Lunar Valentine's

Valentine's healing for the heart.


New Year's dinner healing for the soul.

~Enjoy

White Day!

I explained sometime last month that Valentine's Day in Japan is a backwards tradition in perspective with western culture; the male is showered with gifts instead of the female. For White Day it's supposed to be the girl's turn to receive gifts and chocolate. Above is one of my gifts I received, very unexpected as I thought Valentine's was the guy's occasion. So simple and sweet though >=].
アリガト!


Flavoured ice cream encased in a edible heart container. I thought I saw these sometime earlier while in Japan but never actually went to try one. Turns out they're pretty damn good even though the heart shell has something like a styrofoam texture. Ended up going with the mint chocolate chip flavour. Oishii.


Fell victim to another piece of cake and dessert. Thanks to a certain someone I've been eating way too many sweets and desserts lately. Actually now that I further ponder upon it, I think my food consumption in general has increased. I'm going to get fat!

St. Valentine's

Too sweet! From a few students, parents, and co-workers. Never been a fan for chocolate but I think I just might have to make a few exceptions. Sweethearts, all of them.

So over here in Japan the tradition is quite reversed as Valentine's Day is all for the guys; females are actually held accountable for giving their male counterparts chocolates, sweets, and other various gifts. This was news to me as I really had no idea as to how the holiday is celebrated over in this part of the world. Turns out next month though on March 14th there is something called "White Day" which is specifically for the girls.