Today, in Japanese lecture, our lecturer shared with us how the Japanese celebrate Valentine's Day. In Japan, on Valentine's Day, girls will give chocolates to guys whom they admire. The 14th of March is White Day, when the guys will give chocolates or flowers back to the girls whom they received something from. It is interesting that, in a traditionally Asian (and therefore chauvinistic) country, it is the girls who are in effect being asked to take the initiative, to indicate their interest to the guys they like. I guess there's probably more to it than that, I should ask my Japanese friends.