Only Yesterday

disappearing memories of the past, and welcoming new memories that you make along the way. Shows that past is a part of our present and it has great influence on your adult self. The explores the sentiment of her confined memories of childhood which somehow parallels her journey to the countryside in the current time. It beautifully shows the story of Taeko's coming of age, her memories of school day, adolescent emotions and love. Now grownup Taeko remembers those memories as she is finally back in the countryside enjoying herself which she always wanted to since her childhood. The film provides a very positive experience of country life through Taeko's eyes, through aesthetic settings, beautiful scenery, simple life and finding joy in small things. It encourages us to go back to their roots, appreciate the simple life instead of burning out yourself in a big city running behind meaningless things. The film also represents a coexistence between humans and nature, there is a scene where Toshio shows taeko that without humans, these serenic views such as paddy fields, streams wouldn't have been possible. It's a relationship that we form with nature with sustainability and valuing it. And this messaging is so relevant to the current era. It's such a meditative film on life's memories, simplicity of life , and re-discovering oneself.