Japanese student gains 32 million views as only one to dig up 8-year-old time capsule
Young man feels let down that his ex-classmates and teacher forgot their promise to return
A Japanese university student has gone viral for being the sole member out of 35 primary school pupils to remember the “time capsule” they buried eight years ago, igniting a wave of sympathetic comments and nostalgic reflections from netizens.
The young man, who goes by the handle @tungsten___W on a social media platform, is currently a second-year student at the esteemed Tokyo University.
On March 22, he returned to his primary school to fulfil the promise he made with his 34 classmates and the supervising teacher eight years prior.
At that time, they buried “time capsules” containing letters to their future selves beside the school’s playground, and they agreed to reunite at the school on March 22, 2025, at 5.30pm.
He arrived punctually at the school’s gate and waited for a while, but regrettably, he was the only one who kept the commitment.
He shared the experience on social media, where his post garnered an astonishing 32 million views, 270,000 likes, and 13,000 shares.