Christmas?? Curious. That’s a country with about 1% Christian population.
Christmas?? Curious. That’s a country with about 1% Christian population.
Christmas is a big consumer holiday in Japan.
The funniest thing is KFC convinced the Japanese that you have to eat KFC chicken on Christmas Day, because that is what Americans eat for Christmas (???). So KFC makes a fortune in Japan at Christmas because everyone has to eat (KFC) “Christmas Chicken.” Very bizarre.
In Korea they love to eat fried chicken with beer (year round), which they call “Chi-Mek” and is actually pretty tasty. They have Chi-Mek fast food restaurants, chains and individual, everywhere I thought if you could figure out how to get liquor licenses for KFC in America, you could revive their fortune. (Don’t think it would work for Chick fil A, though.)
I lived on Japan,Okinawa to be precise, for for about 4 years. I enjoyed Christmas there more then I do here. They don’t start the season until a few weeks before Christmas and it’s not near as commercialized as it is here . On Christmas Eve they have a really neat Christmas show/party at the Okinawa botanical gardens. Japanese Santas every where.
Christmas?? Curious. That’s a country with about 1% Christian population.
The American Occupying Army introduced Christmas after the Japanese surrendered at the end of WWII.
The American Soldiers tried to explain the meaning behind the symbolism and something was lost in the translation. Some Japanese shops displayed crucified Santa figurines on crosses.