traveling the road less taken. Christmas Eve in Japan - and more pictures! : comments.
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Your pictures look great! You really make me crave for me now.
I knew about Xmas in Japan - it's quite similar in China where people celebrate it just for the sake of celebrating it. The lunar new year's, which Japan now replaced with the solar new year's, is a much bigger deal, likewise. =)
Hope all is well! Merry Christmas!
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what is it that you are craving? that sentence seems to be missing something - LOL!
yea, the idea of Christmas here is just silly really. Japanese just like borrowing western traditions and decorations. they like the "kawaii" (cute) stuff like santas and trees.
happy holidays!
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Haha, it's interesting to point out japanese people like to borrow ideas. I think that's part of what makes it Japan. They borrowed Kanji and developed it into the modern Japanese writing system. They borrowed ideas of capitalism at the end of Edo and started the Meiji era and industrialized Japan. They continue to learn from others and incorporate that into their culture and society. Yet they are tightly knit and don't easily accept outsiders. Anyway, I ramble...
Happy holidays to you too! I'll do my part of saving energy by wearing more clothes and not using the heater. ^_*
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yes, borrowing and making it their own is Japan's way. we learned that when I came over here for the JET Programme. Masahiko (my husband) criticizes the importance that this country places on anything American though. Japanese love American movies and American culture, and Japan's media is very deferential to America. I could go on and on...
we do lots of wearing more clothes to stay warm - but thankfully it's not been so cold the last week.
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That's not necessarily a bad thing, I think. When we place ourselves at such a position, we tend to look for ways to improve and learn from others. Compared to the insolence and arrogance of imperial China, there is a reason China fell in the 19th century while Japan transformed into a modern nation.
May I say there is a little bit of irony that Masahiko married an American woman? ^_^ *ducks under a table from a thrown beer bottle*
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haha - I'd never throw a bottle at you, silly! it is actually very natural that Masahiko married an American woman. he's very Japanese in some ways, but he's always had an interest in western culture, especially music and culture. he knows less about Japanese culture than I do, which is funny! But he does tend to criticize his own country, as well as America. it's his personality. so you were right in seeing the irony:)