St. Patrick's Day In Japan

If gaijin (foreigners) or Japanese ever needed a reason to drink (they don't actually), then surely March 17 is the day.

St. Patrick's Day... a day that means little to anyone anymore - except as a reason to suck back suds of green beer.

Anyhow... while the actual 20th edition of the Tokyo St. Patrick's Day Parade was cancelled in 2011, it did indeed celebrate it's 20th in 2012.

So... this in 2013, here's the 21st edition of the Tokyo parade.

Why do I make a big deal about it? Because I looked it up on a website, HERE, where they list the event, and then provide a write-up from 2012.

Lazy.

For the record, I was born in England and have a Scottish name. So... I have no problem in some good old fashioned poking of fun at the Irish here.

Here's the write up for the Harajuku, Omotesando event:     

"Asia's largest St. Patrick's Day parade was supposed to mark its 20th anniversary last year, but it had the misfortune to fall a couple of days after the March 11 quake and tsunami and was (understandably) called off. If it's a year overdue, this 20th edition should be worth the wait. The main strip of Omotesando is closed to traffic on the afternoon of March 18, when a parade of costumed revelers, marching bands and cheerleaders wends its way up the hill and back again – then off to the nearest pub for a few rounds of Guinness."

I'm sure if you head out there on Sunday the 17th of March, you'll find scores of drunken revelry. Enjoy.

Sásta ú. Patricks Day. I think that's Happy St. Patrick's Day - in Irish.

And, since this is about Japan:

Sainto no shiawase. Patricks-bi.

Probably not. It's sounds like I'm drunk when I say... hmmm, maybe it is real.

Cheers

Andrew Joseph
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