Showa era: Tokyo in 1956

[bill937ca]

Toden mainly in green and cream, but no trains. 😞  Video by 上田さん

 

 

[bill937ca]

1960s Japan from the same source.

 

 

[chadbag]

Pretty cool.   My dad went to Osaka in the later 1960s for a few months (he worked for GE and they were installing / supporting some mainframes at a steel plant).  I would assume that it would be a similar look and feel to Tokyo, though about 5 or 6 years later...

 

I think I saw a couple VW bugs in the oncoming traffic though they could have been something else similar.  Hard to tell.  (about 0:20 and about 2:30)

 

[maihama eki]

Imagine how exotic Japan would have been to a Westerner in that era.

 

One thing has remained constant - the iconic green station makers with the clocks on the Toden.  There is a great view of one at the 0:56 mark in the 1960s video.  You can still see these at many stations on the Toden today.

[bill937ca]

Filmed in the Ginza at night during the late 60s. Video by  金の亡者