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Retro Nostalgia
Jun. 9th, 2026 09:51 amHow the Retro Boom for the Showa Era in Japan is Shaping Urban Tourism
https://www.omu.ac.jp/en/info/infocus/entry-94577.html
This is a 2k-word narrative interview with an Associate Professor of Cultural Management at Osaka Metropolitan University who talks about why "Showa retro" nostalgia (for the postwar period) has become popular with Gen-Z adults. This article has a bit of a PR odor, but I appreciate the photos and descriptions of what the aesthetic entails in terms of real-life urban landscapes.
I Don't Need Unlimited Options, I Need a Scheduled Cartoon Block
https://innerspiral.lol/Blog/toonami/toonami
This is a 2k-word blog post written in the style of a literary autobiographical essay. The pseudonymous Millennial author discusses the nostalgia surrounding retro media and technology, arguing that part of the appeal is a fatigue with contemporary social media. The format of the blog post is a work of art, as the author has painstakingly recreated the aesthetics of an early-2000s Geocities website. I would put this in a museum if I could.
https://www.omu.ac.jp/en/info/infocus/entry-94577.html
This is a 2k-word narrative interview with an Associate Professor of Cultural Management at Osaka Metropolitan University who talks about why "Showa retro" nostalgia (for the postwar period) has become popular with Gen-Z adults. This article has a bit of a PR odor, but I appreciate the photos and descriptions of what the aesthetic entails in terms of real-life urban landscapes.
I Don't Need Unlimited Options, I Need a Scheduled Cartoon Block
https://innerspiral.lol/Blog/toonami/toonami
This is a 2k-word blog post written in the style of a literary autobiographical essay. The pseudonymous Millennial author discusses the nostalgia surrounding retro media and technology, arguing that part of the appeal is a fatigue with contemporary social media. The format of the blog post is a work of art, as the author has painstakingly recreated the aesthetics of an early-2000s Geocities website. I would put this in a museum if I could.
