Well, japanese christmas cake can be described as a glorified strawberry shortcake.
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Pics. In japan, christmas cakes are a big deal. So a cake intended for christmas that was not eaten or is left over is considered bad and should be.
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Kfc is also popular during this season due to some ingineous advertising by kfc long ago but it pales in comparison to the strawberry christmsas cake. Following the events of the meiji restoration, japan opened its doors to the world, and there was an influx of western about one percent of the japanese population identifies as christian, so christmas is a secular holiday in japan. Christmas in japan is about illuminations and decorations.
Christmas eve, for example, has become more important than christmas day in japan.
In japan, christmas cakes are a big deal. A perfect holiday or hostess gift for someone who has tried the sponge cake in japan. That's why today we're counting down the top five but in japan, christmas without a cake is like sushi without rice. However, while the cake has become firmly entrenched in japanese culture, christmas itself hasn't — it's not a national holiday in japan.
