The Country Farm Tokyo German Village in Sodegaura City, Chiba Prefecture, is lit up for winter. The garden theme park recreates German rural life. The illumination runs from around 5:30 p.m. until 8 ...

The Tokyo Christmas Market brings this same spirit ... There’s even a 14-metre-high Christmas pyramid installation brought over from a German village (the Christmas pyramid may be unfamiliar ...

I then remembered hearing someone mention that cars on Izu Oshima island have Shinagawa plates because the isle is under Tokyo’s jurisdiction ... meter-long seaside German tree cake, often ...