Japan and Valentine’s Day
It’s almost Valentine’s day!! As we know, Valentine is
always identic with chocolate and flowers, spend our day with our beloved one.
Valentine always about a man and a woman. But, how about in Japan? How Japanese
people celebrate Valentine’s day? Well, Japan always have something unique and
so their Valentine’s. If on Valentine’s Day a man usually gives something to her
woman, it’s totally different in Japan. It’s common tradition when the girl gives
the chocolate instead of the boy. In Japan, there’s two type of choclate on
valentine’s day. The first one is Giri-choco and the second one is Honmei-choco.
“Giri” means “obligation”. It usually has no romance involved . On the other
hand “Honmei-choco” has romance involved. So, it meant for a boyfriend, lover, or
husband. Japanese woman often prepare their “Honmei choco” themself although
many of them think to just buy the chocolate at the store. We will clearly see
a large display of chocolate in department store and the grocery store from mid-January.
And days before Valentine’s day, those stores will full of the variety of
chocolates, cooking-stuff, and woman!
another year has passed and i'm still single... reading this article makes me look pathetic. but it's nice to know their way of celebrating valentine's day.
ReplyDeleteno women looks pathetic. :D I'm still single too (lol) yes, it's nice to know the other country's way to celebrate valentine's day :)
DeleteI heard Japanese girls often make their own chocolate, so they can pour their love into the chocolate.
ReplyDeleteyes, they often make their chocolates on their own. But, some of them choose to buy a chocolate instead of making them :)
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