I had decided I would wait with a Christmassy post at least until middle of December, but finding myself unexpectedly in Tenjin, the center of Fukuoka, one day last week – well what can I say, there were simply too many Santas to avoid showing a photo of them. Next to Naka river, in front of the old Kihinkan hall, a very non-Japanese style building with an interior more resembling a European caste than an old Japanese one, I felt as if I had been transported back to Europe and a wintry Christmas market. I have never seen such a display of Santa Clauses before and passing the nearby park with a big Christmas market, food stalls and decorations and every necessary thing, I saw that Fukuoka has really gone all in to make a Christmas event in the city. I can easily imagine what lovely ambience there must be in the evening when it is getting dark and the illumination starts.
What I regret is that our son was not there with me to enjoy the Santas, he would have loved to sit in the chair in front of all them. So I have put it on my list of things for us to experience together in the future – Christmas in Tenjin at night.
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