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Valentines Day In Japan: 1 reason why it's very different.

2/14/2015

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For those of you who unaware of this interesting phenomena in Japan, this might be interesting.

In Japan, the tradition is for women to express their love to a man by giving them chocolate. No flowers, no gifts,  just chocolate from women to men.

There are 2 types of chocolates women give on this day in Japan - "real" chocolate ("honmei") and "fake" chocolate ("giri").
  • GIRI chocolates are bought in stores and are given to friends, coworkers and families.
  • HONMEI chocolates are usually handmade and are only gifted to the woman's love.

Now this becomes a huge deal in middle school and high school. You often here boys/men bragging about how many "Honmei" chocolates they received. 

But wait - So what does the man do?
.....He has White Day (March 14), to give back.

It seems like Valentines Day started and became popular in the 1950s in Japan, through at a Department store marketing scheme. They simply put "For a lady to give to their man" on one of the ads. 
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