A frenchie wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving, which is not celebrated in Japan with a turkey meal.  However, more and more families do get together to express some thanks.  With Japanese food.  However,  Kentucky Fried Chicken has become a Christmas tradition here . In 1970 Takeshi Okawara opened the first KFC outlet in Nagoya. In his fourth year, he launched a Kentucky for Christmas (KFC) campaign. My Old Kentucky Home  complemented party barrels of chicken in gatherings, This practice has so much taken over that unless you advance order KFC days ahead of time, you will be left in the lurch. Looks like I'll now need to fit-in a KFC meal before I leave Japan. Our Japan train trip has shifted from lazy and disappointing to wow.  Part of the reason has to do with the two Sheraton hotels in Hiroshima and Kagoshima, which are excellent.  We also are eating a lot better because of these hotel breakfast and executive club.  Plus we actually had an outing, a fabulous one to the Hiroshima