Comments on: What Japanese Women Would Expect On White Day?

By: kirin

kirin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:16:02 +0000

Oh I'm sorry to hear that.
But then she may not know that it's our own custom that we have White Day.
I don't really know how you can fix that, but what about writing her a sincere letter with belated candies or chocolates? I wish you found this post earlier.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:30:08 +0000

Never heard of this White Day since a couple of weeks ago.

In fact, I made a japanese girl really sad because she expected something from me, but she didn't recieve a thing. Dumb me!
She stop talking to me since then :'(

Any suggestion on how can I approach her after my dumb mistake?

By: kirin

kirin — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:12:11 +0000

Hi Salma,
Thank you for your comment. I think it's nice to have a day to express love among family members or friends. In Japan, many people buy chocolates to exchange among friends on Valentine's Day as well as among lovers. Because it's a good chance to buy many great chocolates especially imported from Europe before Valentine's Day, we sometimes buy them only for ourselves to enjoy. ^ ^;

By: Salma

Salma — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:21:44 +0000

By the way, it is the first time for me to hear about "the White Day". I just read more about it on the internet and it is very interesting.
You know? In Egypt, there is actually another "Valentine's Day". It is on the 4th of November, proposed by the deceased Egyptian journalist Mustafa Amin. But in fact, this day is to express love in a general way (between family, relatives,colleagues, etc.) rather than between a couple or lovers. The "couple or lovers" love is usually celebrated on the 14th of February as it is globally.
As for the kind of presents the Egyptian lovers exchange, especially for females, it is not that different from those exchanged in Japan, but mostly, accessories and roses are exchanged more than chocolate.^_^

By: kirin

kirin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:43:26 +0000

Valentine's Day in Japan is a bit different from the one from western culture like yours. On the day Japanese guys don't have to do anything. They can be totally passive. They are to be given chocolates and/or gifts on the day. On White Day, those guys return candies or sweets or gifts. I hear that White Day is only available in Japan, Korea, and some asian countries…

By: Juliette

Juliette — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:55:55 +0000

I am from the USA and I must say I never even heard of "white day" until I read a few mangas. Valentine's day is for men to give women chocolates and roses (traditional gifts for their g/f or wife. Personally I've always been a bit of a tom-boy… or if you don't know what that means its slang for a girl who likes to do "boy" things like play sports and get dirty and play with cars and blocks instead of dolls and dress-up). When we are young and in school, everyone has to give a card to everyone else in class (most school probably do this, I know in New England area – RI, CT, MA, etc, USA they do) and a common class activity is making a "valentine-card-holder" out of old tissue boxes and construction paper. The cards are usually thick paper/cardboard with prints of cartoon characters or movie characters that come in "kits" where there are sheets of these that you fold and rip apart and then put in included envelopes (some fold up though so no need for envelopes, just put a sticker). Many types also will have lollipops or a candy. Some classes will also have activities to make cards from construction paper and paper lace dollies, though these are usually then given by the kids to their parents or other family members. Overall, Valentine's Day is a day where guys feel uncomfortable and pressured to be romantic, or down because they are single (single girls will get down on this day too of course). lol Oh, and we don't have a day where girls give anything to guys! Sure on Valentine's Day many girls like to give out cards to friends and maybe chocolates (I have never heard of anyone actually making chocolates before though! Once again, until I read manga I didn't even know it was possible, haha), and couples usually exchange gifts to each other, but the guy is definitely expected to do a lot more, like plan a date in addition to the flowers and/or chocolates. I guess it's just a way to get guys to do something nice for girls? lol :0D

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:14:32 +0000

In Japan, Valentine's Day is basically for women to give chocolates to men. (Not from men to women except for the couples who want to celebrate the day like western way.)
We have both mother's day and father's day, too!

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:12:07 +0000

Good for you! I believe you did it right! Hope it worked out on you. ^ ^

By: walter

walter — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:42:33 +0000

Interesting. But surely it works both ways ? On white day the women can give gifts to the men that they received chocolates from on Valentin's day ?
Do you have a mother's day and father's day as well ?

By: Steven Stier

Steven Stier — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:28:25 +0000

Thanks for the post. I am very interested in a Japanese woman in Osaka. She sent me some very nice hand made chocolates for Valentines day and another friend instructed me to send her a gift for White day. I do not know the appropriate l gift to send her. She got a nice box of chocolates and a tiny white gold necklace. I hope I did the right thing. I don't want to seem cheap or too aggressive. I guess I will know soon.