Christmas in Japan! Naklar!
Somehow it was completely different, but somehow not! Sound funny? Was so ...
The explanation perhaps only once, which is the same. The Straßendeko already starts far too early and most shops are also set very early on Christmas. There are Christmas markets
(very small and way too overpriced), mulled wine, Christmas (only a usual year-end party would be too little, when two occasions) and odds and ends of all hand, which is available to buy in Germany. So far so good, you think, but it's just not everything Christmas, where X-Mas stand on it ... Starting with the decor: there is illumination
and everything, really everything is hung with blue and white lights! So much so that sometimes it hurts again. And for the rest of you notice immediately, it does not happen for the same reasons as Christian in Germany or other countries. And so came up with none of us exchange students a "real" Christmas spirit. Since none had a real plan what to drive, then, on Christmas Eve and the rest of holidays so I had thought about Katja's friend in Kyoto to surprise. For her friend Jenny had gone out of the country to spend Christmas in China! But, as Katja is not so can easily surprise, I had her a week before unfortunately put my plans open because they had once again scheduled completely!
So I went in the afternoon, after a delicious sushi lunch with Marius, on Christmas Eve to Kyoto. Complications after short evening I came in to Katie's family. This had invited a few friends and the daughter with a child was also there, so a big round. There was a table covered with all kinds
plenty of goodies. For example, garlic rice, chicken legs, Yakitorispieße and at the end for dessert the most important Christmascake! Without this Christmas in Japan is inconceivable! (And they find it funny when you tell them that there such a thing in Germany is not available ...) While dining were then exchanged a few gifts and I got a can of Katja Beck's beer! What a feeling of home!
The next day we took it again a trip to my favorite city and were lucky that it has always rained when we were sitting on the bus or somewhere inside.
A quiet and contemplative somehow first holiday. In the evening we went with a Japanese friend of Katja to the movies. Katya had been promised me, I would certainly understand a lot and because it was a disaster film, I thought the dialogues were not so crucial but we both had to realize that this is not, unfortunately, was quite so ... 
On Boxing Day we are then at Lake Biwa, accompanied by light snow, walk along and as we were frozen solid so right we are in a German Tavern has returned and have mulled wine and drank coffee to warm up!
evening again with the host family to the movies, but this time it should be a Hollywood movie. This can often be presented in the original Japanese with subtitles, so I did not have so much trouble to follow the plot.
After that there was once again delicious Japanese "stew" Hub and well saturated Katja and I went with the night bus back to Tokyo because we wanted to slide together with other students in the new year. It was then that assembled at gradually Janu, Jenny, Roxy and Janina in Tokyo and we went to a small Nomikai (Food) to a temple there for the countdown to the new year to experience. Among the Japanese, it is customary to allow New Year to celebrate with family and Clock against 24 to flow to the temples and pray there and get rid of the 108 chimes of the sins of everyday life. At the temple where we were assembled at us and balloons for the Japanese fortified wishes to them and let them increase by 24 Clock. This is a firework does not replace entirely, but was still nice to see with!
Then we went up in the morning by 5 clock to a club to celebrate European way!
including New Year's Eve was a little different than usual, I personally found it a good one! At 2.1. It then went together to Yokohama, but this gives an extra reporting! , -)
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