As a child, Ms Fujita ate strawberry shortcake "every year" on Christmas — a tradition kept alive in Queensland where she sometimes brings Japanese-style cake for her Australian family's gathering.

The Japan travel experts at Japan Rail Pass compiled a list of Japan's five most unique Christmas traditions that just might be worth adopting this year. This is probably Japan's most unique ...

If this year is your first Christmas in Japan, you might be a little surprised (or even confused) at some of the traditions you witness. Even though only about 1 percent of the Japanese population ...

HOKKAIDO, Japan — Almost every year since she was a child, Hokkaido resident Naomi has looked forward to her family's traditional Christmas meal: a KFC "party barrel" brimming with salad ...

This tradition dates back to a folktale ... Due to an old advertising campaign, Japanese people often acknowledge Christmas with a meal from KFC (stock image)Credit: KFC While Christmas isn ...

Christmas in Japan is a unique cultural phenomenon. Unlike in many parts of the world where it is a deeply religious occasion, imbued with traditions rooted in Christianity, Japan celebrates Christmas ...

KFC Japan started selling a fried chicken Christmas ... Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty The Christmas tradition grew, from simple buckets of fried chicken to today's Kentucky Christmas dinner packages ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Eating fried chicken from fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is a very popular Christmas tradition in Japan. Every Christmas, there are very long lines of customers at ...

Christmas dinner is all about Kentucky Fried Chicken. Every December, millions of Japanese families line up for KFC, a tradition that started with a 1970s marketing campaign called Kentucky for ...

There are a couple of strange Catalan traditions ... mornings between 16 December and Christmas Eve. Christmas isn’t a national holiday in Japan but that doesn’t stop a large number of ...