十二月
十二月
The cities switch the lights on and the year winds down gently. Kyoto's maples hold into the second week; the snow country starts up.
Cold and dry: Tokyo 4-12°C with brilliant blue days. Ski resorts open through the month.
Illuminations everywhere: Marunouchi, Kobe's Luminarie. To-ji temple's Kobo-san market on December 21 is the year's biggest flea market.
Kyoto before December 12 for the last burning maples, then an onsen town as the snow starts. Tokyo between Christmas and New Year is unusually calm.
Toshikoshi soba on New Year's Eve, oden from the konbini counter, strawberry Christmas cake, because Japan.
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