When I was doing research on teaching overseas something that came up was the difference in traditional Japanese calendar holidays and celebrations. I was told by a few sources beforehand that Christmas wasn't that big of an occasion. I understood that it was just a regular day and that most business people even had to work through it. Since I'm pretty big on Christmas I thought I'd be missing home a lot more than I am now.
Pretty much all of the train stations, shopping malls, and parks here have some sort of holiday decoration. Lights are the big thing and many places actually look a lot more extravagant than back at home. The holiday season here does remind me a bit of home and I'm glad that the glamourous appearance of it is actually not too different. Maybe all the traditional pieces of the Christmas holiday are not accounted for, but the cosmetic and visual appeal of it is on par. Christmas will continually be swayed in a commercial Hallmark way anyhow so perhaps it all makes some logical sense.
2 comments:
oh man i haven't kept up with your blog in so long!
anyhoo the holidays are upon
there is no snow (yet)
and no new years snowboarding with you this year =(
hope you're feeling better these days. probably not much i can say to make things better, but i do wish you well
anyhoo, 2k9 season is underway, and we are all terrible point guards. lol. wish i had enough money to make the trip to japan. better luck next time!
I actually think you have more decorations than we do over here. Now mind you I've been a bit of a hermit lately and haven't gone out too much.
I miss you, Kyle and Japan too!!
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