Wednesday, November 12, 2008
It's the most wonderful time of November!
On November 1st, the Christmas lights came out in Japan. Shops busted out the wreaths and carols, and Starbucks introduced the holiday lattes. It's funny because less than 1% of Japan is Christian (thank goodness!) but apparently Christmas is a popular commercial holiday. Here is one festive house I pass on my bike ride along the river to/from school:
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I'll say that I find the recent embrace of Halloween in Japan even stranger than Christmas. With Christmas I get that at least you could carry over the "Peace on Earth, Good Will To (People)" attitude. But Halloween...what is being copied other than the decorations themselves, besides a few scattered instances of costuming (still done primarily by foreigners)?
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