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Anybody who is aware of me or has ever learn any of the earlier ‘Countdown to Christmas in Tokyo’ blogs in all probability thinks I’m going all in on Christmas nearly as quickly as Halloween is out of the way in which however that’s not fairly true. Certain, I do wish to put the tree up in early November however this 12 months it took a bit longer than anticipated earlier than it was lastly prepared on November ninth!! Placing that up on-line certain does set off a good few folks!
Moreover, I do start watching the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas films round that point too. They’ve been an essential a part of my festive build-up for 6-7 years now. My report tally of watching 69 movies in 2021 requires a variety of effort to be crushed. I did handle a formidable whole of 55 final 12 months however that was adopted up with a extra modest quantity this time.
The whole is on the foot of this put up however please strive to withstand scrolling down previous every part else simply to see what it was!! My canine has been in my firm for almost all of them!
Regardless of the tree and the films, I really don’t hearken to any festive tunes by selection till mid-December on the earliest. Likewise for different seasonal occasions like viewing Christmas timber or seeing the winter illuminations. The one one of many latter I did see this time was the Shibuya Blue Cave which I hadn’t visited since 2019!
An (nearly) annual (non-festive) custom for my spouse and I is a visit to the cinema. This time we went to United Cinemas in Toshimaen for the primary time the place we have been greeted by a specifically embellished ‘Zootopia 2‘ Christmas tree within the foyer.
By the way, across the nook from the cinema is the Making of Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo which provides a number of points of interest outdoors which we may see at no cost. That was enough for each of us as we’re not likely Harry Potters followers although having solely ever seen the primary film!
Nonetheless, we have been in Toshimaen to see ‘Again to the Future‘ (1985) on the large display for the primary time in IMAX. We each price it as our favorite movie ever and so actually wished to see it through the one-week it was being proven as a part of the fortieth anniversary celebrations. Technically we’ve seen it on big screens on the Secret Cinema occasion within the UK and as a part of the BTTF In Live performance efficiency however they have been very completely different experiences.
There has lately been a particular Again to the Future vitality drink on sale (not on the cinema) to mark the event however that didn’t function as a part of my annual gentle up Christmas visitors lights vitality drink problem!
When it comes to meals, I’ve just about lived a Japanese way of life for a very long time now however one can by no means resist the temptation of some good outdated British food and drinks. The loopy costs certain don’t make it straightforward although! Once I heard about The British Store in Shibuya I needed to go and test it out. Twice. It’s conveniently situated en-route to one in all my colleges, however I didn’t wish to make it routine although for monetary causes.
Australian meals by means of these 4 N’ Twenty meat pies was a nice shock that turned up at a store close by one other faculty.
Mince pies are in fact the extra well-known pie right now of the 12 months and, regardless of their excessive price, I all the time buy a pack of them in early November once they go on sale. They disappear shortly in order that’s why I get them seven weeks upfront.
Elsewhere, these 90 yen bowls of udon and ramen noodles have been extra up my avenue by way of value. This was at conveyor-belt sushi chain and naturally no-one goes in such a spot and orders these dishes solely!
Most individuals affiliate Japan with KFC right now of the 12 months. While I’ve by no means actually been a fan of that exact fast-food chain, I’ve all the time been into my crisps and there was even a KFC collaboration with this explicit model. Household Mart’s famichiki has been an enormous success because it launched a number of years in the past and so they even have crisps for that flavour now!
That was Christmas 2025 in Tokyo then and in case you acquired this far then I’d wish to want YOU a Merry Christmas and a Glad New Yr.
Click on on the next hyperlinks to examine Christmas in Tokyo for earlier years:
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
(*) All films are from 2025 until famous in any other case…
1. Carry-On (2024); 2. A Royal Montana Christmas; 3. Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper; 4. A ’90s Christmas (2024); 5. Christmas Above the Clouds; 6. A Keller Christmas Trip; 7. Three Wisest Males; 8. Tidings for the Season; 9. Vacation Landing: A Payments Love Story; 10. Soften my Coronary heart this Christmas; 11. Checkin’ It Twice (2023); 12. My Christmas Household Tree (2021); 13. The Snow Should Go On; 14. The Extra the Merrier; 15. Christmas on Obligation; 16. A Newport Christmas; 17. We Met in December; 18. An Alpine Christmas; 19. A Grand Ole Opry Christmas; 20. A Christmas Angel Match; 21. The Christmas Cup; 22. Oh. What. Enjoyable; 23. Christmas on the Catnip Cafe; 24. My Secret Santa; 25. Subsequent Cease, Christmas (2021); 26. She’s Making A Listing; 27. Single on the twenty fifth; 28. Noel Subsequent Door (2022); 29. Merv: 30. Assist for the Holidays (2012): 31. A Scottish Christmas Secret; 32. A Suite Vacation; 33. Tinsel City; 34. Oy to the World; 35. The Santa Stakeout (2021); 36. Jingle All The Method (1996); 37. Dwelling Alone (1990); 38. Dwelling Alone 2: Misplaced in New York (1992); 39. A Make or Break Vacation.
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