Comments on: Christmas in Japan

By: quas

quas — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:55:25 +0000

Thanks for the updated information, but your opening line confuses me. Are you saying your family history is Jewish, but you yourself are now an athiest? If so, this sounds a bit like me in as much as I’m English/Scotts/Hungarian but have lived my life in Canada, One C of E parent and one Catholic, and if asked I say I’m an otaku.

By: M-Bone

M-Bone — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:27:50 +0000

Wasn’t it a Mithraic celebration going way back (friendship and bulls and stuff)? Anyway, for Japan, it seems to be all about a big date night, right?

By: Bryce

Bryce — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:10:59 +0000

‘It’s hard to be a Jew on Christmas.’

But not an atheist. I don’t really find it problematic that the atheistic Japanese celebrate Christmas. I’m an atheist, and I love Christmas. It is a solstice celebration as well, after all and just symbolises that either it may be cold at the moment but things will get better from here on in, or (where I’m from) that it is barbecue season. In Japan it also ties into the whole bonenkai thing. OK, the Christians stole the naming rights, but who cares?

By: Curzon

Curzon — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 07:52:48 +0000

As a total atheist and a Jew, Christmas means absolutely nothing to me except for school vacation, annoying music, and an annual party

Someone is sounding grumpy!

By: Mutantfrog

Mutantfrog — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 07:32:53 +0000

YES! That is the place! Are they a chain or is it just the one? Either way, it does rule. I may get again some tomorrow.

By: Younghusband

Younghusband — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 06:08:32 +0000

the small but excellent fried chicken takeaway I found in the Demachi area shoutengai this past Sunday.

Oh my god! Are you talking about ChibiKara? That place RULEZ! I love the spicy sauce!