red. These are just terms for distinguishing one race from another race. That simple. And I have no prejudice, I just tell the truth, without this farce of the politically correct. O termo termos raça amarela, foi designado apenas para distinguir os asiáticos de uma região, mas não que a pele deles seja amarela, eles são BRANCOS. Os índios são chamados de pele vermelha, mas eles tem a pele parda, não é vermelha. Isso são apenas termos para distinguir uma raça de outra raça. Simples assim. E eu não tenho preconceito, apenas digo a verdade, sem essa farsa do politicamente correto.
I was born that year, I had to stop to watch. Been living there from 1985 (Showa 60), Left for Korea 10 years after, but always looking forward to visit again every once in a while... "Natsukashii", especially in winter. Honto ni, omoshiroi katta desu. Arigato!
This is a very interesting video of how Tokyo once was, I've been watching with amazement on how far ahead they already were compared to the rest of the world, technology-wize. Keep up the good work!
This movie is in Tokyo when I was 10 years old. Ramen noodles are 50 yen. Newspaper reporters send articles and photos with homing pigeons. It was the year my father finally bought a TV. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the filmmakers and those who have unearthed and posted this film.
Fascinating! This is a really good documentary! That station at the very end... was that Shinbashi Station maybe? Or Yurakucho? So this is how it was when you were here. It really has changed. The modern (at the time) Marunouchi Building has been torn down and a tower (with the same name) put in its place. Only the front section of the Central Post Office remains (they tore down 70% of it and put an office tower there), etc. That aircraft is historical as well. Have you flown in that type? The bookshop scene... people don't read as much in the first place, and what they do read tends to be on their smart phones. The Tsukiji fish market is about to be razed and moved to a trash island. Aside from the air quality looking worse, there's something very appealing about these images. The early remote control is surprising. Did people really have remote-controls for their televisions then? The pigeons! I talked with an old photographer who said they used to send rolls of film by carrier pigeon to try and beat the competition to press. Really great material. A thousand thanks for getting this on-line!
Tokyo television channels on screen: 2:39 Channel 3> NHK Educational Television (NHK-E) 2:44 Channel 4> Nippon Television (NTV) 2:48 Channel 6> KRT (Kabushiki Gaisha Radio Tokyo Television, now TBS) 2:53 Channel 8> Fuji Television
Wow amazing to watch, especially as I regularly visit Japan. It's a reminder to all of us that what we feel is 'cutting edge' today will one day seem quaint & old fashioned. I remember B&W TV sets first appearing in Australia and how intrigued we all were. As a young boy living in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, we would all gather and watch TV through the window of an electrical appliance shop. Seems funny now but back then it was an 'adventure'.
Thank you for helping us to learn about Japanese culture. You are a good international culture teacher. I am a 66 year olde American man who's hobby is pretending to be a 16 year old Japanese high school girl. Its fun being a girl & very much fun being Japanese.
Remote control pistol looks fun that was a very different time in Japan a lot changed in the next decades just thirty years later Japan would enter the economic bubble era and experience massive growth and development.
Hello everyone. Does anybody have information about this video, such as who owns the copyrights and publishing rights, who produced this video? what was the purpose for this documentary? thank you very much
7:15～ の街並みがＷＷ2からたった10数年しか経ってないとは思えない･･･ 99～09年、09～19年の変化と比べるとどれだけ激動の時代だったかが解るね。 I can't believe that city view at 7:15～ is actually after around 10 years of WW2 but i can imagine those are how turbulent days.
Wonderful post again Mr. Rogge! Do you also enjoy the 1930s-50's films of Mikio Naruse, Ozu and other masters of the genre? I was in eighth grade when this documentary was made. We always thought Japan was fascinating and wanted to visit....love the home scenes and shops with all the cool cameras and electronic gear. I'm learning to play Shakuhachi at 72. Here is my friend and teacher on Japan TV: ruclips.net/video/eHjfpIoDGU0/видео.html Many blessings ... Jim
I enjoyed particularly a French film on the cataclysms that Tokyo suffered from with authentic restored film from 1898 onward. The resilience of the Japanese to rebuild a destroyed Tokyo three times is amazing.
It's a nice city and I love going there. I live out in the Japanese countryside and prefer the peace and quiet but there's no place like Tokyo for music, fun, events, shops, etc. I am proud of my people for coming so far after total destruction.
Yes one of those few times knowing fluent german has actually become useful outside of speaking to tourists all over the world xD they're bloody everywhere like the Irish! No matter where I travel to xD
Yang patut di contoh adalah mereka bekerja keras untuk membangun bangsanya menjadi lebih maju Sifat warga Jepang yang pekerja keras sudah mendarah daging Sejak dahulu masyarakat mereka didikan Militer yang kejam tak jarang mereka kalo banyak yang disiplin
They changed before the war. The first brand name was Kan'non, meaning the Goddess of Mercy of buddism. Canon has originally nothing to do with Cannon, the English word.
I lived in Japan between 1958 and 1960. The greatest experience of my life. Wonderful people. Dear Kazuko, I hope life treated you well. I am now wiser but much older and grayer.
And never returned to Japan since then? Your remarks made me recall the lyrics of Mary Hopkin's "Those were the days", although it's different from yours. She sang "Oh my friend we're older but no wiser..." Good to know you have good memories during your stay here.
I'm, too, getting older but not necessarily wiser, I know, but like the song says I have many people whom I want to see again at taverns. Hope you have a peaceful and happy life where you live now.
+Richard Downey I wonder who Kazuko-san is. Was she your girlfriend in Japan? Why didn`t you take her back to your country?
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@@MrEjidorie Richard, if his story is to be believed, is well into his 80s. It may be me, but octogenarians generally don’t go down the rabbit hole of RUclips videos . Seriously ... read his “note to Kazuko” again. Does it have the ring of truth.
Did you now?
Marvelous, thank you for uploading these films! 1958 is the year this American girl applied for a Japanese pen pal from an ad in a magazine. I was very excited when I got my first letter from Yoshiko in Nagoya! We wrote letters for about 9 years, but then she disappeared from my mailbox. Despite my repeated inquiries, I never knew what happened to her. I've never forgotten Yoshiko. In 2014 I had the privilege of going to Japan for a week. I didn't try to find her, it was just too daunting, but I thought of her the whole time.
I found your comment to be really interesting and a bit sad. In what language did you both write in?
+diane9247
It`s sad that you could not keep in touch with Yoshiko-san anymore. I wonder what happened to Yoshiko. As you were excited when you received a letter from her, I`m quite sure that it might be a very exciting experience for Yoshiko to be in correspondence with you too. In 1950`s and 1960`s, the United States was a faraway country for most of the Japanese people and only the privileged few could afford to visit the U.S. because the majority of Japanese were not wealthy enough to do so. Many Japanese had a strong longing for American way of life. They learnt American wealthy life and freedom from Hollywood movies and pop music. Quite coincidently, I was born in Nagoya in 1956. I sincerely hope you will meet Yoshiko-san in the near future. Maybe she lived near my parents.
is very common that japanese people do that, they keep in contact short or long time and sudenly disapear, a friend of mine have a japanese guy as boyfriend during two years, he say that love her, blah blah blah, and make a lot of promises to her, when she go to Osaka to visit him he simple vanish in the air, he and she will meet finally after two years and minutes before they meet he delete her of all his social media and block her in his phone, 15 minutes before they meet !! actually she go in the train to meet him and she saw that was be deleted and blocked of him, and she never know about him again!! that is super very weird, so much weird
and is not the only one tale, lot, thousand of situation like that has made by japanese people, men and women, so mrs Diane dont worry, look like japanese people is like that, maybe part of they way of life, maybe part of their culture or whatever, maybe will be better that you keep the memories of a good friend that you have in your childhood and no more, is sad but is the reality
@@carloko08 looks like I'm Japanese 😹
私が小学生の頃だから､この時代の記憶ははっきりと残っている。58年と言えば我が家に待望のテレビが入った時。あの時の興奮は忘れられない。当時のTVは３局しかなかった。
お節介じい 良いなあ
ワシが生まれた年。
皇太子ご成婚の中継は我が家もテレビで見たらしいけど近所の人が大挙押し寄せて来たらしい。さすがに記憶にございません。
わああ！羨ましい🥺🥺🥺！その時代にTVの前に待てることに
その時代にテレビなんて。金持ちしか持って無かった。なんせ３０万円ぐらいやから。大学出の初任給の何十倍やろ。わたしの家にはあったけど。親父がプロレス好きやったけえ。
私の生まれた年。家でテレビを観た記憶は3歳くらい。電化製品や車は父が新し物好きだったので、早くからありました。でもまさかリモコンの様な物がこの時代にあったなんて、初めて知りました。ここに出て来たご家族はかなり裕福な方々ですね。
Japan already has remote control TV back in those days ! They must be well ahead of the USA. I have watched many youtube videos you uploaded. Thanks for such a wealth of education for our younger generation.
Actually most modern convenient machine TV, microwave stoves cars, light, modern buildings etc.. invented by Japan, not whitemen as American media portray like rest of the world in dark age except Europe and America, else how Japan was ahead America before ww2 too?
@@yuegonghuamei6685 , "not for whites," you said. And the Japanese are black? . "Não por brancos", disse você. E os japoneses são negros ?
@array s like rest of the world whitemen forced to open for them so they can plunder to empower and enrich themselves at cost rest of the world to be dirt poor, that's yr hairy assholes got kicked out for good so speak in Asia especially communist China and Vietnam and Japan etc.. si we can have great successful countries now, Kakakakak.
@@armandopentium please don't jump on the racist train on impulse. The writer has no ill thoughts. Only you are being ignorant, Asians are depicted as yellow.
@@yuegonghuamei6685 , The term yellow race, was designed only to distinguish Asians from a region, but not that their skin is yellow, they are WHITE. The Indians are called red skin, but they have brown skin, not red. These are just terms for distinguishing one race from another race. That simple. And I have no prejudice, I just tell the truth, without this farce of the politically correct.
O termo termos raça amarela, foi designado apenas para distinguir os asiáticos de uma região, mas não que a pele deles seja amarela, eles são BRANCOS. Os índios são chamados de pele vermelha, mas eles tem a pele parda, não é vermelha. Isso são apenas termos para distinguir uma raça de outra raça. Simples assim. E eu não tenho preconceito, apenas digo a verdade, sem essa farsa do politicamente correto.
I was born in 1958 in England & have seen this today for the first time! Facinating!
戦後十三年しか経っていない東京。日本人ながら改めて驚く。
守られた戦前の文化と伝統は今も日本人の心深くに住んでいると思う。
I was born that year, I had to stop to watch. Been living there from 1985 (Showa 60), Left for Korea 10 years after, but always looking forward to visit again every once in a while... "Natsukashii", especially in winter. Honto ni, omoshiroi katta desu. Arigato!
I always look forward to your films .your page is the best on youtube ,.thanks for this one ,.
凄い！真知子巻きに伝書鳩だ！1958年から消えた職業は多そう。
貴重な映像ありがとうございます。
I remembered a sentence when I was watching a documentary. "If you want to know a future, you can dream or you can go to Japan"
Обожаю Японию великая страна и великая нация. 👍👍👍🇯🇵🇰🇬🇯🇵🇰🇬
両親が産まれたぐらいの時代です。
見ることができて嬉しいです。
This is a very interesting video of how Tokyo once was, I've been watching with amazement on how far ahead they already were compared to the rest of the world, technology-wize. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Mr Rogge for the post. The quality of Japanese product has improved. the tv remote then was as big as a hair dryer.
テレビのリモコンすげー。
This movie is in Tokyo when I was 10 years old. Ramen noodles are 50 yen. Newspaper reporters send articles and photos with homing pigeons. It was the year my father finally bought a TV. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the filmmakers and those who have unearthed and posted this film.
So your age is about 74 ?
Wow! This Channel should just be reserved and archived for good!
この時からすでに餃子とラーメンはセットだったのね
great channel! I currently live in Japan and I'm very much interested in history of this country
Fascinating! This is a really good documentary! That station at the very end... was that Shinbashi Station maybe? Or Yurakucho? So this is how it was when you were here. It really has changed. The modern (at the time) Marunouchi Building has been torn down and a tower (with the same name) put in its place. Only the front section of the Central Post Office remains (they tore down 70% of it and put an office tower there), etc. That aircraft is historical as well. Have you flown in that type? The bookshop scene... people don't read as much in the first place, and what they do read tends to be on their smart phones. The Tsukiji fish market is about to be razed and moved to a trash island. Aside from the air quality looking worse, there's something very appealing about these images. The early remote control is surprising. Did people really have remote-controls for their televisions then? The pigeons! I talked with an old photographer who said they used to send rolls of film by carrier pigeon to try and beat the competition to press. Really great material. A thousand thanks for getting this on-line!
伝書鳩が伝書鳩の仕事してるのはじめて見た。
I was an only toddler when this movie was made in 1958. Not only Tokyo but whole of Japan has changed dramatically since then.
懐かしい物を有難うございます昔は良いな。
Amazing. And to think Japan lost the War and Tokyo was leveled by 1945 and in 13 short years, they managed to rebuild all that. Incredible.
Probably, because Japan wasn't invested by Liberals, blacks and Illegals. Unlike The U.S.
love it! can’t get enough of these docus
Tokyo television channels on screen:
2:39 Channel 3> NHK Educational Television (NHK-E)
2:44 Channel 4> Nippon Television (NTV)
2:48 Channel 6> KRT (Kabushiki Gaisha Radio Tokyo Television, now TBS)
2:53 Channel 8> Fuji Television
Wow amazing to watch, especially as I regularly visit Japan. It's a reminder to all of us that what we feel is 'cutting edge' today will one day seem quaint & old fashioned. I remember B&W TV sets first appearing in Australia and how intrigued we all were. As a young boy living in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, we would all gather and watch TV through the window of an electrical appliance shop. Seems funny now but back then it was an 'adventure'.
OMG i love the remote control!!! haha it works like a gun :)))
Reminded me of Duck Hunt. Nintendo comes from Japan, so it makes sense. :D
I love and i missed Japan. I was stationed there in 72-76 and 86-89 when was in the US Navy.
Thank you!
Thank you for helping us to learn about Japanese culture. You are a good international culture teacher. I am a 66 year olde American man who's hobby is pretending to be a 16 year old Japanese high school girl. Its fun being a girl & very much fun being Japanese.
Is pretending to being someone else not punishable?
WHAT THE FUCK
あの焼け野原から十数年でこれか、満州という何もない場所にあれだけの国を短期間に造り上げるわけだよ、昔の日本人のバイタリティーは半端無いな
Great documentary
That old word processor is insane!
自分が生まれた当時です
テレビはまだ家に無くて東京オリンピック直前に
家にやって来たのでした
おお～江上トミさんのお料理
の時間が映っていますね…
今の若者には分からないよね。
このレトロな光電式テレビリモンが発売されたのは昭和３４年だと思いますが・・
まあ１年くらいの誤差は仕方ないかな。テレビの上に四角い窓が並んだ受光器が見えます。
この時代は目に見えない赤外線ではなく、送信機はピカピカ光るのです。
右の窓に光が当たれば右回り、左なら逆回りと・・・・・
すなわち、懐中電灯でも使えちゃったりするわけです・・・・
戦後13年でこの復興！
さすが日本だ！
便利な物に慣れた現在では考える事が出来ない六十年前😀
れれ！リモコンＴＶだよ。この時代にすでにあったの？？？
昔ながらの良さもあるが絶対に戻りたくない
OmG 😲😲 70 years ago japan has TV and electric fan , phone ,.. Japan was sooo modern
wish I could travel in time!
Best!👍😊✨
Wundervolle bilder
Thank you for sharing a "treasure trove" !!
This is a German documentary! I was surprised and could understand everything. Great pictures though
テレビに向けてるリモコンみたいのがあったり、活字を打つ機械の前に画面みたいなのがあったり。
今のレーザー、パソコンの元？
Michael...........thanks for sharing another great vid. Have a great day!
🇯🇵GOOD‼️🇯🇵
Vielen Dank, dass sie diese wertvollen Aufnahmen teilen.
Remote control pistol looks fun that was a very different time in Japan a lot changed in the next decades just thirty years later Japan would enter the economic bubble era and experience massive growth and development.
テレビのリモコン？！ 1958年に既にあったの？？ うちは高校の頃に買ったけど1980年くらいだったのに？！
素晴らしいですね
I want that TV set! with gun-like remote control. :D
Hi!
I always look forward to your update!
文字列が上に流れていく電光掲示板、当時にあったと思えないくらいデジタル的ですね。
アルイクス 電工掲示板は戦前からありました
Très intéressant merci
懐かしい銀座数寄屋橋の風景💕
チャンネルが回るリモコン
着物着たご婦人はあまりいなかった記憶が。割烹着のご婦人はたくさんいたが。当時のTVのアンテナはごっつい丸太につけていたなぁ。
Look at all those building omg... I don't even see in my country now
Hello everyone. Does anybody have information about this video, such as who owns the copyrights and publishing rights, who produced this video? what was the purpose for this documentary? thank you very much
Love your videos
That's the Tokyo I remember, I was stationed there 28 months - 56 - 57 - 58
AMAZING
7:15～ の街並みがＷＷ2からたった10数年しか経ってないとは思えない･･･
99～09年、09～19年の変化と比べるとどれだけ激動の時代だったかが解るね。
I can't
believe that city view at 7:15～ is actually after around 10 years of WW2 but i can imagine those are how turbulent days.
Wonderful post again Mr. Rogge! Do you also enjoy the 1930s-50's films of Mikio Naruse, Ozu and other masters of the genre? I was in eighth grade when this documentary was made. We always thought Japan was fascinating and wanted to visit....love the home scenes and shops with all the cool cameras and electronic gear. I'm learning to play Shakuhachi at 72. Here is my friend and teacher on Japan TV: ruclips.net/video/eHjfpIoDGU0/видео.html Many blessings ... Jim
I enjoyed particularly a French film on the cataclysms that Tokyo suffered from with authentic restored film from 1898 onward. The resilience of the Japanese to rebuild a destroyed Tokyo three times is amazing.
I can understand a lot in deutsch, not so much but that's enough to me and Im amazed how Japan used to be back then! So cool! Danke für Die video!
Whoa! There's a remote control for TV in 1958..??
Thanks.
Japan has strong national power which have been breed through long history. Even long before World War.
Impressive... Do you anything about Burma??
Yes, search with 'michael rogge birma'
もしかしてあのテレビリモコンってビクターが発売した日本初のテレビリモコンじゃ....もしそうならこの映像飛んでもなく貴重ですよ
⭐️
It's a nice city and I love going there. I live out in the Japanese countryside and prefer the peace and quiet but there's no place like Tokyo for music, fun, events, shops, etc.
I am proud of my people for coming so far after total destruction.
Estupendo vídeo !
1958年にしては毎日新聞ニュースのネット局がおかしいので(STVはラジオも含め開局前、MBSもテレビ開局は1959年です)1959年のような気もしますね。
A German man filming a Japanese way of life in 60's? That's so "The Man in The High Castle" to me! AWESOME!
it is timetravera
That was the beginning of Japan economy miracle, golden age of Japan.
江上トミさんは日本のジュリア・チャイルドだね。街のネオンをもっと復活させて欲しい。屋内の眩しすぎるくらいの照明は過剰。LEDは省エネでも風情が無い。
3:07
2:42 it's my fist time see kind the tv controller like this one
戦争の惨禍から１０年ちょっと，既に文明国家として復興している。
3:23 This car is probably sold at more than $100 thousand as a cool classic car now.
Nice to watch pity I'm bad in Deutsche
Yes one of those few times knowing fluent german has actually become useful outside of speaking to tourists all over the world xD they're bloody everywhere like the Irish! No matter where I travel to xD
Ich war in der Zeit noch 4 Jahre alt.
Terlalu mewah di era nya🌹
Yang patut di contoh adalah mereka bekerja keras untuk membangun bangsanya menjadi lebih maju
Sifat warga Jepang yang pekerja keras sudah mendarah daging
Sejak dahulu masyarakat mereka didikan Militer yang kejam tak jarang mereka kalo banyak yang disiplin
ギザ10はこの時代を生きてきた。
新宿グランドオデオンからミラノ座の風景は完全に記憶あるんだけど…
こんな古くからオデオン在ったの今知って驚いているわ！
生まれた年だ！
Wow, I never knew that Canon's current logo has been unchanged since the 1950's
They changed before the war. The first brand name was Kan'non, meaning the Goddess of Mercy of buddism. Canon has originally nothing to do with Cannon, the English word.
Super tokiyo
ドイツ語の発音が日本語なまり。Canonのロゴがすでに今と同じ。
私が一歳くらいかよ！
貴重な動画ありがとー🎵
👍👍👍
Интересно
Their is no way you guys recoverd for the war that quick many other countries were in debt after war and destroyed
はぇ〜〜
伝書鳩使ってたんかいこの時
テレビとか革命やったろな
Damn, a gun remote TV😂