There's something about 2000-2009 Japan that's charming.
@JunkBondTrader
Жыл бұрын
2010 Japan was total trash. lol jk
@matheuss886
Жыл бұрын
The economy was going relatively well compared to today (not as well as between the 50s the 80s tho), the gaming industry was booming due to new exciting releases, and the best 21st century anime series were from this time. I suppose that both the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami that hit the Tohoku (Northeast) area of Japan and COVID had serious impact on the country and originated many economic and logistical issues. There have also been low marriage and birth rates and psychological issues on the youth due to isolation (for a country that was already known for a very comparatively shy and reserved society)
@moahammad1mohammad
Жыл бұрын
This was Japan at its international peak at the time, Similar to modern day korea's success basically
@prosaic.7944
Жыл бұрын
No insufferable Japan vloggers too.
@LifeofBrad1
Жыл бұрын
I grew up during that era. The vibe was different back then. Everything felt more chilled out and care free. People's views weren't shaped by social media algorithms.
@takuyaendo4748
Ай бұрын
この時代世代過ぎる😭 中学生時代に東京行ったらまさにこんな感じだった😭
@STUPIDHUMAN
Жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the pre-smartphone 2000s. The nights back then had a real late night atmosphere.
@hyakin7818
Жыл бұрын
And even then we asked ourselves, Do they even sleep?
@cupuacu4life13
Жыл бұрын
hmm... i do remember these times but i kinda prefer now its even more futuristic yes there is a certain charm in the 2000s, and i think we should have aesthetically gone to the 2000s way i mean... would you really want your smartphone to be this lifeless glass slab that every company makes it look the same? or a hecking SPD Power Rangers Morpher?
@nateclipps
Жыл бұрын
This comment gave me a headache
@checkoutmyyoutubepage
Жыл бұрын
It’s like a long adult swim bump with LoFi hip hop 😊
@ReeceMarshallPersonal
Жыл бұрын
“The nights back then had a real late night atmosphere..” try again
@NeoReibert
Жыл бұрын
Crazy that this footage will be 20 years old in only 2 years.
@youravictim38
Жыл бұрын
crazier to me that i was 0 years old by the time this footage was recorded.
@user-nj9gr7ld5k
Жыл бұрын
俺が生まれた年。
@slevingarganera8375
Жыл бұрын
Man I was only 4 months old when this was recorded
@computer3210
5 ай бұрын
@@youravictim38 I was getting developed in the womb when this footage was recorded 💀
I wish smartphones never existed... But then again we will never had the chance to see this type of things without a computer... The irony...
@sword_of_damocle5
Ай бұрын
@@airplanes7204 I'm a hypocrite for typing this on my smartphone but smartphones have been more of a curse than anything else. A symbol of the tipping point in history which began the trend of technology becoming a hindrance to our lives rather than an aid.
@why8582
3 жыл бұрын
feeling nostalgia for a place I’ve never even been to
@xxpsilocybinxx8878
3 жыл бұрын
tokyo during the late 90s/2000s was something else
@akira0583
3 жыл бұрын
@@xxpsilocybinxx8878 I don’t even think the US could compete
@user-yy9xu6pu2d
2 жыл бұрын
@@xxpsilocybinxx8878 Can you explain more about why you think so?
@user-yy9xu6pu2d
2 жыл бұрын
@@akira0583 What did you like about Japan during this time?
@angieharajuku7396
2 жыл бұрын
@@xxpsilocybinxx8878. I totally agree i wish i lived my childhood there around 2000 - 2006
Good times. The Internet has not yet become so comprehensive. Smartphones and social networks have not yet replaced reality. The entertainment media has not yet become so politicized. Games were still made by game designers, not PR managers. The music was still real.
@nat3299
Жыл бұрын
althoguh the msuci industry is at full speed (by this i mean its nearly like the fast food insdustry lol) i ts still wonderful, you just have to dig a bit deeper.
@tonylife94
Жыл бұрын
@@nat3299 True. If you dig, you can find. But here it's about the diversity of the mainstream and the average level of quality. Previously, there was more variety and completely different genres of music could be heard from a passing car. Now it's rap, pop or something with low bass in the vast majority. And the quality of this is rather mediocre even in comparison with similar genres of previous years. And it's not just with music. Games, movies, TV shows - they all became somehow the same, as if they were made on the same assembly line. Surprisingly, with the advent of the Internet for most of the population, people began to lose their uniqueness and individuality, preferring to simply follow the fast-changing trends.
@nat3299
Жыл бұрын
@@tonylife94 I felt this so much specially in regards to radio music beacuse its literally unlistenable (dont kow if i spelled that right oops) But its truly very hard to listen to the same balnd corporate friendly tiktok song thats on neraly every advert lol
@raiden306
Жыл бұрын
The music is still real. You just have to look for it
@Yuzugumi007
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr robot 🤖
@janbadurowicz7579
4 ай бұрын
I JUST WANT THE FLIP PHONES BACK😢
@selami32
3 ай бұрын
they are flipped into history
@Saghiryn0
2 ай бұрын
same
@kunaldebnath3879
Жыл бұрын
The 2000s: The last decade when people used to enjoy the simplicities of life, when human connections still mattered more than Facebook, and when 'TikTok' used to be a song and not cringy braincell-destroying videos
@LifeofBrad1
Жыл бұрын
Yup. 100%
@airplanes7204
5 ай бұрын
THIS
@飯さん-i3r
Жыл бұрын
まだシンプルにガラケーの時代か 懐かしい 色んな意味で良き時代だった。
@SZN_Crank
2 ай бұрын
The videos of night time Tokyo were amazing. Especially the early 2000’s ones. Gotta love history and early eras.
@hoangtuan7945
Жыл бұрын
Most of the young and teen people in this video are in their 35-50s now. Time flies fast and it's sad.
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
I was younger then too. 😉
@閃光のヤスウェイ
11 ай бұрын
信じられない、、、、 レンジにデフテック、、、武富士にビクスクはもう無い、、、、帰りたいこの頃に
@airplanes7204
5 ай бұрын
And I hope that you can make your wish come true 🙏🏻❤️😊
I was still in Japan this time of the year, and i miss being there more than anything.
@seka1nix
Жыл бұрын
Tokyo in 2005, huh? My mind immediately jumped to Yakuza 1 / Yakuza Kiwami 1, especially after I saw this 2:28. It's cool to see how faithful Kabukicho was recreated in both versions. Also, I didn't know "Pronto" was a real cafe store.
@christianmorning1710
Жыл бұрын
The funny thing is pronto means "ready" in italian if I remember correctly, or to answer the phone we say in Italy "pronto"?
@KAI-bm6lq
Жыл бұрын
Glad to know that I'm not the only person who immediately thought about Yakuza while watching the video lol.
@dinoblade8167
6 ай бұрын
The same year and same place where the story of Kiwami 1 happens.
@d15z1sux
5 ай бұрын
Was about to comment this lol
@kd0079
3 ай бұрын
I was about to comment this too. 2005 in Shinjuku, exactly the time of Yakuza 1 lol
@pgdgawgd
Жыл бұрын
当時高校生。いい時代だったなー🥺古き良き。。。 どこかに映ってたりしないかなw
@Gyuri_q
5 ай бұрын
The atmosphere was more lively than now
@Genny-Zee
Жыл бұрын
I listen to this at night to feel less alone. Arigato lensman-san 😢
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
If my video helps you then I'm very pleased; thank you for your kind words.
@YK-ok3gj
2 жыл бұрын
貴重な映像をありがとうございます。 懐かしい風景がちらほらと…
@Aaronzp627
6 ай бұрын
Yooo this is so freaking cool man, next year it will mark 20 years
@Lensman864
6 ай бұрын
Thanks! It's mildly horrifying that it was 20 years ago nearly. It feels like yesterday. 😵💫 ⏳️
@Japan_Changed_My_Life
10 ай бұрын
I worked in Shinjuku between 2004 and 2011. This tickles the nostalgia nerve. Thanks for sharing!
@Lensman864
10 ай бұрын
Nice one! The first time I was there in April 2004 I had no clue and booked a hotel deep in Kabuchichō with zero knowledge that it was the "entertainment" district. Hilarious! 🙂
@sushimanaries
3 жыл бұрын
Would have loved to go to japan around this time, thanks for sharing
@airplanes7204
5 ай бұрын
Me too 😢
@えーえすs
2 жыл бұрын
カラフルな電光掲示板、原チャリの少年、少し明るい茶髪の彼女。過ごしたことない青春が蘇った。
@hldmyhndPX
Жыл бұрын
when the world felt real just before hyperreality
@janraphael5618
Жыл бұрын
The vibe of 2000s Japan is something
@tacituskilgore80
5 ай бұрын
There's something so captivating about 90s and 00s Japan that I can't explain. It's just hard to compare to any other city. Today there's tons of cities like Tokyo but back then it wasn't so. I feel a similar way about NYC.
@Slayerrrrrr
Жыл бұрын
Japan really has always been so ahead of the world, it's amazing to see.
@Yuzugumi007
Жыл бұрын
Idk looking like 1980s a little here too
@CB-L
Жыл бұрын
@@Yuzugumi007 Well you can say 80s Japan was also way ahead of the time...
@stra9761
Жыл бұрын
@@CB-L yeah Even 60's Japan was way ahead of its time
@braino64
Жыл бұрын
yet Japan is the only country in the world, who is ahead of the world but stuck in time. Let's be honest, Japan is not as good as people make it out to be in the 1990s/2000s
@stra9761
Жыл бұрын
@@braino64 Look at 1960's Japan it was Very Very ahead of its time, until the 90's and 2000's
@Phototime123
Жыл бұрын
Good old days without smartphones.
@kennyadvocat
4 ай бұрын
Love this video. The FX-1 was a beast when it launched. Still holds up!
@crobatgaming5661
Жыл бұрын
I really like 80s and 90s japan it was so cool
@braeformica
Жыл бұрын
I visited Japan for 3 months from Janurary to April this year. Being in Tokyo a lot, it's incredible to see how it's changed over the years. It's the same place - just advanced in a way. I wish I was able to experience it back then, too.
@1964corvan
8 ай бұрын
that Queen banner and Freddy statue at the beginning was sweeeeeeet! then that sweet 1962-67 Prince Gloria at the 2 minute mark!
@joman66
Жыл бұрын
The first thing that gives it away this isn't modern times are the cars and their designs. If you just look at these clips real quick, it's not like it's noticibily older footage, unlike if it was footage from the 90s, 80s, or older.
@jaredf.6532
Жыл бұрын
Always wanted to visited the forgotten or dark era of Japan in the late 90s-2009. I wasnt born for like half of yet. When I did start getting into Japan. It was 2010, learning and seeing pictures from this era made me wanna go
@ricenoodles632
Жыл бұрын
I'd like to visit during 1992-2001, that was imo the golden age of the "dark era"
@jaredf.6532
Жыл бұрын
@@ricenoodles632 early 90s wouldve still been a nice trip to visit as well
@hsun7997
Жыл бұрын
It's just like now except no smartphones and social media.
Sadly, most of the symbolic running neon signs are gone now. They are much surreal and eye catching than the LED screen today
@roselightmoon
Жыл бұрын
really beautiful shots, and what an amazing footage that takes you back in time. This was really nostalgic to watch too, considering all of this was from before smartphones happened. crazy to see how much things changed in almost 2 decades.
@sleuthentertainment5872
Жыл бұрын
From 2016 to 2020 I was travelling to Japan many times. And I loved to go to Shinjuku I can see it hasn't changed too much since the time the video was recorded🧐🧐
@fritzfromsouth5935
3 күн бұрын
Gosto de ver essa época do início dos anos 2000 como uma era de transição, uma era que conectou o passado com os novos avanços do futuro. São tempos que provavelmente ficarão marcados na memória de quem viveu a época.
@yenxion6516
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for uploading this. In middle schools my school library had these really old textbooks about Japan and it have pictures from the 90s to early 2000 of Japan so I always wanted to see what it was like during those times.
@blazinvireo
11 күн бұрын
I wish i went to japan in the 2000s it looked like a really nice place to visit
@Lensman864
19 сағат бұрын
It was! 🫡
@thai8037
Жыл бұрын
So nostalgic, so beautiful
@mariomartin39
2 жыл бұрын
Gracias por mostrar tan buen material , vale oro
@nick7813
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing footage! So nostalgic and the quality is superb from that Sony 👍🏼👍🏼
@ちーーー-n3t
Жыл бұрын
やっぱり、誰もスマホを持ってないのが1番の違いかな
@whiteriot
4 күн бұрын
お店の場所がわかりにくいと地図を印刷して持ってったりしたよなぁ
@心-l6y
Жыл бұрын
この時代結構えびちゃん系OLとかギャル、ギャル男がわんさかいた時代だw
@abdouu5300
Жыл бұрын
2000s...peak of jappenese technology culture - anime - manga - jpop - jrock...
@ballsgaming6652
Жыл бұрын
And fall of Japan economy, rise of declined population.
@abdouu5300
Жыл бұрын
@@ballsgaming6652 i mean that since end of 80s economic boom but yeah world heard more about it from the 2000s
@ariel_monaco
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this, it brought me so many good memories...
@ウルバンの巨砲
7 ай бұрын
懐かしさってやっぱ画質に出るのかな、今の映像って言われてもわからない
@DerianNakam0ri-ls8dx
Ай бұрын
No se que fecha debe ser este video pero yo viaje a Japón el año 2005 derrepente salgo por ahi 🤭🤭🤭🤭 ese año viaje con mi madre saludos desde tacna Perú 🇵🇪 ☺️
@Lensman864
Ай бұрын
Greetings from England!
@yagogabriell
Жыл бұрын
Thats so amazing seeing this people living like we was
@Kiriya_Kirigaoka
2 жыл бұрын
auの旧ロゴが懐かしい
@Qahtanite
Жыл бұрын
I wish I could go back in time man
@necturion9610
2 жыл бұрын
Can we go back to this time period please?
@felipeeduardodelarosabocan2356
Жыл бұрын
I was living in Japan that year, in Hiyoshi (Yokohama) but used to go a lot to Shinjuku, Ueno and Akihabara as well as Shibuya. Great memories.
@justicewillprevail1106
Жыл бұрын
At that time, phones still functions as phones. Pure communication. Ppl didn't stare at it unless they are about to dial.
@ricenoodles632
Жыл бұрын
Phones in 2005 could text, browse internet, record videos, play music, watch satellite TV
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
Yes they could; clunky interfaces and slow but they could.
@okitasan
3 жыл бұрын
I was there for my very first trip to Japan just a month later. Lots of nostalgia!
@CB-L
Жыл бұрын
Same for me - My 2nd trip to Japan was about 13 years later though The difference between 2005 and 2018 was like, night and day!
@v1ped
Жыл бұрын
@@CB-L care to share the differences?
@CB-L
Жыл бұрын
@@v1ped Well the very first thing caught my attention is that my native language(obviously not japanese) was barely - or nowhere around - in 2005, but I could easily see and hear around even from the airport in 2018, ofc around various places too. That's already a huge difference imo Other obvious things are, maybe, the usual differences between pre-smartphone age & modern times? btw my 2018 visit was in late spring time and 2005 visit was almost during the end of the year.(I even got the fortune to see those 00s-style new year special stuff on hotel TV) I guess seasonal differences count too
@dradrapaty
Жыл бұрын
この頃は新宿歌舞伎町で水商売してました。懐かしい
@sewaden7108
Жыл бұрын
I'm really glad you wanted a while to upload this because KZitem was known for being EXTEREMELY lossy back then. Anyhow, it's nice (and nostalgic) to see what else was going on in the world while I was a newborn.
@kusu8209
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the valuable video 🇯🇵❤
@sirfizz6518
Жыл бұрын
This is just shy of a month after I'd gone up to Akita as a high school exchange student. I believe it was on March 18 and 19 that we (about 800 students from around the world) had our orientation before parting ways to go as 4 separate groups via Shinkansen to our respective regions, excepting the students who would be staying in Tokyo and Chiba. For those of us heading elsewhere, the extent of our Tokyo experience would be the view from bus windows, plus one chaperoned walk from the campus to a convenience store. It's interesting seeing a glimpse of Tokyo so close too that time, particularly the more bustling areas. Perhaps the Tokyo we would have seen up close if we'd had a little more time and freedom... But I'm glad shortly after I'd get to see a much smaller metropolis that much fewer foreigners ever experience, that of Sendai during their massive Sansa festival. 🎉 Thanks for sharing! 😊
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
A very interesting comment indeed; thank you!
@Pwnisification
3 жыл бұрын
haha HD footage from 2005, pretty sick!
@Lensman864
3 жыл бұрын
I'm pleased that you noticed! Yes, I purchased the first consumer HD camcorder, a SONY HDR-FX1 to take to Japan that year. There can't be very much non-pro HD video footage of Japan before mine.
@farizmeinardi3906
3 жыл бұрын
@@Lensman864 thank you for this, 2005 was one of my great moments... hoping I can visit japan at that time...
@allentoyokawa9068
Жыл бұрын
Japan had HD cameras since the early 90s
@ricenoodles632
Жыл бұрын
Very uncommon for home recording in 2005. I remember DVD Handycams and Mini DV were popular during that time, but nothing in HD.
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
The HDR-FX1 was released that year. I risked buying one.
2005年にもよく通っていた新宿・・・ それにしても2005年でこの高画質・・・「SONY FX-1 HD camcorder」はそんなに凄いのか?と思って調べたら凄かった。
@kasukasu11
Жыл бұрын
公開してくれてありがとう
@andreiacosta1425
Жыл бұрын
Tokyo em 2005 um ano antes de mim nascer, esse país não mudou nada dos anos pra cá só evoluiu na tecnologia que doideira.
@rossjaredt.delrosario2535
Жыл бұрын
60's, 70's, and 2000's have the best atmosphere for me❤
@madeonearthbyhumans
2 жыл бұрын
love ur hardwork , i hope u have time machine and traveling around 80's-90's to take the footage and bringback to us. thx and goodluck for ur traveling andd be carefull to time looping and ur self on the past. Peace~
@rram992
Жыл бұрын
It’s amazing to see how Japan hasn’t aged a bit. Very modern looking then, and still very modern looking(with the exception of their population that is)
@airplanes7204
5 ай бұрын
14:59 I used to be obsessed with lightening pins when I was a teenager 😅😂❤
@mikulitsi1819
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic footage. So beautiful
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! 😀
@mohican8860
Жыл бұрын
最高の動画
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
Arigato!
@BoxGraphic
4 ай бұрын
So many things that can be said, but all I can say is this is amazing
@Lensman864
4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Much appreciated.
@hiranooyusa08
Жыл бұрын
the quality is so nice i would've thought this was taken during 2020s
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. SONY HDR-FX1 camera.
@StarKnight001
5 ай бұрын
your channel is awesome! please don't delete these videos.
@Lensman864
5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your compliment! The videos will never be removed by me!
@feliponcioloko
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!!🐒This is gold
@vlanzingmanz
Жыл бұрын
This is an incredible video, thank you. I liked it so much you inspired me to make a very similar style video, I hope you don't mind. I wonder 20 or so years in the future now if we will look back on the past the same way we do today, so that is why I did it.
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your kind words; greatly appreciated. It might interest you to know that unlike most of my videos posted here there was no post editing for this one. It's exactly as it left my camera and I remember, particularly with the signage, thinking about the sequence as I recorded that night. You MUST record current events; people WILL be interested in the future by things we think currently very normal. Imagine if we had video of a Tudor or Roman street scene; dynamite!
@pgdgawgd
Жыл бұрын
14:43 織田瓜生花店🌸🌼💐 瓜田の実家😂
@claire_699
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful country
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
To quote a great man: "I've ... seen things you people wouldn't believe." Such beauty in Nippon. 🙂
I was still 8 years old commuting to the cram school around 7 pm every single day from Ikebukuro station to Shinjuku station around 2005. At 15:28, there’s a cake shop called コージーコーナー. I remember going in there and casually beg for the staff to spare me whatever the sweets they had for free 🤣 I was such a brat back then but I miss those days so much.
@SlowLee-zw8jm
Жыл бұрын
I miss my childhood lol
@deathi
Жыл бұрын
someone needs to make a stream where this vid loops back to back with some like old jpop playing in the background just that type of vibe
@Lensman864
Жыл бұрын
🤔
@トミカ好き-z6z
Жыл бұрын
大学に進学して上京したのにもかかわらず、ほとんど家に出ず当時は2chと電車男にはまってたな(笑)
@virtualtourshk
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your lovely sharing 😁 Have a nice weekend 😆
@belgianheskey
2 ай бұрын
The irony of the internet letting us see this but also destroying this
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