While women in the Western world wait expectantly to receive chocolates, flowers, and other trinkets of affection for Valentine’s Day, Japanese women do no such thing. In fact, traditionally women in Japan bestow the gift of chocolate upon the men in their lives for the lover’s holiday.
But like many traditions, this one seems to be dying out. Today, more and more Japanese women are instead opting to exchange delectable gifts with their friends instead, leaving their their husbands and boyfriends to purchase their own candy. (more…)