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Impress Your Loved One With Homemade Chocolate This Valentines Day - Japan  Travel Guide MATCHA

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While giri choco and honmei choco are the two most common types of chocolate given on Valentine's Day in Japan, there are a few other types as well. When chocolate is given between friends, it is called tomo choco, or friendship chocolate. When men give chocolate to other men, it's called homo choco.
Harumichi Yamada from Tokyo Keizai University stated that the practice of giving chocolate occurred because women expressing their love to men was considered disgraceful, and confectioneries capitalized on chocolate as a way for them to profess their love; however, as the social status of women improved, Valentine's ...
Valentine's Day in Japan is very much centred on confectionery. The day was originally brought to Japan by Kobe confectioners Morozoff, and marketed to overseas residents. In the Japanese version of the day, the general rule is that men receive gifts of chocolate from the women in their lives.
Nama in Japanese means raw. Here it refers to pureness and freshness. Nama chocolate is a type of ganache, which is made from a mix of melted cacao and fresh cream. As the mixture solidifies, the block of chocolate is cut into pieces and sprinkled with cocoa powder on top.
Giri Choco - Obligatory Chocolate. Giri choco is a cultural phenomenon that only exists in Japan. In the 1980s, this tradition expanded and the Japanese began to offer chocolate to people close to them to thank them as a sign of appreciation. It's called giri choco because giri means courtesy in Japanese.
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