And I thought the Japanese would embrace the whole cutie-pie bunny and egg thing. My kids are going to be disappointed (looks like we'll be in Tokyo that day). I guess I'll bring some bunny chocolates from home to give them. Does anyone know of an Easter ex-pat event in town?
KO OKAZAKI: Well, that's a very difficult question indeed. I don't think Japanese adult people can enjoy having that small chocolate egg type of thing.
Translation: "Your question is inane, and I don't know why I'm wasting my time answering your ignorant queries, which make no sense. So I'll make up some stupid-sounding answer so you'll go away and stop bothering me. That way we both avoid losing face, you for asking inane questions, and me for not knowing the answer to them."
LapLap
Mar 9, 06, 9:48 am
And I thought the Japanese would embrace the whole cutie-pie bunny and egg thing. My kids are going to be disappointed (looks like we'll be in Tokyo that day). I guess I'll bring some bunny chocolates from home to give them. Does anyone know of an Easter ex-pat event in town?
from article on why Easter isn't celebrated: I suppose the Easter equivalent would be a bunny girl outfit, but it would still be tough to completely commercialise Easter, particularly considering the ideas behind it – violent death and miraculous rebirth.
And the fact that the dates shift around spectacularly from year to year in a seemingly erratic & unpredictable manner doesn't help much.
Calcifer
Mar 9, 06, 10:21 am
And then with April 1st being the beginning of the fiscal and school years, you've got all the job moves, school entrance events, etc. to keep you busy, plus it's around cherry blossom season so there's cherry blossom viewing parties. I'd say Japan doesn't really need to glom onto another event at that particular time of year.
Put it in June or July, however....
valve bouncer
Mar 9, 06, 11:14 am
My young bloke goes to a "supposedly" Christian kindy. I asked one of the teachers there about Easter one day and she just looked at me with a "... are you talking about" look on her face. Needless to say Good Friday is just another day there. Fortuately it's a good kindy and I'm not religious.
iahphx
Mar 9, 06, 11:16 am
I thought it was traditional to celebrate Easter this way:
And the fact that the dates shift around spectacularly from year to year in a seemingly erratic & unpredictable manner doesn't help much.
I suspect you're right that the lunar scheduling of Easter makes it too "inconvenient" to catch on. And since the Japanese already have their "welcome spring" rituals, they don't need another one. I guess that's the nature of borrowing traditions from other cultures -- you borrow what you need. So even if the Easter bunny is cute, he's just not needed.
iahphx
Mar 9, 06, 11:22 am
Translation: "Your question is inane, and I don't know why I'm wasting my time answering your ignorant queries, which make no sense. So I'll make up some stupid-sounding answer so you'll go away and stop bothering me. That way we both avoid losing face, you for asking inane questions, and me for not knowing the answer to them."
I love it! And I bet you're right.
kcvt750
Mar 9, 06, 5:15 pm
So even if the Easter bunny is cute, he's just not needed.
Cue the Sanrio guys & watch the holiday explode. ;)
abmj-jr
Mar 9, 06, 5:45 pm
Cue the Sanrio guys & watch the holiday explode. ;)
Ohh jeez! Theater of the mind. A whole line of dancing Q-Rio with bunny ears.
I can't stand it! :D
JR
kcvt750
Mar 9, 06, 5:47 pm
Ohh jeez! Theater of the mind. A whole line of dancing Q-Rio with bunny ears.
And I thought the Japanese would embrace the whole cutie-pie bunny and egg thing. My kids are going to be disappointed (looks like we'll be in Tokyo that day). I guess I'll bring some bunny chocolates from home to give them. Does anyone know of an Easter ex-pat event in town?