1970s Tokyo Rainy Streets and Skyline

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1970s Tokyo rainy streets and skyline

[@paulm.newitt3246]

I was there in the summer of 1971, as a teenager, there for the 13th World Jamboree (Boy Scouts). Got to visit the Ginza, the Tokyo tower, stayed at the Olympic Village and rode the subway.. We camped at the base of Mt. Fuji, and were hit by a Typhoon, and we were moved to Shizouka. The people of Japan are just wonderful!!!

[@KohyuNishimura]

really?

[@Ash-zy9lu]

Sounds like a adventure..would love to go.

[@user-vf1ue3nt6o]

When the 13th World Jamboree was held at the foot of Mt Fuji, my friend participated. He told me it. I just remember his pleasant story.

[@ytoshi24]

We are really glad to hear that. Thank you.

[@nhatbanirasshai4617]

Thanks for saying that.Hope you'll come back to see the difference.

[@user-le3tt4lf1d]

明らかに今の方が空気澄んでない? ‥と想わしてくれる貴重な映像が今ここにある事に感謝。

[@333desu]

光化学スモッグ

[@perttiheinikko3780]

Videos like these always give you an eerie feeling. Those nameless people of the past going about in their daily lives with its worries and obligations like we are now... Pretty soon we'll be people of the past too. Maybe someone will see us for 2 seconds on some obscure video 50 years from now.

[@athenassigil5820]

It's just like old paintings from the renaissance on....all the people therein were based on models or friends/family of the artist. Now they're but dust and their once active and busy lives are forgotten to the mists of time, it's eerie, but also just life.

[@bryan8182]

You're right young fella from the past.

[@maricate]

I'm Brazilian but I love Japan in the 70s 90s and 80s, these images are beautiful, a country growing fast, with a boosted economy, everyone going to work or study with a maximum dedication

[@allentoyokawa9068]

Just like now... even better now

[@user-ck5is2pg9y]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@allentoyokawa9068 now economy is dying, everybody watching phone while walking, looks tired and torn up😢. Sadge.

[@Skillseboy1]

3:31 It's staggering to me to see the Tokyo Tower next to this open field with still green on it. Now this open field is filled with extremely high skyscrapers, diminishing the height of the Tokyo Tower. Impressive how Tokyo has changed in 50 years time.

[@nightrunner4586]

I'm so interested to watch these cars, 60~70s jdm cars looks awesome.

[@GregInTokyo]

What is very noticeable when comparing Tokyo then to now is the huge improvement in air quality. The smog is very evident in this film which was always there. Nowadays except for the occasional inversion making things hazy the air is impressively clean and on a fresh, clear, windy winter day like today you can see all the way across the city to the mountains and beyond.

[@lifeintelaviv1500]

1974,when a Japanese teenage girl named Keiko traveled in search for a person she never new,only from an old photo shown by her mother and the information that he is from Philippines,went bravely alone by herself to unfamiliar place,where people speak different language which she not know of,found the person she is looking for. And on the following years,went back again,now together with her other older sister named Rieko to visit that person..They where left by this person when they where still young around 2 and 3 years old,same age as I am the first time we met. Our father is gone,we haven't seen each other for a quite a long time now. I wish to see my Japanese sisters again.

[@Swimmy-INTP]

03:19 戦後わずか25年でここまで街が出来上がったのが凄い

[@robertfreeman4950]

Thanks for the video. I lived in Japan (Yokohama, Yokosuka mostly) from 75-78. Got to drive in the traffic and of course use the trains and buses. I do miss Japan and the people there. Brings back some nice memories.

[@estebandimi]

Robert Freeman What did you do there?

[@kaspr02]

where do you live now

[@bramantios5797]

such as a easy day right? no smartphone, can have more time to spend with friend and family.

[@mmughal]

Bramantio S ever thought of watching this video on KZbin and on ur smartphone in those years

[@blackeroni]

Military?

[@TokyoChopSquad]

Awe man that's a great look at Nakagin tower in the 70s! That's one of the defining buildings that brought me into the architectural world.

[@user-bc7tv4gv3o]

80系クラウンが走り、330系のセドリックが見当たらない点を考えると1975年の前半頃の映像と推察されます。

[@user-hx7wz4dt5o]

230系のセドかグロ、チラッ。

[@user-fo3bz1ku5y]

そういった視点で撮影時を特定できるなんて凄い！　脱帽！

[@bibtan21]

1:25 新橋駅方面に走る330セドリックがいます！ 1975年6月以降ってことになりますね。

[@user-bc7tv4gv3o]

@@bibtan21 流石ですね！見落としていました。 あの特徴的なテールライトは330ですね。 だとすれば別の方が推察していた75年の秋頃でしょうね。

[@bibtan21]

直也高田 さん まだまだ初期モノを含めた230セドリック&グロリアが大半を占めていますが、130セドリック…そしてMS50クラウンタクシーはすっかり消えてしまってます。。 今なら10年経過くらいのタクシーはザラですが、当時は耐久性が低く5年ほどで廃車になると聞いたことがありますが、その通りですね^^;

[@chaoticpeace777]

貴重な映像に感謝です。この時代の方たちが突然今の時代に来たらどの様に感じるんでしょうね？ 時の流れに胸がいっぱいです。

[@KO-te7bo]

俺もですが憤懣だらけでしょうな。

[@crapengine1990]

ラーメンズのコントでそんなネタがあった。昭和に冷凍睡眠して、数十年先の現代を見ようとした男の話。 確かに携帯端末やインターネットなどの技術には大いに驚いたが、ビルや交通手段などビジュアル的な面で目に見えて発展していないことに凄くショックを受けていた。

[@nkthagi]

電車の中でほぼ全員が下を向いてる光景に唖然とすると思う。

[@mochimochinko]

子供が少ないことに驚くんじゃね？

[@tetuyata]

50年前の映像とは思えないぐらい綺麗ですね！

[@joserizal6773]

i missed Japan i was there in 1972-76 & 1986-89 while in active duty in the US Navy and i was stationed at Naval Air Facility in Atsugi.

[@FingersKungfu]

It's amazing to watch people in a modern city before there was the Internet and mobile phones.

[@robto]

You were probably born in the 90s.

[@chargedsupercap2270]

thucydides Neo The Internet back then was experimental.

[@TabbyEgg312]

@@chargedsupercap2270 World wide web didnt exist until late 80s.

[@pathologicallyfriendly]

Why those technologies in particular though?

[@marianamora1461]

But without that technology u wouldn't be watching this now 😉

[@slawomir_ch]

Tokyo 25 years after totally devastating was more developed than any Eastern European city 75 after WWII. Respect for Japanese society 🗾 🇯🇵

[@jahwangful]

Please don't forget they killed a lot of people in Asia

[@moanog9540]

Mickey lol are you chinese or korean?

[@yuewensun8753]

@@moanog9540chinese obviously

[@user-ry1jr4ev1u]

Mickey-KongKim. He is talking about The RAIDAI-HAN Criminals nothing wrong about !!!!!!

[@codeninja1]

@@jahwangful he can forget. No people should be treated poorly because of their ancestors.

[@HeyHeisenburg]

Nostalgia for the era that ive never experienced..

[@yumejizo]

This is fantastic. I also shot Shinjuku on 8mm film in the same year, but this is probably a professional video shoot. It is a valuable image.

[@Maple8man]

ちょうど自分が大学生活を過ごした時期ですね。あの頃の思い出が蘇ってしまいます。あの頃は空気が汚かったですよね確かに。光化学スモッグの注意報とかもあったと思いますし、故郷に帰るときに羽田から飛行機に乗ると東京がスモッグに覆われていましたね。

[@c0c0lulupopo]

ヘドラが出てきそうなスモッグですよね

[@planetcoco1]

まさに私も下目黒の安アパートで′大学生活を送っていた時代です。光化学スモッグの注意報が当たり前の日常でしたね。

[@Maple8man]

@@planetcoco1 さん。　私は中野の６畳一間でしたね。同じ時代を東京の空の下でお互い頑張っていたんですね。今はカナダに住んでいて時々こういう動画を見つけては、自分の生きてきた時代とかを子供達に見せてます。あんまり興味ないみたいですけど（笑）

[@planetcoco1]

@@Maple8man さん。わーお　 私は現在アメリカのフロリダ州にずーっと住んでいます。お互いに日本を出てしまったんですね。（笑）。私の子供たちにすれば70年代は大昔に感じるみたいです。私たちの年代の日本人がとても少ないところに住んでいるので動画がよい思い出になります。

[@Maple8man]

@@planetcoco1 さん。私もカナダにきて３０年近くになります。私のところも日本人は少ないです。私は１０代の頃にEaglesのHotel California が大好きでいつかアメリカに住みたいと思っていました、新婚旅行もわざわざそのジャケットの写真になってるBeverly Hills Hotelにいく様なミーハーでした（笑）。しかし今は何故か極寒のカナダにいる摩訶不思議。 フロリダは子供が小さい時にディズニーに連れて行ってたくさんいい思い出を作りました。本当にいいところですね、羨ましい限りです。これからもAmerican Lifeをエンジョイしてください。

[@TOKYOSMITH]

Awesome footage! I loved it. Thank you!

[@danzena4059]

It never ceases to amaze me with how much Japan developed within a short amount of time after the war. So many other countries in the world never figure out how to escape the aftermath of war. Japan was able to figure it all out while having NO natural resources and figured out how to use their ingenuity to create a country that is on the world stage.

[@codeninja1]

I was curious how japan became so technologically advanced in such a short time. Apparently, after the war they didn't focus much on military because the US were kinda their military so they focused on education.

[@User-79916_ue]

@@codeninja1they are 5th strongest military tho 😂, also they us helped build Japan back up+ Japan was very rich before the war

[@pengyigu7164]

Wow! Beautiful! This resembles my home Shanghai in late 90s. In my opinion it's of the magic balance between modern and nostalgia.

[@re319]

車好きにとっては最高の映像

[@PrimiusLovin]

I wasn't even born when this was shot and look at the amount of people already there!

[@RacerBest]

All these awesome cars

[@odomodometer]

Definitely ahead of it's time.

[@jjwang8305]

I could almost smell the drizzle of the street，wow，so Amazing

[@michaelvillanueva233]

It's clean back then, it's cleaner now. Good vid.

[@仲鉢雄太]

「太陽にほえろ！」の１シーンに出て来そうな、街の風景。 230セドリックが多くて、いかに売れていたかが分かりました。

[@tomohikosatoh8897]

『太陽にほえろ！』は数ある昭和時代の刑事物ドラマの中でもいちばん長続きしましたからね～～(^-^)

[@bibtan21]

JPNレボリューション さん そしてこの数年後、ドラマ大都会や西部警察で破壊される運命のタクシー上がり230セドグロがここを走る中にもいたはずです^^;

[@仲鉢雄太]

@@bibtan21 時代を彩った真の名車だと思っています。

[@AmbientWalking]

How beautiful!

[@user-yf1qf9mp1o]

I guess, those Japanese people living 70's to 80's seen in the video would experience actual highly modernized city for the first time in the world out of all generations from all countries

[@teekayworld]

おおざっぱに50年前か。。。 そんなに今と大差ないし、新宿の高層ビル群もたしかそのころですよね。 昔はすごかったのか、今はあまり成長してないのか。。。 色々考えさせられますね。

[@Syugyo_suruzo]

Tee Kay まぁ､この光景にちょいと 超高層ビルを足した様なもんやな 50年が経過した｡つまり設備の老朽化が ますます財政を蝕むという事だね。 日本は確かに発展した｡アジア各国の手本にもなった｡しかしは盛者必衰｡ 何時までも頂点に立つことは出来ない｡ 日本はもう寿命を迎えた国かもね...

[@user-cs8hf4ym6q]

この動画当時の後、お台場副都心や動画内の新橋駅近くの汐留の 開発、六本木ヒルズとかの開業、近頃は新宿副都心や、丸の内 大手町エリアや、渋谷駅周りのビルの建て替えとかの再開発も 進んでますからね。

[@arab7708]

悲観的になるのはよくない。やろうと思えば日本だって世界一になれる。

[@user-gu7ux7qr1z]

しかし、凄いスモッグやな。

[@ateee1378]

当時の日本は空気めちゃめちゃ汚いですね、、

[@the.north.fox.madsan]

今の時代もいずれこのように懐かしがられるって思うと…何故だか変な気持ちになる

[@naoki6980]

この時代に生まれたかったわ。テレビには特撮ヒーローが溢れかえり、Pink FloydやLed Zeppelinが来日してたなんて、夢のよう。

[@michi5693]

霞んでいても何かこの頃に戻りたい気がしました。

[@brandontownsend6955]

Great video. I love trying to match these areas from the 70's with current pics from Google Maps. The Nakagin Capsule Tower in the far distance is no longer visible from the vantage point at 1:02 as a new building is blocking it. Though some of the surrounding buildings can still be discerned.

[@MrWalker1000]

what are the differnces between modern and 70s that you've noticed

[@Kouta.K.]

とりあえず、この時代のセダン滅茶苦茶かっこいい。

[@scottr2156]

Looks amazing

[@LightCrasher]

Incredible visual effect, it looks like its wery well drawn...

[@user-rm2lg5uz4o]

This what we see in old Animes!

[@ayonsingh7556]

Shubh Sharma Doreamon

[@Banom7a]

*tokusatsu

[@spaceyo2077]

Shows again that Japan is ahead in the future even like 50 years ago!

[@ripyungbruh8157]

What?

[@shizuokaBLUES]

Ever been here? Just curious because I’ve been here 23 years and, with the exception of the train system, I can’t say that about any aspect of Japanese society.

[@Matuuz]

i didn't see a single person with a smartphone

[@adorenu1338]

@@Matuuz smartphone is not an indicator whether a community was ahead of time or not

[@shizuokaBLUES]

Ale Bob Gen X

[@mistywatercolormemories]

Beautiful quality to these. There is a clapperboard in one scene that says Shell Film Unit.

[@whamburgerss2214]

That Mazda RX3 in the thumbnail

[@derrickclark5510]

Awesome!!!

[@televisionandcheese]

All these cars are simply beautiful

[@nothingspecial4510]

came to see the 70s tokyo, my dad studied in Japan around that period for 8 years. Now I studied here for nearly 5 years, same city but different.

[@hanrinch]

Time traveler exists, the camera is nikon d3400 which is manufactured in 2017 and the video was uploaded in 2016 and footage is from 1971.

[@type-1civilization527]

1:15 That building in the background looks so futuristic

[@konbanwa9999]

Golden era tokyo never forget 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

[@Zoza15]

Back in the good Ole days huh?. :) Never knew Japan had a air pollution problem back then..

[@vmorita]

Even in the 70's Japan looks way more developed than Brazil in these days. Cheers from Brazil.

[@darthjohn0]

1:05 The Nakagin Capsule Hotel by Kisho Kurokawa me thinks, in the background.

[@chargedsupercap2270]

darthjohn0 It's not a hotel, it's an apartment building. Nakagin Capsule Tower.

[@user-wx6vu8fs9x]

3:51～　光化学スモッグが充満していた事がよく分かる映像だな

[@qvlmowa3451]

今じゃ考えられへんな 中国でももうちょっとましなんちゃうかな

[@logankoenig7275]

I like to put Casiopea on in the background while watching.

[@user-wb8wx1dd7v]

1:20から左下に出てくるセドリックのタクシーのウインカー、今じゃ見られないブレーキとウインカーの兼用式だ！

[@コカコーラ-x3o]

しかしこのセドリックもマイナーチェンジでブレーキとウインカー別になりましたね。

[@bibtan21]

1:29 左折待ちのグロリアタクシーがアンバー色のウインカーを点滅させていますね。 グロリアがテール外側…セドリックは３分割中央がウインカーになりました。

[@user-fp4qy7ns2o]

単純に今50歳の人が生まれたか生まれてないかくらい昔の映像の割には、それをあまり感じさせないと言うか、ここに映っている人達がスマホ持って歩いていても違和感がない。

[@user-gx3es6gp6m]

車のバックミラーの位置っていつ頃から変わったんだろう❓

[@祥則須山]

フェンダーミラーからドアミラーへ

[@joho7574]

Pure nostalgia to watch all those classic piles of rust driving in the streets. Flashback to my parents pea green 1976 Mazda 929. I blew the head gasket on that car 3 days after I got my license. Sub&like from me!

[@user-qt9gi8vz7w]

80系の東海道線や横須賀線が通っているのが懐かしいですね。

[@kleenex9981]

屋外広告を見ると今も変わらず残ってるのは城南信用金庫と菊正宗ぐらいだな。

[@Richard-lw2gr]

Nice city , japanese people are a good persons ,they working hard. Nowadays Tokyo is very similar like the video.

[@user-bp1qi2ek6r]

歩行者もドライバーも爺さん婆さんになって最近の若者はって言ってんだな いつの時代でも同じか

[@prasan7561]

Where's Godzilla

[@皆無歌唱力]

Godzilla ＝Natural Disaster He´s always with you whenever you're in Japan .

[@6mojo]

I was there for British Week 1970 with 42 Commando Royal Marines Great Time & even drove up Mt Fuji in our Land Rover!

[@Zam15]

Nakagin Capsule Tower at 1:03 :D

[@T.kazuya]

これすげー‼ よくドライブレコーダーあったね 1970何年の映像ですか

[@nyarome3]

「太陽にほえろ」しか、頭に浮かんでこない。

[@user-qn6yt3ht9b]

なぜか安心感が有る、、、

[@oppalthinthin]

どんな大金持ちでどんなに金を持っていようがこの時代にはもう絶対戻れないんだよ 不思議なもんだな

[@liberator48]

Hm, everybody had black umbrellas back then? Now they have see-through umbrellas mostly it seems.

[@danc1197]

So they can look up at Godzilla.

[@DenyBlackburn]

3:48 Shinjuku ❤❤❤ already a cluster 💪

[@pradeepnagila3332]

Wow back then it was like present newyork

[@OKBemma]

Pradeep Nagila much better than ny

[@AimForMyHead81]

Ikr

[@perplexedsage4546]

Have you seen New York in the 70’s? There is not that much of a difference.

[@user-yu7vm1os3x]

Yup New york seems pretty old like that japan

[@danthonysmith4972]

😂😂😂

[@tictac6101]

2:24 霞が関ビルですか？　今働いてるんですが街並み違いすぎて分かりません。

[@sapnamanwani1339]

Its beautiful.I am surprised that the video represents the 1970s

[@alsdn1054]

We must not forget the blood and cries of many people hidden in the glamour.

[@shunsukesudo2844]

最初の新橋駅付近の映像は1971年頃で、途中から通行中の車両の発売時期から考察すると1974年から1975年、 後半の30秒ぐらいは遠方に池袋のサンシャイン60らしき高層ビルが映っているので1978年以降の映像でしょうか?

[@bibtan21]

shunsuke sudo さん 新橋駅…カメラがパンする 0:12、右下にちらりと74年4月発売のカローラ30 バンが見えています。 0:50 通過するクラウンは73年2月マイナーチェンジ後のテールライトのようです。 雨も降っていて服装からも、外濠通りの映像と同じく1975年10月と思われますね。

[@shunsukesudo2844]

@@bibtan21 返信ありがとうございます。私も古い車には詳しい方だと自負していましたが、Jetta様の観察力、知識には脱帽です。まだまだ勉強が足りませんでした。

[@yoshikawamichiya7781]

6:05 警視庁本庁舎 1980年6月竣工。 ”Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters Building” Completed June 1980.

[@jerrycampbell9376]

Did you see me waving?! Tall, teen-aged kid in a green shirt.

[@SylkaChan]

Wow everywhere was about equally post-modern hell vs different back then.

[@VirtualPathfinder]

The salaryman dress code is timeless

[@jasonilt]

can't imagine this was almost 50 years ago...looks more advanced than shanghai in present days

[@iqbaldekaputra]

洋李 i am so proud to be japanese people !! We are so good attitude and polite !! Not like maindland :)

[@MrDanygonc]

Baz Mix that wasn't very polite at all

[@pastelnuclear7356]

I think in this regard advanced might be subjective, because Shanghai has a well developed infrastructure on par with Tokyo, and still booming at rates comparable to post-war early decades in Japan. while most places are definetly tidy and modern in both cities, Shanghai has a lot of older stuff from reform&opening and even before, which might bring the 'old' look to some places while having all those modern, massive skyscrapers makes it even more contrasting. It's like you got Dubai, 20s New York and industrial age London in the same place. And back in the 90s, it was a largely old city. I think some 10-20 years from now Shanghai will pretty much look very similar in regards to development. I'd like to see more gleaming signs and LEDs, it makes the place look even more futuristic.

[@iqbaldekaputra]

Pastel Nuclear yeah yeah up to you !! But japanese people more polite than china people

[@robto]

Seriously, Shanghai should maintain their old look and old buildings, I think it would be horrible for the city to give away their distinct look to become another soulless and generic modern "glass city" with full of fake neon-lights and dull futuristic feel. Shanghai as its own architectural identity, just like Tokyo and Hong Kong have theirs. I appreciate very much the Bund area, Nanjing road and the French quarter, please, keep those places intact.

[@epicon6]

This is really amazing to see! Thank you!

[@オールスター-w6f]

約50年前なのに今の名古屋より高層ビルの数多く見える

[@eiichisan]

さすがにビニール傘さしてる 人があんまいないね。 傘が高くて一本を大事に使ってた希ガス…

[@JO-gf3pv]

勉強になります

[@user-rf3lg9rz4i]

電線が少ないから街並みがキレイに見えるね

[@byeheisey]

電線電線ってお前はデンセンマンか？(´・ω・｀)

[@初心者のまったり音楽]

さよなら平成 ？

[@knkn9526]

1975年位か。 まあもうドラえもんが始まって何年か経ってる頃だしそこまで今と変わらんね。

[@hymn13]

でも車が格段に進歩してますね。 多分今の方が空気が綺麗だと思います。銀座の道路場面の空や東京タワーももっと綺麗に見えると思います。 ＊今はコロナの自粛でさらに綺麗ですが(日記帳風)

[@Syugyo_suruzo]

G 13 確かにカラー映像だから 大気汚染が明白だよなー

[@blackbear6306]

サザエさんの再放送が始まった年か

[@kleenex9981]

The appearance of the city looks almost unchanged, but the air looks a lot more dirty.

[@anilomd]

I want to go back to the 1970s.

[@preoumpanna1473]

Yes

[@djpeekay25]

Nice to see a nostalgic video without racist comments!

[@casmatori]

It's amazing to see how big Japanese cars used to be

[@1nSovi3tRussi4]

They weren't, they just look larger. Modern cars are in fact bigger.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

they were smaller. many of the shared platforms today are designed for the american market and so the cars are much bigger today.

[@user-cs8hf4ym6q]

動画内の、約45年以上前の霞が関ビル手前辺りは、もうその当時 でもビル化されていて、今とあまり変わりないですね。

[@holaburger6075]

*Damn Ghibli outdid themselves this time.*

[@mariajoelcosta8676]

😂

[@cb-lf2wn]

great footage

[@kazuking5146]

1:05 から見えるのは東海道線の80系？　痺れるわ

[@noname-dk7ri]

戦争が終わって30年と思うと凄い。

[@KO-te7bo]

今思うと映像の30年前は戦争だったのか。当時は子供だったのでそんなの意識してなかった。

[@皆無歌唱力]

@@KO-te7bo 40歳以上確定…

[@GTA-sd6nv]

２５年後

[@Syugyo_suruzo]

ここから50年の歳月が経った今... えっ、スマホだけ？

[@fk9005]

30年前は焼け野原だもんなぁ...いかに日本（東京）がものすごいスピードで成熟したかわかるね

[@user-cz6kq5vg2h]

現代の生活に慣れた自分が、仮にタイムスリップしてこの時代に行ったとしたらと考えた時、 おそらく異臭と空気の悪さ、光化学スモックの目の痛みで５分と持たない自信が有る。 あの当時は大して気にも留めてなかったのにね。こうやって映像を眺めて懐かしむ程度がちょうど良い気がする。 あ、でもタイムマシンが出来て、行き来出来るなら行ってみたい。完全防備でｗ

[@user-hh9qw1sq2f]

もうスマホのない時代には戻れない

[@Surrey360]

Really awesome

[@dlken79]

いうほど変わっていない気がする

[@haouseiso8055]

車は明らかに様変わりしていますね。

[@Syugyo_suruzo]

空気も綺麗になった

[@user-yc4lz2xx2y]

光化学スモッグが凄いですね…

[@jameer7565]

I can feel this video