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Feb 10, 2020

How's your Valentine's Day looking?

Who's planning something fun for Valentine's Day? Ladies, are you going traditionally Japanese and buying giri-choco for your office mates and such? Have you seen any fun chocolates or other seasonal treats in stores? I won't be doing much, but I'm making little baskets for my kids with some goodies, and will probably try and find a card for my husband!

genkidesu

genkidesu

Love to travel, interested in J-beauty products and consider myself a convenience store snack aficionado. Navigating the ever-present challenges of expat life, particularly about my TCK's (third culture kids).

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  • helloalissa

    on Feb 10

    No to giri-choco! haha. We get tons of omiyage at work already and half of my coworkers are doing some kind of diet all the time. It's looking to be lonely this year as my husband will still be working on a project out of town. We don't usually do anything special just for Valentine's Day. Work as usual.

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  • Eli

    on Feb 10

    I will make chocolate for my husband. At my company, we don't really distribute chocolate on Valentine's day so I only make some for my husband.

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  • ReishiiTravels

    on Feb 10

    I won’t be doing any giri choco, but I will be making some brownies for my boyfriend!! And I might make some hamburger too!

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  • TonetoEdo

    on Feb 10

    Nobody's mentioned giri choco at work, so I think I'll dodge that obligation. It's midweek, so it's tough to do anything with the guy. He's a chocolate fan, so I'll dose him on the weekend.

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  • edthethe

    on Feb 22

    I know this is late but I will answer anyway. I didn't do anything this year for Valentine's day. I made cookies the weekend following though, so that my family could feel the love. I loved making chocolates every year when I worked in a school and I think that I might try to plan something next year that is a bit more festive than this year.

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  • JapanRamen

    on Mar 17

    I did not get anything (even from my partner), and in turn, I had 0 stress when White Day came around haha

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