Happy Valentines Day!

By Rachel on February 14, 2007

V-day

I know Valentine’s Day is totally commercialized and not what it used to be, but hell, Happy Valentine’s Day!

Rachel

I was exposed to anime as a child while living in Germany after watching the Japanese version of Hans Christian Anderson’s the Little Mermaid. In high school, a classmate in art brought in Akira as an example of Japanese art. I wasn’t very impressed with anime at the time, but my re-exposure to it in 2000 thanks to Escaflowne had me hooked for life.After sorting out what I liked about anime (great stories, beautiful animation and epic battles) and disliked about anime (big boobs, angst-y 15 year-old kids, most mecha, sports stories and style-over-substance), I got into it with a vengeance.I do love almost all aspects of Japanese culture and try to be involved with it as much as possible. I have no problem admitting that I incorporate a lot of Japanese trends and traditions into my life as I modify them and make them my own. Anime is a big part of that, along with all the sub-cultures, past and present.

11 Comments

mochi
February 14, 2007 at 2:01 pm | Permalink| Reply
Happy Valentine’s Day to you as well
And remember guys White Day is on March 14th…
David
February 14, 2007 at 4:19 pm | Permalink| Reply
Aw…how cute! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Mom
February 14, 2007 at 7:59 pm | Permalink| Reply
Rae, love the v-day greeting! sooo cute! happy valentine’s day to you and Dave.
Rachel
February 14, 2007 at 8:36 pm | Permalink| Reply
LOL, thanks mom! Can’t wait till tomorrow when the candy is 1/2 off. Only then will there be Valentine’s candy in my house. Hopefully there’ll be some left…
mochi
February 15, 2007 at 9:25 am | Permalink| Reply
almost forgot…also remember April 14th is Black Day
David
February 15, 2007 at 12:11 pm | Permalink| Reply
The advance word from Rachel is that the 1/2 off Valentine’s Day candy has been released to the public. So grab up the chocolate while it’s cheap – you won’t get another chance at discount candy ’till after Easter!
Mom – Happy Valentine’s Day to you too!
mochi – Thanks for the reminder. Also, don’t forget – White Day is coming up!
mochi
February 15, 2007 at 1:54 pm | Permalink| Reply
David:
Valentine’s Day – a western invention
White Day – a Japanese invention
Black Day – a Korean invention
Then the Koreans decided they might as well
celebrate on the 14th of every month:
Jan. 14 Diary Day
May 14 Rose Day
June 14 Kiss Day
July 14 Silver Day
Aug. 14 Green Day
Sept. 14 Photo Day
Oct. 14 Wine Day
Nov. 14 Movie Day
Dec. 14 Hug Day
They have one more special day on Nov. 11 which is
called Pepero Day. Peperos (Korean version of Pocky)
are exchanged between couples, family, and friends.
Supposedly, the date was chosen because it
resembles Peperos (11/11).
David
February 15, 2007 at 2:16 pm | Permalink| Reply
mochi – very interesting! movie day sounds cool!
Rachel
February 15, 2007 at 4:31 pm | Permalink| Reply
Diary Day would be either embarrassing or interesting; depends on who’s reading what…
Silver Day would be fun to dress up in lame and aluminum foil..but why wait till July? Do it now >.< !
Candy=good….go get it while you can, we’re almost at the end of American candy season!

mochi

February 16, 2007 at 8:16 am | Permalink| Reply

David & Rachel:

According to the Korean Tourism Organization:

Diary Day – To symbolize the beginning of a new year, couples exchange yearly planners in which they mark their plans, anniversaries, birthdays and other important dates.

Kiss Day – Kiss everyone you meet on this day.

Silver Day – On this day, people exchange silver accessories.

Green Day – On this day, couples seek nature and relax while singles drink Soju to drown their loneliness.

The rest are fairly self explanatory.

Also, it appears that except for Valentine’s Day, White Day, and Black Day, these special days are not particularly popular. However, Pepero Day is quite popular…must be the candy. I suspect the instigator behind the special days was the Korean Chamber of Commerce or an equivalent group of merchants.

David

February 17, 2007 at 11:31 am | Permalink| Reply

mochi – Thank you very much for the details regarding those days! I think Kiss Day would be the most awkward for people.

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