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It’s the season of romance in Japan. However, while men are typically expected to shower women with gifts and affection in the western world on Valentine’s Day, the roles are reversed in Japan. It’s White Day, on Mar. 14, when men return the favor. It’s customary for Japanese women to profess their love through honmei choco, ornate handmade chocolates or expensive boxes of sweets. Women will also, sometimes begrudgingly, gift male coworkers with mini boxes of giri choco, or obligatory chocolates. When it comes to compliments, you’re treading on dangerous territory with kawaii. On White Day, me...
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While Japan is usually the overwork capital of the world, the New Year’s holidays here do offer chance for everyone to just relax. The cost, however, is that because New Year’s is overwhelmingly a quiet time spent with family (as opposed to the wild parties of the West), most of the nation shuts down to take a break. This means that for several days nothing is open including shops, restaurants and even doctor’s offices. Avoid the shutdowns though, and you’ll find that Japan is overflowing with awesome, Instagram-worthy traditional decorations, incredible food and unique cultural ceremonies dur...
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Japanese nengajo (年賀状), or New Year greetings cards, are a fun and easy way to show your appreciation to everyone you care about over the holidays. They’re also a great way to send cool Japanese well-wishes to your friends and family back home. However, there are rules on who, when and how to send your nengajo. There are even restrictions based on what happened the previous year. To avoid offending a large group of people too early on in the year, here’s a step-by-step guide to sending your New Year’s cards. Step One: Buy or create your own nengajoYou can pick up pre-printed nengajo in stores ...
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