Christmas in Japan- Christmas trees!

Merry Christmas or Happy Hannukah everyone! I'm going to be writing about Christmas in Japan.
This post is just going to mention some facts about Christmas trees.
Here we go!

Christmas

• As only 1% of Japan is Christian, very few people understand the Christian meaning of Christmas
• Christmas is viewed as a time to spread joy rather than a religious celebration

Christmas trees

• Many people do not have enough space in their house to have a real tree, however if you are looking for one, you can go to IKEA in Japan to purchase a 100-120cm tree
• You can find fake trees in many shops. Some come with decorations and lights but they tend to be expensive. Loft and Tokyu Hands are just some examples of places where you can get one
• You can also make your own decorations, when trees were first introduced to Japan by Christian Missionaries, they were decorated with origami figures, paper lanterns and paper fans for example
• In the 1920s, Japan became the main manufacturer of Christmas decorations made in the Western style.
• The artificial tree with the most illuminations in the world was in Osaka 2014. It was in Universal Studios Japan
• It has 364200 illuminations 
• However, the record was broken by Australian David Richards with 518838 lights in November 2015
• Some other strange Christmas trees include; trees made out of oranges, soft toys, rocks, gold and scrubbing brushes

Christmas tree made out of soft toys
By Tokumeigakarinoaoshima (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

Golden Christmas tree in Ginza Takana jewelry store in Ginza, Tokyo. It is about 2.4m high and it is made out of 12 kg of gold. It is worth 150 million yen but it is not for sale
By NJo (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Even Narita airport has a Christmas tree
By Nanashinodensyaku (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Click here to see some images of some Japanese Christmas trees

I hope that you enjoyed this post, I will next be writing about other aspects of Christmas. If you would like me to write about something in particular, please say so in the comments. メリークリスマス！