The letter published in April about Easter in Japan — or rather the lack of it — provoked quite a response. The general consensus appears to be that Easter is too hard to pin down on the calendar for commercialization. Here are a couple of responses:
Hillary from Okoma, Nara Prefecture, notes that the biggest purveyors of Western — primarily American — holiday spirit are English teachers.
"A case in point is Halloween, which in recent years has mushroomed in popularity here to the point that many Japanese believe it is a major American holiday. Yet for most people back home the spiritual significance is negligible; it's the fun factor that prevails."