Dec 27, 2025
Turkey Legs For Christmas?
It's my first time to see Any turkey in Japan and it was in two stores in my city around Christmas. I have heard that turkey legs are sold at Disneyland but it's never sold in supermarkets.
I'm not a fan, especially for Christmas. It seems like people from the US eat all kinds of things for Christmas dinner and turkey is not one of them. It's too close to our Thanksgiving. But maybe Canadians as I've heard any type of bird is popular.
These seem like they are for the foreigners as they're labeled ターキ and not 七面鳥 or shichimencho, the Japanese word for turkey. It didn't seem popular anyway.
3 Comments
TonetoEdo
on Dec 28
Woah, the label says smoked turkey leg. What a treat and not a bad price. I'm from a multicultural Canadian family that does everything from typical stuffed turkey, roast ham, roast beef, and stuffed goose for Christmas dinner.
BigfamJapan
on Dec 28
Turkey is the main element of a Christmas dinner in Ireland, so I would get it if I saw it, although its not quite the same when its not fresh out of the oven!
helloalissa
on Dec 29
@TonetoEdo I didn't think about the smoked element, I've never tried smoked turkey. Maybe it's something like prosciutto. Stuffed goose sounds interesting! Like a Canadian-Chinese fusion maybe. @BigfamJapan I had no idea that was the norm in Ireland! I thought turkey was more North American. For sure not the same as a whole turkey roasted in the oven. I have been curious about what people eat for Christmas dinner around the world, and in the US almost anything goes. (My family often had lamb chops or tamales.)