Even if I don't understand, I think these kind of videos are real treasures. It offers us a living window to our past, something we can't have with more ancient times. I hope it'll stay online for the benefit of all.
I'm young, now. Shame. I wish I was young at that time. Maybe even a little later. I hate today. I was born in the 90s. Didn't get to enjoy anything good or healthy.
Regardless of the era, Japan always looks beautiful, mysterious and unique. I know that life there is not easy at all, but I will always love this beautiful country with all my heart. For nature, history, cuisine, culture and uniqueness. 🇵🇱❤🇯🇵
@@user-nl7lc9lu5p thanks to the repeated Japanese invasions of Sina over the last 400 years it is now sadly the only place where one can explore authentic Tang architecture
I regret that Japan was involved in World War II. Japan is a very beautiful country and its country was so developed in the 1930s. But, history has passed..
I am not Japanese ( I am Costa Rican who is currently learning Japanese). I hope someday I can understand everything she says. I truly love Japan so much!!
Thank you. You can do it. I hope you will also learn Japan is still playing important roles in global community, even while China is drastically growing its economy.
Yes, they developed all over China while leaving death, misery & famine in their wake. Meanwhile the Dai-Nippon Seinen-tō was brainwashing Japanese youth to commit even more horrific atrocities all over Asia. Yes, Japan in the 30's was very "developed" indeed.
@@maxbrazil3712 There is nothing one can say or do to make up for the atrocities of the Imperial War, so please do not take my comment as an excuse or downplayment of the countries and people affected by the war. All parts of this planet has been in some kind of war, if your country was not invaded, then it was part of an invasion. War is not something we should try to forget, but neither is it a historical aspect that you should be used to bully nation. Japan did not develop because of the war, Japan was already developed way before the war, and to be quite honest with you, the only reason why Japan tried to invade Asia, was because the Americans and English taught them how to do it. The Americans where the ones that sold and taught the Japanese to go to war. Japan has a very horrible war past, but they lifted themselves out of the dust and developed into a nation that can only be envied by many nations today. Japan has apologized for their part in the world war, and they have paid large sums of money to rebuild asia, and still to this day help build transport systems, trains, stations, roads all over asia. The Chinese high speed train, was designed with japanese help, modeled of the high speed train of Japan (Shinkanzen). The whole of South Korea´s transports system and their roads, was developed by the Japanese. Japan has paid its dues, and the Japan of today has nothing to do with the Japan of the second world war. it's time for people to move on and leave the war where it belongs, in the past. Because your negative attitude will only inspire more hate, and that hate will someday lead to even more war. Never forget, but let go of the hate, and begin to love..
@@maxbrazil3712 In the past, Japan was a superpower, it was the only developed country in Asia that Western countries consider its equal to them While your country, China, was a backward and primitive country without education, health, or a good economy, China was torn and occupied by several countries. Why do you blame the Japanese for your weakness? Everything japan did was done by the rest of the other strong countries. Why do the Chinese not talk about British colonialism Do you accept that your master is white but do not accept that he is Japanese
@@maxbrazil3712 and 20 years afterwards the Chicoms slaughtered their own people, greatly surpassing the war crime death count. Turns out evil is on all sides.
I am not Japanese (I am English). I am currently learning Japanese right now and I will move to Osaka or Tokyo when I’m 18! I am 13 now (14 in 3 days)! I love Japan! It is a beautiful country! :D
In Edo era, Japanese literacy rate was the highest in the world. Missionaries from Westerns and Sherman were amazed when they came to Japan. It was owe to education system called Terakoya Samurai and common children had studied together in temple dormitory started in Muromachi era. 60 years before Western math invented precalculus, Seki Takakazu solved it in Edo era. And Edo was the cleanest city with highly elaborated recycling system and forward business were carried ahead of the world.
Fascinating stuff, especially inventing pre-calculus before Newton Leibniz L’Hopital, reason to believe Tokugawa Japan was the most advanced country in the 1600’s
this was originally filmed in English as an American documentary entitled modern Tokyo by Fitzpatrick traveltalks in 1935. He did many travel documentaries on many parts of the world. From 1930 to 1937. The original script is as follows. Narrator: Modern Tokyo, capital of the Japanese Empire and one of the three largest cities in the world, is also the surprise city of the Orient; for it has the unique distinction of having assimilated the exterior forms of a Western metropolis, without having sacrificed its Oriental modes of thought and feeling. Narrator: That was only a few generations ago when Tokyo was a modest little Japanese town with no apparent aspirations to compete with the great commercial marts of the world. But behold what a little time has done and consider what a little more time may do for Tokyo as it is now one of the fastest growing cities in the world, with a population of about six million inhabitants. Narrator: Nevertheless in spite of what we see here, Tokyo is inwardly Oriental. Her people may have surrounded themselves with Western architecture, Western machinery and all the other foreign trappings, but, fundamentally, they are still loyal to the ancient traditions of old Nippon and the undying philosophy of the East is still the chief inspiration for their thoughts and deeds. Narrator: Among the important buildings that escaped the horrible catastrophe of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is the Imperial Hotel, designed by an American architect and subsidized by the Imperial family. One of the most celebrated hostelries in the Orient. It was completed during the tragic year of the earthquake, in time to provide shelter for many of the victims, as well as temporary headquarters for the foreign legations that had been destroyed. Narrator: Every year on March third, the day is set aside for the little girls of Japan to observe as Doll's Festival Day. And on this occasion, dolls that have been in the family for generations, are brought out to be honored and caressed with childlike affection. The Japanese doll is not simply a plaything, but a means of teaching a girl to be a good wife and mother. Narrator: Unlike the girls, the sons of Nippon have unanimously adopted Western dress. And this fact illustrates again the characteristic tendency of the Japanese to mingle modernity with antiquity. Narrator: And not the least of those in their list of heroes, are the ancient mariners of Nippon, who went down to the sea in ships, not unlike those that still ply their trade In the harbors of Tokyo and Yokohama. And even here, that strange and characteristic clinging to the old, yet ever absolving the new, is apparent when we compare the old Japanese junk with the latest Japanese liner, gracefully heading out to sea, carrying great cargoes and messages of good will from the East to the West. [last lines] Narrator: A powerful messenger of modern times bridging the Orient and the Occident, and emphatically defying the idea that East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet. Commercially, at least, the twain have met as far as Japan is concerned. And that is the thought that we take with us as we sail away from modern Tokyo, the surprise city of the Orient.
The Fitzpatrick TravelTalk only goes up to 3:06, ending with the shots of the theaters. After that is a film about the 1937 Nissan cars, followed at the end by home movies.
I'm really glad to have seen these series! Was very informative and took a lot of stereotypical impressions about Japan. This series (part 1 & 2) put quite a bit of focus on the womenfolk. The stereotypical view of Japanese ladies back then were submissive women who would be waiting eagerly for their menfolk to come home, waiting w.a kettle of hot tea to serve and a meal to put etc., but it looks like they were quite cosmopolitan, were generally socialites and led a pretty independent life, by 1930s standards just like any industrialized country!
@@videowatcher5931 I agree with you but the Meiji government of Japan after restoration period felt totally contrary. The Meiji government drove home the ideal Japanese female as a career holding independent female since 1920s itself.
Japan is a country where women are treated preferentially, so they have little intention to work. Japan is the only country in the world where 50% of college-educated women want to be full-time housewives. 49% of mothers want their first child to be a girl, 40% of them don't care, and 11% of boys. It's strange to think that mothers want girls even though Japan is set as a country that discriminates against women. Do mothers think, "Oh, I want my child to be born into a discriminated class"?
