I lived in Tokyo from 1991 to 2006. The sights and sounds in this video are so familiar to me. I know the locations just from the camera angles. This just takes me right back. Feels like it was just yesterday.
I lived in Japan starting this year. Let me assure you, they are still using the exact same sounds and technology. I burst out laughing when they showed the people walking through the tickets station because even the arbitrary beeping booping are identical.
Oh, 1994 Tokyo! Back when I was a high school student in Tokyo. Madonna’s “Secret” and Mary J. Blige’s “Be Happy” were everywhere, and on weekdays, I’d commute, hanging around Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro with classmates in our school uniforms, fresh out of classes on trigonometric identities, integration by parts, Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, Cayley-Hamilton theorem, equations of motion, and so on. Weekends were all about the Vanson rider’s jacket and Tony Lama western boots - and yeah, I had long hair back then… though now, as a middle-aged man, I’m a little worried about hair loss, haha…
We all had cellphones in Japan in the mid-90s, actually 2 types of phones one of which was by satellite, more advanced and more expensive, but the other type enabled about anyone to be able to afford a mobile phone anyway. Soon after or around that time already, we could also take photographs with our phones, which was always a surprise to any foreigner visiting, as that feature wouldn't reach the Western world for a few more years, until the early 2000s if I remember well. People back then only used their mobile phones to call or text one another, screen addiction came later with the phones becoming mini-screens.
I was born in 2003 Tokyo, so this feels very close to the Tokyo I grew up in. I am not studying abroad in Tokyo, and the infrastructure frankly still looks largely similar, especially around Ikebukuro and the less popular parts. I can see some truth in the quote "Japan has been living in the year 2000 since 1980". Plus Y2K fashion is back so you got kids dressing up the same again. Just replace this era's simpler billboards with digital LED ones, construct some taller glass buildings, have some KPOP influence in the pop culture, and you have modern 2020s Japan haha. One difference I found tho is that there is a lot more hair dye now!!!
It's crazy how it looks almost the same. Just the people in it are different. The energy is somehow... more serious, but also more relaxed. There's a different ease to the way people move and dress when they're not all concerned about checking their phones or posting online, but it's also interesting how uncomfortable they look on the train without something to distract them from the reality of the cramped situation they're forcibly in. Even though aside from that it feels eerily similar to modern Tokyo, I would also say that the city lately (perhaps since around COVID) has felt like it's starting to push towards change more than the decade prior. Maybe it'll finally move on from the Bubble era.
Japan was still prosperous even after the economic bubble bursted. But this was the still the early stages of a long decline that became known as the lost decades. It's such a stark contrast compared to today when people are much more quieter, reserved and (quite frankly) depressed now than they were in the 80s and early 90s. If their economy didn't tank, Japan would still be 10 or 20 years ahead of the rest of the world.
and those men when squashed in next to foreign gaijin women will absolutely feel you up and you can't move or get away!! I slapped a few hands thats for sure 😅
looks pretty much the same except the clothes and hairstyles are different. The economic woes in Japan from the 90s onwards seems to have stifled a lot of progress.
It's definitely not just you. Although the bubble economy burst a couple of years before this footage, Japan was still the 2nd largest economy in the world at that time. But this was still the early stage of the long downward spiral of Japan's economy.
@@fizzymizzy_ im taking 1hr of these ride every workdays and if it weren’t for my noise cancelling headphones I literally would have panic attacks lmao
![[RARE] '90s Footage of a Tokyo Video Game Arcade](/img/1.gif)
I lived in Tokyo from 1991 to 2006. The sights and sounds in this video are so familiar to me. I know the locations just from the camera angles. This just takes me right back. Feels like it was just yesterday.
90’s japan is much advanced than most of the countries in modern days
I lived in Japan starting this year. Let me assure you, they are still using the exact same sounds and technology. I burst out laughing when they showed the people walking through the tickets station because even the arbitrary beeping booping are identical.
Oh, 1994 Tokyo! Back when I was a high school student in Tokyo. Madonna’s “Secret” and Mary J. Blige’s “Be Happy” were everywhere, and on weekdays, I’d commute, hanging around Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro with classmates in our school uniforms, fresh out of classes on trigonometric identities, integration by parts, Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, Cayley-Hamilton theorem, equations of motion, and so on. Weekends were all about the Vanson rider’s jacket and Tony Lama western boots - and yeah, I had long hair back then… though now, as a middle-aged man, I’m a little worried about hair loss, haha…
I graduated high school in 1994, wish I would’ve been to go here.🙂And notice no cell phones !
We all had cellphones in Japan in the mid-90s, actually 2 types of phones one of which was by satellite, more advanced and more expensive, but the other type enabled about anyone to be able to afford a mobile phone anyway. Soon after or around that time already, we could also take photographs with our phones, which was always a surprise to any foreigner visiting, as that feature wouldn't reach the Western world for a few more years, until the early 2000s if I remember well. People back then only used their mobile phones to call or text one another, screen addiction came later with the phones becoming mini-screens.
@@Bellasie1 yeah I forgot we had the”brick” here in America. Expensive too.🤣
this is great thanks
They say if you're good, you die and go to 90s Tokyo forever.
Lol take me to 80s Tokyo
I have lived in Tokyo since 1991 so this brings back some memories
This is my new favorite channel! So much excellent footage of the times I miss so much!
BBC Archive is also a good channel to follow 👍 nice to see better times
I stayed in Osaka with my uncle when I was a child in the early 90's... Going to Tokyo was a treat for me... I missed those days as an adult now..
I was born in 2003 Tokyo, so this feels very close to the Tokyo I grew up in. I am not studying abroad in Tokyo, and the infrastructure frankly still looks largely similar, especially around Ikebukuro and the less popular parts.
I can see some truth in the quote "Japan has been living in the year 2000 since 1980". Plus Y2K fashion is back so you got kids dressing up the same again. Just replace this era's simpler billboards with digital LED ones, construct some taller glass buildings, have some KPOP influence in the pop culture, and you have modern 2020s Japan haha.
One difference I found tho is that there is a lot more hair dye now!!!
Quite ambient and relaxing watching and listening to the original footage without a correspondent yapping over the top.
It's crazy how it looks almost the same. Just the people in it are different.
The energy is somehow... more serious, but also more relaxed. There's a different ease to the way people move and dress when they're not all concerned about checking their phones or posting online, but it's also interesting how uncomfortable they look on the train without something to distract them from the reality of the cramped situation they're forcibly in.
Even though aside from that it feels eerily similar to modern Tokyo, I would also say that the city lately (perhaps since around COVID) has felt like it's starting to push towards change more than the decade prior. Maybe it'll finally move on from the Bubble era.
19:29 Yo!! The stache was nice!
高層ビル、ファッション、車や流行は当然に当時とは違うが、それ以外は現代の東京と大差つかないのである。
当時の東京は世界の先を行っている自負があったが、この成長は90年代で止まってしまった。
そんな東京がいまでも好きだ。
2:23自動改札導入7年目、Suicaが導入されるのはこの7年後です。
Oh yes being pushed into that train caused me to cycle everywhere in Tokyo or catch a cab! Basically don't travel during peak hour 😅
Japan was still prosperous even after the economic bubble bursted. But this was the still the early stages of a long decline that became known as the lost decades. It's such a stark contrast compared to today when people are much more quieter, reserved and (quite frankly) depressed now than they were in the 80s and early 90s. If their economy didn't tank, Japan would still be 10 or 20 years ahead of the rest of the world.
Dude, those trains look like they suuuuuuuuuuuuuck…
and those men when squashed in next to foreign gaijin women will absolutely feel you up and you can't move or get away!! I slapped a few hands thats for sure 😅
Japan has been living in the year 2000 since 1964. The problem is, it still is.
That’s nice because 1990-2000 was the best era in human history. Japan is smart.
According to what?
this is the perfect sequel to "Tokyo--ga" by Wim Wenders
What camera was used to record this?
looks pretty much the same except the clothes and hairstyles are different. The economic woes in Japan from the 90s onwards seems to have stifled a lot of progress.
Japan stagnated economically, but remains a highly developed country until today.
And still actually better than most countries then and currently, my country still cant compete with 90s Japan
#YodobashiKamera still exists!
What's the song at the beginning?
Is it me or people looked happier ?
It's definitely not just you. Although the bubble economy burst a couple of years before this footage, Japan was still the 2nd largest economy in the world at that time. But this was still the early stage of the long downward spiral of Japan's economy.
Why bizarre? It was before the English, Chinese and Korean signs everywhere and before foreign tourism. Not super different but a lot more relaxed.
First Time I go to Tokyo is 1994.11
Life without smartphone was much better.
スマホﾘｧ見てないのが逆に不気味
スニーカー履いた柴田理恵そーか発見❤
たくあん電車だ！なっっっっつ
its looks nothing changed with nowadays
Unfortunate how Japan continued to make poor decisions which lead to the situation that it is in today.
今と大して変わってないの、問題CA4LAん
昔わ自殺防止駅員いた
That train looks depressing af
it is~~
@@fizzymizzy_ im taking 1hr of these ride every workdays and if it weren’t for my noise cancelling headphones I literally would have panic attacks lmao
@@nukedcarbon good luck mate. I'm not in Japan, but I hope to be there soon.
@@fizzymizzy_ Nice. have a good time when you visit here
I like 90s Japan, one reason because you dont see anime everywhere and the dress, culture and stuff looked normal.
I LOVE JAPAN