Weird Japanese Culture

What does your family eat on Christmas? I talked about how spend the time on Christmas in last blog post. (If you haven't read yet, go to the last blog post from HERE  !) Do your family eat, turkey, mashed potato, and some sweets? Surprisingly, People in Japan eat  Yes, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) on Christmas day!  I know you feel weird and why because whenever I told friends about Japanese Christmas, they usually respond "What!?"    Also, this cake is popular to eat in Japan. Strawberry cake (called Short cake) This is another fun culture, which is about Santa Clause. When I was a little, I believed that Santa Clause is real, because we always get a present from Santa Clause on Christmas day. On December 24, children write a letter and says "I want this toys or games or dolls." something like that. Then, on December 25, when children wake up in the morning, there is a present on the bed.  Which...

on December 24 and 25, everyone says... Merry Christmas!  The days are common to spend with your family in the United States because they are Christmas! And, open the present boxes where you find them under the Christmas tree? I know you like the moment most when you are child! But, in Japan, family usually don't do anything on Christmas (It depends on the family). At least, my family did not anything as soon as I getting older, because most dating couples spend time together on the day. or Most people spend time with their friends as Christmas party. What I heard is that most couples buy present for each other, and men sometimes buy a ring and some accessories for women.  In these days, spending time with couple on Christmas in Tokyo Disney Land is very popular and the tickets usually sold out.  So, Christmas in the United States and Japan are very different, and even though Japanese love American stuff, Japanese changed to own Chri...

What is Karo-shi? Karo-shi defines that people who work too hard and stressed out die from their overwork. This is also included suicide, illnesses, and depressed. In 2012, there were 813 people who died or attempted suicide due to long work hours and stressful work stresses, and also stressed out and illnesses. I thought there is a particular "Karo-shi" word in English, but Karo-shi is also known as English. If you are interested in more information about Karo-shi, here.

Black or Navy suits have to be worn When you are ready to graduate from college, you will look for jobs with your business suits. In Japan, Japanese wear black or gray (most people wear black) suit both men and women. But, since there is Japanese style to wear black suit, job hunting season is often going to be like this picture. Everyone wears same suit and same style which didn't show their characteristics even though they need to do. The tendency to "accept diversity" is not so much compared to overseas. This picture is one of job fair in Japan. I know it looks so crazy, because even Japanese people think job hunting in Japan is super crazy.