White Day
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Answers for Valentine's Day
In Japan, there is a funny custom, which is called "White Day." It's on March 14th. On that day, men who got presents from women on St. Valentine's Day give something in return to those women. St. Valentine's Day in Japan is a special day when women give "chocolate" to men. Originally, women only gave chocolate to men whom they have secretly loved. This is a "declaration of love" and White Day presents are the answers from men. Of course, this is rather different from the customs in other countries. Japanese are kind of susceptible people, after all, I suppose. Or, are we just shy?