Japan scenes of daily life during the decade of the 2000s in 1080p. 35mm restored footage: Some of these clips are from real daily life, some are from documentaries and others are from movies, but they show the reality of the country at that time as our Japanese distributor partners confirm.
"The Lost Decade (失われた10年, Ushinawareta Jūnen) was a period of economic stagnation in Japan caused by the asset price bubble's collapse in late 1991. The term originally referred to the 1990s, but the 2000s (Lost 20 Years, 失われた20年) and the 2010s (Lost 30 Years, 失われた30年) have been included by commentators as the phenomenon continued."
This licensed project aims to bring back the nostalgia of bygone eras through digital documents restored in high definition. Digital Ethnology for a Global World.
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I refuse to believe 2000's are already being taken as retro as 80's.
They are for people of my generation
I know what you mean. I mean the 2000s are basically still ongoing really!? I guess they only refer to it now as the time between 2000 and 2010. I was born in 1995, so my time when I actually started to properly remember stuff was near the middle and end of the 10s and onwards, but I refuse as well to believe that we can call that time retro. Apart from the fact that the smart phone/tablets hadn’t properly come out yet, it’s basically no different to now. Film and TV wise there’s very little difference, but the 90s and 80s ‘definitely were’. I guess it’s just meant more for the people who are in their early teens now, or those who have truly relinquished this time to history now. I guess this must be a bit like how people felt after WW1 when it was starting to be taught in schools as ‘history’.😓 Something’s are inevitable I guess.
cause the camera quality is bad
They aren't, it's just that the film quality reminded ppl of the 1980s because whoever made this footage wanted it to be done on old film
Early 2000s had a similar nostalgic feel and aesthetics as the 90s and even 80s.
the late 90s and 2000s had the best combination of technology/ human interaction and experience. That's the best way I can explain it. I'm grateful that I got to be a kid in that era.
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Agreed. People used modern technology to have fun. The internet was mainly a place where you met up with people to discuss your love for games, music, comics etc. Politics were still confined to television, newspapers and the local bar. When looking back at the old internet "flame wars" of the late 90's and early 00's, they looked so innocent compared to the crap you see on social media today.
luckyyy
@@NerdX151 Before mainstream cesspool flooded. We can thank Steve Jobs for making computers accessible and smooth brain friendly.
@@blah8934 But if he didn't make it "smooth-brain friendly," you wouldn't have been able to know use one, o mighty arbitrator of who is worthy of using a computer ;)
the "most replayed" feature exposing everyone 💀💀💀💀
LMAO i refuse to be part of this audience 💀💀💀
Yoooo FR LMAO
these are some nice gazongas tbf
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!
“I’m only human after all” 🧍🏻♂️
懐かしいなぁ。懐かしくて涙が出てくる。きっと親にゲーム買ってもらえて、しっかり愛されていて、幸せな思い出として確かに在るからなんだろうなぁ。思い出させてくれてありがとう。今を強く生きようって思います。
Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
相信人類社會會變得更好。❤❤
@@oldPrince22ok y te quiero ❤❤
90s/2000s was such a perfect blend of old and new.
My feelings exactly
80's & 90's was the best life was much more simple, started going down hill after 2000 imo
@@DespaceMan 80's were corny af
@@DespaceMan 80s were trash
@@DespaceMan 80s and 90s were awesome. But the early 2000 had the best balance between practical technological devices and simplicity in everyday life.
i always wondered why 80s-early00s footage look so much more appealing compared to movies/videos from our generation, everything feels so cozy, warm and relaxing. Its really hard to describe
Possibly because it’s pre-smartphones and social media, so most people are just ‘doing stuff’ and not wrapped up in smartphones, insta, selfies, etc. Makes it easier to be present and in the moment and you can see that in the vibe of the footage.
Shooting on film, and old color grading techniques have a lot to do with the look I think. All the little "imperfections" of the old processes make things look a bit less "realistic" and "slick", which adds a sort of dream like quality imo.
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It was great! 80's was great, peoples was warmer than now. Men was Men, Women was Women, society was less divided.
@@jude2671 at some extend I agree with this, in some place, the good condition bring people warmer
I moved to Japan in 1999 when I was 25, so there is no way I feel that the 2000s are retro. Feels like yesterday to me. Great video.
I was born in 1998, turned 25 this year haha
It's odd that you are older than me, but feel like the 2000's are not in the long distant past. I guess, you don't have kids, right? To be honest, anything before that feels retro to me. ;-)
@@Traumglanz Not sure what you mean by your question whether he has no children. I've thought the reason for me not feeling that the early 2000s are "over" yet was probably due to the fact that I have eight children, so basically we've been surrounded by babies and toddlers since our early 20ies till now. Ok, there was less of THAT extreme form of sexual perversion all around us back then, but other than that things feel just like in 2005 or so. I even stumble on some of my forum posts from the early 2000s once in a while.
I was born in 1999
Where did you move from? Was it a big culture shock?
I've stayed in my grandparents place a lot as a kid in the early 2000's. They lived next to the ocean in a really nice neighborhood in Yokohama. We'd catch fish in their boat and grandma knew the best way to cook it, playing on my PS2, the arcades, the 7/11 trips, the summer BBQ and fireworks. Definitely the best memories that will last me a lifetime.
I truly envy you man. I'd been fascinated with Japan since I was a small kind (European myself) and dreamt of the exact thing you just described.
You like nu metal fashion? and hip hop fashion? like adidas tracksuit
2000s was a very interesting decade. Right at a crossroads between a pre and post-internet world...
From the perspective of someone who grew up in the 90s and made it this far, everything has just gotten progressively worse. Even the 90s sucked compared to previous decades, hence grunge and lots of depressing music starting to come out.
No the 2000s was firmly the post-internet world. We'd already an entire economic boom-bust cycle due to the internet at that point.
@@Longlius nah. man. like i know what you mean but nah. .com bubble is not something an average person had experienced. i had computer and internet throughout 90s and 00s, same as my friends and to all of us it was just another gadget. like a games console or a new skateboard. social media, online shopping, streaming, kickstarted, ebegging etc. internet as we know it all came to be in late 00s/mid10s.
interesting@@julesl6910
A lost generation
Every Japanese person knows that the late 90s and the early 2000s were some of the most depressing times in modern Japan lol. Especially if you were a teenager or a young adult. Low employment, school bullying, weird and unsettling crimes, young people giving up on life, suicides etc all skyrocketed around this time. I feel like this is when mental health really started to become a problem in Japan. You started to see a bit of societal decay around this time among the younger generation. The 80s and the early 90s was the golden time of Japan, but the late 90s and early 2000s was something else. Its such an interesting era in Japan. There were tons of subcultures and trends created by the younger generation in this era that came to define Japanese pop culture, yet it seemed like it was kind of a coping method among teenagers and young adults. For some reason, the Gen Z generation in western countries today really reminds me of the young Japanese people during this time. Btw, the high rate of suicides, single adults, hikikomori, extreme political spectrums(both right wing and left wing) in Japan today are usually the generation that were teenagers and young adults in this era(now in their late 30s-40s). Also, its this generation thats partly responsible for Japan’s decreasing population. Something to think about if you are a Gen Z in other countries. If you think the social problems in Japan today is bad, its nothing compared to what it was 20 years ago. Atleast were improving in some parts though.
thanks for this view, I would love for you to expand on the similarities you see between 80's japan teens and Gen z youth of today
is this the yutori generation?
@@BossMandotnet Late 90s and early 2000s teens and young adults, not 80s. The main similarity I see is the Nihilistic approach to their every day life in general. I understand that every generation has it and its not right to stereotype a whole generation, but Nihilistic type of attitudes seems alot more apparent in Gen Z compared to millennials in western countries. Using negative themes in popular trends, creating “coping” methods and escapism, and being more aware of mental illness seemed to become more apparent in the west among Gen Z. Japan saw this drastic change within the youths in the late 90s, when it was compared to the previous “bubble generation”(the young adults that experienced the golden age of 1980s Japan), and realized that the youths of the late 90s/early 2000s had a more negative approach to life. Even within the subcultures they created or identified with had a bit of negative undertone to it. I dont really like using anime as an example when talking about real Japan, but if you’re interested in it, you’ll kind of realize that anime produced in the 80s-early 90s is a bit different compared to the ones that were released in the late 90s. Mainly the themes and storylines became alot more complex and not every character was a “happy go lucky” type. Storylines that had a bit of dark negative undertone became popular and I think the reason for it is because the youth somehow resonated with it. Same thing with music. Alot of popular Japanese songs in the late 90s had lyrics talking about negative things such as suicides and loneliness, OR had an extremely “in your face” positivity themes that was obviously created for the listeners to cope with. Very different from the warm, cheerful Citypop music from the 80s. Maybe the fact that Japanese economy was going bad in the late 90s+the rise of internet and digital entertainment had something to do with it. People’s attitudes and their view on life can be influenced by societal change, so Im sure this had some affect to the younger generation. I also heard before that Nihilistic themed novels, poems, and plays became quite popular among the youths back in the late 1920s Japan, when the economy was going bad and militarism was rising. I guess these things make a comeback once in awhile.
@@Centre14 No, this is the generation that came before the Yutori generation. Yutori generation were either born or were in their childhood in the 90s/early 2000s. The generation Im talking about were already in their teens or young adults during this time.
Same in the rest of the world. Life of no sense and consume
A lot of what is shown are clips from the following movies, if anyone was curious: Blue Spring (2001) Nobody Knows (2004) Linda Linda Linda (2007) A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007) and few shots from Shiki-Jitsu Ritual (2000) If you know anymore please comment! Thanks!
Yep, the girl in the thumbnail is from Nobody Knows. Great, but very sad movie
4:32 Guilty Of Romance (2011) actress name Megumi Kagurazaka
Gangster movies
Are you sure?
And you like nu metal fashion? and hip hop fashion? like adidas tracksuit
2002年生まれですが、アナログとデジタルが混在していたあの独特な雰囲気が、丁度良くて居心地良かったなぁと思います。 スマホが普及する前に子供時代を過ごせた、恐らく最後の世代なので、幼い頃からスマホを使ってネットを駆使する今の世代はもう違う存在に感じる。
2006-2007年は東京で留学しました。スマホ時代の前でよかったと思います。その方がリアルって感じでした。
My childhood in the late 90's early 2000's was simple. Read manga, watched anime, played NES and PS1... Dad always took me everywhere on his new Honda scooter. I have never been to Japan but Japan sure made my childhood awesome
i didnt play a lot of games at that time but i remember the trips and people
Ah of course the Honda scooter >_>
Me too
Japan made every Asian's childhood awesome.
You must be around my age then, late 20's, the only anime I remember watching a lot of was pokemon and maybe digimon, never read books much when I was young, played a lot of spyro and crash bandicoot on ps1 and countless games on ps2. Also borrowed an old snes from my cousin and played Mario bros and mario cart, and lots of pokemon games on gameboy classic. And we never owned a scooter, but we had an old chevy celebrity.
As a Japanese who’s lived in Japan during the early 2000’s, I can confirm this is in fact true and I want to go back to it 😢
you're not japanese if you were you would know how bad the ecnomy and how shit the country was during 1995-2005
@@TomasuDesu cuz of your name. It’s a very generic white man name, and you saying that you’re Japanese with that name makes ppl figure out that you’re a mix
genki desuka?
Thomas. You are gay
@@inftech8976 so shame
平成をよく表している映像。 ネットが広まる前夜。 家にオンラインゲームはなかったしスマホも無かったから、みんなゲームセンターで遊び、雑誌を読んでいたね。 みんな目で見て経験したものを信じていた時代。 今はネットを見るだけで全てを知ることができる時代だね。
Always coming back to this masterpiece, what a great upload.
I’m not Japanese but the 2000s is such a special decade as it started when I was in 1st grade in elementary school and ended as a 16yo teenager. Everything this decade had are warm and comforting memories.TAKE ME BACK!!! EDIT: About the 9/11 comments, I'm sorry that I didn't feel much about it because I am from the Philippines. I was on my 3rd grade and our news back then reported it but not as much intensity as in the US. It was unfortunate indeed but I have to be honest I live so far from the tragedy to truly impact me in my formative years.
what about 9/11
@@livannal.t.9068 I was just about to post a comment about me being in grade 1 in 2000.
Same here, a special decade indeed. #millenial95
@@livannal.t.9068Not to be insensitive, but It's not like the world revolves around the US. That is to say, what you are referring to only affected a small portion of the world, while everyone else barely noticed it happened, especially the kids. And we are talking about the kids of the period.
@@livannal.t.9068 I see what you mean, and it's quite true. It just came off a bit pretentious to assume kids elsewhere in the world felt the effects of 9/11.
As an 80's kid I'd never thought I'd be nostalgic about the 2000's. Yet here we are.
puts things into perspective certainly
Yup but i wasn't born jn Japan
enjoy bikini haul baby. it's 2020's hot stuff
It wasnt better though.Its just the nostalgia.The only difference was that you was bored all the time so you had to be more creative and active.With the smartphone era you cant ever be bored again.Thats good and bad at the samd time.
@@brknsh6689 yup true
2000年は楽しかったな。今は昔より少し閉鎖的になってしまった感じがするけど、それでも前向きに生きて行きたい
Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
One of the best videos I've seen on KZhead for as long as I've been using this platform (it's not my first channel, I've been using KZhead since 2010). Nostalgia for something I haven't experienced, but it's like it's so close and familiar. I love Japanese culture even though I've never been in Japan, it's always seemed interesting to me, just different from everywhere else.
I lived and worked in Yokohama 2002 to 2010....the best years of my life. I could live those years over and over....for eternity. Amazing time.
I'm very jealous of you, I want to go to Japan one day... but it hurts me to know that I'll never be able to go to Japan in 1990>2000. I wanted to reincarnate at that time. who knows
Im just born 2002 and i cant feel that feeling😢😢 i want to born 70 80 90.... Modern society kinda suck
80s,90s are the best era.... LOL
@@gally5457 me too, i'am a 2003 and i love Japan, also thnaks to mangas and animes, but i always feel like i was born in the first 90s would b perfect, like i fell normally like the things of 2010 and around that period i couldn't lived them "consciously" because i was a child but if i was born a little bit before i could have done it, and this became more powerful when i think about my love for Japan, and i wish and hope to go there in the future, is like i need it, like i need to go there because i fell like Japan is my second country, my second home. For example one day i was thinking about the fact that people from the first 90s have tried the experienced of the game boy and during first 2000s of the first nintendos and i literally started to cry because i also wanted to try that feeling, that sensation (i have the nintendo but is a completely differente meaning to play it when you are 10-12 instead of 15-17/8) is like you can know what's happening right there in that moment and you don't forget it during the years, is a really strange feeling i don't know even if my comment make sense
@@Matt_OS This might be different for everyone but, when I'm not in Japan I miss the food diversity and quality most. The convenience stores everywhere, or vending machines to buy drinks. Getting free water with your food and not having to pay half as much as the lunch costs. Also being able to find a public toilet anywhere. Seriously, in Europe IF you find one there's a fat lady sitting there, looking at you sideways so you pay 50ct to use it, and it still smells of urine in there. Which is probably why many europeans chose to save their 50ct and instead pee inside elevators or on escalators, so it smells of urine there, too. I can also feel safer in Japan, whereas in Europe there are a lot of people who look like they might mug me, given the chance. Also a lot of people throwing their trash on the streets, playing loud music from their phone, vandalism, broken elevators everywhere...
Japan is pretty much a country that lives in the past and future. Even now, you can see analogue and digital in Japan, which is so nostalgic. From Fax machines in offices to Ramune Soda bottles in konbinis or wearing medieval clothing in the public (in the West, you'd be labelled as crazy...). Taking pride in Traditional and Modern.
From what i know, wearing such clothes is considered crazy in Japan to
Wearing kimono is natural thing, It's for special day or holidays.
@@LL-oq5sf Yukata, Jinbei, Uchikake, Hakama or Haori, in common, kimono's are medieval. Samurai, Orokudama or Ashigaru suits are pretty common to wear in the public. At Matsushiro where Gendai Budo is present (one of few samurai schools), you go from home to school in bushi suit. What is considered crazy in Japan, is wearing Jieitai SDF military uniform in the public 🤣.
The west???, In germany in Octuber, people dress with medieval clothes...
Who wants to live in a timeless world like Japan? Well I feel Japan must be that place.
Thank you for this great video, i recently moved to Japan for work and seeing what life was like for my peers is very eye opening.
The first time I went to Japan was in 2005, right after high school. It was the perfect age to go--I still had a childlike wonder, had spent my school years studying Japanese and watching anime, and being able to finally be in the place I'd only seen on a TV screen and in books was absolutely magical. That said... the only major appreciable difference between then and now is that I didn't have a smartphone to rely on to figure out where I was going. No google maps to instantly get the train route, or to know where a restaurant was or how to find my way around the neighborhood. There was some mystery to that. But otherwise, Japan hasn't changed that much. These videos may feel more nostalgic because of the way they were shot but I promise you if you go to Japan now you'll find a place just as wonderful as you see here.
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@@billkar6479 lol
Same here...I was 18 in 2005 when I went to Japan for 2 weeks...a shitty Digital Photo Camera to hold some memories and there we go. It was so much fun not beeing able to communicate properly and be on its own to come around...following signs and maps. What a great time it was...pre Smartphone. Regarding to this "nostalgic" Video...I love the nostagic uploads from the 90s and 80s but this visual effects to 2000s recordings feel not right to me. In the 2000s we`ve been away from the flickery 80s recording style...VHS and especially 35mm was long ago...unless you were an artist.
a lot of non japanese phones dont get service in Japan, so you can find yourself in a temporary pre smarthphone era vibe until you get a japanese sim card, or just rely on free wifi lmao
this made me feel nostalgic. I can't believe the 2000s are already considered retro.
I was born in that era
is called y2k for that reason in my head
I can't believe you are fishing. So sad. 😥
@@Od4n fishing for what?
We are getting old dude.
Great video, great editing, great sound track
Not ready to look at 2000's as old, but the grainy look on the video is ever so telling :(, it seems so peaceful and nostalgic, i love it
I love the look of this time period. Right before the internet consumed our lives, the final era of the old world surviving in what was rapidly becoming the new world. It's interesting to see the things people got up to before the internet was as mainstream and encompassing
Me too!! I distinctly remember when smartphones were blowing up in japan for the first time, me and my mom had the conversation of how weird it looked when there were rows of people looking down into their phones in the train! Now days its all we see in the trains of Tokyo
I was born in '87, so I was a teenager during these years. I remember them so fondly. You're right about all the things you said. It did seem like a simpler time, and there was such a different vibe with the technology. I remember playing video games for a couple hours on an 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, or 64-bit system, then getting tired of it and going outside with my friends. We had fun playing video games, but they weren't such an all-consuming thing. We had to go over to each other's houses to play (none of us were pc gamers), and that was really quaint and fun. In fact, by the time I was a teenager, I really didn't even play video games. And that was pretty common. Phones were for texting girls or finding out where everyone was meeting up. The most technological things I owned were a flip phone, a discman, and a car from the 90's. Even when I was a kid, it seemed like no matter how cool the technology was, eventually we would put it down, and it would give way to 'old-fashioned' things like conversation, throwing pecans at each other, making swords out of things, and making up our own games. It really was an interesting bridge between the old world and the new one. And I know I've used the word quaint already, but sitting next to your friends playing something with pixel sprites on a Super Nintendo really was so quaint, and simple, and magical.
Old world... indeed.
However let it be known that those of us who adopted the internet, gaming and anime culture early were ostracized, hated, bullied, and beaten. We spent our youths feeling like we were "wrong" and "disgusting" only to now see these same people lavish themselves in the things we pioneered.
@@autumneagle This is 100% true
I’ve watched so many nostalgia videos, and I’ve yearned for so many years I’ve never been a part of. What I’ve learned? Live now. Romanticize now. Hurt now. Do you think the people in the 80s, 90s, 00s, even 10s thought they were in this picturesque time to be remembered and revered? No. They were just living- taking it a day at a time with the life and technology they had. Making friends, having heartbreaks, moving forward. Just live with optimism, even though it gets harder every day- be the change you want to see in this world, and this could be your life.
Thanks dude
You couldn't have said it better, I completely agree, thank you for this comment 👍🏼
exactly, just shutup and live lol. this is the problem, stay away from media because its twisting your sense of real life. these videos are you just fabricating a 'lifestyle'. the cameras were different back then too, so how was it really like?
Yeah. 2000's were just normal life. Nothing special except giant nokia phones were cool and people wore cargo pants. Then KZhead came out in 2005 and iPhone came out in 2007. Also, in the US, everyone wore military fatigues as fashion and hummers were everywhere because of the war in Iraq. I think in the US the main thing culturally was that society was much more conservative compared to nowadays, and LGBTQ rights and gender issues were not as openly accepted or discussed. Before 9/11, the mentality was more optimistic. Also, people were less technology-focused and internet centered. There was also hardly any internet advertising except for banner ads. So I guess in some ways, the 2000's was actually really different compared to nowadays.
@@tadamoriyagi8265 this is a great retrospective! I don’t really remember the 2000s as I was a kid, so thank you for this!
I really liked this video! So soothing. I would really like to watch some of the films that are featured. Could you list them?
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Wish time, life and everything will just slow down. Before you knew it, all these things are ancient now.
I lived in Japan in the 2000s. This was actually quite comforting, I miss those days.
What was it like back then in the early 2000s by comparison to what you believe it’s like now? Was it better then or now? As it seems like some things have definitely improved, but the country still isn’t as open as it was apparently in the 80s. Also what was your eventual decision for moving away? A lot of people leave Japan eventually for various reasons and I’ve always been curious about those different cases as to why it seems that the majority eventually leave. Very few seem to actually remain forever, and although I don’t know what my future holds, I would certainly like to give it a try but I can’t be sure of whether or not I too would become home sick and want to return to my home country.
not so with the overwork policy
pls answer the guys above questions! im curious too :)
@@danielwhyatt3278 Most Japanese people don't accept foreigners so they leave, which is great. Japan was never been made for immigrants
It would be nice to go to the before times before the uh oh cough.
Its like the returning fashion cycle. It happens every 20 years . People who live the 2000s start to miss it because this years are far enough now. People who cant remember them or wasnt even here start to idealize this times with the fascination of imagine what you couldnt live. Sort of like a built imaginative nostalgia.
yeah..and the things we think of as "outdated" will be back in style again in 15 years. If I'm not mistaken certain companies take advantage of this phenomenon to maximize their sales
It happened in the 80's remembering the good old 50's, all the recent 2010's people romantically thinking about 80's and 90's, it is a cycle, wait for 2040's and we'll all see nostalgia for 2020's
that is soo ture. Although i am 90s born 'literally 1990' but some how a part of me is stuck in the 80s. the songs the movies is all there is and i am still living through it
@@MisterRhyeOfficial I can't imagine missing the 2020's these upcoming years better be outstanding to wash away all that frustration. The 2010's were already pretty bad too but at the rate it's going the 2020's will be even worse for me.
@@virtuaplayer7234 you already said it, for you, the kids that born in the 2010's that are living the childhood thru 2020's and 2030's gonna see these times are "good old times" because well you know it's a cycle....
Omg! What a video it feels to my inner self like can't describe. Best content ❤❤❤
The composition on these shots is phenomenal
Come to think of it, it's kinda funny how young non-Japanese people are attracted by Japan in the '80s to the '00s. Meanwhile, I was born in the '80s near Tokyo and I've been fascinated by American, British, French, Thai, Vietnamese, and Japanese oldies and movies from the '50s to the '70s. I felt like I was born in the wrong era, but you guys made me feel proud.
It's normal for every human to be like.. "the neighbor's grass looks greener". That's why.. dont lost your identity. Welp.. If it's bad culture n tradition, change it. Move from that. Like.. The sexual exploitation of female, the alcoholism, etc. Move on from that. Delete that culture.
@@DBT1007 wait can you explain the second paragraph you mentioned?? Kinda confused me haha
The grass is always greener on the other side. We always want what we dont have. And we are always fascinated by whats foreign to us.
The grass is greener on the other side
Your tastes is very different from somebody’s taste for Japanese culture but it’s still pretty interesting what you can learn nowadays. Japanese culture is very far removed from my own culture which can make it more appealing
この画質、ファッション、街並み、この雰囲気すべてが懐かしくて涙が出る。ありがとう2000年代
2000年の方が根拠のない希望と自信があった
@@tokyowada5463 あんときはみんななにか目標というかうっすらなりとも理想があって前を見ることができたきがする。 今は一寸先は暗闇の中、崩れるかもしれないようなボロボロの足場をうつむいて踏み外さないよう崩さないよう気をつけながらひたすらあてもなく歩んでいる感じ。 ふと、実は暗闇は薄い膜で、飛び込んだら突き破れてむこうに明るい世界が広がっていいるんじゃなかと思うときがある。でもひたすら歩くことしかしてこなかったからそんなことする勇気はないんだよなぁ。
まあ３５ミリフィルムで撮ればなんでも懐かしい感じに写ルンです。
@@user-qw9zr4bt9v 就職氷河期が一番ヤバい時期ですね。
@@user-qw9zr4bt9v 日本は何時でも過去の栄光 50年代は戦時の日本人には活気があった事、70年代は高度経済成長の事90年代はバブルの時の事、00年代は失われた10年、10年代も20年代も
Very heartwarming seeing clips of everyday life
The way this starts out, the pace of the editing, these are some gorgeous shots. But is some of this "footage" taken from movies? I'm kind of confused
My dad describes his couple weeks he spent in Japan in his early 20's with a heavy dose of nostalgia. It was this time frame, very early 2000's, and him and his longtime best friend took a vacation to Taiwan that ended in one redirected flight into the land of the rising sun. Their plan was to spend the night there and then catch a plane back to Canada in the morning. Plans change. My dad's friend had been an exchange student in Japan for a few years in high school, so he could speak decent Japanese and had friends there that he knew quite well. One of said friends said, after visiting a barbeque shop, that they should come out to the base of the mountain range, he had to show them something. My dad says he remembers the first time he saw a Nissan Skyline GTR was at the base of that mountain, the name of which he doesn't remember. He said he flipped out because of course, it's the god car from Gran Turismo. He says there were tons of cars in a gas station parking lot down there. Mostly young guys just hanging out, showing off their rides. For a car guy who had only ever seen some of these cars in magazines and on a 25 inch bubble screen TV coming out of a PS1, it was incredible. He says he never saw any actual racing, just spirited driving up and down the mountain, so no crazy Initial D tall tales, but it was really amazing to see nonetheless. This was before the west had any idea about Japanese car culture at all, so it was quite eye opening, he says. Him and his friend had so much fun that Saturday night that they decided to stay in Japan for a few more days. A few days eventually turned into two weeks, and my dad ended up working Christmas day because he took way more time off. He still remembers not ever regretting it. He recalls the strange feeling of being on another planet in a way that no other country had made him feel so severe. The timing was just perfect, to the point where his own countries technology and society were extremely similar to the one he was in, but neither really knew what the other was up to on that deep level we do today.
Such nostalgia. How I wish I could experience that too
Thank you for sharing the story with your beautiful writing
It's because Japan is better then America. lmao. USA doesn't even take care of its citizens
Lovely story.
it's not a good idea to befriend japanese
Title of this video should be “7 minutes of random scenes from Japanese movies”.
😂😂😂😂
You're right, that's like mixing some scenes from a romcom and calling it daily life.
literally in the first 10sec i know that this is from film or serials and not real footages of daily life
@@helldronez It says so in the description
read the descripcion
I just had to think back to the 2000s, especially the beginning of the decade. I got quite a pain in my heart because of my nostalgia. How can it be that it's all been 20 years now...
Now 21 years now
I’m not Japanese nor am I from Japan, but the nostalgia is strong here 💛 Japan had a lot of impact on the world
For some reason, 90's and 2000's Japan ignites strong nostalgia in me even though I haven't even been there. Maybe it was growing up on SNES and anime? For some reason, this just feels like home.
same
Their popculture is so strong and appealing that it literally was (and often still is) a big part of our lives even if someone wasn't interested in it. Especially for 90s kids like me. We were so lucky to be able to experience it in 1st person.
@@sirmiluch6856Yeah, I was born in 89 so I'm right there with you. I grew up on Dragon Ball, Pokemon, and InuYasha. My favorite video game was Mystical Ninja on the N64. Ever since I can remember, I've been into Japanese related things.
It is home
Pre social media era
My first trip to japan was in 2003 just after graduating high school. I got to spend traveling to various parts staying with friends and relatives of my family and this video brought on a lot of nostalgia. I also got to live near Yokohama for about a year starting in 2008, the visuals and feel of this video hits it perfectly. What a great time to visit!
I also went there first in 2003, it feels like yesterday honestly.
I was not born yet
@@Fox-and-fish I feel sorry for people your age. You’ll never know what the world was like before it went completely to hell.
@@dustyoldhat😢😭
you gotta be my age. Which year are you born in? (If you don't want to answer i'm sorry. Just curious)
love this kind of footage. amazing 20 years ago someone film all this and today people watch it on youtube. imagine in the next 20 more years. amazing
I missed Japan so much watching this. My first trip to Japan was in the 80's. It was fantastic, been there regularly since then. I still miss the 80's - 2000 Japan. How i wish there is a way to travel back in time. Thanks for the vid.
Wow, I'm jealous. I wish I could have visited there in the 80s and 90s. I didn't make it there until the mid-2000s. But it was still before the smartphone era, so it still felt like a vastly different world compared to today. I feel like with smartphones, people figure out how to do everything by themselves on their phone. Before that, you relied on human interaction a lot more. So it was still a great time to meet people.
i never been to japan, but watching this video and hearing the city noise as well as the music makes me think that I was there living that life. Its a weird , nostalgic, good feeling. I can't explain it.
I didn’t completely grow up in Japan but, I was born there, moved back for 2 years as a toddler, and visited there several times in the 2000s. Back then before globalization and integration of the internet, it felt very magical going there or see things from there, especially as a young kid.
It felt more elusive when information was more limited. Back then you could only see Tokyo through the standard definition TV screen or a low quality 240p/360p video on the internet. The first instance that I felt I have been to Japan/Tokyo was when I watched one of those "walking in Japan" videos by egawauemon in the early 2010s.
same. Born in australia but went to japan every year bc my parents are japanese. I was always excited to visit japan and check out all the new games and go to the pokemon store.
I've never been to Japan but I've always had nostalgia about Japan in the late 90's - early 2000's. I grew up with Dragon Balls, Yugi-Oh, NES, Playstation, Pokemon etc... Everything in my house was made in Japan too, from our Honda scooter to Panasonic TV, fridge, CD & VHS players... Those were good days.
My era is late 90s-early 2000s too. This is the period where I grew up. I've never stopped loving the pop cultures of those times, and I doubt I ever will. The 80s may be the most magical decade of our time, but the late 1990s and early 2000s will always be the most charming.
@Hi_Nu Ver 0 Zero_Tester yes! It came in two waves, late 80s - late 90s and then late 90s - mid 00s, best years to grew up! A lot of of legendary franchises that are now still popular and getting remade were released during those era!
man the time period of 2000-10 was best
The Jetix era lol
I know what you mean. It almost feels like Japan has affected the essence of the Stalgia the most. Both idiots old and new architecture, it’s filmed in animation media and the people themselves. I think it comes down to a lot of the desire to return to the simpler ways of the past where things just made more sense, as well as that desire to get back the excitement for the future that existed during the apparent 80s and early 90s bubble. I would love to have been in Japan during those days. So much is still yet to be fully appreciated by the West as to what happened in Japan during that time, but I’m still happy in the time I am in now, and would love to see where the country could be heading once again if it starts to open itself up properly. I intend to visit Japan someday, and even if I am never able to live there fully, a piece of my heart will always be there.
even though I've never been there, it feels something like home when watching a 2000s video
Very cool footage. Loved seeing the PS2 also, haha. I always wanted to visit Japan growing up and still wish I could. Such a beautiful country and one that has grown so much through the years and I know will continue to grow for decades to come.
A few of the scenes from this video (as well as the cover image for the video) are from a movie called “Nobody knows” which was directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. It’s a great movie, and the director recently won the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes film festival for his movie “shoplifters”. The Japanese school girl is a Japanese/ Korean actress by the name of Hanae Kan.
Super depressing movie
You also have scenes from Aoi Haru, Rinda Rinda Rinda, Hana-Bi
That would explain the naked woman
Guys list all the movies please. Love these videos but no one ever can name the movies!
@@iaincowell9747 Yep, horrifying lol
Even though many around the world has never been to Japan, because of the positive influence the country has had strongly in the late 90s especially, most 90s kids and 90s babies have an odd nostalgia attachment to Japan almost as if a metaphorical 2nd home. I'm half Japanese American Hawaiian never been there but this captures something so familiar, almost like it's a dream. very unsettling feel.
Japan made my childhood ❤🇯🇵
Good explanation most of us grown up with made in japan stuff
Maybe it's inherited memories?
As a early 90s baby I totally agree with this.
I was there a few times as a little kid, precisely in these times (2003 or so). It was that lack of modern distraction that let you see the world with so much more attention, attention rewarded with noticing considerate design and natural beauty.
Eu simplesmente amo a vibe desse vídeo ❤
I've never been a part of it there, but still feel nostalgic about it.
I was lucky enough to win a trip to Japan in 2007. I had wanted desperately to visit Japan as early as 1996, but never had the chance. As you can imagine, winning a trip was like a dream. I spent a week in Tokyo and saw as much as I could. I'm thankful to have gone before social media and cell phones became so prevalent, feels like I was able to see what things were like "before" everything changed. But honestly I wish I had a time machine so I could see it in the 90s. The aesthetics were so simple but amazing, which is why everyone is obsessed with the look here in 2022.
How did you win a trip ?
modern japan also looks good, who knows after some time it will change even more
Spent a week there in 2008, now memories of that feel like a dream.
Been there in 2017, the vibe of that 80-90-00s videos and movies is still there anyway, and hopefully will be for long time)
wanna go to 1988
I am grateful to have lived in the early 2000’s. Such a wonderful time to be alive! So many changes, and the old world was barely hanging around us.
It was the same as every other year tbh. People just think the past or future is always better than the present.
@@andrewmc147 nostalgia mostly
@@andrewmc147i wish I could go back to the stone age. Fresh Air, no pollution, no politics, just basic animal instincts
@@kimjongunvevo honestly same
@@liberty1212 no you guys don't, realistically wouldn't last a day in the stone age
My grandpa lived in there at this time. Good to have a small piece of what he felt and saw. Truly amazing.
How strange that this video can elicit a sense of nostalgia and longing from me , specially since I’ve never been to japan. I guess that’s the power of a well edited film.
I was in Japan in 2002 during the World Cup. It was a fantastic time. I wish I could go back.
6:42 time what
@@masternobody1896 y u do that? i mean idm but still
@@masternobody1896 It's a naked woman, so?
I heard Japanese are super racist
@@lordroyaltee your mom does
This is the definitely the era of Japan that I grew up with the most. I miss 2000s and early 2010s Japan so much. This whole era of Japan in particular always gave me the vibes of waking up early in the morning and you're the only one awake while everyone else is still asleep. It just so peaceful and make me feel so warm inside. Thank you so much for this amazing video footage my friend. Your videos in general have the ability to take your viewers to a whole nother world while still being in the comfort of our homes. So thank you so much for that @TRNGL. Keep up that great work pal. 😊👍💗
You like nu metal fashion? and hip hop fashion?
Well that is a yes
You know
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I love these, take me back to childhood, and I remember the films from this era too. Pretty dark stuff, but it's dope af
Super relaxing, feels right at home 😢
The 2000s were by far the best time to be alive in. The 2010s were already too technological. The 2020s are all about connectivity. Instead in the 2000s we had something real: A human connection!
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2000 BC
People don't talk to strangers in Tokyo or much of Japan but maybe in that era it was still more human because this was a pre smartphone era. I'm thinking the 80s and 90s were even more social. Also even the 50s and 60s too
Wait till you find out what the Borg have in store for us... resistance is futile, we’re half way to full assimilation! 😵
@@Gigantemanatee they're eliminating genders first with all these woke crap 🚾 💩
Why do I feel such nostalgia for a place I've literally never been. Must be all those Miyazaki masterpieces
This make me so nostaligic,cause my family moved to japan in 2003 and after stayed in japan for 2 year my father bought me a PS2 and i still use it till this day.Such a memoriable time that i want to go back to enjoy it again
It's something melancholic and peaceful about those era whenever where you lived, i really dont how to envoke it but maybe because im am too shallow to understand everything back then because i was younger, it's indeed peaceful and the sunshine has that blissful brightness everyday.
当時の映画のシーンがチラホラで懐かしい… ちょうどこの頃映画業界で働いていたんだけど 実際はHDへの過渡期でビデオ映画では720pが主流になっていた気がするので 世に出回る映像は放送がSD、映画がHDみたいな棲み分けだった。 仮面ライダー555とかの時代だったのでこの映像ほど古めかしい雰囲気ではなかったかな。 （フィルム映像が多いようだけど実際は淘汰されつつあったと思う） 都内の町並みは今とあまり変わらないかも。 失われた30年とか言われるが 今ほど極端な格差は感じられなかったな もしかしたらみんな貧乏だっただけかもしれないけど。
I was 15 yrs old living in Tokyo then. The pictures are so nostalgic and very familiar to me. Thanks for uploading. Lots of memories! 僕が青春を過ごしていた頃の街の情景に涙がでる。
Lovely video. Lived in Japan from 2008 - 2010. The footage includes shots from the 1990s and even a few from the 1980s. But otherwise nostalgic.
5:50 the lighting makes it look so surreal
The late 90s, early 2000s was the peak of my interest in Japanese culture. Anime, Manga, video games and J-rock were finally accessible and internet was moving closer to what we have today. This era was my puberty phase and that exposure was monumental to my growth.
The Japanese companies made most anime inaccessible to foreign markets with their continued bad decisions Now in 2022, most of South East Asia can watch 70% of anime for free on official KZhead channels but Japan still refuses to sell digital copies of anime on mainstream platforms
J pop too
Racing scene too
exact way for me
Love the aesthetics of this, it really perfects the 'lost' vibe, but also has a beautiful/blissful vibe to it, it makes you feel lonely, yet together at the same time.
I was at highschool at the begining of 2000 and I wanted to study in Japan. So nice too see what Japan looked like at that time! 😊 Thank you!
In a lot of ways it's not that different from now but it does have some cool older vibes leftover from the 90s. It's a great mix.
that vibe is unreal, so aesthetical. you've made me feel overwhelmed with emotion. thanks for the effort, bless you.
Despite the fact that my first ever trip to Japan was back in 2014 and not during the 2000s, I’m soo glad to have traveled and experienced Japan sooo many times after that! It really is one of the most unique and amazing countries I have ever been to! I met so many people who say they will go to Japan during the olympics as their first time, but then the pandemic happened! I say just just go there when you can, even if there is no specific event! Just experience day to day life there because it really is incredible! I do miss Japan a lot and I really hope they open up to tourists again in the future! Take that chance to go there! You won’t regret it!
I can’t really explain it but this is my favorite piece of media I have ever seen in my life
I was in Japan in the late 1980's for a summer. Most wonderful and amazing people there are.
I grew up in japan in the 70’s and 80’s it was a fun time. I would later fly missions back and forth from cali to Japan in the 2000’s it was still just as amazing. Now it’s my permanent home I will never leave.
Lucky you, I would like to visit the country, I admire them so much.
@@ee-ef8qr no military aviator now I fly for an airline.
@@62Tob when it opens back up come through.
Jesus bless you
MASOCHIST
woah i happened to see nearly all of these films just this month... japanese coming-of-age cinema from the 80s-2000s looked really really nice
i know it's a lot of work, but could you list some of the movies, please? or at least the ones you liked the most, i'm curious!
What are the names
@@lonelyhousewife I recognized two of them : Blue spring (2002) and Nobody knows (2004)
@@su1gn Gentle breeze in village 2007 too
@@su1gn Thanks for that, and to everyone else who has added here.
The first time I went to Japan was in 2004. I went to a Hanabi festival with my homestay family, and it was the very first time I ever saw people taking pictures on their phone 💜
As someone who lived in Japan from 2006 to 2009, and again from 2012 until 2021, this is deeply nostalgic.
Japan is still a fun place. I lived there from 2015 until 2020. People talk about dying economy etc etc. But I learned to ignore those negativity. It maybe true or not. It doesn't matter to me. During my time I learned the good and bad about Japan. I met lots of great people , made some good friends with whom I still keep in touch. Everyday living in Japan was an adventure. Everything is so convenient. Almost every month a new shop or some event will open up and I will always find something I never knew about before. I also liked taking random walks around the city. I am planning to go back there again.
Good luck
Where are you from?
Yea Japan was showing it's problem. around 2015 was when Mai number started becoming a thing. I remember having to go to cityhall to pay taxes in Japan back in 2008.
What caused you to move back?
@@ultracellez1989 ur mum
I lived in Japan in 2000s, even though I have left physically, my heart is still there, in that era. It was a struggle, but it shaped me for who I am, and where I am going.
where are you from? ( where from did you come to japan and where to did you left ) I just want to get some context.
people who talk like that have generally nowhere to go anymore
I too lived there as a kid from 2005 to 2008. Dad worked in Mitsubishi. Great place. Will go back there someday for sure
Back in 98/99 we had an exchange student here in the US with us from Japan, when we graduated high school in May of 1999, he had to go back home. But the following summer in 2000 I got to stay a few months with him in Kyoto, some of my most fondest memories. This brings back MAJOR memories, thanks for this.
Wow.... I remeber being in japan and walking in the narrow roads (cant remeber) I just want to cry. This is super good!
These are the kind of videos I wanna watch around 2:AM with a hot cocoa. Very relaxing and so nostalgic.
Why do i feel called oout right now? -watching it in 1:36am
@@Emily-os1jd wow man i am watching it in 1:34
@@Emily-os1jd 1:46 am for me wth
makes me wanna cry
02:19 and I just before seeing this comment I drank some tea and pulled my blanket
I think that the reason why people like this era is because we weren't that deep into technology yet ... we had enough to live comfortably but that's it Yes I was born in the Early 90's this is literally my childhood so I understand my generation feeling nostalgic
same, born in 90. I got to see technology explode.
Im an introvert so...
As someone who's from 80's I think is more nostalgia from our personal perspective, and young "simple" times, my dad used to said that it was never a good times in the past, is only that as children and adolescents we saw it as a innocent and playful perspective (my dad was from the 50's so he hear many people always saying, nah the 30's/40's/50's were better and simple times that the nowadays 60's/70's/80's/90's....
yeah man, I miss how we were more conected to people back then. Was so easy to talk about anything with anyone. fuck that was my time
@@davipenha I literally don't even like to talk to anyone i don't find interesting lol
0:38 Primera, Estima, Skyline GTST, Pao, Century. Great lineup of vehicles there!
I miss mama :( she went to Aichiken, when she was 19 years old and came home to the Philippines in 2003 ... she passed away last year march 27, 2022
I used to live in Japan. This really hit my heart. You captured Japan perfectly in this video. Thank you.
When I was in college in the late 90s, I used to look at my parents pictures in the 70s and thought about how simple their lives must have been. And now it's more than 20 years since college and I still think about those times as just recent past. I haven't really felt the changes that much since I have been experiencing it and not really paying attention. But this video shows me how different people and places looked back in the 2000s. It's insane!
I became aware of the shift in 09 and saw it happen in real time(the 90's ended in 2006 and it only got worse) by the time 2013 had rolled around we were officially in the 2000's and man was it not a fun transition; the messed up part is that it's still better than now by a long shot. And of course large chunks of asia, most of europe, and south america all were still in the late 90's early 00's until about 2 years ago and I never got to visit and have a little time travel event. Oh well, worst comes to worse we can always just move to small towns in Japan where it's still the 00's and safe; Beppu is a great example
Same here dude. It's kind of trippy over two decades have passed. I don't feel old either.
I know what you mean. The 90s didn’t end u til a few years after the millennium. This era seems to have started in 2013, by then everyone had a smartphone and instant internet
I’m now 22 yo, and was born in september 2000. When I watch this video, I really want to be born in late 80’s or early 90’s, because it was truly the best time to grow up. A balance between the technological, modern world and the “old” world. Today, everything is digital an online and real relationships are not that common anymore. At the moment we are oversaturated by the modern world.
This was what I remember fondest about discovering anime, otaku things and Japanese culture thanks to Adult Swim and Toonami, searching up videos online and seeing japanese movies made in this era. Being in my adolescence, obviously that shounen genre very much resonated with me. Its cool to look back at this footage and remember learning about japanese customs, the aesthetic prevalent at the turn of the century, it was so foreign to me but now with maturity and age its become way less "far away" to me.
Went to Japan for the first time back in 2004. What a magical time that was! Still love it though, although I have a more realistic view of the country now.
I've been here since 1988 and am still in the "honeymoon phase"
What do mean by realistic?
@@youngz13o I think a lot of foreigners find it tough here because of the lack of language skills. This puts them behind the 8 ball in terms of advancement in the workplace. I came here in 1988 on the eikaiwa ticket which is a kind of "McJob" in terms of pay and status. It was 25~30M yen back then...it still is now. That is fine if you have no student loans and are single, but if you want to build a life here it's not much. It literally took me 15 years to become functionally literate, at which time I was able to take a full course load at a Japanese university in order to get my teaching license and get a full time, salaried position at a private high school, with all the remuneration and perks that Japanese teachers enjoy. A lot of foreigners bemoan the fact that they can't get ahead in the workplace but they fail to take into consideration the glaring shortcoming that they are illiterate. Imagine trying to get ahead in the corporate world in North America if you couldn't read or write English! Well, that's what it's like for most foreigners here, in Japan. I'm not saying the OP is illiterate. Perhaps she or he is. I'm just saying that that is the most common refrain I hear from foreigners that have found adjusting to life in Japan difficult...that the Japanese are "xenophobic or racist" or what have you...Never taking into consideration their own shortcomings when assessing their situation. Anyway, sorry for jumping in here when your comment wasn't addressed to me...but I can tell you that, in my experience, Japan is a wonderful place to live and build a life. I came here over 30 years ago from Canada and feel it's the best decision I've ever made. I have 5 kids all born and raised in Japan and have recently bought a home that would have cost me 10 times as much in my native Canada! I absolutely love it here. 💖🎌
@@gordonbgraham I started when I was 12, and I am 23 now and only just functionally literate (passed N2 JLPT). It takes a crazy amount of time to learn even if you start off as a kid, hats off to you for putting the effort in as an adult, it's not easy!
@@connorhay5823 That's great! I couldn't imagine that kind of focus at 12. All I was interested in then was ice hockey and girls...That you could maintain your commitment to learning such a tough language is commendable. I'm sure whatever you endeavor to do you'll succeed. The most important things in learning a language, as you well know, are patience and persistence.
Despite the fact that I live and grew up in a different country, there is so much nostalgia in this video. The retro game consoles, fashion, arcades, and video resolution hits the nostalgia perfectly as an early 2000s kid.
I first visited Japan in 2005 and lived there from 2006-2007 and went back several times. This is how I remember everything.
I lived in Japan as a kid in the mid to late 00's. As a military kid, it was the longest I had ever lived in one place. I miss it so much.