Name: 為什麼我避免在日本過聖誕節 (Why I Avoid CHRISTMAS in Japan)
Uploaded: 2021-11-29T18:25:24.000Z
Duration: 16 min 2 s

Yeah, christmas, my favorite time of year.

是的，聖誕節，我一年中最喜歡的時刻。

我們都因為不同的原因而擁有它。

Family food, jesus as for me, I like it because of the presence to get the presence that I so sorely deserved.

家庭食物，耶穌，至於我，我喜歡它，因為它的存在，讓我得到了我非常值得的存在。

I like to move beneath the christmas tree the night before christmas and guess what's inside each and every box this year though my christmas eve was rather stressful when I open my phone to reveal some, it's a pretty worrying news.

我喜歡在聖誕節前夜搬到聖誕樹下，猜測每一個盒子裡面是什麼，今年雖然我的聖誕前夜相當緊張，當我打開手機，發現一些，這是一個相當令人擔憂的消息。

Instead of getting a jovial man burst down my chimney, I received a news alert informing me that my beloved bathmat that I've been using every day for two years now is actually filled with asbestos, the toxic fiber known to cause lung cancer.

我沒有收到一個喜氣洋洋的人從我的煙囪裡衝出來，而是收到了一個新聞提示，告訴我我心愛的浴墊，我每天都在使用，已經兩年了，其實裡面充滿了石棉，這種有毒纖維已知會導致肺癌。

Yeah, on the second day of christmas, my true love gave to me a bath mat filled with asbestos and a partridge in a pear tree.

是的，在聖誕節的第二天，我的真愛給了我一個裝滿石棉的浴墊和一棵梨樹上的鷓鴣。

Doesn't really fit the Sort of upbeat Christmas narrative.

這並不真正符合樂觀的聖誕敘事的排序。

Yes, rather embarrassingly, it turns out one of Japan's biggest retailers sold 2.4 million items manufactured in a dodgy factory in China where they tried to cut costs by stuffing various household items full of asbestos and if you know the correct way to dispose of asbestos, please leave a comment below help because I don't really know what to do.

是的，相當尷尬的是，事實證明，日本最大的零售商之一出售了240萬件由中國一家可疑工廠製造的物品，他們試圖通過將各種家用物品塞滿石棉來降低成本，如果你知道處理石棉的正確方法，請在下面留言幫助，因為我真的不知道該怎麼做。

I could do it abroad in japan christmas giveaway could be rather good.

我可以在國外做，在日本的聖誕贈品可能相當不錯。

No, actually it's probably not a good idea, but to be fair in a year where absolutely everything went wrong, it seemed like a fitting end to the year, it seemed like a fitting end to 2020 to get a visit from the ghost of christmas asbestos now for the past eight years that I've lived in Japan, I've actually only been here for three christmases.

不，實際上這可能不是一個好主意，但公平地說，在絕對一切都出錯的一年裡，這似乎是一個合適的結尾，2020年似乎是一個合適的結尾，得到聖誕石棉幽靈的訪問，現在我在日本生活的過去八年裡，我實際上只在這裡過了三個聖誕節。

Typically I flee to the UK to stuff myself full of mold wine and cheese, but with everything going on in the world, I couldn't do that this year and there are many reasons that I avoid christmas in Japan, like a lot of foreign residents that I know living here.

通常情況下，我逃到英國，用黴菌酒和奶酪塞滿自己，但由於世界上發生的一切，今年我不能這樣做，而且有很多原因使我在日本避開了聖誕節，就像我認識的很多生活在這裡的外國居民一樣。

So in this video I thought I'd answer some key questions.

是以，在這個視頻中，我想我會回答一些關鍵問題。

Number one, what's it like to have christmas in Japan, number two, why do I avoid it?

第一，在日本過聖誕節是什麼樣子的，第二，我為什麼要避開它？

And number three, why do I recommend not visiting the country between late december and early january for some pretty big reasons, which I'll get into in a minute before that you might be wondering what father christmas did actually bring me this year in between bath mats filled with cancer and I did actually receive some pretty amazing things and some not so amazing things as well, but we'll start with the good stuff And my first thing is this cD project Red, the makers of cyberpunk 2077 semi collector's edition of the game in this gigantic box because it turns out some of the team at CD Project Red actually watch abroad in Japan, how awesome is that and I look forward to playing that on my imaginary Playstation five when it arrives sometime in the next 10 years because right now, not even God can get a hold of a Playstation five, I do have a Playstation four, but I want to wait until the glitches and performance issues have been ironed out so I can play it the way it was meant to be played.

第三，為什麼我建議不要在12月底和1月初之間訪問這個國家，因為有一些非常重要的原因，在這之前我馬上會說到，你可能想知道今年在充滿癌症的浴墊之間，聖誕老人到底給我帶來了什麼，我確實收到了一些非常神奇的東西，也有一些不那麼神奇的東西，但我們會從好的東西開始說。賽博朋克2077》的製作者，該遊戲的半收藏版裝在這個巨大的盒子裡，因為事實證明，CD Project Red的一些團隊實際上在日本的國外觀看，這多棒啊！我期待著在我想象中的Playstation 5上玩這個遊戲，當它在未來10年的某個時候到來時，因為現在

So thank you to CD Project Red for my favorite christmas present the second present.

是以，感謝CD Project Red提供的我最喜歡的聖誕禮物--第二份禮物。

You might be aware that here on the bridge in Japan channel, we've tried and failed miserably to get ken Watanabe, Japan's number one actor to feature on the show for some years now, Fantastic actor, you might have seen him in inception Godzilla or the last samurai.

你可能知道，在 "日本之橋 "頻道中，我們一直在努力爭取日本頭號演員渡邊謙上節目，但卻慘遭失敗，他是一個了不起的演員，你可能在《哥斯拉》或《最後的武士》中見過他。

However, my pursuit of him has been so ruthless, so obsessive and disturbing, but I suspect any chances of ever getting him on the show are pretty much gone by now.

然而，我對他的追求是如此無情，如此執著和令人不安，但我懷疑任何讓他上節目的機會現在已經基本消失。

Unfortunately, this christmas an incredible viewer sent the next best thing, Which is of course fuckinup a life size cardboard cut out of the man himself.

不幸的是，今年聖誕節，一位令人難以置信的觀眾送來了下一個最好的東西，當然是他媽的一個真人大小的紙板切割的男人本人。

There he is Ken Watanabe in the Flesh, in the cardboard and I look forward to finding a use for Ken, sometime in 2021 most likely to scare Children.

他就是渡邊謙，在紙板上，我期待著為肯找到用武之地，在2021年的某個時候，很可能是為了嚇唬孩子。

Right, let's just put him over here in the background, good old kim.

對了，讓我們把他放在這裡的背景，好的老金。

There you go actually, it looks really looks really quite disturbing, let's just not do that, you go over there.

實際上你去那裡，它看起來真的看起來真的相當令人不安，讓我們不要那樣做，你去那裡。

Right, present, number three, we're now going into not so good present territory.

對了，現在，三號，我們現在要進入不那麼好的現在領域。

我認為這可能是一種輕描淡寫的說法。

This is white musk air freshener, has this rather troubling english on the front that says john's blend hanging in a closet, a bedroom entrance, door knob, etcetera.

這是白麝香空氣清新劑，前面有一個相當麻煩的英文，說約翰的混合掛在壁櫥、臥室入口、門把手等處。

John's proud aroma will spread in your room, john's proud aroma will spread in your room.

約翰自豪的香氣將在你的房間裡瀰漫，約翰自豪的香氣將在你的房間裡瀰漫。

Who is john, Why is he so proud of his aroma wasn't actually smell like, oh God, it smells like cigarettes, apples and despair.

約翰是誰，他為什麼如此自豪，他的香氣其實並不像，哦，上帝，它聞起來像香菸、蘋果和絕望。

I don't know what John was thinking, I don't know why he's proud of that.

我不知道約翰在想什麼，我不知道他為什麼要為此感到驕傲。

And finally firmly at the bottom of my list quite comfortably is this pen shaped like a carrot.

最後，在我的名單中，這支形狀像胡蘿蔔的筆被牢牢地壓在底部，讓人感覺很舒服。

Might just be the worst christmas present of all time from a now former friend and it says here, big letters, fresh veggie pen.

這可能是一個以前的朋友送給我的最糟糕的聖誕禮物，上面寫著，大字，新鮮的素食筆。

這些看起來很真實的蔬菜，該死的!

These look so real veggies, but they appends the veggie pen would be a very fun gift item, would it?

這些看起來很真實的蔬菜，但他們附錄的蔬菜筆將是一個非常有趣的禮物項目，是嗎？

It's hard to imagine why someone felt this was an appropriate gift item.

很難想象為什麼有人覺得這是一件合適的禮物。

An item so unimaginably shit that it's practically begging for somebody to buy it as a gift.

一個如此難以想象的物品，它幾乎是在乞求別人把它作為禮物來買。

I'm starting to think the asbestos, bathmat would make a better gift than this.

我開始覺得石棉，浴墊會是一個比這更好的禮物。

So how does Japan celebrate Christmas, does it celebrate Christmas at all?

那麼，日本是如何慶祝聖誕節的，它到底有沒有慶祝聖誕節？

Well, even though roughly 1% of Japan's population claims to be Christian and December 25 is not a public holiday.

好吧，儘管日本大約有1%的人口聲稱自己是基督徒，而且12月25日也不是公共假日。

The Christmas season does still exist in a rather bastardized commercialized form.

聖誕季確實仍然以相當私密的商業化形式存在。

In fact on the surface it almost looks like christmas back home in europe or north America, you've got The decorations, the music, the Christmas trees, the KFC Bucket, all right, maybe not everything, but interestingly Christmas and Japan starts a month earlier than back home.

事實上，從表面上看，它幾乎和歐洲或北美的聖誕節一樣，你有裝飾品、音樂、聖誕樹、肯德基桶，好吧，也許不是所有東西，但有趣的是，日本的聖誕節比國內早一個月開始。

It kicks off on November one when all the decorations go up, Christmas trees, candles, crap covers of last Christmas, you can enjoy all that from November one.

它在11月1日拉開序幕，所有的裝飾品都會升起，聖誕樹、蠟燭、去年聖誕節的垃圾封面，你可以從11月1日開始享受這一切。

But even though the christmas season starts a whole month earlier than it does back home, it also ends early as well.

但是，儘管聖誕節比國內提前了整整一個月開始，但也提前結束了。

Rather bizarrely, it ends on december 26th, almost overnight, all the decorations and every sign of christmas is removed, it's taken down.

比較奇怪的是，它在12月26日結束，幾乎是一夜之間，所有的裝飾品和每一個聖誕節的標誌都被移除，它被拆掉了。

The end result is christmas in Japan captures that excitement in the run up to christmas day, but then Boxing Day just feels rather hollow and empty.

最終的結果是，日本的聖誕節抓住了聖誕節前的興奮點，但節禮日卻讓人感覺相當空洞和虛無。

It's a bit like having a three course meal, but as you're about to dive into dessert, someone chucks a rocket it and fox it all up.

這有點像吃了三道菜，但當你要吃甜點的時候，有人扔了一枚火箭彈，把它全部炸掉了。

But you know what for any criticism I may have of christmas in Japan, I'm still grateful to have it in some form because you are able to get in the festive spirit, despite it being a purely commercial holiday where the origins of Christianity and the nativity are all stripped away after all, Jesus never really made it to Japan.

但是你知道嗎，儘管我對日本的聖誕節有任何責備，我仍然很感激它以某種形式存在，因為你能夠感受到節日的氣氛，儘管它是一個純粹的商業節日，基督教的起源和耶穌誕生都被剝離了，畢竟耶穌從未真正來到過日本。

Well that is unless you believe the people of shingle village in Aomori Prefecture where they believe Jesus was quite literally laid to rest.

除非你相信青森縣辛格村的人們，他們相信耶穌真的在那裡安息了。

No, I'm not making up tucked away in the mountains of north Japan, there's a tomb with a cross and even an impressive stone tablet written in hebrew to commemorate the real resting place of jesus, as well as an in depth story of how and why Jesus made this surprising journey.

不，我沒有瞎說，在日本北部的山裡，有一個帶著十字架的墳墓，甚至還有一塊用希伯來語寫的令人印象深刻的石碑，以紀念耶穌真正的安息之地，以及一個關於耶穌如何和為什麼進行這一令人驚訝的旅程的深入故事。

Honestly, it's either the most compelling conspiracy in the history of Christianity or it's a shitty pr stunt that went a little bit too far and I'm inclined to believe it's the latter, but I'm not here to judge you decide in the comments palay, all I know is when I covered it in a video a few years ago, an Australian newspaper referred to me as an alternate theorist, which is a title I never knew I wanted.

老實說，這要麼是基督教歷史上最引人注目的陰謀，要麼是一個低劣的公關噱頭，走得有點遠，我傾向於相信是後者，但我不在這裡評判，你們在評論中決定吧，我只知道幾年前我在視頻中報道它時，一家澳洲報紙把我稱為另類理論家，這是我從來不知道自己想要的稱號。

But in the absence of jesus, the closest thing Japan has to a divine spiritual figurehead for the festive season is an individual of great power and great wisdom and I am of course talking about Colonel Sanders and for once I'm really not exaggerating.

但是，在沒有耶穌的情況下，日本在節日期間最接近於神聖的精神形象的是一個擁有巨大力量和巨大智慧的人，當然我說的是桑德斯上校，這一次我真的沒有誇大其詞。

When december 25th rolls around, Colonel Sanders is essentially jesus christ and father christmas rolled into one with 3.6 million Japanese families sit down to eat a KFC christmas dinner, which perhaps unsurprisingly is exactly what I did this christmas, the KFC christmas menu is a big deal for KFC said to make up a third of KFC japan's yearly sales, which is completely believable given you need to reserve it almost a month in advance in order to secure the premium christmas menu.

當12月25日到來時，桑德斯上校基本上是耶穌基督和聖誕老人的合體，360萬個日本家庭坐下來吃肯德基的聖誕大餐，也許這並不奇怪，這正是我今年聖誕節所做的事情，肯德基的聖誕菜單是肯德基的大事，據說佔肯德基日本年度銷售額的三分之一，這是完全可信的，因為你需要提前近一個月預訂，以確保高級聖誕菜單。

The festive tradition kicked off in 1974 when a KFC manager allegedly heard an expat claim The chicken was the next best option after Turkey, a meat which isn't commonly sold in Japan KFC marketed their chicken party bucket as a delicious alternative with the slogan Kentucky Bar Christmas, literally Kentucky is Christmas, the luxurious feast doesn't come cheap though and around 4000 yen, about $40.

這一節日傳統始於1974年，據說當時肯德基的一位經理聽到一位外國人聲稱雞肉是繼火雞之後的又一最佳選擇，這種肉在日本並不常見，肯德基將他們的雞肉派對桶作為一種美味的替代品來推銷，口號是Kentucky Bar Christmas，簡直就是Kentucky is Christmas，不過這種豪華盛宴並不便宜，大約4000日元，約合40美元。

But you do get a lot of bang for your buck including a party box packed with eight pieces of chicken, a triple berry tiramisu and a shrimp gratin thrown in for extra measure for the real big spenders, you could even snag an entire premium roast chicken which costs a whopping 5600 yen, about $56.

但你確實得到了很多實惠，包括一個裝著八塊雞肉的宴會盒，一個三層漿果提拉米蘇和一個烤蝦，對於真正的大款來說，你甚至可以搶到一整隻高級烤雞，價格高達5600日元，大約56美元。

But seeing as Nowitzki isn't a big spender this year we did without, it's such a weird like array of dishes and food like KFC chicken, a christmas cake and a great um, all lads under what's going on, do you want it, merry christmas, merry christmas.

但看到諾維茨基今年不是大手筆，我們沒有，就是這樣一個奇怪的像排列的菜餚和食物，如肯德基雞，一個聖誕蛋糕和一個偉大的嗯，所有的小夥子下什麼，你要不要，聖誕快樂，聖誕快樂。

So happy christmas and then in any other happy, yeah, we hope you've been a good one without any, without any years wise over Greece is over cold bit over, maybe we'll not quite, that's while I'll admit the KFC christmas menu is no match for a full blown christmas dinner.

所以聖誕快樂，然後在任何其他的快樂，是的，我們希望你一直是一個好的，沒有任何，沒有任何年智過希臘是在冷位過，也許我們會不太，這是雖然我承認肯德基的聖誕菜單是沒有比一個完整的聖誕晚餐。

It's still a fun way to celebrate the christmas season.

這仍然是慶祝聖誕節的一種有趣方式。

I'm sure Colonel Sanders would be proud and undeniably surprised to see how his finger licking good food has somehow become a beloved Japanese tradition.

我相信桑德斯上校看到他的舔手指的美味食物如何以某種方式成為日本人喜愛的傳統，一定會感到自豪和不可否認的驚訝。

Yeah, so the main reason I avoid christmas in Japan is I wasted back to my first christmas that I spent here back when I was an english teacher working at a senior high school, albeit an empty senior high school because on christmas day in Japan there are no students, they've all gone home for the holiday season.

是的，所以我避免在日本過聖誕節的主要原因是我想起了我在這裡度過的第一個聖誕節，當時我是一名英語教師，在一所高中工作，儘管是一所空蕩蕩的高中，因為在日本，聖誕節那天沒有學生，他們都回家過節了。

However, because christmas isn't a national holiday in Japan, I still had to go into work, I sat at my desk and did nothing all day on christmas, we're still, the entire staff room was empty.

然而，由於聖誕節在日本不是國定假日，我還是不得不去上班，我坐在我的辦公桌前，在聖誕節一整天什麼都沒做，我們還是，整個員工室是空的。

Now those 120 teachers, only about four of them actually stayed around and did something while the rest took their annual leave in the run up to the New Year's holiday.

現在，這120名教師中，只有大約4人真正留在身邊，做了一些事情，而其他人在新年假期前休了年假。

So what that meant was I was sitting in the staff room alone, just sort of doing doing nothing on christmas day, I was very stubborn.

是以，這意味著我獨自坐在工作人員的房間裡，在聖誕節那天只是有點無所事事，我非常固執。

I don't want to use my a few days of holiday leave, wanted to cling on to it like the final hand grenade for a special occasion after wasting the day away at my desk, I trudged through the afternoon blizzard and I just remember I fell over in some smoke and that was, that was a real low point.

我不想用我的幾天假期，想把它像特殊場合的最後一顆手榴彈一樣緊緊抓住，在辦公桌前浪費了一天之後，我在下午的暴風雪中跋涉，我只記得我在一些煙霧中摔倒，那是，那是一個真正的低點。

I remember laying there in a pile of snow frozen to death while my phone was bombarded with messages from friends and family around the world in Turkey, having fun, opening presents.

我記得我躺在一堆雪中被凍死，而我的手機被世界各地的朋友和家人在土耳其的資訊轟炸，玩得很開心，打開禮物。

Yeah, I curse the day that I stayed in Japan for christmas and did nothing, ha ha to be fair, I only have myself to blame.

是的，我詛咒我留在日本過聖誕節而什麼都沒做的那一天，哈哈，公平地說，我只能怪自己。

Most of my foreign colleagues had either gone home for christmas or going skiing for the week.

我的大多數外國同事要麼回家過聖誕節，要麼在這一週裡去滑雪。

I was just a little bit stupid, you know the absence of family and friends and a good christmas dinner is one thing, but there's all the other things you take for granted at christmas, you know, sitting down to watch tv watch another remake of a christmas, carol or a rerun of die hard or sitting in a pub with a glass of mulled wine, all those things it took moving to Japan to make me realize that there was far more to christmas than just christmas day itself and while my favorite bit of christmas is actually those relaxing days in between christmas and new years where you can sit down and play with your train set and open your Buzz Lightyear toy.

我只是有點傻，你知道沒有家人和朋友以及一頓豐盛的聖誕大餐是一回事，但還有其他所有你認為在聖誕節理所當然的事情，你知道，坐下來看電視，看另一個聖誕頌歌的翻拍，或重播《死神》，或坐在酒吧裡喝杯悶酒。所有這些事情都是在搬到日本之後才讓我意識到，聖誕節的意義遠遠超過聖誕節本身，而我最喜歡的聖誕節實際上是聖誕節和新年之間的那些輕鬆日子，你可以坐下來玩你的火車套件，打開你的巴斯光年玩具。

Meanwhile in Japan though, far from being relaxing in those days after christmas, the whole country suddenly gets very busy and chaotic and turns into a nightmare.

但與此同時，在日本，聖誕節後的那幾天遠沒有放鬆，整個國家突然變得非常繁忙和混亂，變成了一場噩夢。

There are a few things scarier than going to an ATM and discovering that it doesn't dispense any cash, especially in a country where cash is king and credit cards still don't often work, but that is exactly what happens over the New Year's holiday in Japan where families across the country enjoy a rare get together and for a short time the country shuts down.

有幾件事情比去自動取款機發現它不發放任何現金更可怕，尤其是在一個現金為王、信用卡仍然不常使用的國家，但這正是日本新年假期發生的事情，全國各地的家庭享受難得的聚會，在短時間內，國家關閉了。

During New Year's, families in Japan descend on temples and shrines to pray for good luck in an event called had some more deer, literally that first try and visit and if you're into that aspect of Japanese culture, it can be a rewarding experience to visit the country and take part and pray for your own good luck.

在新年期間，日本的家庭來到寺廟和神社祈禱好運，這項活動被稱為 "有一些更多的鹿，字面意思是第一次嘗試和訪問，如果你對日本文化的這一方面感興趣，訪問這個國家並參與其中併為自己的好運祈禱可能是一個有益的經歷。

But if not, I would genuinely advise you not to visit the country between december 25th and January five because traveling is anything but fun, whether it's queuing outside one of the few restaurants that are still open standing for two hours on an overcrowded shinkansen or wondering how you're gonna pay for it all because the ATMs don't work between december 29th and january 3rd and for the three years that I've been in Japan for new years.

但如果不是這樣，我真心建議你不要在12月25日和1月5日之間訪問這個國家，因為旅行一點都不好玩，無論是在為數不多還在營業的餐館外排隊，還是在擁擠的新幹線上站兩個小時，或者想知道你要如何支付這一切，因為12月29日和1月3日之間，ATM機不工作，在我去日本過新年的三年裡，都是如此。

I've forgotten this every single time and had to beg for money from my unamused friends, I mean this time this year again, I have forgotten and I've got uh I've got about 1000 1000 and 11.

我每次都忘了這一點，不得不從我不感興趣的朋友那裡乞討錢，我是說今年這個時候又忘了，我有呃我有大約1000 1000和11。

Um, which is enough to buy like four kick cats for the next few days.

嗯，這足夠買下未來幾天的四隻踢貓了。

Still, if the worst comes to the worst, I could always pawn off some items.

不過，如果最壞的情況發生，我總是可以當掉一些物品。

I think there's enough here to maybe buy me maybe four or five breadcrumbs today.

我想這裡的錢夠我今天買四到五個麵包屑了。

You have it christmas in Japan, It's not really that bad is it?

你在日本過的是聖誕節，其實沒有那麼糟糕，對嗎？

I mean the KFC christmas bucket while it's no substitute for a real christmas dinner.

我是說肯德基的聖誕桶，雖然它不能替代真正的聖誕大餐。

And as long as father christmas doesn't bring you a carcinogenic bathmat, Japan is still one of the better, non christian countries to be in.

只要聖誕老人不給你帶來致癌的浴墊，日本仍然是更好的非基督教國家之一。

If you want to get in the christmas spirit, you know what, 2020 not a great year, but we still did get to do some amazing things here And I wanted to end this video with a montage of some of the highlights and best moments from 2020 here on the everyone Japan channel.

如果你想融入聖誕精神，你知道嗎，2020年不是一個偉大的年份，但我們仍然在這裡做了一些驚人的事情，我想用2020年這裡的一些亮點和最佳時刻的蒙太奇來結束這段視頻，在大家日本頻道。

But for now guys, there's always for more behind the scenes videos, check out the abroad in Japan Patreon in the description box below and on behalf of myself, Nowitzki, Ryutaro Pete Donaldson from the podcast and now ken Watanabe himself, I'd like to wish you all a very merry christmas and a happy New Year.

但是現在，夥計們，要想獲得更多的幕後視頻，請在下面的描述框中查看國外的Patreon，我謹代表我自己、諾維茨基、播客中的龍太郎-皮特-唐納森以及現在的渡邊謙本人，祝大家聖誕快樂，新年愉快。

好吧，這不是一個綠色的螢幕。

It's like a first person horror game, but I don't want to be in.

這就像一個第一人稱的恐怖遊戲，但我不想進去。