Tokyo tidings

With November now upon us, and Halloween’s borrowed beasts once again carefully cloistered away in their crypts, it’s now considered time in the Japanese capital for that other meticulously acquired custom, Christmas.

And, while the unequivocal king of consumerism may admittedly bring an attractive — if a tad early — twinkle to Tokyo,

it also means dealing with the almost claustrophobic uncomfortableness of Last Christmas on loop.

Which is surely more than enough for a booming harrumph of “Bah, Humbug!”