Valentine's Day in Japan

Valentine's Day Ikebana etc.

On Valentine's Day here I went with a friend to an ikebana show. It was held in a large department store (as was the one I saw I Nagoya a number of months ago). The weather was warm and breezy and felt like Spring was going to make an early arrival this year.

The show was lovely and I took too many pictures with my failing camera, but some of you might enjoy them any way. There a also a few pictures of the O Hina Matsuri dolls that we saw in the store afterward. The doll festival is coming up in the first week of March and I expect to see a lot more of these dolls. More on that next time, but for now please have enjoy the flowers and a few banal pictures of our lunch!

As for Valentine's Day here, it is mostly a day when girls give boys they like chocolates, so in the stores were all sorts of chocolates and also the makings for home made chocolates. The teachers bought us all some chocolates, but on the whole it's not that big a deal. In May I believe there is White day on which boys give girls chocolate!