Valentine’s Day in Japan is a golden time for the chocolate, cookie and cake sellers. However it is only the girls that shop for this day. Only the girls do the giving on Valentine’s Day in Japan and (aswell as giving chocolates or cakes to the boys they have in their sights) there are also a whole range of tomo-chocs (for friends) and giri-chocs (obligation chocolates) that are supposed to be given to the people they work with.
The politics of a Japanese workplace are so complex and often down right mind boggling so I won’t go into it!
Working in junior high schools for two years meant that Valentine’s Day wasn’t a big deal because the students weren’t allowed any sweets in school. At high school however things are a little more relaxed and the sweets were in full flow.
There was a steady stream of giggling girls at the staff room door waiting to give chocolates to their favourite teachers and, in some cases, that teacher was me – yay!
Here is what my desk looked like by lunch time
The politics of a Japanese workplace are so complex and often down right mind boggling so I won’t go into it!
Working in junior high schools for two years meant that Valentine’s Day wasn’t a big deal because the students weren’t allowed any sweets in school. At high school however things are a little more relaxed and the sweets were in full flow.
There was a steady stream of giggling girls at the staff room door waiting to give chocolates to their favourite teachers and, in some cases, that teacher was me – yay!
Here is what my desk looked like by lunch time
so much for my diet :(
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