White Day In Japan? What's That? 0_0

How's it going lurkers? Right now, you're staring at a picture of a White Day cake. Are any of you familiar with White Day?

No, White Day is NOT  a holiday meant for white supremacists here in America. If you have been paying attention to my blogs, White Day is mostly the Japanese equivalent of Valentine's Day for women.

White Day originated on March 14, 1978 in Japan. This tender holiday coincidentally shares the same day as International Marriage Day. International Marriage Day began during the 6th year of the Meiji Era.

International Marriage Day was launched on March 14, 1873. This specific Japanese constitutional holiday became a law, which acknowledged interracial marriages in Japan.

Over time, China, South Korea, and Taiwan innovated the holiday by celebrating with their own traditions.

As I have stated in the past, Asia celebrates Valentine's Day differently than us Americans. Women typically give chocolate candy to men and their friends on Valentine's Day. They also use the holiday as a way to confess their feelings of love, affection, and asking men to be their significant others.

Then on March 14th, which is WHITE DAY, men are supposed to let women know if they want to be their boyfriends, fiances, or husbands. This is in addition to treating women to something special on White Day.

Traditionally, the holiday includes white-themed presents. Getting marshmallows, white chocolate, cookies, white lingerie, and jewelry are only naming a few examples. 

If I ever choose to date a Japanese, Taiwanese, South Korean, or Chinese man, I would have to warn him in advance about white chocolate candy and marshmallows nauseating me.

Getting white chocolate and Peeps every Easter were 2 types of candy I ALWAYS dreaded, growing up. Therefore, I refuse to eat any white chocolate candy or marshmallows. Just... NO!

Last year, the 2 YouTube vloggers Rachel and Jun uploaded their own vlog celebrating White Day. In case you didn't already know, Rachel and Jun are an intermarried couple in Japan.

In this vlog, Jun made Rachel a chocolate cupcake and a cheesecake, while she was gone.

Rachel & Jun Celebrate White Day (2015)

Hopefully you found today's blog to be enlightening about White Day in Japan and other countries in Asia!