Valentine's Day
is just around the corner. MOUSUGU BALENTAINDE- DESUNE.
How are the people in the world going to spend Valentine's Day?
SEKAIJUUNO MINASAMA, DONNAFUUNI BARENTAINDE-WO
SUGOSU YOTEI DESUKA?
Do you know?
SHITTEIMASUKA?
In Japan, Valentine's Day is a day of
the confession of the love
(AI NO KOKUHAKU) A required item to use for confession is chocolate.
KOKUHAKU SURU TOKINI CHOKORE-TO WO DANSEI KARA DEHANAKU JOSEI
GA AGEMASU.A woman presents
chocolate to a man not handing chocolate from a man. There are two such rules.
I think, it's gonna be only a Japanese to spend this day in this way
.The Japanese is not particular about much religion events.
AMARI KODAWARI MASEN.
In the same way as Christmas
, we cut only the fun part of the overseas event.
IITOKO DORI!!
And we change it to the totally different event.
Why is it chocolate?
NAZE CHOKORE-TO NANO DESHOUKA?
Because(NAZENARABA,) this is the custom that a Japanese confectionery company spread
for sales promotion of the chocolate.
I think it is a very splendid idea
to let the girl who is good at spreading the fashion purchase a lot of chocolate.TOTEMO SUBARASHII KANNGAE DESUNE.
When Valentine's Day
approaches, in most department stores and super, such a sales floor is established. Chocolate is piled up in this way like a mountain. YAMAZUMI DESU!!
But there are few people confessing the love with chocolate seriously recently.
Probably(OSORAKU) it will be only a teenage girl to confess the love with chocolate seriously.
Most women buy chocolate for the man of an acquaintance and the fellow worker
as a so typical present
of Valentine's Day recently.
The chocolate for small children is also sold.KOREHA, KODOMO MUKE NO CHOKORE-TO DESU.
←The character of the box in the top right corner
says "Anpan-man", and, regardless of boy and girl, it is the character who is very popular among preschoolers.
SHOUNEN, SHOUJO WO TOWAZU YOUCHIENJI NI DAININKI DESU.
It is a character called "Peko-chan" of the Japanese famous cake
maker. This pencil-shaped chocolate
(ENPITSU CHOKORE-TO) is a longtime seller from old days. ←It is "kinniku-man" to come out on the lower part of the photograph
.Do you know it? SHITTERU?
By the way,(TOKORODE) in Japan, there is one more characteristic custom
that a woman holds on Valentine's Day.
TOTTEMO TOKUCHOU TEKI NASHUUKAN GA MOU HITOTSU ARIMASU.
To me, it is hard to understand
, but a woman bakes a handmade cookie or cake of the chocolate.And gives the sweets to the guy who she loves
. Therefore the ingredients of the cake are also sold.
May I ask men in the world?
SEKAIJUU NO DANNSEI NI KIITE MO IIDESUKA
?Do you want to eat
the handmade chocolate from a beloved woman?ANATA NO AISURU HITO KARANO TEZUKURI CHOKORE-TO GA HOSHII DESUKA?
Oh, well
.(MA- IIDESHOU.)
Japanese Valentine is a festival for girls.JOSEI NO TAMENO OMATSURI DESU.
They enjoy choosing the chocolate for their favorite guy.
At the store, they are all like saying eek eek
! (KYA- KYA- IIMASU.)And they will enjoy baking a chocolate cake or cookie for him and they will enjoy wrapping the gift
in the colorful
wrapping paper while thinking about the favorite guy
The upper photograph is one of the constant seller chocolate of Japan. UENO SHASHIN NO CHOKORE-TO HA NIHON NO TEIBAN NO CHOKORE-TO NO HITOTSU DESU.
I can buy it for around
90 yen in the supermarket. Will the constant seller chocolate of the child be this? ↓
This is chocolate of the cheap candy shop called the Tirol chocolate.(CHIRORU CHOKO) It should have been one around
10 yen. The size is very small in about 2cm every direction. A brown package is the constant seller of constant sellers, and coffee
nougat enters inside. ↓ this was released only in a limited season by the same Tirol chocolate.
It's a chocolate of the soybean flour and the powdered green tea(MACCHA )
, it is very Japanese-style chocolate. This chocolate have won international food contest Mond selection gold medal
consecutively for two years. Do you want to try?
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Hi Miko-san! Your post on Valentine's Day is really very educational! I am a person who strictly follows the Japanese culture, although I am not Japanese myself. This year, I made chocolate for a guy, and I'm still very nervous about giving it to him because I'm afraid that he will reject it. Do the Japanese teenage girls have these kind of worries too? I love your blog and I'll be back again! =D
Very interesting article! I've heard about that particular tradition of only girls giving chocolates to guys during Valentines' Day. Don't the guys reciprocate during Whites' Day? (March 14th)
I would love to try the international award-acclaimed MAI chocolate..(it says Kinako? Is that the powder?), looks reaaaaally good!
AWESOME ARTICLE!!!
I just came accross your article and just browse it because i am in the middle of work. i'm not even finished reading it yet but i really found it very very interesting...
I believed that You are such a beautiful person from the inside out. Just wanna take this time to appreciate you and thank you for pouring out your passion in this article.
You did it very well.
I'll get back to you very soon...
You are a blessing!
In Christ,
rina
I've heard about the different way the Japanese celebrate Valentine's Day - it definitely doesn't get done the same way in Western nations.
I hope you do a blog post about White Day as well - that would certainly be interesting to read.
@Jiaxuan - I wish you the best of luck with your chocolates, I hope he accepts them :)
Hullo!
Thankyou for the beautiful pictures of birds!
I will be performing live on stage in Takayama, in Japan in November, with fellow Australians in Australian animal and bird costumes, at the Sukyo Mahikari ceremony held for the Creator God...
There will be lots of people dressed as cockatoos and kookaburras on stage!
It will be fun!
Can you come to watch?
hello good day. I love eating japanese chocolates specially MACADEMIA.....the blend is very fair, not so sweet and nuts are so delicious and cruncy.. I've been encountered very generous japanese in fact my brother-in- law KUYA HOSHI, husband of Ate WENG, KUSO-san are among of them..LONG-LIVE JAPAN and MORWE POWER
just fantastic
jiaxuan san, Dan san, Tiana san,Rina Palma Trinos san, Jaydon san, Tina san, and CHERRY MAGBUHOS SIPAT san,
Thank you very much for your comment!!
MINA SAN HONTOU NI DOUMO ARIGATOU.
I am so happy to hear that you all like my blog.
Please come back.
MATA ASOBINI KITE KUDASAI NE.
It is so nice to know about you, too.
Thank you again.
Please take care.
miko