Valentine's Day In Japan
 

I don't know how valentine's day works in japan... can you tell me?

In Japan, it's the day when women give candies to virtually all the men they know. 98% of the time, they give chocolate. If you have a boyfriend or a husband, you give him a bigger box of chocolates (often hand-made ) and a very small box to all the other men around you.

The big box is called "Honmei Choco = Choco for the one and only" and the small one, "Giri Choco = obligation choco".

On "White Day", which is March 14, the men have a chance to give those women candies in return. True to the name, many men give white chocolate.
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Now, for all the JF girls dying to make me happy, here's my address:

Nagoyankee
12345 Giri Choco Street
Tokyo, Japan

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Well I'm not totally sure on how it works so anyone feel free to cut me off lol.

My understanding is that on Valentines Day the girls give chocolate to the boys they like, and a month later on White Day the boys return the favor.

It's a cute idea, and it's not just about couples, everyone is able to participate. ^_^

Now that I think, Olive, I think you might be right.
There was something about the first part in Vampire Knight.

Interesting your class is doing the same thing. As far as I know, LBCC doesn't do anything special for Valentines', or I just never noticed because I don't see the point in V Day.

It'd be interesting if we had White Day here in the US, but Valentines' day is the girls' day already....

How...ironic, men give white chocolate to express their love back to girls, when in Japan, white simbolizes death and mourning.

What's you been reading? Women here wed in white kimono. White symbolizes nothing. It says "Paint me in your color."

I think he means White flowers. I guess its different for wedding dresses.

now if that really were you address, then you might actually get something :p ;)

Nice day it will be ..............

Maybe "symbolizes" wasn't the best term to use, but still, there is truth in my sentence. I've read some books about Japan and articles that say that you shouldn't give anything that's wrapped in white or white flowers. I also found something about that in wikipedia:

In Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese tradition, white is the color of mourning and death.

So basiclly what it is is that the girls give the guy they like chocolate hoping he'll accept it. And if he does thats good. Some guys like to compete and see how much chocolate they'll get. On white day the guys return the chocolate to the girl they were given chocolate by.

Yea thats true. But its an easier way of confessing your love.

Yes their was

Shockingly enough, only the women are the ones putting anything on the line. Men choose to either return the favor or not, but don't have to go through the humiliation of not having thier gesture returned.

HAHAHA So true~!

No offense, but that sounds kind of pathetic to me that you need a certain day as an excuse for confessing your love.

ah, ok.

I think it'd be nice if something like this were done in the U.S. (just my opinion)

Nah its ok but somegirls do need it the shy quiet type.

^^ chocolate is good and I love that day

You are DEFINITELY talking my language. I am a total chocolate whore. How about you?

The color white stands for feminity and virginity also stand for the "pure" and clean which is probably why most girls marry in white or because japanese boys give girls white chocolate on White Day

Wow. There are a few assumptions surrounding the color white in Japan.

really? if possible can you find some links so i can read a bit about it?

Okay. I'll try to find out when I have some time.

there were some girls from japan working at our school a few years back.i tried to chat them up a little but they were reeeeally not interested.i told them how much i loved japan's culture,anime etc.when v-day came around ,i was hoping and hoping for a chocolate......nothing.:eek:

Maybe you came on to them a little too strong. Some girls don't like persistent boys. :)

I love valentines day. On valentines day i always get like 50 pounds of candy plus birthday gifts scinse thats my birthday.

Oh thats awesomse~!

And you were doing so well up until that point.

For a second there, when I saw you quoting my post, I was hoping for something interesting to read. *sigh* Oh the disappointment.
And, please, excuse me for posting only one of the sources. Of course, I can post more, but I don't think that will change much.

It's a thread about Valentine's Day, guys. There really is nothing to fight about.

"Someone made a joke on the Internet."

"End him."

Thinking on it, I never thought of it until MMM brought it up: women really do put more on the line on V-Day in Japan than the men do. That's pretty hardcore. Men gotta' step it up a little.

Who do you think came up with White Day?

Yea guys got to step IT UP

What you say is true,i have not been apart of this cite vrey long, so i dont know much about how things work here, but it is the woman whom gives the man they like/love a choco,and in one months time, if the man likes.loves the woman back then; that is when he is to return the favor..although i may be wrong, if so please email me with the correct info :P [email protected]

No. You pretty much got it right. Nothing to correct. You can live another day. :)

It may sound stereotypical, but many Japanese are extremely uptight about love and romance. As a teacher, I have a pretty close relationship with my students, and as I'm a foreigner, they seem to be able to tell me things that they won't tell each other. I know who likes who in my class, it's amazing how much romantic intrigue is going on. What's more amazing is how difficult it is for them to express their feelings to each other. Most never do.

I have a bag sitting next to my desk here in my apartment, and in the bag are several boxes of chocolates which many of the girls in my class have given me. It's a good thing that I like chocolate. I made a list of the girl's names so I can return the favor next month. I had my gf order me a large box of 白い恋人 cookies, hopefully I'll have a few packages left over after White Day, they are very tasty.