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    some14some

    Wonderful night view early in the morning !

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    asahi88

    lovely

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    tokyonovice

    Oh my god is that boat on fire?

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    my2sense

    "hail to the western holiday in this time of year"....

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    nonsibi

    asahi88 at 07:54 AM JST - 17th November - lovely

    yes, it is the most wonderful time of the year.

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    Laguna

    Sorry - that is not a Christmas tree. It is a mass of lights. The lack of tree and the pastel colours don't really do it.

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    MrDog

    Oh my god is that boat on fire?

    Hahahaha.

    The "tree" looks tacky and silly. Why the Japanese even bother with Christmas is beyond me, since they "celebrate" a very empty Christmas in an even emptier way. KFC, Christmas Eve being more important, etc.

    I think people in the UK and US should start "celebrating" Obon by eating Dorito's or something to get revenge ;)

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    whiskeysour

    At least it's not ALL blue lighting !!!! Rainbow christmas tree & Rinbow Bridge - great match. Odaiba's XMAS tree is cool !!!!

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    Gurukun

    Great Pic!!

    But is that a tree? Looks more like a lit up cone.

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    MrDog

    MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Gay Pride tree.

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    kokorocloud

    Pretty! I like it.

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    my2sense

    MrDog has a point. Then again these people start to celebrate Halloween in early September... I have been here since 97 and Xmas has only intensified every year. Back home we get started on Dec 1st and its about cards, getting in touch, last minute Xmas shopping, food, snow, the Xmas movies, parties blah blah... but I must confess... it seems to be about money here and making things pretty or filling that emptiness. My best guess is it will get pulled into October in another 10 years

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    Papigiulio

    Whiskeysour: haha indeed, my first thought aswell. Tokyo tower however is a different story :S

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    MrDog

    @my2sense

    Good point. It's not about the event itself, it seems to be about how much they can make off the event. Valentines/White Day for example.

    Rather than Christmas being pulled into October within 10 years, I can imagine Easter starting to be "celebrated/milked" within that timeframe.

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    herefornow

    Just looks like an upside-down magaphone with a star on top -- looks like it should be at an amusement park, which I guess Odaiba kinda is. The beauty of the picture is in the water and bridge/skyline.

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    sk4ek

    Good point. It's not about the event itself, it seems to be about how much they can make off the event. Valentines/White Day for example.

    If "they" refers to retailers, I really don't see any difference between Japan and, say, the U.S. with regard to how holidays are exploited, and certainly the same arguments about how early to "start" the holiday are common elsewhere--and again, usually in reference to when retailers choose to start decorating, offering sales, etc. I was at a major chain supermarket in Hawaii in early September, and they'd already rolled out their aisle cap displays of bagged Halloween candy, pumpkins, and packaged costumes.

    People seem to get upset mainly because the religious aspects of Christmas are more or less absent here, but what do they expect in a mostly non-Christian country? And really, how is buying a bucket of KFC chicken to share with friends and family so much different from sitting around the table to share a store-bought turkey?

    That said, it sure is a big ol' gay Christmas "tree", isn't it.

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    paulinusa

    Was just in Tokyo and stopped by Omotesando Hills mall where they had a Swarovski crystal Xmas tree and choir music playing( mainly to pose for photos ). Yes, some of what has been said about western Christmas being devoid of meaning is true, but I still have to shake my head and smile when I come upon a "Japanese Christmas".

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    herefornow

    And really, how is buying a bucket of KFC chicken to share with friends and family so much different from sitting around the table to share a store-bought turkey?

    sk4ek -- simple and obvious answer. Turkey at least has historical and cultural significance in the U.S. so it has ties to Christmas. KFC is none of the above and is just another bastardizing of a western concept to make simple-minded J-folks happy.

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    Dewaashita

    Beautiful!

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    MrDog

    @sk4ek

    If "they" refers to retailers, I really don't see any difference between Japan and, say, the U.S. with regard to how holidays are exploited, and certainly the same arguments about how early to "start" the holiday are common elsewhere--and again, usually in reference to when retailers choose to start decorating, offering sales, etc. I was at a major chain supermarket in Hawaii in early September, and they'd already rolled out their aisle cap displays of bagged Halloween candy, pumpkins, and packaged costumes.

    I know that the US and UK etc milk these things too. But, at least they're Christian countries.

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    hoserfella

    MrDog - So "Christian countries" are given a free pass to bastardize Christmas? I had no idea! Then again, I didn't know the US and UK were considered "Christian countries" either. Better tell all those Muslims, Jews, Hindus, etc. to start packing, eh?

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    bobcatfish

    Is it because so many Japanese people have never actually seen a real tree?

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    paulinusa

    Arguing back and forth about the meaning of Christmas in Japan is ridiculous, because ultimately it's only about increasing retail sales.

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    cactusJack

    The Apollo Space Capsule returns!

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    bobcatfish

    At least the statue of liberty is no longer the ugliest thing on odaiba

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    tomatoflight

    Funny, first thing I thought of was the special Tokyo Tower lighting and there it is in the background.

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    Taka313

    Perhaps I have my time zone conversions confused. Is it already December in Japan?

    Taka

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