Episode 35 - Christmas and New Years
History of Japan
English - December 21, 2013 12:00 - 15 minutes - 6.31 MB - ★★★★★ - 597 ratingsHistory history japan japanese Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For our last podcast of 2013, I thought it'd be fun to do something light-hearted; so let's talk about traditions surrounding Christmas and New Years in Japan. We'll cover how these holidays came to be celebrated in Japan and talk a bit about the forms they take today.