{"id":88510,"date":"2026-09-28T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88510"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T05:15:00","slug":"what-is-japans-showa-retro-aesthetic-and-why-is-it-all-the-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88510","title":{"rendered":"What is Japan\u2019s Showa retro aesthetic, and why is it all the rage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/28\/d67e03b6-92f2-41be-b1a1-d722a0352dd9_42098b32.jpg?itok=K-uYMF72&amp;v=1790561460\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">When Japan shut its borders during <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">the Covid-19 pandemic<\/span>, expats and long-time friends Hillary Hewins and Blake Piper started spending their weekends in Atami, a small seaside city just a 40-minute bullet train ride from their adopted home of Tokyo.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Known during the 17th and 18th centuries for its soothing <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">hot springs<\/span>, Atami steadily surged in popularity during the four decades after World War II as a destination for Japanese holidaymakers.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Sprawling concrete resorts opened, and the city centre filled with lively bars, cabaret shows and other nightlife venues, all lit up by flashy neon signs.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Hewins and Piper fell in love with <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Atami\u2019s faded glamour<\/span>. They began investing in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">akiya<\/em><\/span> \u2013 Japan\u2019s famously inexpensive abandoned houses \u2013 in the area, renovating them into home rentals.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/travel-leisure\/article\/3368990\/japans-showa-retro-aesthetic-enjoys-revival-tourists-start-look-beyond-temples?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Japan shut its borders during the Covid-19 pandemic, expats and long-time friends Hillary Hewins and Blake Piper started spending their weekends in Atami, a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[18278,5422,17894,7233,30745],"class_list":["post-88510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-aesthetic","tag-japans","tag-rage","tag-retro","tag-showa","wpcat-4840-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}