Japan 1987: Hunt for Godzilla!

Just some background on this, in 1987 I took a semester off from college and went to Japan to "teach English". While there, a couple of my buddies flew over to visit and stayed with me for a week. We commandeered a Japanese friend's video camera (the old-school, shoulder-mount VHS type that weighed about 20lbs!) and headed to Tokyo for the day armed with just a few phrases of Japanese. I recently dug up the old VHS of this and a friend edited it for me. (Note: At the time, Japan was pretty much only known in the U.S. for making good cars, electronics, and of course Godzilla)

Big thanks to Ryan for his editing, and props to the surfer for his quick-witted play on words that went unnoticed at the time!

I will follow later with uploads of other clips from that day as there is about 1.5 hrs of video (mostly crap). Those familiar with Japan will notice how some things have changed, and yet, many other things haven't.

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[wtzOlt]

TOM CRUISE!!! Awesome video !

[NichiBeiTrader]

@wtzOlt  Thanks!

[DOty3]

Godzilla was not in Japan in 1987. He was buried in a volcano during 1984/85 and came back 1989.

[NichiBeiTrader]

NOW you tell me! no wonder we couldn't find him...

;-)

[majesta4300]

俺の生まれる５年前だ。。。

まだ昭和か。

いいね。昭和に憧れる

[NichiBeiTrader]

やっぱ、昭和時代はよかった。僕も昭和の日本がすき。

僕のビデオを見てありがとうございました。

[MotoscuterZ]

At 5:00 a woman almost bumps into the camera man !

And someone says "Wow !"

Did he say "wow" because those two people were close to hit each other or because that woman was STUNNING BEAUTIFUL ! ? :)

[Archronos1]

You looked like Tom Cruise lol. Cool vid.

[clawinureface]

very nice vid ! and very nice editing to ! fun to watch :D

[mikeg9696]

wow people were very nice back then!lol