Updated: Mar 5, 2024
Today I would like to tell you about the most famous Christmas song in Japan. It’s called “Christmas Eve” which is sung by Tatsuro Yamashita. In 1983, this song was released, and it became a “TV commercial song”. So, when it comes to winter, this song is definitely on broadcast. Every winter. If you are Japanese, you definitely listen to this song on TV. And, this song is a love song, so many lovers like to listen to this music. You can understand what I mean when you watch this video. I mean. In Japan, Christmas is a “lovers' day” in one sense. Maybe that’s weird for Christians in the world but many Japanese young people think that way. Oh my God. Japan is a bit strange, I have to say.
We Japanese people love to eat Sashimi, it’s raw fish. “Sashimi” means raw fish in Japanese. This word doesn’t mean a special kind of fish and means every cut of raw fish. This picture is one which captured Sashimi of yellowtail. Originally yellowtail was a very expensive fish in Japan, but recently this fish is getting cheaper. Because it is caught a lot around Japan islands because of global warming. And, as for me, I’m sometimes told by foreign friends, “Japan takes the best tuna away around the sea near my country”. “Sorry”, I often said. Yeah, because we love to eat tuna very much. If the Japanese fishing ships catch a lot of tuna around your country, please forgive me! See you.
Here in Japan now, it’s a yellow world. I mean, ginkgo trees changed very yellow. In a park near my house, you can see yellow fallen leaves from ginkgo trees. We call it “イチョウ” in japanese and ginkgo fruits have strong smell. It’s not a good smell but ginkgo fruits are used in Japanese cuisines. And I can say that ginkgo fruit matches Japanese wine (Sake) very much. If you come to Japan in autumn, please try to eat ginkgo fruits with Japanese Sake. When it comes to December, maple leaves will be red in this park. So, mountain trees will be very colorful with autumn leaves.
