Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Christmas Tunes in Narita

For those who don't speak "airport", that's Tokyo Japan. It just seems wrong to hear instrumental version of Christmas Carols carried via the sound system in the JAL Lounge. In a country in which less than 1% of the population are Christian I did not expect to hear "White Christmas" or other similar tunes playing.

So, as any good modern researcher would do, I quickly checked the internet to determine all the pertinent facts about Christmas in Japan. As it turns out, Christmas is commercialized here too (please don't get me started on the commercialization of holidays in the U.S.). Couple that with the Japanese love of festivals, and well, you have an unofficial holiday that is celebrated between close friends and those engaged in romantic commitments.

And there you have it...the interesting fact of the day.