復活祭はなぜ… Why not Easter…

今年、Good Friday が10日ほど前にありました。みなさん、チョコレートやホットクロスバンをたくさん食べましたか。卵[たまご][さが]し(= an egg hunt)を楽[たの]しんだ子どもたちもいるでしょう。

さて、日本では復活祭[ふっかつさい](= Easter)はあまり知[し]られて(= known)いません。クリスマスはとても大きな行事[ぎょうじ](= event)になっているのに、復活祭はなぜ知られていないんでしょうか。今週はこのことについて考[かんが]えたいと思います。

We had Good Friday 10 days ago this year. Did you eat a lot of chocolate and hot cross buns? I bet many kids enjoyed an egg hunt.

Easter is not actually well-known in Japan. You might think it is because there are not so many Christians in Japan, but Christmas is really hugely celebrated in Japan (though, I have to say, it is heavily commercialised…). I would like to think about why Easter is not so known in Japan this week.

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