Valentines Day In Japan

The Japanese celebrate St. Valentine's day in a rather unique fashion. Women give the men gifts of chocolate as well as other gifts.
As you all know, Valentine's Day is a celebration in which thelovers, boyfriends, husbands or friends express their feelings for each other. This happens in most Western countries, but in Japan is different.

The approach of Valentine's Day is something thatdepartment stores and shops look forward to and promote with zeal because of its potential for increased sales.
The Valentine's Day in Japan was first held since the year 1936 and the company thatstarted this custom was Morozoff candy company, and it is women who give chocolate to men who may be engaged, the future boyfriends, husbands, friends or colleagues working.

These gifts of chocolateare divided into three types: giri choco (obligatory chocolate), honmei choco (chocolate for the man the woman is serious about) and tomo choco (chocolate for the woman's female friends).. Giri choco isgiven by women to their superiors at work as well as to other male co-workers.

Although many chocolates given away, if you get one with heart shaped directly means! Declaration of love!. Also,teens are the most expected this day and is very important to them, receive at least some chocolatito to not feel slighted by the girls..
The Valentine's Day in Japan has a two-day

took advantage ofthe Japanese feelings of obligation and created "White Day" in 1980 to help assuage the guilt feelings of those poor obligated males who received chocolate on Valentine's Day. On March 14th, exactlyone month after Valentine's Day, men who were lucky enough to receive gifts of chocolate have the chance to return the favor by giving the women who gave them gifts of chocolate a more expensive boxof chocolate or sweets. The gifts of chocolate that men buy are in White.
Women in Japan are looking forward for White Day, because this is the best day to see if the guy who was given the...