尽管缺乏深厚的基督教传统，日本仍以极大热情庆祝圣诞节。在这一背景下，哈利·波特系列尽管与日本遗产没有直接联系，却已融入该国流行文化。自2001年首部电影上映以来，它吸引了三代粉丝，票房收入超过1100亿日元。
随着万圣节渐远，日本各地开始出现圣诞装饰，家庭预订成桶的肯德基炸鸡，情侣们安排圣诞夜浪漫约会。这种节日氛围与哈利·波特系列相呼应，该系列带有松散的圣诞电影氛围，尽管与日本毫无关联，却已在日本流行文化中生根发芽。
“《哈利·波特》在日本累计票房收入超过1100亿日元（约7亿美元），位居外国电影系列之首，”华纳兄弟东京工作室之旅副总裁兼总经理山崎幸子表示。“自2001年首部电影上映以来，它吸引了三代粉丝，并通过定期电视播出享有持久人气。”
即使在《哈利·波特与魔法石》开拍四分之一个世纪后，日本的魔法世界粉丝群体仍活力十足。粉丝们强调这些故事的普世吸引力，有效弥合了文化差异。
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Worshippers in colorful attire paraded giant phallus-shaped shrines through streets near Tokyo during Japan's annual Kanamara fertility festival on Sunday. The event drew tourists, couples, families and LGBTQ supporters, aiming to destigmatize sex. Chief priest Hiroyuki Nakamura told AFP he hopes it dispels the notion that sex is a bad, dirty thing.
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Hong Kong authorities have expressed concern over an attack on a resident in Japan's Sapporo and urged Tokyo to better safeguard visitors from the city. The incident occurred at a restaurant in the early hours of Wednesday, with Japanese police apprehending the suspect. Amid tense China-Japan relations due to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan, local tour operators view it as an isolated event unlikely to deter Hongkongers from traveling to Japan.