1959 (Showa 34) Japan １９５９年（昭和３４年）日本

1959 (Showa 34) Japan １９５９年（昭和３４年）日本 0:00 西銀座高速道路ようやく開通 : 昭和３４年完成した東京高速道路と生まれ変わった数寄屋橋交差点 4:00 ばい煙にかすむ銀座 : 昭和３４年煤煙で霞む銀座周辺の街並み 5:39 買い物客でにぎわうデパート : 高度成長期、日本の経済が飛躍的に発展していたころ。買い物客で混雑するデパートの光景。まだ高級品を扱う店、という敷居の高さはあったようだが、商品をゆっくり吟味しながら、デパートで休日を過ごす人も多かった。札幌市にて 6:08 道ばたの靴磨き : 現在ではあまり見かけなくなった、道ばたの靴磨き。今ほど舗装道路が多くなかったこのころには、まだあちらこちらに靴磨き職人がいて、通行人の足もとをキレイに磨いていた。春の雪解けで、泥だらけになった靴も、プロの技でピカピカに。北海道札幌市にて 6:49 ラジオ体操大会 : 戦前から行われていたラジオ体操。国民体育デー（後に１０月の体育の日となる）に行われた札幌での巡回ラジオ体操大会の様子。イチ、二、サン、シ、お手本を見ながら体を動かす。小学生の子に混じって、小さな女の子も見よう見まねで体操している。子どもからお年寄りまで、誰にでもできるラジオ体操、音楽を聴けば自然と体が動いてしまう人も多いはず。札幌市にて 7:25 夏の氷屋さん : 夏のさなか、涼しげな氷を、のこぎりで切り、リヤカーにのせて配達する氷屋さん。まだ家庭用電気冷蔵庫やエアコンの普及率が低かった、昭和３０年代前半。人々は涼を求めて、喫茶店によく行っていた。氷屋さんの届ける透明度の高い氷は、冷たい飲み物やかき氷に欠かせなかった。東京都にて 8:00 雪解けの公園で草野球 : 残雪がぬかるみをつくる公園で、少年たちが草野球に興じている。みんな長靴を履いて、足をとられながらも楽しそうだ。自由に遊べる広場や、空き地の多かった時代、草野球は子どもたちに身近な遊びで、棒きれをバットにしたり、段ボールをベースにして遊んでいた。北海道札幌市にて 8:39 カメラブームのカメラマンたち : 高価な外国製カメラに代わり、昭和３０年代には、各メーカーが競って国産カメラを次々開発、販売。徐々に普及していった。海水浴場では、家族や、恋人などをカメラにおさめようと、にわかカメラマンが大活躍。ファインダーをのぞく真剣なまなざしが印象的。神奈川県にて 0:00 Nishi Ginza Expressway finally opens: The Tokyo Expressway completed in 1959 and the reborn Sukiyabashi intersection 4:00 Ginza obscured by soot: The streets around Ginza obscured by soot in 1959 5:39 Department store bustling with shoppers: During the period of high economic growth, when Japan's economy was developing rapidly, a department store crowded with shoppers. Although it still seemed difficult to enter as a store dealing in luxury goods, many people spent their days off at the department store, taking their time to carefully examine the products. In Sapporo 6:08 Roadside shoeshine: Roadside shoeshine, which is not seen much these days. In those days, when there were not as many paved roads as there are now, there were still shoe shiners everywhere, shining the feet of passersby. Even shoes covered in mud from the spring thaw can be made shiny by professional techniques. In Sapporo, Hokkaido 6:49 Radio calisthenics competition: Radio calisthenics has been held since before the war. A traveling radio calisthenics competition was held in Sapporo on National Sports Day (later to become Sports Day in October). People move their bodies while watching the example: one, two, three, four. Even little girls imitate the exercises among elementary school children. Radio calisthenics is something that anyone can do, from children to the elderly, and there are surely many people whose bodies naturally start moving when they hear the music. In Sapporo 7:25 Summer ice shop: In the middle of summer, an ice shop cuts cool ice with a saw and delivers it on a handcart. In the early 1950s, when the penetration rate of household electric refrigerators and air conditioners was still low. People often went to coffee shops to cool down. The highly transparent ice delivered by the ice shop was essential for cold drinks and shaved ice. Tokyo 8:00 Amateur baseball in a park after the snow melts: In a park where the remaining snow has turned into mud, young boys are playing amateur baseball. They are all wearing rain boots, and even though their feet get stuck in them, they seem to be having fun. In the days when there were many open spaces and vacant lots where people could play freely, amateur baseball was a familiar game for children, and they played with sticks as bats or cardboard as a base. Sapporo, Hokkaido 8:39 Cameramen during the camera boom: In place of expensive foreign cameras, in the 1950s, various manufacturers competed to develop and sell domestic cameras one after another. They gradually became more popular. At the beach, amateur photographers are busy trying to capture their families and lovers on camera. Their serious gazes as they look through the viewfinder are impressive. Kanagawa Prefecture Kevin MacLeod の Inner Light は、クリエイティブ・コモンズ - 著作権表示必須 4.0 ライセンスに基づいて使用が許諾されます。 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...