Christmas in Japan

Nothing says “Happy Holidays” like KFC and Coke.

I saw Christmas Decors in malls since early September. took a few shots but forgot to blog about it. ^^; oh well.

Thanksgiving isn't even here yet in America

No Christmas decorations here yet; we need to get Thanksgiving covered first. ;)

Hmm, that's fast, all right...

Something to look forward to when I arrive, spending Christmas in Japan. Haven't seen any decorations around here yet. But of course most big stores are preparing for it and have some decorations inside.

I haven't seen many decorations around here, yet. Maybe in a couple of weeks.

Christmas here is not that lively. Only our kind here produces live christmas.
I would like to see Japan Xmas someday.

I kid you not the local wal-mart had a Christmas tree up in the entrance a week before Halloween. They have had some Christmas decorations and what not set out about three weeks now too. To freaking soon.

jingle bell jingle bells!!! i love xmas!

When I think of Christmas commercials, only one sticks out more than any other. It also exposes my age, I guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMj24bORaMs

Secondly, I don't start decorating until shortly around the beginning of December. Gotta deal with Thanksgiving first.

My family would always put up Christmas stuff after Thanksgiving dinner. I am particularly looking forwards to this years Christmas. :)

I just got back from one of the closer cities and already, the Christmas stuff is out. It's all gaudy Christmas stuff too, like a whole big Walmart display. T-T

That's speed O_o
There isn't any decoration over here (yet), but nothing says "Merry Christmas" better than a blanket, a PS2, some anime, and a pile of manga :3~~

The first vid made me hungry T_T
Christmas decors here popped out around the beginning of October.
Talk about early X-mas merchandise.

Ah! The decorations are up in Regent Street~ They are lovely! It looks like a starry night ^^
The Oxford Street lights are yet to be turned on, I think that's on November 12th.

Our house decorations are put up near the end of November ^^

In some few places yes... I've seen xmas decorations on some shopping malls already.
Long time I don't set xmas decorations up. Mostly because me and my mom usually go to visit parents on xmas.

On another note, I heard some mean comments about Xmas being the "annual sex day" in Japan... :P

No decorations yet, but the stores are starting to sell Christmas items. I luv Christmas, but it could be that I luv spending money. I don't know, Hohoho...

No Christmas yet, we first have to go through Sinterklaas, which is on dec.5th, but for which stores have already started selling stuff weeks ago...

Uhg, I dislike Christmas. Perhaps the decorations more than anything.

No decorations yet.. Well, I wouldn't know even if they're up. Have not been going out nowadays.. But I'm looking forward to Christmas : already bought my snow-in-a-cans to spray people on Christmas eve countdown ^^

Where I live in England, super markets and shops are already putting up their Christmas decorations for sale and for in store decorations.

It seems where I live, as soon as Halloween is over, Christmas begins. Now you can buy an advent calendar anywhere (even in pet stores for your cat and dog) and you can already buy selection boxes and the giant tins of Roses, Celebrations, Toblerone and more.

I quite dislike the long hype and build up before Christmas.

Our local Orchard Road had alot being decorated up with Xmas decos and lightings.. Remember to take a look when you drops by, DC! :)

Here there is an increasing demand for a law that will ban Christmas decorations in shops, streets and so on outside December. I support this since "Christmas outside Christmas" is mainly some commercial thing and it means that when we finally arrives at Christmas then people are already tired of it. No shop can postpone decorations until December when all the other shops starts to use them now or in a week or whatever. This is why a law is needed to make sure that it's the same for all of them.

I feel sad that Christmas has become so long. It kind of takes away the sacret feeling it used to have when the decorations appeared 1-2 weeks before Christmas.

Christmas decorations have started to appear here as well and shopping malls are getting more and more decorations by the day for people to buy

I like Christmas but I HATE those two, three Christmas songs that you are terrorised with everywhere you go from November till New Year's Day.

Over here Christmas decorations aren't up yet.

Christmas decorations here in the Philippines popped out as early as September I think. Some malls didn't even bother to display Halloween decors and went ahead with their Christmas ones XD

Can't wait for Christmas! If my uncle from Dubai keeps his promise, I might be getting my first professional camera x_x

christmas in japan is mating season lol ^^

I love the christmas markets they have here. But other than that the christmas stuff too early kinda irks me. Especially those who put their lights up at home in october. -___-

Classic Coca-Cola commercial!

Christmas in Singapore is... hot and snow-less. I've always wanted a White (Cold) Christmas like in Home Alone!

That's fast.. Since 2 days ago it's still on Halloween fever ^^;

I know exactly what you mean, I think everyone gets excited about christmas more in the UK lol. The shopping centre (or mall as americans say) near my place had decoration going up last week :S. And I heard on the radio people had theirs up as early as september!

It does make the whole place feel more christmas-y and I was shccked when there was even snow last week! As many people from the UK and danny would know in recent years, it is a rare occurance...

Any of you guys got deco up already? oh and Merry Christmas ^_^

hmm will be going to tokyo during christmas, hope to see all of this nice decos up

the only decoration i can think of that goes up this early is probably the giant christmas tree at rockafella center

usually Xmas decorations go up around thanksgiving or sometimes before thanksgiving

Last night I see a house fully loaded with Christmas decoration and the stores begin to drop Halloween decorations to put all about Christmas, OMG give me a break.

ah Christmas now that I think about it I have to start making a list, well over were I live people stat putting up decorations after thanksgiving.

Yum! Holidys!
although the U.S.A. cpital seem to be the most holiday-ish part o the country,
it seem like Japan go crazy wth their decs, which be awesome....

haven't seen Christmas decorations coming up here. it might start in late nov or december i think.

Christmas season for the Philippines starts on the ber-months.

So it starts on September and ends in January. XD

hey, they take to much time to prepare christmas stuff =O
here (in Argentina) is like ends of november or first days of december

oohh yes! Venezuelan people thinks that december is too short so they star the xmas decoration since eraly november, then... in xmas day, the decoration is dusty and not so shining at the first day.

But is nice. In my home in Venezuela, my mom likes to decor the house in november 15. I don't know when i will decor my home in Spain, because i will come back last week of november.

yeah there are lots of decorations around here in the US, ohhhh man but nothing like PERU 0.0 EVERYONE WOULD TALK ABOUT IT, EVERYONE SELLS TOYS (they would even remind u to buy somethin for the loved one), EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT FOOD (yum turkey) ^^

I saw a house with some Christmas lighting about two weeks ago? That just about made me wanna hurl. TOO SOON!! It wasn't even Halloween then!!!

When I was growing up in Korea, Christmas season had this warm, happy feeling. Danny's Ginza pics remind me of some of that. Now, here in U.S., that feeling's lost, gone.
Maybe because I got older? Still..., -_-

Ohh I miss celebrating Christmas in Japan, although I gotta admit there's a little bit less holiday spirit going around. But the KFC was good during the holidays. The first KFC ever was in my town, but they knocked it down. D:

Anyway, my neighborhood gets completely in the spirit for the holidays. We have hot chocolate nights, visit homeless shelters, decorate trees for Festival of the Trees, it's all very Christmasey. I think in America, a lot more of Christmas is about giving, while in Japan, I just celebrated with my grandparents and friends. ^^

They haven't put up anything in the streets yet, but the stores have started selling Christmas cookies and decorations. Started selling this stuff around a month or so ago.

Although the lights havent officially been turned on the lights have been put up in the streets as well as shopping centres putting their decorations up too, as for normal house holds I havent seen anyone putting up their decorations or lights yet!

Danny you should go around town and take pictures ^^.

if I didn't remember wrong sometimes in singapore, around October (mid/late) U see xmas decorations getting set up ^^;

There are some decorations up already in my country too. And the shops started their xmas sales..

Well not much being put up yet but since Halloween they should be getting ready to put up some decorations. Some dollar stores were putting out christmas present wrapping supplies out since the beginning of October...

Christmas decorations tend to pop up right after Thanksgiving. They tend to last until January. We used to put up decorations too, but now it's too much of a hassle.

Christmas deco goes up around early October where I live. They're now skipping Thanksgiving and Halloween.

i was wondering, is there snow in tokyo?

I've seen some christmas stuff starting to pop up in the middle of october. Talk about early.

Christmas is just an end of the year commercial holiday for franchise stores to clean their inventories or rip people off. Jesus wasn't born around Christmas, why do I start seeing models of Jesus Born In Shed, people are misled.....

But, Christmas is an excuse to have Romantic Night with your Honey/Biotch

christmas decorations aren't up at the moment. Must get thanksgiving out of the way so it will be a while.

The holiday commerials are all the same. Just as bad as all hte election comericals.

I am dreading the holidays.

I haven't checked, but Xmas decorations are probably going up all over the city now since it's after Halloween. It'll probably pick up even more after Remembrance Day, but Remembrance Day and Xmas decorations kind of get combined here.

I'm sick of the sight of them. The stores here in the UK put them up so early now they don't have any space left for Halloween. While I appreciate the time off work, xmas is a pretty ridiculous thing. Half faux religious crud, half in your face aggressive hard sell. Couldn't we just celebrate the new year and forget xmas altogether?

I saw them putting up decorations on Friday night around the station. Like with most adaptations japanese do christmas is just about the tree and illuminations with no religious significance, well that sounds logic.

Since there are no turkeys here they got KFC, if only they knew that there so many different varieties of xmas dinner all over the world. And don't forget about xmas cake in japan as with everything here they line up and make reservations for a simple whipped cream cake.

As far as I now xmas here is seen more as a couples day, apparently your a looser if you fail to have one, and it all ends on the 24th when the real xmas is the next day. There is also a thanksgiving day but with a completely different meaning, it's labor thanksgiving day on November 23.

I need to find a place to get a turkey dinner in Tokyo ;_; i miss turkey

The Wal-Mart store changed over all the candies aisles as of Oct 31. I was going to see if I could score some cheap candies. But the clerks report they are all sold out. They were very busy unpacking all the X-mas chocolate. With the economy slowing down, the merchants are not waiting to "help the consumers" by spreading the cost of celebrating X-mas over several more weeks.

Hmm...nothing has really gone up yet. But some stores are already selling Christmas decorations. Most stores wait for Thanksgiving to past by before going into Christmas mode.

I wonder how much Coke is paying Santa Claus to appear in their ad ... wait ta minute ...

They dont really celebrate chrismas in Malaysia but my close family members gather in my house to celebrate it. Got really drunk during the last one though lolz ^^;

Well we have Thanksgiving here so that is up first...but then again stores are already stocking up on Christmas stuff...

Setting it up early to rake in profits?? o.O

I was in the department stores in Nagoya yesterday and they had all the Christmas stuff out already. I couldn't believe it - didn't imagine Christmas would be a big deal here at all.

Here in my region, we start to celebrate Christmas by September and you could hear Christmas jingle at malls and other shopping establishments...

I think I saw some decorations. A little bit early but...

I love that coke commercial with the trucks!!!!!!!! ^___^