Why is Japan obsessed with KFC on Christmas?
Like other Western customs, celebrating Christmas has become popular in Japan. But forget about the roasted turkey fast-food chicken is an essential part of any Japanese Christmas celebration.
People in Japan s Yokohama wait in line at KFC for a holiday meal
Takako Tomura s Christmas party this week has all the festive trimmings. Children decorate a pine tree with tinsel and hand-made decorations, as adults toast mulled wine and everyone exchanges gifts.
Then the families sit down to enjoy the traditional Japanese Christmas meal mounds of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
As with other foreign celebrations, such as Halloween and Valentine s Day, Japan has embraced Christmas with gusto although the religious elements are largely overlooked in a nation where only 1% of the population is Christian.
From vegetarian butchers and junk food to decadent desserts and smoothie bowls, Metropolis has all your cravings covered. Whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, environmentally-conscious, have allergies or are just looking to eat a little cleaner in 2021, be sure to check this guide to the 10 best vegan and vegetarian-friendly spots in Tokyo.
1. The Vegetarian Butcher, Ikebukuro
Jaap Korteweg, the founder of Tokyo’s first vegetarian butcher, is a ninth-generation farmer who gradually became disgusted with the slaughtering of animals. After quitting meat, he realized there were hardly any decent alternatives. In 2010, he took the problem into his own hands, opening the Vegetarian Butcher in the Netherlands. The Ikebukuro offshoot, which opened August 2020, produces vegetarian meat products that can convert even the staunchest of meat enthusiasts. The “meats” all have fun, punny names, such as “WHAT THE CLUCK” for faux chicken and “UNBELIEVABALLS” for plant-based mea
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In spirit and substance, the adventurous new documentary
Queer Japan (★★★☆☆) reflects the ethos of “live and let live.” Leaving seemingly no LGBTQ+ stone unturned, the movie maps out queer scenes and spaces from Tokyo to Kyoto, Osaka to Okinawa, covering the mainstream and the underground, the artistic, erotic, and unconventional.
The film could be accused in its first half of overindulging a taste for the offbeat, focusing exclusively on sex and gender mavericks like gay manga artist Gengoroh Tagame. One of the movie’s more endearing characters, Tagame is interviewed inside a well-appointed S&M dungeon. Drag artist Margarette, an elegant vision of