Comments on: Kentucky Fried Christmas

By: kornferry

kornferry — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:20:05 +0000

Don’t forget the KFC Buffet in Osaka the only in Japan
http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/kfc-buffet-in-osaka/

By: The Least Festive Things to Do in Japan this Christmas « Gaijin Tonic

The Least Festive Things to Do in Japan this Christmas « Gaijin Tonic — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:59:45 +0000

[...] suspect devout Christians would say that the inexplicable Japanese seasonal customs of pigging out on KFC and banging each others brains out in love hotels, were not in the true spirit of [...]

By: pudgym

pudgym — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:26:28 +0000

Most fast-food restaurants in North America are closed on 25 December. Even White Castle, which otherwise does not close at all. (It locks the dining room for six hours each day.)
Why doesn’t Japan have more turkey or lamb entrees? The farms would occupy too much land? Turkeys do not take up much more space than pigs or chickens. I know most of its beef is imported from Australia.

By: roaf

roaf — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:47:11 +0000

Really? I wondered where that started!

By: Viet

Viet — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:30:07 +0000

Didn’t KFC revolutionize the idea of having strawberry shortcake on Christmas, in Japan?

By: roaf

roaf — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:19:19 +0000

Yeah, I know what you mean. he’s a little racially ambiguous.
Funnily enough, I once met a Japanese Colonel Sanders lookalike in Yokohama. He started talking to me in Sakuragicho station. He was about sixty, quite plump, and had a white suit, and had the same kind of beard and tie as Sanders. He basically looked exactly like the guy. And he spoke with a Southern drawl, like the Sheriff in “Smokey and the Bandit.”
One of my weirdest experiences in Japan. I thought I was losing my mind!

By: Tori

Tori — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:47:02 +0000

I’ve been wondering this for awhile:
Is it just me or do these Colonel Sander statutes look Japanese? His eyes look slightly Japanese to me… I don’t know.

By: roaf

roaf — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:21:58 +0000

You’re right, Harvey. I suppose it’s weird that the Japanese celebrate Christmas at all! Bad luck working on Xmas day. i managed to persuade my boss to let me have the day off.

Bruce, the brooch in the eyes sounds painful, but I may have to agree with you.

By: clarkebruce

clarkebruce — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:10:19 +0000

Funniest looking Col. Sanders I’ve ever seen.

PS – I would rather poke my eyes out with a brooch than eat KFC for Christmas.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:12:54 +0000

The commercialization of Christmas in Japan is pretty much equal to the commercialization of Christmas in the States. In my humble opinion.

And that’s quite a feat considering that Christmas is a Christian holiday, and in Japan only 0.7 percent of the population claim to be Christian (figure from CIA world fact book), whereas in the United States we’ve got Protestant 52% and Roman Catholic 24%! Not to mention the other strings of Christianity. You’d think that Christmas in the states would be a little more traditional.

I did laugh incredulously when I heard that KFC was the Christmas thing to do though. Hah.

And I do miss my xmas vacation! Gotta work that day lame!