The blog post for today will be about White Day. Although White Day was on March 14th, I actually didn't find out about it until a day or two ago. So, I'll be talking about it now instead. First of all, White Day is a holiday that is commonly celebrated in Japan. However, it's also celebrated in other places like South Korea and China. But, Japan's White Day is the one I heard about, so that's the one I'll be focusing on. That's mainly because I'm not sure if any of the traditions are different in the other cultures. Now then, onto the main part of this post! So what is White Day? Well, Valentine's Day is generally thought of as a holiday for girls and women. Because of this, girls and women are usually the ones who give chocolate and other gifts on Valentine's Day. On the other hand, White Day is more or less the opposite of this. Instead of the girls and women giving gifts on White Day, the boys and men give gifts back to the girls and women that gave them gifts on Valentine's Day. However, there is also a term that is often used on White Day. This term is "sanbai gaeshi", which more or less means "triple the return". This means that guys are expected to give girls three times as much as they received themselves. I personally think this rule is unnecessary. First of all, I'm sure almost any girl would be happy to even get a gift back on White Day. Secondly, if a guy got giri-choco (which is pretty much just obligatory chocolate) from someone he doesn't even know very well, I don't think he should have to give her something that's three times as much as what he received. But, that's just my opinion on that rule. Anyways, this is just the basics of what White Day is. But, I would recommend reading about this holiday some more, since I think it's actually quite interesting. As a little bonus, I will include a small explanation below about what the three main Valentine's Day chocolates are for Japan. Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Chocolate Types:

Honmei-Choco - A chocolate that girls give to guys that they have romantic feelings for.

Giri-Choco - As stated above, this is pretty much just obligatory chocolate. Girls give this chocolate to any guys that they are obliged to give chocolate to on Valentine's Day.

Tomo-Choco - These chocolates are an exception to only giving chocolates to guys on Valentine's Day. Instead, this chocolate is for girls to give other girls as a sign of their friendship.