春雨逍遙

in idleness

all about the end of the year around me 1

After Halloween, Christmas music is gradually played and the streets are decorated with lights. In recent years, my city has even started to imitate the European, Perhaps German, as we have a sister city, Christmas markets. The excitement before the end of the shortest day of the year and the coming year is the same everywhere to everyone. In Japan, at a lower latitude than in Europe and other countries, the darkness and the short hours of daylight are not as acutely felt, but I can understand how the early sunset can still be depressing. How do you feel about this season?

Halloween is a second or third... version of Christmas, using foreign customs as an opportunity to promote sales, and for more than a decade the city has been filled with Halloween decorations in October. It's been a long time that Valentine's Day is generally used as a day for women to send chocolates to men to confess their love, and soon Easter may be used as well? Japanese people really enjoy imported culture. We modify it to our own liking, though. I'm getting sidetracked. To be continued next time.