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Valentine's day in Japan

Weekly Topic: Valentine's Day Special: How is love expressed in your culture?

Feb 14, 2025

こんにちは。I made chocolates on Valentine's day.

Almost of Japanese girls made a lot of chocolates or cookies like these pictures, and then they exchange that at school on Valentine's day. 
This is called 友チョコ(Tomo choco).
★友達(Friends)+チョコレート(Chocolate)=友チョコ

There are a lot of Valentine's chocolates in Japan
・本命チョコ (Honmei choco) for boyfriend, husband or someone you love 


・義理チョコ(Girichoco) for colleagues or someone you tdon' love


友チョコ(Tomo choco) for friends 

・逆チョコ(Gyaku choco) from men to women(Generally, women give men a chocolate in Japan)


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