• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s not always the same day, this year is just coincidental.

    Being a holiday established during the post-war US occupation of Japan, though, I wouldn’t say it is entirely disconnected from the US holiday. It was willed into existence by Americans based on the fact that the US also celebrates a holiday around that time of year, and so the name is not coincidental.

    I’d consider them as related as Christmas and Yule, at least.