Comments on: Let Them Eat Strawberry Shortcake: Christmas in Japan

By: Hashi

Hashi — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:15:00 +0000

Yup, we’re taking a break until after the New Year. Thanks for all of the kind words! :)

By: Mescale

Mescale — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:51:00 +0000

The end of the world happened, if you’re still reading this you need to realise its happened and stop existing already. Take a leaf out of tofugu’s book.

By: 古戸ヱリカ

古戸ヱリカ — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:08:00 +0000

After writing about strawberry shortcake, they realized they’ve now written about every single Japan related topic that could be written about. They’ve decided to refocus their efforts into a new blog about Chinese culture entitled “Koichina and Friends’ Adventures in a Slightly More Western Land, Geographically Speaking.”

By: Flow

Flow — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:21:00 +0000

wow, did tofugu employees going holiday? it’s been five days (in my timezone) without any new article and this is the last article I’ve read, well, have a nice holiday then, especially for Hashi and Koichi, you’ve done a good job both of you.

By: slenderwoman

slenderwoman — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:37:00 +0000

I agree so much with this post. Literally in every shoujo manga there will ALWAYS be a Christmas scene…and then they’d be there with… yeap, a strawberry shortcake ಠ_ಠ. Not that I hate it though, all those shortcakes look so yummy it makes my Christmas look sad ;w;

By: Fee_Fi_Fiona

Fee_Fi_Fiona — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:55:00 +0000

Hmm… the way I understand it a traditional shortcake is supposed to be sort of scone-y instead of spongy. Kind of like in the attached picture. Apparently back in the day “to shorten” meant “easily crumbled” hence the name, but of course I’m no food historian.

Or maybe strawberry shortcakes have undergone parallel and independent evolution in both Japan and elsewhere ^_-