Eating Japanese Christmas Food Alone (All-you-can-eat KFC in Japan!?)

I'm going to the all-you-can-eat KFC in Japan. The KFC chicken is very popular during Christmas time.
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[@c.b.r.2894]

Thank you, my friend, for taking me to so many interesting places. Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

[@spencers4121]

It's amazing what one man started 50 years ago, became a tradition for a lot of Japanese people.

[@tomawen5916]

This review only shows in how a food franchise can prosper in other countries outside of its original "home base". I grew up in the States loving Kentucky Fried Chicken and even got to visit the birthplace of the Colonel's cuisine when he ran a hotel in Corbin, Kentucky (there's a little museum and a KFC outlet there). While the quality of KFC varies with the franchises, and customer loyalty, in this video the loyalty is AMAZING! Wow! Great review.

[@zakelwe]

He spent 3 hours in a line waiting for 2 plates of food only to decide ... You can have too much fried chicken. Just order a Party Bucket for less money and no queue..... you will get the same feeling of ordered too much, eyes bigger than belly. Solo Travel Japan needs to get back to his routes, none of this USA crap.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

No one in America would spend their money at a US KFC, we have Popeyes and Chik Fil A as well as other chicken restaurants. KFC Japan is clearly high quality.

[@AHylianWarrior]

There are 3 things that are absolute to every STJ food video: 1. Good food 2. Good atmosphere 3. Crying child

[@loosilu]

CURRY RICE

[@shilohno]

I've always wondered why KFC is so popular in Japan for Christmas. Thanks for showing us the experience! I'm not a fan of KFC myself, but the Japanese version looks so much more appetizing than it does here in the US, even if it's still a little too much to eat haha. Happy Holidays everyone!

[@thany3]

It only took one brilliant marketing campaign to make it the staple Christmas dinner. What's crazy to me, is that Christmas in Japan is more of a romantic celebration, rather than a merry family-oriented holiday. This is probably why there isn't really anything to do around Christmas in Japan, in the same (or even similar) way as in the west. No Christmas markets/fairs, no huge displays, no weird festivals. Merry Christmas though, enjoy the (what is it in the US) turkey? 😀

[@flows30]

because the japanese doesn't have an oven big enough for a turkey, so they substitute it with chicken instead, thus the KFC is popular

[@djmenace3646]

​@flows30 that's one of the most ridiculous claims I've read in a while.

[@fandroid6491]

​@@flows30 Drop your source for that claim

[@bluewolves90]

​@@flows30the substitute part is correct but not because oven. But because there's no turkey in Japan.

[@JohnLumagui]

I live in Kentucky, and they did away with most of the all-you-can-eat buffets due to the pandemic. In an odd way, I kind of miss it. Loading up on chicken wings and biscuits was a craving I would get occasionally. Merry Christmas and hope you'll continue making great content in 2024!

[@theodorehsu5023]

I tried to get a bit healthier pre-pandemic, and cutting out buffets from what I previously did to maybe something like every couple of months had helped me do so. I had to keep from feeling I would miss out on something so I was overloading my plate. Even though I had gotten lots of exercise those buffet days earlier, I had felt a bit of regret later. So no regrets for that now.

[@jenniwalker9180]

We were just discussing earlier that we missed the all you can eat buffet. They always had hominy, and you don't ever see that anywhere.

[@Pinkkermit17]

There is still one KFC buffet where I live , Ive only been to it once since the pandemic. I really just cant eat that much anymore to justify it. Back when I was younger it was a great option not so much anymore.,

[@BitcoinfunforBoomers]

Floors and tables were always greasy a those buffets. But so delicious and I loved them!

[@florisbackx1744]

Merry Chrismas and thank you for waiting 3 hours to share the Christmas KFC tradition with us!

[@sarahsouth2987]

Wowzers - native Kentuckian here. I’m literally about an hour from Claudia (Mrs.) Sanders restaurant, but we went to an all you can eat Chinese buffet for Xmas. Isn’t the world a crazy place? Merry Christmas, Solo!

[@lelam202]

I like KFC so I think that'll be my Christmas dinner since I'm alone too and don't really feel like cooking a whole meal for myself ☺️. Love your videos Solo!❤

[@marktan8074]

Thanks for showing us the KFC Christmas celebration in Japan. I have been hearing about this for years about the connection between the Japanese and KFC during the Christmas season but this is the first time I see what it is all about. Wishing you and all here a Merry Christmas!

[@HubertTheMad]

Happy Holidays friend! Thanks for this year of videos, and here's to great success in the New Year!

[@ETennScott]

Big fan in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee in the Southeastern U.S.A. We have KFC restaurants all over East Tennessee. Thanks for sharing this local Christmas tradition with us!! Merry Christmas everyone!!

[@AnaSolVa]

That was a lot of food. I always enjoy seeing how food chains differ from country to country

[@MaryAntonia-tc9rv]

Merry Christmas ! 🎄 Thank you for letting us travel together.

[@ladrenadavis4358]

Thank you for posting this video on Christmas Day ❤

[@edmondlo74]

I have to applaud you for having a snack before having an all-you-can-eat meal. 👏🏼

[@AnxMa]

I love this channel. I was so close to visiting Japan at one point myself. I had experience with modeling and in late 2015 I was in contact with Capcom about the facial likeness role of Leon for the Resident Evil 2 Remake. I failed to mention I also have a voice acting background, in the end I lost the part and I can't forgive myself for wasting such an opportunity. That would've been a real dream come true to visit Japan, South Korea etc :)

[@Trebuchet48]

Merry Christmas, STJ-San! Of course it's already Boxing Day there!

[@kimberlyzello]

Thanks for sharing! Hope you and family are safe. God bless, from BC Canada🙏

[@juniperblueness]

Merry Christmas, thank you for sharing.

[@solitairesmith3553]

3 HOURS!!!! Bit the meal looks very good. I haven't ate KFC For years. Maybe I should go for it again. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!

[@FoodExperienceOfficial]

Merry Christmas 🎄 Great Video! Funny enough I made a KFC Christmas food video too and when I saw yours, i was like oh I guess we all eat KFC for Christmas 😂at least we PovFood creators

[@arvindvijaykumar8169]

Merry Christmas, thanks for the video. It appears you went for lunch and had to wait till dinner. It's crazy.

[@randyd-do4po]

I love your videos. I get to see the food, read your comments and enjoy the scenery. That’s what I love about your channel. I don’t need to see someone eat, just the food. Happy Holidays and can’t wait what you got for New Years🎉

[@MilahMeia]

I’m so jealous 😅 imagine an original American restaurant that doesn’t even do this in America, 🤦🏾‍♀️. I would love to experience it. ❤❤❤ Also thank you for waiting and sharing the experience with us, I truly appreciate it,🙏🏾.

[@tabbyzhauls]

Merry Christmas to you and everybody 💖😊☃️🎄☃️🎄☃️🎄❣️☃️🎄☃️🎄❣️🎁🎀🎊🎊🎂

[@mak155]

I like the sound of the Yamanote Line train leaving Akihabara station in the beginning of the video

[@enzoguerra5405]

always enjoy your videos hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

[@brozors]

The desserts must be a life saver.

[@paulinelau7809]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. 🎉🎉

[@STJfoodtour]

Thank you always for the super thanks! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@marizaanvisagie9537]

Merry christmas❤

[@traciechakraborty3829]

hope you have a wonderful & successful New Year, Solo! I've really enjoyed your videos this past year. I hope you have more sightseeing train trips, cause those are my favorites. Also LOVE your Mt. Fuji trip. Love, from the US

[@gr1ff1ngton]

Merry Christmas STJ - sending ❤ from the U.K.

[@rerem.5125]

Happy Holidays ❤ Friend!!!! I 🙏 pray you, your family are safe and well. Blessings to you

[@Gigan83]

Merry Christmas STJ!!! I just found your channels earlier in 2023. I like watching all of your adventures and enjoy your good sense of humor. Happy New Year and good luck in 2024!!

[@judgejrc]

Sir, you are very brave, I never wait in line at a fast food place, if I see a line, I go somewhere else...

[@christinete5157]

Merry Christmas STJ!

[@virna8498]

It is so strange, for me, to learn that in Japan, during Xmas you eat at KFC...I'm italian and for us Xmas is a day in which you stay home, eating with your family only.😊

[@theotheleo6830]

In Japan, only 1% - 1.5% are Christian. I read that Christmas over there is a romantic occasion, like Valentine's Day.

[@darthlaurel]

Merry Christmas to you!

[@dcrom]

I think in the US we have learned to avoid KFC and their buckets of grease. But it did look pretty tempting here! I live in France now, and just roasted a beautiful turkey, worthy of sampling by you! Next xMas, okay? Thanks for this and everything else you share.

[@JohnHausser]

Used to live in 🇮🇹 and they have the tradition to eat a premium beef roast out there

[@embarrassedcap]

my older brother and I in the U.S. ordered Japanese food for Christmas dinner lol

[@pamz7531]

So, in Japan, if you're alone on Christmas, you go to KFC. Here in the USA, I'm alone and I went to an all you can eat Asian buffet. Merry Christmas, safe travels, and Love from NC, USA

[@specialtwice4975]

Japan always has the best food! In Canada that wafu chicken burger would be $8.99 alone. And the all you can eat meal would be $30, so about the same as 3,000 yen.

[@marilynturcotte5304]

You got too hungry to enjoy it. But I giggled when I saw you using chopsticks with the Chicken. KFC is "FINGER LICKING GOOD," so use your fingers, or is there a law about not using your fingers? As always, I love watching both of your channels and hope to see more of your culinary delights.

[@eatlikealocal]

In Japan, fried foods are typically eaten using chopsticks. It is less oily than using one's hands.

[@marilynturcotte5304]

@@eatlikealocal, I know that, but I found it funny.

[@markc3173]

Thank you for the great videos. Happy Holidays.

[@marcd6897]

For everyone wondering why Christmas is so different in Japan, well, for them it’s just like any other normal day because all these Christmas’y things are 100% imported. The dominant religion in Japan is Shinto or Buddhism, and Christmas isn’t simply a thing they relate to from that perspective. It’s more like a romanticized part of the year they have adopted. That’s also why there is no Christmas turkey (very anglo-american only by the way), or similar stuff happening on Christmas Eve nor Christmas Day.

[@prodesign8189]

Peace, blessings and wellness from western New York. Love the style of your vids. Keep them rolling please!

[@matthewhahn1132]

Merry Christmas to you

[@sw4692]

Merry Christmas STJ-san

[@JAPAN4K]

Hello! NICE channel! I'm a big fan of you ＋👍🔔

[@RT-qd8yl]

Merry Christmas STJ! Thanks for all the great content! 🙂

[@saradiaz6179]

Great KFC! All you can eat. We don’t have it in USA. I like the desserts. Thanks for the video.

[@kierraellis6570]

Is it weird I clicked the video because someone else is "spending Christmas alone"? It was just comforting while drinking my whisky and eating Cheeto Puffs alone lol

[@genelee]

Merry Xmas my friend and thanks for posting on Xmas Day here.

[@enjoypladecorrals]

Merry christmas, well done STJ!

[@Carpfoon]

i tried this one year ago, ate 10 pieces with some sides for lunch buffet and was so stuffed, only 30 minute wait for me though

[@Junglepingu]

STJ, if you ever need someone to eat and drink with, I'll be more than happy to hang out with you! Merry Christmas!

[@sheilaathay2034]

Here, restaurants are closed on Christmas. Everything closes. I love KFC! I would go there😍😋

[@LegacyArkGames]

Merry Christmas, Solo! Though I know you only by text (and occasionally, a few words spoken!) it's very cool virtually traveling with you. :)

[@brianjonas4654]

👍😊❤. Thank you. 🎉🎉

[@LauranCHB]

Merry Christmas Solo! (From Idaho, USA)

[@gabrielleeliseo6062]

Had to laugh hearing the Muzak version of Wham’s pseudo Christmas tune. I heard about that fun fact from Dogen. You guys are missing out on some pretty music. 😄 Merry Christmas and may God bless you. Have a wonderful new year.

[@minyu5612]

Thank you so much for your videos! ❤

[@Time782]

STJ I love your channel. I've been watching for a few years now. I am saddened that KFC has inflitrated Japanese culture. This stuff is absolutely terrible for you. I just watched "Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zone" on Netflix. They featured Okinawa as one of the Blue Zones. It was truely amazing. I want to travel there. At the end of the series, they said, 20-years after intial filming, this blue zone has been shrinking and Okinawa now has one of the highest obestity rates in Japan. McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, Coco-Cola etc are an affront on the citizens of Japan. I hope you will travel to Okinawa again one day. Those were one of my favorite videos! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@comontoshi]

People in the U.S. would NEVER tolerate a 3 hour wait for KFC! They’d go to Popeyes or El Pollo Loco . . . drive-thru. I personally would not wait that long even for all-you-can-eat, just buy a family size bucket with all the sides and go sit at home . . . We don’t get all the fancy cakes and coffee jelly here . . . no reservations for Christmas either! WTF?! 😂😘

[@sharontisherman7619]

Merry Christmas Solo!❤

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

So Christmas Food is Soul Food in Japan

[@map009]

I'll admit I don't eat KFC very often here in Australia but on my first trip to Japan in 2016 I tried some KFC in Kyoto and Osaka and it was bad, very greasy. So bad that on my second trip to Japan in 2023 I avoided KFC entirely. Same with the McDonald's in Japan, a disappointment. But the Burger King was delicious! Of course, the majority of our trip was eating local Japanese cuisine and it was both delicious and memorable for the right reasons.

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

メリークリスマス

[@helenel4126]

I've heard about KFC's popularity during Christmastime, and recently read a news article about it. Your video was therefore very timely! Come visit us in the US - the lines at KFC aren't nearly as long. Then you must eat at Chik-Fil-A!

[@spydude38]

The fact you waited 3 hours to have KFC earned a watch and a like from me.

[@georgiede]

Merry Christmas! Thanks for stuffing yourself with Chicken on our behalf!😂

[@tammydodson7589]

Merry Christmas 🎄 Looks like a wonderful dinner. We don't even have a buffet here anymore at our local KFC and I live in Kentucky (the state where KFC was invented)

[@quicksilver8122]

they really need to bring extra crispy chicken to Japan. I think y'all would love it

[@michellesunshinestar]

Merry Christmas

[@kevincaldwell4707]

Have always heard that KFC is a Christmas staple in Japan...thanks for this interesting video!

[@tannermyers686]

Merry Christmas STJ! Thank you for waiting 3+ hours to share your KFC Christmas feast with us!

[@educanassa100]

Merry christmas

[@JuhiSRK]

I eat Lee's Chicken. The Colonel & another guy, Lee, started together but Lee decided to make his own brand. His chicken has honey in the batter & tastes FAR superior to KFC. Also better cole slaw & chicken tenders.

[@karenboggs5036]

Thank you for sharing. My hometown is where KFC was founded. And we don’t have as many choices

[@ARHas-vs2bl]

Mmmm just curious are the chickens only come in original flavor or do they serve other flavors as well? Where I am, we have original and spicy flavors. Currently my local KFC is offering a Double Down with Samyang in the middle. 😂

[@blankadams3120]

I knew KFC was popular for Christmas... I've never seen an all you can eat KFC in the US, however. And I've definitely never seen rotisserie chicken at KFC. Those looked to be breast pieces at the All you can eat...

[@flannelpillowcase6475]

mashed potatoes with chopsticks, now i've seen everything lol

[@choppyaussemsadventuressta3363]

Merry Christmas !

[@jenniwalker9180]

If I'd have waited 3 hours I would go up way more than 2 rounds lol. 😂

[@PuffOfSmoke]

2:30 good lawd. Those are some sad-looking chicken. 😂

[@snowflakemelter1172]

First skill of all you can eat buffet is take plastic containers in you bag, when no ones looking fill your container and take away enough food for 3 days 😂

[@countD8852]

How exactly does all-you-can-eat work in Japan? It seems convenient to pay first, because you can just leave when you're done, or when your time is up, but it's the time part I don't fully get. Does the staff let you know when you have 5 minutes left, or do they know that most people will respect the time limit without reminders? I had KFC in Funabori, but of course, it wasn't all-you-can-eat. The chicken sandwich I had was excellent

[@greypatches]

Yummy!!😊

[@meowcula]

the first time i've seen anyone eat mashed potatoes with chopsticks :D

[@flavorwise3511]

One way ticket to Japan, pleaee. I will work for food and house room.

[@Pinkkermit17]

Mashed potatoes with chopsticks….😂… with gravy to boot.

[@nancydelu4061]

Omoshiroi !

[@margot6747]

I gotta admit, I like KFC but gave up their all-you-can-eat, Sunday buffet 20 years ago. The slaw and mash potatoes looked like here. Were the buckets for bones?

[@y-mefarm4249]

KFC in Japan uses a special Japanese chicken for the expensive Christmas roast chicken. The regular menu is just regular KFC chicken sold everywhere.

[@girlygirl2969]

As an old married couple with no children and our parents are gone, we go to Waffle House (Redneck hibachi) for breakfast as our Christmas tradition. With that wait I would have gone elsewhere, though. It's ok - your goal was to give us the experience and you did!

[@azwary2j]

Come and try KFC in Malaysia.. You can dip your fried chicken in Tomato / Sauce / Thai Chili Sauce :)

[@paranoidhumanoid]

Are there any Popeye's Fried Chicken in Japan?

[@nemelendez]

I’m still hungry…🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@melkess74]

The word "minami" seems to preface a lot of city names. What does it mean?

[@LiminalKitten]

It just means "south"