Exploring the Bizarre and Beautiful World of 1990s Tokyo (1994)

On 7 March 1994, ITN's cameras capturing the rhythms of daily life in and around Japan's capital city of Tokyo, including the city's heaving subway system, its bustling nightlife, and the serene landscape surrounding nearby Mount Fuji.

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[mikemontesa]

I lived in Tokyo from 1991 to 2006. The sights and sounds in this video are so familiar to me. I know the locations just from the camera angles. This just takes me right back. Feels like it was just yesterday.

[waregraham]

I have lived in Tokyo since 1991 so this brings back some memories

[osricen]

They say if you're good, you die and go to 90s Tokyo forever.

[MichaelBosley]

Quite ambient and relaxing watching and listening to the original footage without a correspondent yapping over the top.

[kailim]

I was born in 2003 Tokyo, so this feels very close to the Tokyo I grew up in. I am not studying abroad in Tokyo, and the infrastructure frankly still looks largely similar, especially around Ikebukuro and the less popular parts.

I can see some truth in the quote "Japan has been living in the year 2000 since 1980". Plus Y2K fashion is back so you got kids dressing up the same again. Just replace this era's simpler billboards with digital LED ones, construct some taller glass buildings, have some KPOP influence in the pop culture, and you have modern 2020s Japan haha.

One difference I found tho is that there is a lot more hair dye now!!!

[fratercontenduntocculta]

This is my new favorite channel! So much excellent footage of the times I miss so much!

[Frank-qspe]

I graduated high school in 1994, wish I would’ve been to go here.🙂And notice no cell phones !

[zammich]

It's crazy how it looks almost the same. Just the people in it are different.

The energy is somehow... more serious, but also more relaxed. There's a different ease to the way people move and dress when they're not all concerned about checking their phones or posting online, but it's also interesting how uncomfortable they look on the train without something to distract them from the reality of the cramped situation they're forcibly in.

Even though aside from that it feels eerily similar to modern Tokyo, I would also say that the city lately (perhaps since around COVID) has felt like it's starting to push towards change more than the decade prior. Maybe it'll finally move on from the Bubble era.

[ProductofNZ]

looks pretty much the same except the clothes and hairstyles are different. The economic woes in Japan from the 90s onwards seems to have stifled a lot of progress.

[Disconncted]

What's the song at the beginning?

[MarcusLangbart]

this is the perfect sequel to "Tokyo--ga" by Wim Wenders

[markrichley]

Japan has been living in the year 2000 since 1964. The problem is, it still is.

[Bellasie]

Why bizarre? It was before the English, Chinese and Korean signs everywhere and before foreign tourism. Not super different but a lot more relaxed.

[raindkdkdm]

its looks nothing changed with nowadays

[amandatung]

Unfortunate how Japan continued to make poor decisions which lead to the situation that it is in today.