Japan in 50 years ago

Japan has developed so much since the end of WWⅡ, and now became one of the richest countries from not only economic point of view, but also material. Today, there has been so much influence of the West upon Japan, so there may be seen similarities between the West and Japan. But there were so many things and scenes peculiar to Japan which may make people interested in just about 50 years ago. For example, dagashiya (cheap sweet shops) were pretty interesting, because there are so many strange Japanese sweets which may include some sweets which require courage, and Japanese toys, such as begoma (iron top), slingshot, cracker shaping small round, balloon which is filled with water and so on. In addition, as a kind of culture, when a family bought TV, the people who live close to them or friends got together at the house bought TV, had a big party and got excited. In that time TV was not spread, so very interesting. It is a little bit sad that even though there are some tagashiya, but the number are few today.