Previously, I’ve written about the 20 most popular Christmas songs as voted by Japanese people. Some of these songs I like, some I don’t so I thought it would be good put together my list of my own top 10 japanese Christmas songs. Some of them are mega hits. Some of them are a little …
Christmas is coming. Japan does design stuff better than most places. Even traditional western stuff. So why not get some Japanese stationary in the form of a Japanese Christmas Card for the festive season? Japanese don’t celebrate Christmas as a holiday since it’s primarily a Shinto and Buddhist nation. Christmas has been adopted in Japan …
The most extensive look at Japanese Christmas Trees on the internet. Includes history of Christmas Trees in Japan as well as ideas and examples of Japaense Christmas Trees
Discussing Japan’s Top 10 Most Popular Christmas Songs So there’s this idea that Japan somehow blindly takes Western culture. There is the cliche of “Big in Japan”. There are movies like “Lost In Translation”, showing washed up movie stars getting paid big bucks to do commercials there. But the truth is that the vast majority …
The Top 20 Japanese Christmas Songs as Chosen by Japanese People Read More »
Today Japanese Christmas is all about deep-fried drumsticks, and eating strawberry shortcake on your way to the love hotel. There is a pretty weird piece of footage of early Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Chairman Loy Western screaming “Kentucky Fried Chicken banzai!” at a group of somewhat nonplussed, but clapping and smiling in a North Korean …
The History of Christmas in Japan from 1552 to present Read More »
Christmas in Japan is a mirror image of the Christmas known in the English-speaking world. Things look very similar, but everything is back-to-front. The most fundamental difference is that Christmas is about couples in Japan, and about families in the West. Then, while the West is busy partying it up on New Year’s Eve, Japan …