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00:00BILL'S HOME
00:04In the town where the old men live,
00:07there is a building.
00:14It is the Showa-era pavilion,
00:19which dates back to the Reiwa era.
00:21Kajihara ZEN
00:28Kajihara ZEN
00:30BILL'S HOME
00:36Hello, I am Kajihara Zen from BILL'S HOME.
00:40Today, I am in Shiba, Minato-ku.
00:43Speaking of Shiba,
00:45Tokyo Tower,
00:47Jozoji.
00:49I have never been to Jozoji.
00:51I have never been to Jozoji.
00:54I wonder if there is something good here.
00:56There is a showroom.
00:58I see.
01:00On November 24th last year,
01:04I was able to open the showroom.
01:07You can see it behind the Tokyo Tower.
01:09Today, I am visiting Hazamudai Hills.
01:12No, Zen-san.
01:14Let's go.
01:16Zen-san, this is a retro rice field program.
01:20Today's showroom is in Minato-ku, Tokyo.
01:24Last year, the tallest building in Japan,
01:27Hazamudai Hills, was built.
01:29A new landmark was added.
01:31It has a strong image of an office building,
01:34but it is also an area where you can still find
01:38old-fashioned spots.
01:41This is the place.
01:44Hazamudai, Tokyo Tower, and Shinkyu.
01:49This is Shinkyu.
01:55I wonder what that is.
01:57Is that a crepe shop?
01:59Yes, it is.
02:01It's a crepe shop.
02:03I haven't been here before.
02:05Please go back to the left.
02:07What is this?
02:09We are heading to the Tokyo Tower.
02:12Do you want to eat crepes?
02:14No, I don't.
02:16Zen-san.
02:18Today,
02:20we are going to visit the foot-town
02:23under the Tokyo Tower.
02:30It's not the Tokyo Tower,
02:33but the building under it.
02:36Yes, it is.
02:38That's not fair.
02:40It's not fair, right?
02:42It's not fair.
02:43I came here for the first time
02:47about 30 years ago
02:49when I was working part-time.
02:51I was working at a construction site nearby.
02:55I was passing by around noon
02:57when I saw the Tokyo Tower.
02:59That's when I first got close to it.
03:01I think it was around 1937.
03:06Today, we are visiting the building
03:09right under the Tokyo Tower.
03:11The building under it
03:13is called the Tokyo Tower Foot-Town.
03:16It was built
03:1866 years ago,
03:20in 1937.
03:22If you visit the Tokyo Tower,
03:24you will definitely visit this building.
03:27By the way,
03:29this year when the building was built,
03:31a man named Arashi from Ishihara Yujiro
03:34became a hit.
03:42Oh!
03:44Are we going in?
03:46Yes, we are.
03:49Oh, it's a girl.
03:53Hello.
03:55Hello.
03:57Where are you from?
03:59Hong Kong.
04:01This is my son.
04:03I understand.
04:07Have a nice trip.
04:12It's like a luxury hotel.
04:15It's beautiful.
04:17It's so shiny now.
04:19Is it different from the past?
04:21Not at all.
04:23The first floor was renovated in 2017.
04:27There is a ticket vending machine in English.
04:32When it first opened,
04:34it was outside the building
04:36with a sign for the ticket vending machine.
04:39At that time,
04:41the first floor was full of people
04:43who wanted to see the observatory.
04:46It was common practice to wait
04:48for three hours
04:50for a good weather holiday.
04:54In 1953,
04:56a aquarium was built
04:58and over 2 meters long
05:00electric eel and
05:02live octopus were on display.
05:04Next to it,
05:06there was a large dining room.
05:08I see.
05:10It changed so much
05:12just for the first floor.
05:15Wow.
05:17History.
05:26This person
05:28is not wearing a seat belt.
05:30What's going on?
05:32Where is this place?
05:34It looks expensive.
05:36It's crazy.
05:38Look at the scenery
05:40and the Tokyo Tower.
05:42There is nothing around.
05:44That's right.
05:54Japan is in the midst of
05:56a rapid economic growth
05:58thanks to the awakening post-war recovery.
06:00TV,
06:02refrigerators,
06:04and washing machines
06:05were the things
06:07families longed for.
06:10The construction of a telegraph tower
06:12to transmit radio and TV
06:14was decided.
06:19The construction site
06:21was Shiba Park,
06:23a strong field
06:25that weighed about 4,000 tons.
06:27It was built
06:29on the site of the Zoujoji
06:31that was burned in the air.
06:35A total of 220,000 craftsmen
06:37worked on the construction.
06:39It took only a year and a half
06:41to complete the construction.
06:43It was the world's first
06:45333-meter-high
06:47independent telegraph tower.
06:56The Tokyo Tower
06:58was born at the same time
07:00as various commercial facilities
07:02such as the Tokyo Tower Building.
07:04It was a modern foot town.
07:07And this building
07:09was an essential part
07:11of the Tokyo Tower
07:13in terms of structure.
07:16The Tokyo Tower's floor
07:18was filled with steel frames,
07:20but the building itself
07:22was used as a weight
07:24to prevent the steel frames
07:26from moving.
07:33It's been 66 years
07:35since the Tokyo Tower was opened.
07:37More than 180 million tourists
07:39have visited the building.
07:43The foot town
07:45continues to support
07:47the symbol of Tokyo,
07:49no, of Japan,
07:51at the bottom of the circle.
07:54Do you want to look at the map?
07:58On the first floor,
08:00there's this,
08:01the sports park,
08:03the restaurant,
08:05and the ticket booth.
08:07On the second floor,
08:09there's a cafe,
08:11a food court,
08:13and on the third floor,
08:15there's an official shop.
08:17This red area
08:19is the sports area.
08:21This is the floor map
08:23of the foot town.
08:25On the fourth and fifth floors,
08:27there's an attraction facility,
08:29the Red.
08:31What does it look like?
08:34Are those stairs?
08:36Yes, they are.
08:38Oh, I see.
08:40This area has a lot of history.
08:42This is what it looked like
08:44when I came here 30 years ago.
08:48But this place
08:50used to be lined up.
08:52In that sense.
08:54It's rare to see
08:56hand-carved wood like this.
08:58Mr. Zen pays attention to hand-carving.
08:59This hand-carving
09:01is from 66 years ago.
09:03What is this?
09:05Open-air stairs
09:07to the main deck.
09:09Tokyo Tower?
09:11I think it's called Nopon-kun.
09:13Oh, really?
09:15It's not Tokyo Tower?
09:17No, it's not.
09:19It's an easy-to-climb staircase.
09:21Wow.
09:25On the second floor,
09:2619 shops are open.
09:28Half of them are
09:30souvenir shops.
09:33Are there any
09:35nostalgic souvenirs?
09:46There are more people
09:48than before.
09:50Wow, wow, wow.
09:52This is like a picture
09:54of a souvenir shop.
09:57Excuse me.
09:59Hello.
10:01This is a program called
10:03BS Fuji.
10:05Please move a little.
10:07This is a souvenir from Tokyo,
10:09so I don't know what it is.
10:11This is pretty good.
10:14The center of the upper floor.
10:16You've been here before, right?
10:18Yes, I have.
10:20Yes, you have.
10:22There are things
10:24that have been around
10:26for a long time.
10:28For example,
10:30things like this.
10:32I see.
10:34I had one, too.
10:36I have a diamond in my eye.
10:39I wanted one,
10:41but I couldn't help it.
10:43There's something here, too.
10:45This is a string
10:47that young people don't know.
10:49Oh, this.
10:51The square one.
10:53Yes.
10:54There's a string, too.
10:56The string is like this.
10:59I don't know why
11:01it's a key chain.
11:05This is Fuji-san,
11:07who sells souvenirs
11:09from the Tokyo Tower.
11:11He has been running this shop
11:13since the opening of the Tokyo Tower
11:15in 1934.
11:18He sells Okiyagari Koboshi
11:20and
11:22rubber guns,
11:24a classic toy for Showa boys.
11:26Oh, this is a tapestry.
11:28There are a lot of nostalgic things
11:30in the shop.
11:33Oh,
11:35are you shopping?
11:37Do you come to the Tokyo Tower often?
11:39No, no, no.
11:41I don't come here often.
11:43It's been a while, right?
11:45It's been a while since I came here
11:47for my junior high school trip.
11:48I was so moved
11:50when I heard that
11:52the Tokyo Tower was completed.
11:54It was like a dream.
11:56Did you go inside?
11:58There are souvenirs
12:00from the Tokyo Tower.
12:02I don't buy much now.
12:04About 50 years ago,
12:06he bought this
12:08custom-made model
12:10for his junior high school trip.
12:12In fact, it was loved
12:14as a classic souvenir of the Tokyo Tower.
12:16In 1992,
12:18it ranked first
12:20in the Tokyo Tower's
12:22souvenir ranking.
12:24By the way,
12:26the second place was the key holder.
12:28There were more than 100 variations
12:30in the Tokyo Tower.
12:32And the third place
12:34was the address key holder.
12:36It was a convenient souvenir
12:38that you could write down
12:40your phone number.
12:42But now,
12:44it is not used.
12:45It's always empty, isn't it?
12:47I thought
12:49I should give it to someone.
12:51I said,
12:53you can do it!
12:55Thanks to SMAP,
12:57effort and guts
12:59are still popular.
13:01Is that so?
13:03There was something like that, right?
13:05Yes.
13:07Is that so?
13:09It's like a souvenir.
13:11Is that so?
13:16The word that was stuck
13:18on the souvenir
13:20I found a long time ago
13:22is
13:24effort and guts.
13:26Actually,
13:28it's like this.
13:30Here,
13:32it's in the back.
13:33Wow.
13:34That's amazing.
13:36The word that was stuck on the sounvenir
13:38that was in the lyrics
13:40was this,
13:42effort.
13:43The shop is still full of SMAP fans.
13:52It's been 66 years since the opening.
13:54The inside of the building seems to have changed a lot.
13:58These are some old documents.
14:02What they showed us was a valuable official pamphlet from around the 1930s.
14:09Each floor from the first floor to the roof is described in detail.
14:17If you look at the shop on the first floor, you'll see the name of Fuji.
14:22When the building opened, it was open on the first floor.
14:29The second floor floor is called Meitengai, and there are almost 100 shops.
14:34Most of them were souvenir shops, but there was also a cafe where you could take a break.
14:45Fuji, who had a shop on the first floor, moved to the second floor in 2001 to renovate the first floor floor, and became a member of Meitengai.
14:56And now, with the passage of time, Meitengai has completely transformed into a shop for young people and a new shop.
15:10Most of the Meitengai, which used to be close to 100 shops, are now closed.
15:15Even so, 19 shops, including Fuji, are still open.
15:21This is my father.
15:24Who is your stepfather?
15:26He's my father.
15:27Your father?
15:28Yes.
15:29Did your father live here?
15:31Yes.
15:32He was a motorcyclist.
15:34Did he like motorcycles?
15:35Yes.
15:36Did he still live here?
15:37No, he passed away last year.
15:39But I was the first one to ride a motorcycle.
15:42What?
15:43Your daughter was riding a motorcycle.
15:44There may be some parents who are against it.
15:46Many parents were against it.
15:48Oh, really?
15:49Did your father follow you to Meitengai?
15:51Yes.
15:52At first, we had a little fight.
15:57I didn't want to do it, either.
16:01But one day, my mother called me.
16:04She said,
16:05the staff members were injured and there was no one to help them.
16:11So I had no choice but to come here.
16:15Your father used to be very strict.
16:21He used to work elsewhere, didn't he?
16:24Yes.
16:25At a motorcycle shop.
16:27It must have been hard for him.
16:29He quit his job and came here.
16:34It was his destiny.
18:16I wanted to quit my job, too.
18:20But my father still had a strong will.
18:26So I wanted to do what I wanted to do.
18:30I think I still have memories of it.
19:15I think I still have memories of it.
19:46Thank you very much.
19:54Are you having fun now?
19:56Yes, I am.
19:57Was it fun for your father to run a souvenir shop like this?
20:02Yes, I like talking to people.
20:08Now I understand how my parents felt.
20:12Yes.
20:13Thank you very much.
20:15Thank you very much.
20:29From an adult to a child.
20:34This is a modern design Tokyo Tower.
20:44This is a cool trainer.
20:53Wow, this is amazing.
20:57This is a souvenir shop.
20:59Excuse me.
21:01I'm talking to you on a program called Billbra.
21:05This is a scary souvenir shop.
21:09Yes.
21:10I feel like I'm in the Showa era.
21:14Foreign tourists are popular.
21:17Do you like this kind of design?
21:19Yes.
21:20I think Japanese people prefer chic designs.
21:22Yes.
21:23I like flashy designs.
21:25Do you like it?
21:26You must be a foreigner.
21:30There was a tourist from Mexico.
21:34Oh, he bought it.
21:41This is a charm.
21:43It's called a charm.
21:45This is a charm, right?
21:46This is for my mother.
21:49This is for your mother.
21:51This is for your mother.
21:53He's a great son.
21:57This is a little plate.
21:59This is for my father.
22:00This is a small plate for your father.
22:03This is for your father and mother.
22:05This is a magnet.
22:07There it is! A magnet!
22:09Tokyo Tower.
22:10What's this?
22:11Your little sister?
22:12No, mine.
22:13Yours?
22:14Mine.
22:15Okay.
22:16Um...
22:17Sister.
22:18Little sister.
22:19It's so small!
22:21It's so cute!
22:22Even for foreigners,
22:24the standard souvenirs are popular.
22:27This is the Tokyo Print Studio,
22:29which was founded in 1952.
22:33Tote bags, T-shirts,
22:36designs, and printing
22:38are all made by hand.
22:44They used this technology
22:46to revive souvenirs from a long time ago.
22:50I made this one.
22:52Oh, it's an integrated radio.
22:54It's a little retro.
22:56Yes, it is.
22:57I've never seen anything like it.
22:59Oh, really?
23:00In the old days,
23:02there were definitely
23:04many different brands in each area.
23:07My father would buy them
23:09to go on business trips.
23:11Yes, yes, yes.
23:12There were quite a few.
23:14Yes, there were.
23:15Now there aren't many.
23:18In the Showa era,
23:20Penanto was a popular souvenir
23:22all over Japan.
23:24It was sold in many stores
23:26at Tokyo Tower,
23:28but when it came to Heisei,
23:30it gradually disappeared.
23:35Even so,
23:36customers from all over the world
23:38kept asking for Penanto.
23:40So Mr. Saito,
23:41using his own printing skills,
23:43revived the Showa-style souvenirs
23:45three years ago.
23:50He also made this.
23:54What is this?
23:55I made this a long time ago.
23:57Is this you?
23:58No, it's the president.
24:01Oh, so in the old days,
24:03you could print your own face
24:05on a bag.
24:06Yes, on a bag.
24:09So this was the beginning
24:11of this store?
24:12Yes, it was.
24:13It was a rare opportunity
24:15to print your own face
24:17in just 55 seconds,
24:19and many customers
24:21came to buy it.
24:24Oh, Mr. President.
24:26I was so embarrassed.
24:28This is really cool.
24:30I was like,
24:31what?
24:32I mean,
24:33even if I'm holding this,
24:35you can't tell, right?
24:37How old was this?
24:39I think it was around 30.
24:41The grade of the picture
24:43should be like this.
24:45Not too clean.
24:46A dot.
24:47A dot like this
24:48gives it a good taste.
24:50People who have seen this
24:52will probably ask you
24:54to do it again
24:56in black and white.
24:58I'm sure they will.
25:00Okay, ready, go.
25:02The president's face
25:04on a tote bag.
25:06I'm sorry.
25:08Thank you very much.
25:10Sorry for the trouble.
25:12Hello.
25:20The color is amazing.
25:22Hello.
25:24You look like a
25:26Nigaoya shop owner.
25:29I can tell
25:30that you're a good painter.
25:33Hello.
25:34You look like Ado-chan.
25:37How about this?
25:38I can't do it with both hands.
25:40Can you do it with both hands?
25:42Yes, I can.
25:46Can you draw?
25:48It's 2,000 yen.
25:492,000 yen?
25:50Yes.
25:51Is this your first time?
25:52Yes, it is.
25:54What do you usually do?
25:55I'm a Nigaoya painter.
25:57I see.
25:58That's your main job.
25:59Yes.
26:00I go here and there.
26:01There were people
26:02who wanted to start
26:04their business here, right?
26:06Yes, after Tokyo Tower was built.
26:09In the old days,
26:11there were a lot of manga artists
26:13at the observatory.
26:15I see.
26:16I don't think it was that common.
26:18Nowadays,
26:19there are a lot of shopping malls,
26:21but in the old days,
26:23there weren't many.
26:27Three years after the Tokyo Tower was built,
26:29in 1936,
26:31if you go to the Tokyo Tower,
26:33you can draw a Nigaoya
26:35that you're not familiar with yet.
26:37In those days,
26:38Nigaoya culture was a priority.
26:44In the heyday,
26:45there were three shops lined up
26:47and it was called Nigaoya Street.
26:52Now,
26:53only Team Towers
26:55is here.
26:56Before the Nigaoya history
26:58was established at the Tokyo Tower,
27:00the young generation
27:01has become the center
27:02and continues to operate.
27:05As for me,
27:07I studied illustration at a vocational school
27:09and there was an application form
27:11for Nigaoya at the school.
27:15I used to draw on the street
27:17when I was a student.
27:20It's been about 20 years this year.
27:22That's amazing.
27:28Nigaoya captures the personality
27:30of that person in an instant.
27:32If you ask Mr. Narita to draw a Nigaoya,
27:34his customers will follow suit.
27:40Mr. Narita has drawn
27:42more than 100,000 Nigaoyas so far.
27:44The Tokyo Tower is a special place.
27:48I can draw customers
27:50from all over the country
27:52and from all over the world.
27:54It's also the anniversary
27:56of a close family,
27:58but it's before we started dating.
28:00If we don't have a good relationship,
28:02I don't think we can come to the Tokyo Tower.
28:05I don't think there's a special place
28:07like this.
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30:51Oh, I see.
30:53That's a good idea.
30:57I feel like I'm growing up.
31:00You're right.
31:02If I have something at home, I'll take it with me.
31:05I'll just take it out.
31:07If I don't take pictures, I'll be lonely.
31:10So I'll take it with me.
31:18Ta-da!
31:19Wow!
31:20That's great!
31:24You have a lot of money.
31:27I have only one.
31:49I don't often get to meet people like this.
31:59I usually finish in 15 to 20 minutes.
32:02It's fun to be able to get to know people.
32:08I'm back.
32:11This is what it looks like.
32:13Wow!
32:14It looks a lot like you.
32:15Your hair looks great.
32:18This is amazing.
32:21You're good at taking pictures.
32:25I didn't know my mouth was so low.
32:34This time, we explored the foot town at the foot of the Tokyo Tower.
32:49Of course, there are a lot of souvenir shops in Tokyo.
32:54But this place is packed, so it might be fun.
32:58It's different from walking a long distance to find a shop.
33:02If you come here, it's packed.
33:07And it's the Tokyo Tower.
33:09Yes.
33:17What is this?
33:21On the 3rd floor, there is an experience-type attraction, Red.
33:27There is also an event space and a restaurant.
33:31And what you can't miss on this floor is...
33:35Hello.
33:37We're on a show called Buildura on BSOG.
33:42I'm Sawada from Tokyo Tower.
33:44Sawada from Tokyo Tower?
33:46Yes.
33:47Is the name of the shop Tokyo Tower?
33:49Tokyo Tower is managed by a company called Tokyo Tower.
33:52This is the building below.
33:55This is the official shop inside the building.
33:59So, this is a real souvenir shop of Tokyo Tower.
34:05There are a lot of goods related to the Tokyo Tower in the official shop.
34:09Among them, this dice candy is a limited product of the Tokyo Tower,
34:15and it's so nostalgic and cute that it sells like crazy.
34:23It's been renovated many times.
34:25Until it's in its current form...
34:27It's pretty much the same, isn't it?
34:28The upper floor is a space for renovation.
34:31For example, there is a tenant called Red here.
34:35It used to be an old dollhouse.
34:37There are still many people who call it an old dollhouse in Tokyo Tower.
34:45Red, the largest experience-type attraction facility in Japan, opened two years ago.
34:53What used to be here was...
34:57As you know, it's an old dollhouse.
35:02Speaking of Tokyo Tower, it's an old dollhouse.
35:05As it is written, it was a popular facility as the face of Foot Town.
35:11Inside the building, there are The Beatles,
35:15Leonardo Da Vinci, and Mona Lisa.
35:19There are about 130 old dolls that look like celebrities,
35:23such as Marilyn Monroe.
35:2811 years ago, it was closed and closed,
35:31but many people still remember it.
35:36When I was in elementary school,
35:38I came here with my family and it became an old dollhouse.
35:42I was so scared of those old dolls,
35:45so I screamed,
35:47like I was in a haunted house.
35:51That's what I remember.
35:53That's what I thought was Tokyo Tower.
35:58I also went to Tokyo Tower once when I was in college.
36:02I remember The Beatles, but...
36:04I forgot.
36:06I should have looked more carefully.
36:08What a shame.
36:16Mother Cafe
36:19Oh!
36:20Here?
36:22Mother Cafe.
36:23Why Mother Cafe?
36:25It's in Tokyo Tower.
36:28Why is Mother Farm in Tokyo Tower?
36:31The founder of Mother Farm and Tokyo Tower were the same person.
36:36What?
36:37He built the farm and Tokyo Tower?
36:41Yes.
36:43That's strange.
36:45I thought he built the farm,
36:47but he said he would build the tower,
36:49so he built the Tokyo Tower.
36:54Yes.
36:55The Tokyo Tower and Mother Farm were founded by Maeda Hisakichi, a real estate agent.
37:03In the era of rapid infrastructure,
37:06Maeda decided to go beyond the Eiffel Tower.
37:11He was particular about the construction of the tower,
37:14a symbol of post-war Japan.
37:20Here you are.
37:22I don't like this.
37:24I thought it was expensive because it's Tokyo Tower II.
37:28Mr. Zen ordered the Tokyo Tower parfait.
37:32Tokyo Tower lights up.
37:34It's a pop color with the image of a diamond bell.
37:39The height of the tower is 33.3 cm.
37:46It's a parfait full of volume.
37:48Mr. Zen, what do you think?
37:54Yes.
37:55It's just like Mother Farm.
37:58The cream is good.
38:10I can't put my name on it.
38:12I'm full now.
38:14Let's go upstairs.
38:20It's a bit...
38:21It's closed here.
38:25Only employees and staff.
38:27Only.
38:31I can't open it.
38:32I can't open it.
38:36It used to be a showroom.
38:41I thought so.
38:47A few years after the Tokyo Tower was built,
38:50if you look at a map from around 1935,
38:53it says that the 3rd and 4th floors are modern science.
39:50It's a modern science building.
39:55It's a modern science building.
40:00It's a modern science building.
40:05It's a modern science building.
40:10It's a modern science building.
40:16The next day
40:20It's open here.
40:23It's a good space for people to come in.
40:34There's nothing here.
40:39It's cold.
40:42It's down there.
40:44It's under the Tokyo Tower.
40:50Oh, I see.
40:53I wonder why all the playgrounds on the roof are gone.
41:01I guess the kids don't play in the playground anymore.
41:05Wow.
41:07Main deck stairs?
41:11What's this?
41:14I can go up there.
41:17There are stairs.
41:20Stairs.
41:21600 steps.
41:25What?
41:28How much is it?
41:30It's 1,200 yen.
41:31Wow.
41:33Can you go up by yourself?
41:34Yes.
41:37She's already excited.
41:39I don't want to get paid,
41:42but I can't help it because it's my job.
41:46See you later.
41:47See you later.
41:52I didn't say the number, but it's 600 steps.
42:00It must be hard.
42:06It's not easy.
42:09It must be hard.
42:12The End
42:42It's like a dream, isn't it?
42:44This is...
42:48The scenery changes, doesn't it?
42:50I couldn't see it from the place just now.
42:54100 steps left!
42:56But I was a little annoyed until I went to the first 100 steps.
43:12This is the part where I was really annoyed.
43:18I'm sorry.
43:20It's okay.
43:22I'm sorry.
43:24I'm not angry.
43:26I'm sorry.
43:28I'm sorry.
43:30Don't be angry.
43:32I'm sorry.
43:34Don't be angry.
43:36I'm sorry.
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