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					<description><![CDATA[<p>♡Happy Valentines Day!&#160;♡ ＜日本語は英語の後に続きます＞ In Japan, there is a strong tradition of women giving chocolates to men on Valentines Day. There are two types of chocolates, “Giri-choco” (義理チョコ；obligation chocolate), and “Honmei-choco” (本命チョコ；favor chocolates). Giri-choco is meant to be for friends, colleagues, bosses, and close male friends. “Giri” means obligation hence this Giri-choco has no romance [&#8230;]</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><br>♡Happy Valentines Day!&nbsp;♡</p>



<p class="has-text-align-center">＜日本語は英語の後に続きます＞</p>



<p>In Japan, there is a strong tradition of women giving chocolates to men on Valentines Day. There are two types of chocolates, “Giri-choco” (義理チョコ；obligation chocolate), and “Honmei-choco” (本命チョコ；favor chocolates). Giri-choco is meant to be for friends, colleagues, bosses, and close male friends. “Giri” means obligation hence this Giri-choco has no romance involved. On the other hand, Honmei-choco is given to a boyfriend, lover, or husband with true love. There is also a custom for Japanese women to prepare the Honmei-choco by themselves (the belief is that it does not represent true love if they simply purchase them ready-made). Nearing Valentines day, all the department stores, shops, and even grovery stores will start putting out large displays of chocolate (often heart shaped). Stores also get packed with a large variety of chocolate-making cooking tools and of course, women!</p>



<p>Last year was my first experience of &#8220;<a href="blog/japanvalentinesday.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">Japanese Style Valentines Day</a>,&#8221; and I learned of the many different kinds of names and categories for chocolate-giving practices. For example, in addition to obligation and favor chocolates, some examples are:&nbsp;「友チョコ」(tomo-choco or Friend Chocolates, when girls give their friends chocolates);「逆チョコ」(gyaku-choco or Reverse Chocolates, when guys give girls chocolates on Valentines Day);&nbsp;「自己チョコ」(jiko-choco or Self Chocolates, buying chocolates for self-consumption); and&nbsp;「強敵チョコ」(kyoteki-choco or Fierce Enemy Chocolates, when guys give other guys chocolates).&nbsp;</p>



<p>This year, I bought about 30 chocolates to give out as Giri-choco or Obligation Chocolates to my colleagues! To avoid the super hectic chocolate shopping rush, I ordered them ahead of time to be delivered. Nonetheless, they were pretty heavy to carry to work on Valentines Day&#8230;</p>



<p>Looking forward&nbsp; to White Day one month later on March 14, where guys have to return the favor to the ladies!</p>



<p><a href="blog/whiteday.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal"></a><a href="https://rachelleng.com/japans-white-day-custom/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="rank-math-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Click HERE to read more about &#8220;Japan&#8217;s White Day custom!</a></p>



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<p>皆様、三連休は、いかがお過ごしでしょうか。ゆったりと楽しく過ごされて英気を養っている事と思います。今週は、バレンタインデーでしたね。</p>



<p>今までブログは1年間ぐらい続けましたよ～　去年の同じ頃、<a href="blog/japanvalentinesday.html" data-wpel-link="internal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><u>「日本式のバレンタインデー」</u></a>について書きました。あの時、初めての日本のバレンタインデーだったので、色々な「日本式バレンタインデー」の特徴は勉強になりました。&nbsp;“義理チョコ”、“友チョコ”、“ご褒美チョコ”、“本命チョコ”、“チョコ男”など、色んな日本でしかない呼び方がありますね…　^^；</p>



<p>バレンタインデーの前の週末、百貨店のチョコレート売り場で、すごく人が込んでいて、女性客がたくさんいて賑わっているので…　Valentines Chocolate Shopping Rushはちょっと怖いです。今年は回避するために、前に準備をしました。お店から好きなフレンチのトリュフチョコレートを注文して、輸入を頼みました。そして、個人的に気持ちを入れるために、自分でGift　Wrappingをしました。</p>



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<p>For the 30 boxes of chocolates, I had 2 different kinds of wrapping 🙂</p>



<p>☆ラッピングは2つのスタイルがあるので、皆様はどう思いますか？どっちが好きでしょうか？☆</p>



<p>うちの会社は、男性全員となると去年の21人から今年は２３人に増えました。先週末、30個チョコを買いに行って来きました。重かったですよ！&nbsp;0.0</p>



<p>去年ある人に贈った日本語ノートを「＊<strong>いつでも＊</strong>ありがとうございます！」と間違いました（<a href="blog/japanvalentinesday.html" data-wpel-link="internal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><u>1年前のブログの写真</u></a>で間違ったノートまだ見られます）。今年は同じミスをしないように注意します…　　&gt;.&lt;；　ちゃんと「いつもありがとうございます～」と書きました。（笑）</p>



<p class="has-text-align-center">♡</p>



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<p>In my impression, Valentines Day should still be paired with roses (rather than chocolates)~&nbsp;<br>私の印象では、バレンタインデーは常にチョコレートよりバラの方がイメージ強いです</p>



<p>♡まだまだ寒い日が続きます。どうぞくれぐれもお体を大切になさって下さい。</p>



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