You Know You’re a Child of the 1970s in Japan When…

May 19, 2026

Twitter users in Japan are using a popular hashtag to share iconic pop culture images of the 1970s. The hashtag #昭和生まれっぽい発言をしろ (Showa umareppoi hatsugen wo shiro) roughly translates as “tweets that show you’re a child of the Showa period,” and people have been uploading their photos for months. The Showa period in Japan marked the reign of the Showa Emperor (known as Emperor Hirohito in the West) from 1926 until his death in 1989, and was followed by the Heisei period, which continues to this day… read more >

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