There is a tatami mat room with a round table in front of the television set. This is a typical vision of Japanese family life during the Showa period, as portrayed in television programs like Sazae-san and Chibi Maruko-chan. This was the fascinating scene that greeted me at the Showa Era Lifestyle Museum in Kitanagoya.
The plastic models of Godzilla, reminded me of two classic Godzilla movies, Mothra vs Godzilla and King Kong vs Godzilla. I watched these two movies in movie theaters back home in the United States, and dozens of times on TV in America and Japan.
Godzilla, created in 1954, is still running around in 2023, with the latest installment in the franchise Godzilla Minus One.
Television programs and movies still have Japanese people enjoying the Showa lifestyle.
