KOSAKA, Akita — A German-style Christmas market is set to welcome visitors on Dec. 16 in this northern Japan town to mark 150 years since a German engineer celebrated the holiday here. The “Christmas Market in Kosaka 2023” had its first day on Dec. 9 in front of the former Kosaka Mine Office, a nationally designated important cultural property. The event, modeled after a traditional Christmas market in Germany, was crowded with locals enjoying the early Christmas spirit. The market will be held again from 5 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 16. Curt Netto, a German mining engineer posted to Kosaka, Akita Prefecture, in December 1873, invited locals to celebrate Christmas in the German style, and left a watercolor painting…
Published Date: 2023-12-12
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