Did you know Japan is one of the few countries in the world where on Valentine's Day, it is the women who give their husbands, boyfriends, crushes, etc. chocolate. The guys are supposed to reciprocate on White Day which is held on March 14. I believe it was a marketing scheme thought up by the Japanese confectionaries to double the sales of sweets during those two months. Japanese women also used to give their male bosses and co-workers giri-choco (obligatory chocolates) but that tradition has virtually disappeared as it is blatantly sexist.
知ってましたか?日本のバレンタインデイに女性たちが旦那、彼氏や憧れの男子のチョコあげること。そして3月14日のホワイト・デイで男性たちが貰ったチョコの相手にお返しすること。どっかで聞いたが、その習慣は日本のチョコラティエやパティシエが考案したこと。そのおかげで年に2回スイーツの売上が良くなる。昔の日本は義理チョコもあり、その習慣はドンドンなくなってるけどね。だってそれはどう考えても完全に性差別主義なことだ。
Anyway, here are the sweets I received this year from my wife, my sister-in-law, and various other people of the fair sex.
とりあえず、妻、義理の母と知人の女性たちから貰ったチョコやスイーツです。
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