You understand what it is like to have to make your own christmas fun here in Tokyo, and I looked at your site and it seems you had a great time too!!! Have a good one!

Adam- I did make the cake yes. With help from the cooking school lady but yep, I did it myself. Then Shumpei and I ate it. I like other cultures as well. I am not overly religious so it is good to experience other ways of life for example traditional shinto new years.

Enny- Thanks mate. I sort of cheated. The tree came out of a box and then I plugged it in. We also had some tinsel around our room and fairy lights on the window. I really liked the fairy lights personally and when we move I want to put them on a window permanantly so that I can turn them on when we have guests over. A lot of apartments tend to only have one window though or one glass door…but we will see.

New years here is a biggie…but not drinking biggie like Australia. I will probably drink with shumpei`s dad…and be the only one that does. Shun doesn`t drink much…and his mum doesn`t much either. And shun`s brother wife is allergic to alcohol…can you imagine??

Audrey- Thanks. I missed Australia when I spoke to my parents on christmas day and they had eaten yummy seafood on christmas eve and everything. So it goes both ways I guess. I have already told my father he has to reinact christmas eve food festivities when we are there in May. Hope you have a great new year.

Jen- I love iceskating (the three times I have done it) But I have really bad ankles so I can usually go around once then have to rest then do it again…which is abit of a pain. My left foot is buggered from years of stress fractures, torn ligements and bad sprains that it can not support itself properly. But I love it still. I am getting used to the PS3 (I am getting up with the terminology…hehe) but I want to get a more fun, girly game. Even car racing beats robots.

Marika- I did, and thanks. Hope you have a lovely New Year.

ChickyBabe- I love Meiji Jingu (And Asakusa and the temples there also) because they are in Tokyo. Roppongi I like on occasions…I used to work there so I guess I got over seeing foreigners everywhere. I wish I was rich and could afford to shop at Roppongi Hills though…so much pretty stuff. The lights there were beautiful too. You will be back to Japan, don`t you worry.

Boysenberry- If you look closely at the cake you will see flaws…hehe. Despite them though it did taste nice. I have the recipe so I could make it again, but I do not have all the tools…lol…I don`t even have a mixer actually….or a cake tin (Or an oven for that matter) but I will make it again next year hopefully if I have all of the above! Happy New Year!

As for the cake, it’s amazing! It really does look like something from a professional.

I’m so impressed with the cake, I thought you bought it from a French patisserie! There is a place in Roppongi Hills which makes stunning cakes and desserts. Oh how I miss Japan!

Iceskating is so fun, I haven’t been in years.

I am with you on the PS3. My brother has every console, like honestly, and the Wii is the only one I can work by myself. I love games but some of the consoles are so hard to work it’s not worth the effort. Wii’s are VERY girl friendly

The cake looks lovely and you scored one up on me – we didn’t even put up our tree this year – I was going to go out and buy a new one but never got around to it…

Plus now you kinda get double the fun if New Years is another biggie =o)

I’m glad you enjoyed your international Christmas. I was a bit worried for you, I know Christmas can be a lonely time for people away from home but yours sounds very nice. We used to always have a very pleasant Christmas breakfast with friends and then go off and do the rest of the day with family.

A lot of Asian cultures have Christmas Eve as their big going out night and NYE as a family night, I do find other cultures so interesting.

Way excited that you had an awesome day!