As a Valentine present Stefan gave me a cute card, a bunch of tulips and Laduree Macaron!
Japanese Valentine’s day is different from European style. In Japan Feb. 14th women give chocolate to their lovers. ( Often give something additional such as wallet, tie and so on). And one month later Mar. 14th the men give something to the women as a return gift. Of course it depends on how thick their wallets are!
I always think Japanese people really love events. Compared with the events in Switzerland, Japan has much more… I think this is one of reasons why I miss Japan.
Ok, I’ll pick up some of them… (I don’t write about public holidays, Japanese public holidays are also crazy!)
- Jan. 1st New Years
- Feb. 3rd “Setubun”
- Feb. 14th Valentine’s day
- Mar. 3rd Girls Festival
- Mar. 14th White day
- May. 5th Children’s day
- May. 2nd Sunday Mother’s day
- Jun. 2nd Sunday Father’s day
- Jul. 7th Star Festival
- Oct. 3st Halloween
- Dec. 16th Yuko’s Birthday (Oops! you don’t want to know do you?!)
- Dec. 24th and 25th Christmas
- Dec. 31st New Year’s Eve