For those who are not familiar with the way Valentine’s Day works in Japan, let me say it is so much better than in the states where the guys have to go out and get chocolates and/or flowers for their wives and girlfreinds. In Japan the girls give the guys in their lives (almost all […]
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
It’s that time of the year again! Everyone is talking about plans for the special day and all I hear is chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate! Not that I have anything against chocolate or Valentine’s day, on the contrary, I love both of them! But for the whole last week, every time I walked past […]
Happy White Day
March 14th is White Day in Japan and other parts of Asia. This is a relatively new holiday created in the 1970s to be a response to Valentine’s day. In Japan, typically women give chocolate to men on Valentine’s day and then 1 month later, men can give a return gift to women. In 1977 […]
