You know how nowadays you'll see crowds brandishing their smartphone to take pictures or videos? I remember seeing something similar in Japan with flip phones,

You know how nowadays you'll see crowds brandishing their smartphone to take pictures or videos? I remember seeing something similar in Japan with flip phones, either in 2001 or 2002. I think one of the moments where I witnessed that was when Koizumi Junichiro was elected in 2001. I definitely have pictures of individuals taking pictures of sakura with their flip phone in the Kyoto imperial garden in 2001.