Roppongi Hills Christmas

Skip Thanksgiving and jump straight to Christmas! Turkeys will be very happy!

Not in the UK they wouldn't be....

Do people not realize that starting things too early takes away from the "specialness" of the Christmas season? You just have to shake your head...

@sillygirl

Must we give up all our traditions to be here?

Not being American myself, I have never celebrated "Thanksgiving day" however, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't do so in the privacy of your own home...

It's beginning to sell a lot like Christmas - everywhere you go!

Even in NYC Rockefeller center waits until December. Sheesh. And just why can't we celebrate thanksgiving in Japan. Must we give up all our traditions to be here?

They really do Keyakizaka and Sakurazaka nicely this time of year.

beautiful, i will visit to enjoy the lights

Lights are fine.

The music though . . . it is too early for this!

Just think of them as " winter decorations " :-)

Wow. Japan is coming around finally. A big Halloween bash and now a Christmas season getting underway.

Trying to compete with the Champs Élysée ?

A holiday... which "officially" kicks off on a day known as "Black Friday"

Only in America. And America is not the world.

A holiday that has long since become an orgy of mindless overconsumption and which "officially" kicks off on a day known as "Black Friday" should be re-branded "RetailFest", or worse.

Can we keep quiet about Guy Fawkes' night? Please. I don't want my childhood memories ruined by ignorant Japanese commercialism.

Ignore the cynics, Roppongi is fun, even more so with a bit of 「イルミネーション」.

It's only November 5 and they are already bracing for Christmas. We are going to have to endure Christmas songs blaring everywhere until December 25. Can we just have a quite Christmas for once?

2 months early. Get on the commercial bandwagon!

The photo is pretty. There was a Christmas tree looming over the Halloween decorations at Universal Studios Japan last month. I told the wife it made me really feel like I was back in the States. I'd be in favor of sticking Guy Fawkes Night between Halloween and Christmas, especially if it holds off the Christmas decorations a little bit longer. I love the holidays but I just try to ignore Christmas until the day after US Thanksgiving or even until December 1.

Happy Guy Fawkes Night.

Nice one mate!

This is just sooo late. Here in my town, on the day after Halloween, they already had a big Xmas tree next to the station and a choir was singing Xmas carols. Sent a photo to my folks back home. Their first reaction was, WTF?

And to think all the Solar farms in Sai'tama are contributing to lighting up Tokyo for the Japanese Christmas

Way too early for me, but for those who like it, enjoy.

Not one week and then jumping to the next commercial exploit.

Roppongi Hills in Tokyo is lit up for the Christmas season

Roppongi Hills in Tokyo is lit up to open our pocketbooks. Nothing else to see, folks.

The best time of year to visit Roppongi.

There is never a best time to visit Roppongi.

@Aly

Happy Guy Fawkes Night.

Somebody needs to invent a holiday for november in japan..the christmas decorations are 2 months early.

Yubaru:

Skip Thanksgiving and jump straight to Christmas!

What's Thanksgiving? Please keep in mind this IS Japan.

What is Christmas? This is Japan, the land of Shinto and Buddhism.

:-)

Skip Thanksgiving and jump straight to Christmas!

What's Thanksgiving? Please keep in mind this IS Japan.

The best time of year to visit Roppongi.

Skip Thanksgiving and jump straight to Christmas! Turkeys will be very happy!