How did your valentine's day go? Did all your chocolate, flower, or whatever other dreams you may have had, come true? Did you give or receive something from your special someone? In the U.S. as well as many parts of the world, I would say it is customary for the man to get his special someone a gift, with the lady possibly returning the favor (hopefully, since I am a guy, getting a gift back would be a for certain thing....I'm not much of a chocolate or sweets person though, so a protein bar would do for me :)
Anyway....here in Japan things are a little bit different. Here Valentines Day is a day where the women give the guys gifts.
I found some informaiton online that said Japanese women sometime, at least back in the day, had a hard time expressing their feelings so Valentine's day was a way for the women to express the way they felt toward a guy. One of the players on our team said you really know if a girl likes you if she hand-makes the chocolate.
So thinking about your Valentine's Day by Japan standards how did you fair? If you are a guy reading this does your girl really like you? And if you are a girl, did you hand-make some chocolate to express how much you care about your guy?
Think it may be a little unfair that Valentine's day is basically for the guys to get all the gifts? Dont worry, there is a day in March called "White Day" - March 14th - where the guys are supposed to return the favor and give gifts to the girls.
But what if you randomly received a gift from a Japanese woman? Not all gifts or chocolates are are romance related. Here is a paragraph I found online explaining this a little more:
(The chocolates you get) might be "Giri-choko (obligation chocolate)." Women give chocolates not only to their loved ones ("A true love" chocolate is called "Honmei-choko.") "Giri-choko" is the chocolate given to men such as bosses, colleagues or male friends that women have no romantic interest in, just for friendship or gratitude. The concept of "giri" is very Japanese. Giri is a mutual obligation that the Japanese follow when dealing with other people, where iIf someone does you a favor, then you feel obligated to do something for that person.
Anyway....here in Japan things are a little bit different. Here Valentines Day is a day where the women give the guys gifts.
I found some informaiton online that said Japanese women sometime, at least back in the day, had a hard time expressing their feelings so Valentine's day was a way for the women to express the way they felt toward a guy. One of the players on our team said you really know if a girl likes you if she hand-makes the chocolate.
So thinking about your Valentine's Day by Japan standards how did you fair? If you are a guy reading this does your girl really like you? And if you are a girl, did you hand-make some chocolate to express how much you care about your guy?
Think it may be a little unfair that Valentine's day is basically for the guys to get all the gifts? Dont worry, there is a day in March called "White Day" - March 14th - where the guys are supposed to return the favor and give gifts to the girls.
But what if you randomly received a gift from a Japanese woman? Not all gifts or chocolates are are romance related. Here is a paragraph I found online explaining this a little more:
(The chocolates you get) might be "Giri-choko (obligation chocolate)." Women give chocolates not only to their loved ones ("A true love" chocolate is called "Honmei-choko.") "Giri-choko" is the chocolate given to men such as bosses, colleagues or male friends that women have no romantic interest in, just for friendship or gratitude. The concept of "giri" is very Japanese. Giri is a mutual obligation that the Japanese follow when dealing with other people, where iIf someone does you a favor, then you feel obligated to do something for that person.
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