{"id":2768,"date":"2017-12-25T14:03:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T12:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fernost.kandru.eu\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2017-12-30T11:37:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T09:37:28","slug":"christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fernost.kandru.eu\/en\/christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas everywhere,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or not? <\/span>Clearly in a Christian country Christmas is celebrated, but Japan is not Christian. <\/span>Nevertheless, Christmas is known here, albeit in a different way. <\/span>For one thing, it’s not celebrated, these are normal days here. <\/span>But what exists is a commercial variant. <\/span>This day is also heavily promoted by retailers with discounts. <\/span>Otherwise, you see only a little Christmas decoration which is also strongly based on the American variant and what I have seen so far in Shizuoka, seemed rarely beautiful, <\/span><\/span>often rather misplaced or cheesy (from my point of view). <\/span>The Japanese love to dress up, so you can buy a lot of different costumes, from reindeer to Santa Claus. <\/span>Especially many different Miss Santa Claus costumes were to be had, Shame be to him who thinks evil of it. <\/span>The Japanese are more in love with the events, but I was told at the expense of their own festivals and culture. <\/span>Another (miss) need is that the Japanese combine Christmas Eve with chicken wings and potato wedges, thanks to Kentucky Fried Chicken … ..<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Otherwise, for most people, Japan is not the feast of love or family as we know it, but the feast of the lovers, therefore, it’s more a day for couples and dates.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Otherwise, there are many commercial cakes here with Christmas decorations. Because strawberry are here at this time in season, also very often with strawberries.<\/span> I also bought a small and cheap one. A normal cake with a lot of cream, my balance doesn’t thank me ……<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I also bought a pyramid cake („Baumkuchen“) here, except that the name was also in German and that he had rings, he had little in common with the pyramid cakes I know so far. It is different, a Baumkuchen in Japanese.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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On the 16th there was apparently a kind of Christmas parade \/ event, but since I was working elsewhere, I could not look and therefore, I’m not so sure (the translation was not worth it from the outset, because I knew that<\/span> I will not have time).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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However, there are also small Christian communities in today’s Japan. So I was a little surprised when I had this invitation to the fair on Christmas morning.<\/span> Incidentally, a Protestant community.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas everywhere,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or not? Clearly in a Christian country Christmas is celebrated, but Japan is not Christian. Nevertheless, Christmas is known here, albeit in a different way. For one thing, it’s not celebrated, these are normal days here. But what exists is a commercial variant. This day is also heavily promoted by retailers with…<\/span><\/p>\n

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