Christmas in Japan is a time for love, preferably romantic english.kyodonews.net

Well...maybe not so much if you're single during Christmas in Japan.
Although there are various theories as to how Christmas, or rather Christmas Eve, came to be a romantic occasion in Japan, there is broad consensus that media in the 1930s played a major role.
By age group, almost 40 percent of single men in their 20s said they wanted to spend Christmas Eve with a lover or crush.
In contrast, only 19.2 percent of single women in the same age bracket said the same, with the majority saying they wanted to spend Christmas Eve with family and Christmas Day with friends.
"Five years ago, when we first opened, our stores were only 20 percent filled for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.