Valentines Day Chocolates For Me! Kinda

Posted on 18. Feb, 2008 @ 11:29 pm by in Crazy Consumers, Culture, Food, Society Views: 591

In Japan on Valentines day girls give chocolates to guys.

There is also a phenomenon known as “giri-choco” (義理チョコ) .

Literally it means “duty-chocolate”. Basically, it’s the chocolate that girls give to guys because they are obliged to do so. For example, my guitar teacher is a lady, so she gave me giri-choco. She doesn’t have Valentines Day-ish feelings for me, but I see her often, so she must give me chocolate or I will feel like a chump. I will.

This is good, because the only other chocolate I got on Valentines day was from all of the ladies in the office (they put their money together and bought something for all the guys… There aren’t that many of us… This is also 義理チョコ).

This is the lovely chocolate I got from my guitar teacher. Fujiya! Peko-chan!

My wife ate half of both the chocolates I got…

I need more chocolate!

- Harvey

  • http://www.enyi.org Grace

    What?? I guess Peko-chan isn’t too cute for you then! I wonder if you can still find chocolates on sale…probably not, huh?

  • kayo

    かわいい！
    The Peko-Chan choco is so cute!
    I’m not always sure where to bite into such food at first, just like Taiyaki.

  • http://urutoranohihi.blogspot.com lina

    it sure is good to be the wife in Japan then. you get to eat your husband’s giri-choco and then you get some on white day too.

  • http://www.snickersdirect.co.uk/trousers-c-5134.html Snickers Trousers

    The Peko-Chan choco is so cute

    KATTIE

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