5. Christmas chicken and Christmas cake
If you ever have the chance to be in Japan on Christmas, you’ll see astronomical lines at KFCs (thanks to an extremely successful ad campaign that began in the 70’s). You’ll also see an assortment of kurisumasu keki (Christmas cakes) on display at department stores, bakeries and even convenience stores. When asked why so many Japanese celebrate with this type of fare, the response is usually, “Don’t you?”