A day in Tokyo, Japan, in 1963 東京

A Japanese family wakes up in Tokyo and goes to work. Great postwar changes were still to take place but even then the city looked hectic. This was still the Showa era that is remembered nostalgically .

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[evananic]

And in my guess you are one of few Japanophiles-Dutch having lived in Nation, Japan enough throughout ‘60s to know the original meaning of "Yaesu", derived from Dutch Name of "Jan Joosten" van Loodensteijn, Dutch navigation officer who served under First Shogun, Ieyasu in Edo Era of Tokugawa-Shogunate, aren’t you?

[MichaelRogge]

@evananic Not me, but Hans Brinckmann (see above) is. In fact he explored Jan Joosten in his Erasmus/De Liefde lecture habri.co.uk/erasmus-de-liefde

[graemelockieable]

@MichaelRogge Mr. Rogge,

I always enjoy your offerings from the past. Fascinating to say the least. I was born in 1963 & honestly not entirely familiar with my recent Japanese history. Would you be kind enough to tell me when the Showa era started & ended & what was the major significance or change after it ended? Thank you & Regards.

[MichaelRogge]

@graemelockieable The Showa period started in 1926 and ended in 1989. That is the lifetime of emperor Hirohito who was named Showa after his death. So it is linked to the lives of emperors Taisho and Hirohito and not to events in history or economy. You can find more on Wikipedia.

[graemelockieable]

@MichaelRogge Thank you. In retrospect I actually realized it was related to the emperor. I was drawing a blank & some how relating it to the industrial & technological explosion you have mentioned in the descriptions of some of your other videos/films of Japan around this time. Thanks again. Always such a pleasure to take a few moments in my day & watch your recent offerings.

[MichaelRogge]

@graemelockieable My colleague and friend Hans Brinckmann has written a book: Showa Japan, the Post-War Golden Age and its troubled legacy //habri.jp/e/hd/frame.html

[suisui20]

戦争終わって１８年しかたってないのにこれか、すごいな

[MrNadaname]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing:)

[mistersmith6000]

@hassys0811 Yes, it is the "Sazae-san-Japan" that I loved to imagine.

[wurry77]

最後にうっかり八兵衛の中の人がいた気がしたが・・・。

[hassys0811]

サザエさんの家族を連想させますね

[03231997]

お母さんの立ち居振る舞いが素晴らしすぎる。同じ日本人として自­分が恥ずかしくなってしまった。

今はもうおばあちゃんでしょうけど、、長生きしてください。

[8210giants]

まだ笑点も始まってない時代

[cooltakashit]

男性の髪型が皆、刈上げで画一的なのが気色悪い。

[BEATLESHU]

スリーファンキーズだ！！

[globehunter2]

From fashion to entertainment the western influence has made its mark here.

[likityi]

Thanks a lot. It seems HK changed much more than Tokyo in these 50 years.

[70station]

懐かしいような、今とあまり変わらないような・・・

[gtrapiello]

nice document!

[alvin02ish]

it's like Philippines

[evananic]

Luckily I’ve gotta the so-sweet and old scenery in front of the Concourse of "Yaesu-guchi" Entrance of Tokyo Station in the clip from 2:41 to 2:50, in which Daimaru Department store had been open for a long term but the whole of "Yaesu" Concourse already has been re-built as a new concourse few years ago.

[dojorap]

Amazing archive! Rare pictures forthe public! Thank you