// Glossary
Nostalgia
6 topics
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When you discover your past digital traces
Feeling of nostalgia for past memories.
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Emotions Toward a Closed Favorite Cafe
A longing or wistful affection for the past, often for good memories or places. Not mere sentimentality, but an emotional process of confirming continuity between one's current self and the past.
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Emotions Toward Abandoned Hot Spring Resorts
A feeling of longing or sorrow for good memories of the past or things that have been lost. The decline of onsen towns evokes both personal memories and collective memory.
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What Changes When You Listen Now to the Songs You Liked Back Then?
The emotion of recalling positive past memories in a beautified form. Not mere wistfulness, but possessing the function of affirming and comforting the present self.
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What Happens When Music or Video Moves Your Feelings?
A nostalgic feeling that evokes past memories and emotions. Music and video are powerful triggers.
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What Do You Feel in an Era When Cafes Are Disappearing?
Nostalgia or sense of loss for past places or times. Nostalgia for disappearing cafes is not mere reminiscence but includes longing for lost 'leisurely time.'