Valentine’s Day in Japan – Why the girls do the giving?
Girls are spending money with chocolate, boys are getting all the chocolate… but apparently things are changing and it seems like everyone nowadays receives chocolates. If you do not believe me check out this video.
Highlights
“I thought I would take the opportunity to tell you guys what Valentine’s Day in Japan is like and how it may be different than the Valentine’s Day you guys are familiar with.”
“The concept of Valentine’s day was introduced to Japan by a chocolate company in Kobe in the 1930’s.”
“Who made an advertisement to urge people to buy chocolate for their loved ones but it wasn’t until 1950.”
“Back in the day valentine chocolates could be categorized as “giri choko” or “honmei choko”.
“I couldn’t find any information to when or why homemade chocolates became a trend at one point but I am assuming that the sale of chocolate-making kits had something to do with it.”
- Opportunity
- noun. Appropriate or favorable time or occasion. Good chance
- Concept
- noun. A general notion or idea
- Advertisement
- noun. The act or process of advertising a product, a public notice
- Categorized
- verb. Placed in an order or group
- Assuming
- verb. In this case, to take upon oneself
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We are Chika's Japanagos Channel enthusiasts. Through her wonderful and informative videos we learn English language and the Japanese unique culture. Chika's silent strength and prowess in presenting interesting topics capture us to follow her channel in Youtube. We picked up three significant sentences and five unfamiliar words from the video for you to ponder. So, let's learn English and Japanese culture together!
japanagos, 14-04-03 15:58, 14-04-04 12:11, Yosei