Japanese Christmas 2008 (updated)

Christmas in Japan isn’t that big an affair, everything is open, people still go to work, Japan keeps rolling on. Indeed, we had to go to uni on the 24th and 25th, something which was reminiscent of last year when I was in China. Decorations were around, and christmas specials could be had in shops, but like China, there wasn’t that much of a Christmas spirit.

The picture above is of the chocolate xmas cake we had after dinner (specially ordered for me, because I loveeeeeee chocolate cake, lucky me!).  The two candle holders on the left were made by the brother, who is an awesome artist!

Chicken is the food of choice, rather than ham or turkey, and KFC and the like are very popular on christmas. We went to an “all-you-can-order-food-and-drink” restaurant with the family, and it was lots and lots of fun. We had chicken, as you can see below, and it was super-oishii!!

The food then started to flow.

We all had lots and lots and lots of fun!

As did the drinks. The drinking age in Japan is 20, which is surprising. You also can apply for your license at 18 (rather than our 16).

As is now my custom at an all-you-can-eat, I try and eat as much sashimi as I can. It’s SO yum! These are the first two platters, very nicely sized, if I may say so myself.

We ended up ordering 5 platters, and I had to eat the last two by myself, and I couldn’t even finish the last two pieces of sashimi, I was THAT full of fish and food.

The restaurant had a very nice feel, with big wooden pillars everywhere.

The bathroom was pretty funky too.

Just some more pictures of the awesome, yummy food.

With these “all-you-can-order” restaurants, they give you a two hour time limit, and your last order comes thirty minutes or so before the end. They also charge an extra fee for the drinks, how much varies, but it is usually a few hundred yen more (or a thousand, depends when and where).

It was a lovely, lovely christmas dinner, and although I couldn’t be home for my family dinner, I really felt special, and it was full of cheer and lots of food! Yummy food.

Lots of fun to be had by all! I got rejected at the Reindeer Idol auditions, apparently my nose wasn’t up to scratch.

I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!