Not to mention that their favorite food for Christmas is....fried chicken. Specifically, KFC.
Not sure why.
Years ago my friend Ira was in Japan over Christmas. He was a teacher who could not return home to USA over Christmas.
He was getting very home sick, walking down the street in one of the shopping box store areas of Osaka, he noticed that clerks were in the process of erecting a window display.
He stopped to watch their work, and after a few minutes of setting various items on the floor of the display they carried in a full sized cross upon which was crucifies a life sized Santa Claus!
Ira , who ironically is Jewish,laughed so hard he forgot about being home sick. He promptly went to a sake bar and knocked a few back.Christmas is not accurately understood in Japan by the general populace. On;ly a small minority of Japanese are Christians . The Japanese are so mannerly and polite. They would have been shocked at their fauz pas protestation of the banal commercialism of Christmas. Christmas in japan is an informal festival when lovers give each other gifts.
“Only a small minority of Japanese are Christians”.
The largest concentration of Japanese Christians once lived in Nagasaki.
Had we known...?