Wednesday, July 4, 2007

White Day in Japan

Last night I was watching Fruits Basket, a silly shōjo manga (Japanese animation aimed at girls) series. In it, there's a big fuss about "White Day", involving enforced gifts of chocolate and a trip to a hot-springs bath.

I wanted to know about White Day.

Wikipedia tells me That White Day is a commercially-generated holiday that acts as a counter-balance to Valentine's Day, which is a month earlier. On Valentine's Day, girls give chocolate to buys, and on White day, boys give gifts back to the girls who gave them gifts. Sounds like good business.

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