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Christmas in Japan (Conversation)

12.01.2026
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Christmas in Japan isn't like Christmas in the UK. For one thing, it includes humiliation. It also includes very strange food. And don't forget the hot springs!

Vocabulary: Elephant in the room, Onsen, Thatched house, Bullet train, Purikura, Chazuke

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Preview

Intro

The elephant in the room

New Year's resolutions

A spicy train journey

The hotel tricked me!

A smooth flight

The little things

Public behaviour

The wonderful resort

My first onsen experience

Let's go to the murder village!

The panda has left the building

Meeting the locals

Pew pew trains

Bright lights, big city

Ariel, you tease!

Welcome to the New World

The magical disappearing hangover

Onwards to Fukuoka!

Embarrassing ourselves at the Pretty Club

Crooning like robots

Exploring Fukuoka

But what about Christmas?

Culture shock-ish

Outro

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