{"id":7268,"date":"2019-12-17T10:05:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T10:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidejapanblog.com\/?p=7268"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:55:35","slug":"the-guide-to-christmas-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/17\/the-guide-to-christmas-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things you never knew about Christmas in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? Help us by sharing it!<\/h4><ul class=\"wpfai-list\"><li class=\"wpfai-list-item facebook\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7268&amp;t=\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wpfai-facebook wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item twitter\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7268\" title=\"Twitter\" class=\"wpfai-twitter wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item pinterest\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7268&amp;description=&amp;media=\" title=\"Pinterest\" class=\"wpfai-pinterest wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-pinterest fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item linkedin\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7268&amp;title=\" title=\"Linked In\" class=\"wpfai-linkedin wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item envelope\">\r\n      <a href=\"mailto:?subject=&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7268%20-%20\" title=\"E-Mail\" class=\"wpfai-envelope wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item stumbleupon\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7268\" title=\"Stumble Upon\" class=\"wpfai-stumbleupon wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-stumbleupon fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item reddit\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7268\" title=\"Reddit\" class=\"wpfai-reddit wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-reddit fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Merry Christmas everyone! Or \u201cMeri Kurisumasu\u201d, as they have it over in Japan<\/strong>. It\u2019s estimated that less than one percent of Japan\u2019s population in Christian, and so it should come as no surprise that Christmas in Japan is not an official national holiday in Japan. New Year is an important family occasion (and the Japanese have about a billion-and-one other festivals to keep them busy throughout the year), but on Christmas business generally continues as usual.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25113 size-medium-plus-size\" src=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-510x383.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-510x383.jpg 510w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-564x423.jpg 564w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3092899570_ce4ef98050_o-780x585.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yet, to say that Christmas isn\u2019t celebrated in Japan would not be entirely accurate. On the contrary, to quote Bill Nighy, <strong>Christmas is all around<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty much as soon as the Halloween decorations come down, Christmas is almost immediately EVERYWHERE in Japan. Shop windows, department stores, television adverts and the streets of every town are festooned with Christmas decorations, Christmas trees, Christmas songs and Christmas lights. Touts dressed as Santa harangue passersby on every corner to buy convenience store Christmas cake or rent out a karaoke room, and\u00a0most self-respecting cities will have their own Christmas market offering mulled wine, mince pies and all kinds of other overpriced festive treats.<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s fair to say that for a non-Christian country, the Japanese really do go quite overboard on Christmas &#8211; but not as we know it. The following aspects of a Japanese Christmas may surprise you&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>1. The Christmas lights are incredible<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7260 size-medium-plus-size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29-510x340.jpg\" alt=\"Tokyo tower\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29-780x520.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/illumination29.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most impressive of all Japanese festivities are the Christmas \u201cilluminations\u201d, as you will know if you checked out <a title=\"Tokyo Christmas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/22\/tokyo-christmas-and-christmas-lights\/\">David\u2019s photos last week<\/a>. In comparison with my hometown in the UK, where we&#8217;re not allowed Christmas lights because we have \u201cthe wrong type of lampposts\u201d (yeah, right); pretty much every city, town and hamlet in Japan has its own dazzlingly over-the-top light display. Frankly, it puts our efforts over here in the UK to shame.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned <a title=\"11 reasons to visit Japan in the winter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/24\/11-reasons-to-visit-japan-in-the-winter\/\">in a post a few weeks back<\/a>, there are a great number of illuminations to choose from if you&#8217;re planning a trip to Japan in the winter &#8211; some consisting of literally millions and millions of lights.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>2. Christmas is\u00a0actually Santa&#8217;s birthday<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tofugu.com\/2010\/12\/24\/kfc-japan-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tofugu has astutely pointed out<\/a>, whilst <em>most<\/em> Japanese people do realise that Christmas is a celebration of Jesus&#8217;s birthday &#8211; a significant proportion of actually believe that it is in fact a celebration of Santa\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, I think that we can safely say that while the religious element may not have made it to Japan, the \u201ctrue meaning\u201d of Christmas (which is presents) has not been lost in translation.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>3. Christmas is actually Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Whilst Christmas in Europe and indeed most of the Western world is all about being with your family (to facilitate the getting of presents, of course); Christmas in Japan is all about couples.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Eve in Japan is on par with Valentine\u2019s Day as a lovey-dovey, soppy, sappy, materialistic vom-fest, during which it is de rigueur for you and your other half to spend extravagant amounts of money on each other, wander about ooh-ing and aah-ing at illuminations, and spend the evening gazing into one another\u2019s eyes over a glass of wine and a romantic bucket of KFC. (Yes, KFC. More on this in a moment.)<\/p>\n<p>It is also apparently \u201ca thing\u201d for a young gentleman to book a hotel room for himself and his young lady on Christmas Eve \u2013 which perhaps explains the existence of Christmas-themed love hotels. (FYI, love hotels are Japanese hotels that you can rent out by the hour. They come in a range of themes \u2013 Christmas apparently being one of them.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7269\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/chapel_christmas_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/chapel_christmas_b.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Chapel Christmas, Osaka (photo: www.weirdandwonderfulhotels.com)\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/chapel_christmas_b.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/chapel_christmas_b-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/chapel_christmas_b-390x267.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel Chapel Christmas, Osaka (photo: www.weirdandwonderfulhotels.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><strong>4.\u00a0Christmas cake ain&#8217;t Christmas cake. And women are also Christmas cakes.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Christmas cake is also a big thing in Japan, having made its way to Japan over hundred years ago courtesy of the Fujiya confectionary company. But while the Christmas cake I know is an alcohol-laden fruit cake covered in marzipan and icing, Japanese Christmas cake is usually a vanilla-flavoured sponge with whipped cream and strawberries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7270\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Japanese Christmas cake (photo: blogs.transparent.com)\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake.jpg 1402w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake-1024x906.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake-1200x1061.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake-900x796.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake-720x637.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake-390x345.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake-780x690.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cake-510x451.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japanese Christmas cake (photo: blogs.transparent.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another interesting (and now, thankfully, largely outdated) factoid about Christmas cake in Japan is that it can also be slang for a woman over the age of 25. This is because, as the saying goes, &#8220;a woman over 25 is like Christmas cake after the 25th: on the shelf.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brutal.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>5. Christmas is Kentucky<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>This has to be the strangest aspect of Christmas in Japan. Instead of roast turkey and Brussels sprouts, in Japan Kentucky Fried Chicken is the order of the day. Here&#8217;s the proof:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=umHfb1JHovA&amp;w=560&amp;h=315]<\/p>\n<p>But <em>why<\/em>? Well, according to KFC\u2019s official line, it all began in the early 70s when an unwitting foreigner, unable to find a Christmas turkey in Japan, decided that KFC was the next best thing. KFC employees (who were apparently eavesdropping at the time) took note, and in 1974 the brand launched a wildly successful advertising campaign propagating the slogan \u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u306f\u30b1\u30f3\u30bf\u30c3\u30ad\u30fc \u201cKurisumasu wa Kentakki\u201d: \u201cChristmas is Kentucky\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7271\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/screen-shot-2014-12-23-at-09-47-43.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/screen-shot-2014-12-23-at-09-47-43.png?w=660\" alt=\"&quot;Christmas is Kentucky&quot;\" width=\"660\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/screen-shot-2014-12-23-at-09-47-43.png 976w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/screen-shot-2014-12-23-at-09-47-43-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/screen-shot-2014-12-23-at-09-47-43-900x398.png 900w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/screen-shot-2014-12-23-at-09-47-43-720x319.png 720w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/screen-shot-2014-12-23-at-09-47-43-390x173.png 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/screen-shot-2014-12-23-at-09-47-43-780x345.png 780w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/screen-shot-2014-12-23-at-09-47-43-510x226.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Christmas is Kentucky&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And whaddya know? It stuck. A combination of Japan\u2019s amazing ability to take <em>any <\/em>foreign import and make it their own, the fact that there are no turkeys in Japan, the fact that most Japanese houses don\u2019t even have an oven, and the fact that Colonel Sanders kinda looks like Santa &#8211; a Kentucky Christmas just really worked for Japan.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, eating fried chicken is now such an ingrained part of Christmas in Japan that KFC restaurants are booked up literally months in advance, and most Japanese don\u2019t realise that the rest of us <em>don\u2019t <\/em>go to KFC at Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So there you have it. We hope you enjoyed our guide to Christmas in Japan \u2013 and if you know of any other unusual Japanese Christmas traditions, let us know! Meri Kurisumasu!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want to do Christmas a bit differently, then Japan is it. 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Help us by sharing it! Merry Christmas everyone! Or \u201cMeri Kurisumasu\u201d, as they have it over in Japan. It\u2019s estimated that less than one percent of Japan\u2019s population in Christian, and so it should come as no surprise that Christmas in Japan is not an official national holiday in Japan. 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