I lived in Tokyo in Datemachi in the house of a Japanese diplomat staying abroad, a street I cannot find anymore. When I worked in our Kobe office I stayed in James estate Shioya. Sorry I forgot whether I saw that Okuna Building or Ginza Apartments. It is more than half a century ago!
@ohayouaffe6 жыл бұрын
MichaelRogge 面白いです!本当にありがとございます(^o^)/
@jasonlyles16085 жыл бұрын
@@arolemaprarath6615 I wonder if he is still alive. :c
@anna_m595 жыл бұрын
You have very valuable memories sir! Thank you for posting this. I truly enjoy it.
@TV-sh2fe5 жыл бұрын
How come you travled so much?
@epicon65 жыл бұрын
MichaelRogge Thank you for filming these! So amazing to see this now!
I had the honor of living in Japan from ‘59’to’61’. My respect and admiration for the Japanese has stayed with me always. If I were not an American I would want to be Japanese!
@Friday-h8n5 жыл бұрын
I am japanese old man. this time I was 10 years old. l live Mie. I can speek English but can not write well English.
@binlin75455 жыл бұрын
わたしは中国人です、にっぽんは大好き
@Friday-h8n5 жыл бұрын
bin Lin さん 日本好きでいてくれて、嬉しいです😊ありがとう。
@Alexamenus5 жыл бұрын
@@binlin7545 你是香港人吗
@quangvu32405 жыл бұрын
I from Viet Nam.
@キラキラくりくり頭5 жыл бұрын
@steve gale is a virgin. Burning bright with incel rage. Do the rest of human kind a favour - Just visit a brothel. Maybe you'll chill a little.
@takeshikurotaki34418 жыл бұрын
What a blast form the past! It brought me back to my childhood. I was born in 1962. I am glad to be able to communicate with the person who actually filmed it. Thank you for uploading it, Michael.
@los-and2126 жыл бұрын
Where r u now?
@arata5736 жыл бұрын
carl mz The heaven
@AidenPark-i8i5 жыл бұрын
kan kureyama you so mean
@jaylovestesla10995 жыл бұрын
U still alive?
@jaylovestesla10995 жыл бұрын
Or if youre in heaven tell xxxtentacion i still love his music
Looks like my walk through Tokyo's suburbs yesterday. Same school uniforms, same business, same stations, same food. Still see families in tatami rooms, but there are western style homes too. Most people in suits, but some traditional or casual - same as now. Same insane work ethic. Still super orderly, quiet and clean. Love Japan!
@motomweusi8365 жыл бұрын
In 1963 i was one year old . It's videos like this that allow me to indulge in my dream of time travel and I'm beyond greatful ! Just FASCINATING.
@江戸川南-j1j5 жыл бұрын
この家族、当時では結構裕福な方ですね。縁側のある旅館みたいな家だし、サザエさんみたいです。
@rm11734 жыл бұрын
Japan the BEST 💪🇯🇵
@Tora-Tora-Tora- Жыл бұрын
@@rm1173 thanks😄
@MrJaxyagi13 жыл бұрын
Precious, amazing records of 1963 Tokyo, family scene!! So moving to me personally, for I, born in Tokyo and raised there, left for USA, with one suitcase and one way ticket to Chicago, (but not definite idea how to live) in end of March, 1963!!!! My home is USA now. That year was very significant time of my life. The every scene makes my heart treble. Am grateful you showed this video. Lucky I found it.
@TokyoFashionOfficial12 жыл бұрын
Great document of modern Japanese history. Thanks for posting this.
For those English speakers curious what this says and why it has 64 upvotes at this very moment. This is what it says. "When viewed over the 18-year period from 2001 to 2019, one can grasp how short 18 years is, intuitively. It is remarkable how this place has recovered so much from a scorched and desolate wasteland in just 18 years. We should not only offer gratitude once again to the two million plus souls, both military and civilian, who perished in the war but also to all those who endured the war and contributed to the post-war reconstruction."
@vijayvijaybabu7817 Жыл бұрын
நான் ஜப்பானை நேசிக்றேன்❤️👍🏼🙏. நான் இந்திய வில்யிருந்து தமிழ்நாடு
When I look at Tokyo, and its vastness, I often think about how the whole metropolis was flattened in WW2. It's sad in a way because there aren't many old buildings in Tokyo, but it's also amazing that so much has been built since that time. Countless buildings covering every bit of land.
@edwardgaines65615 жыл бұрын
Where's Barefoot Gen at? 😀
@akitakasakiama52585 жыл бұрын
@一山田 how, with what?
@alexkomarov56725 жыл бұрын
@@akitakasakiama5258 with automotive industry
@johnferguson31105 жыл бұрын
Americans gave a lot of money
@michaelijsbrand12 жыл бұрын
When I returned to Japan in 1991 my office in Marunouchi had disappeared and my house in Shioya, Kobe as well !
@christopherhanley5075 жыл бұрын
I have lived in Japan since 2000 and while parts of this video have changed, I still see some familiar things such as some of the houses look the same especially in the countryside. They still have the concrete block fences that the Dad and son walked past in your video. I was amazed to see the highway next to the train lines - its solid construction like a big lego block but now they are built like bridges. Very interested in the “Samuraiya pan” shop
@北桜木蘭4 жыл бұрын
お疲れ様!
@RTsukinomori3 жыл бұрын
身を粉にして働いた先人たちのおかげ。 我々の誇りです。 素晴らしい映像ありがとう。
@はなのイチゴ4 жыл бұрын
I'm Japanese woman. This film is two years before I was born. Very very nostalgic....Thank you so much!!!
@allanotropy5 жыл бұрын
I spent the summer of 1970 in Yokohama, when my mother took me there to visit her family, which included my grandmother, uncle, aunt, and cousins. She hadn't been back since 1963; the time previous to that was 1961, and again before that was 1959, when she had left Japan permanently for New York City. She was born, in 1932, and raised in Yokohama Chinatown, and she is 87 today. We were also in Yokohama in part to travel to Osaka for Expo '70. Aside from a few things that would have changed between 1963 and 1970, this film is very much like I remember of my summer in Yokohama. :-)
@monkeywkeys39163 жыл бұрын
Great post. Ty
@lorenzogulino27662 жыл бұрын
Hi, very interesting,how were the people of Yokohama?
@Bayreuth19436 жыл бұрын
What a thoughtful editing ! Probably, somebody has been involved in editing who really knows Japan. 2:43 Starts the beautiful orchestration of a rural children song “Karasu no Ko(Seven Children of A Crow) “ , on the background of a rush hour in the city. At that time, Tokyo was crowded with youth of extreme rural origins. Such spirits of their birthplace has been concealed in their swinging urban living of early 60’s.
Man, the music... I'm gonna cry. How is it possible to so much miss places and times you have never witnessed? People rarey get this, byt everyday life and simple things in it are SACRED.
@진공관-e5w4 жыл бұрын
In 1963 the city Tokyo in Japan was more dynamic than I expect.. Thank you for your film .. Great..
@abbragg16 жыл бұрын
Very attractive city. Seriously with happily life. Respect Nippon.
@ShashankRockerYo6 жыл бұрын
One must admire the Japanese for their hardworking, enterprising spirit! It's amazing what one can do with determination
@coolcat16845 жыл бұрын
Shashank Sharma Yea ...Our family’s trusty Japanese car was like an extended family member ....Datsun , Nissan , Toyota and Infinity as well as others...the occasional American brands and even VW didn’t seem to cut it. Japanese quality and economy was what we depended on for our mobility. I still miss my Tacoma...perfect little truck.
Raised from ashes in a very short time. I admire you, Japanese people!
@mezsocrates43795 жыл бұрын
*1970's tokyo still better than my city.*
@hiroya7771005 жыл бұрын
where r u??
@呪怨黒い兜5 жыл бұрын
へえー? Where do you live ?
@blakris93825 жыл бұрын
@@呪怨黒い兜 in dump-city lmao
@Entoma-fl6tc5 жыл бұрын
Ofc if you live in somalia
@PasscodeAdvance5 жыл бұрын
So true
@PARIS-JAPAN2 жыл бұрын
何故かオススメに出てきたw 私が産まれる遥か昔の時代。 加トちゃんが成人した頃ですね!
@edwardgaines65615 жыл бұрын
It's awesome how we can travel back in time through KZbin! Doc Brown would be so jealous!
@monkeywkeys39163 жыл бұрын
PPatty in the Hizouse
@Daniel-rh7kh5 жыл бұрын
When your 2019 city looks way worse than 1963 Tokyo, nice
@kishore3695 жыл бұрын
Actually Tokyo has always been a highly developed city. In the 70s and 80s , no one could even compete with Tokyo's infrastructure.. now many cities in Asia like Seoul , Hong Kong , Singapore , Kuala Lumpur ( Somewhat ) and Shenzhen have comparable infrastructure to Tokyo. If you see Tokyo in 2019 , you can still observe many similarities.
@sidjtd5 жыл бұрын
Alex The entire WAS bombed. For all the videos that talk about Japan hardly having any space to develop (aka cramped, can’t grow food, dependent on natural resources from elsewhere) is direct evidence of why bombing Japan in its totality was easy, as its urban are are all concentrated in specific areas, and much of it on the Pacific coast. Tokyo itself was fire bombed, as with many other cities. Fire bombing was known to be far more effective than the nuclear bombs, so the fact that you even mention them as examples of catastrophic damage is ridiculous (they’re incredibly powerful for being one bomb, but still caused less damage than fire bombs and other bombs on each city in total) For example Hamamatsu is the number one city to be bombed by air and coastal guns over 90%. There’s an entire graph of the entire percentage of cities destroyed and all major cities, ESPECIALLY TOKYO, was seriously affected, and hundreds of thousands of people died
@tanzijian89065 жыл бұрын
@@cassanderrr You sound like you are saying that other countries would have achieved what Japan has achieved if they are not invaded, but is that really the truth?
@alvesrocha5 жыл бұрын
@@cassanderrr You have no idea what you are talking about, the Bombing of Tokyo caused more damage and death than any of the atomic bombings.
Excellent video. I lived in Tokyo, Ichigaya, in 1968. This video reminds me my staying there.
@kou5048ify5 жыл бұрын
懐かしい映像見れてありがとうございます。
@sujiththomas2897 Жыл бұрын
Nice to see old Japan. Old is gold.
@tihiro49164 жыл бұрын
歩いている普通の人たち、表情や振る舞いが今よりなんだか大人っぽい。
@047anna25 жыл бұрын
I find it sooo beautiful, i almost feel like i walk on those streets and hear the sounds and the suns shines on me. It's so charming, thank you for uploading.
Translation for English speakers. "It's surprising to see this appearance, just 18 years after the end of the war. Again, it's deeply moving to think about how rapid the reconstruction took place. The other day, while I was on the Toden Arakawa Line heading towards Minowa Bridge, I overheard two elderly ladies reminiscing about the area around Mukouhara. One of them said, "Come to think of it, this area was also partly burned during that air raid, wasn't it?" It seemed like they were sharing their memories. I imagine that for those elderly ladies and many others, Tokyo's appearance has left vivid memories from the day it was completely destroyed by the bombing until today, with various changes in the cityscape over time."
@milbertsky15585 жыл бұрын
I loved it!!! Everybody dressed so nice!!!
@yabaiyo17665 жыл бұрын
歩きスマホしてないせいか、皆歩く姿勢がいい(笑)
@土岐正樹-e2i4 жыл бұрын
この時代があるから今の豊かな日本がある。先人の方々に最敬礼。
@kenzotomo4 жыл бұрын
1963 My goodness. I was a student at the university and lived at the area where film has been shot. So many of the shots are the same as I can recall and gives me nostalgia. This was a year before the previous Olympics of 64, and everything was confusing. Taxis were running as Kamikaze everywhere. We were more aggressive I recall. The film has been taken by professionals as the lighting says, but may be by Japanese because the lighting skill was not good enough even though at that time. The music tells as it was selected by non Japanese but well done. But, totally, this is a precious record of this time, for everything has been changed so much now. I appreciate the work.
@jondavidgriffin6 жыл бұрын
Spotlessly clean and well organised even then. Love Japan x
I showed this video to my 73-yr-old dad. He says that the family that appears in the video are actors, and he says a guy that played the father in the film was a well-known actor back them, though my dad could not remember his name.
@michaelijsbrand10 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is obvious that in thi professionally made documentary educational film actors were used. Glad that your dad recognized one.
@burgertim78785 жыл бұрын
I did some looking around and I think he's called Jun Tazaki, not 100% sure though.
@monkeywkeys39163 жыл бұрын
@@Bates1960 That's what I'm talking about! No Cell phones no cell phones. No internet. Ahhhh perfect
@Bates19603 жыл бұрын
@@monkeywkeys3916 This the life I truly want again. People enjoying the fresh air and not looking at any devices. Not a single phone glued to anyone's hands and ears.
This is the kind of movie KZbin was made for. Thank you sir, I hope you still alive and well.
@bakhirun11 жыл бұрын
How thoughtful of you Mr. Rogge to upload this footage to KZbin. 1963 was the year of my second trip to Japan, when I was accepted into Kyoto University grad school. What a disaster that was: they were simply not ready to handle foreign students. You could still see crippled war veterans in their white outfits begging in the trains; I also spotted an inuguruma - dog-drawn cart - in Otaru, when our ship stopped in Hokkaido. This was the end of an era - before the Japanese became alienated, cut off from their roots and ruthlessly aimed toward mindless material progress. My last long stay, in the 1980s, I found most of my friends were in their 70s and 80s - the kids seemed older and more out of touch.
@michaelijsbrand11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your reminiscenses. I found that almost all people I knew had fallen away and so were many of the streets/buildings.
@rexshim41387 жыл бұрын
That is so amazing! I would love to hear more stories of your experience, thanks for sharing!
@ShakamotoKyoujyu7 жыл бұрын
Byron Black what did you study, sir? I am very interested in speaking with you.
@ShakamotoKyoujyu7 жыл бұрын
My name here is just a play on Sakamoto Ryuichi (Sakamoto-kyoujyu to his friends). I've seen you speaking Japanese in your videos - do you keep up your study of the language? Not sure you would like Kyoto today - overrun by tourists.
@bakhirun7 жыл бұрын
I sometimes remember Sakamoto Kyu, who died in that horrible crash of JAL 123.
Tokyo in 1963 looks more modern city then must cities in XXI century
@dinil55665 жыл бұрын
Where are you from? Roman empire in 200BC?🤔
@DonkeykongSw25 жыл бұрын
The city was nothing different to Bangkok in the 90s.
@ducle91905 жыл бұрын
TA-PAB Bangkok bangkok :)) you funny.
@pseudotatsuya5 жыл бұрын
@@DonkeykongSw2 The biggest difference is transportation. Were there enough railways and subway in Bangkok? Japan started the bullet train in 1964.
@xtremeownage25 жыл бұрын
Anything looks better than India and their poop infested cities and rivers.
@georgewu56 жыл бұрын
I was there in 1963, on a honeymoon around the world trip for 90 days. I came back from Kyoto in a sleeping train looking out the window at the sardine-packed commuter trains on the other tracks. George Wu, ARCHITECT, A.I.A., NCARB 2018-11-3
@漁家傲6 жыл бұрын
太有畫面了 , 謝謝您的分享。
@shenzhenzhong5 жыл бұрын
那时候的建筑师有90天假,羡慕
@RetroToyCollections8 ай бұрын
glad to see no one is looking at their phone. retro is very close to my hear :)
I missed Japan i was stationed there when i was in the U.S. Navy In Atsugi, Kanagawa prefecture near Yamato City in 1972-76 and 1986-89. From Glendale, CA
@Joshua_N-A3 жыл бұрын
7th Fleet? How well the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force perform in exercises during the 80's?