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Hi everyone,

As you may know I’m a new comer at the Chit Chat Café and I’ve been in Japan for just a year now. So here is my first message and my first question… I hope you can give me a hand!
New Year’s Eve is over and so is the Sapporo’s snow festival and Otaru’s candlelight festival. On the top of that, you, lucky guys, got plenty of chocolates and cookies for Valentine’s day… So I’m asking you : what’s next in Sapporo?

Here is what I’ve heard: next month will start with the Hinamatsuri or Girl’s Day. Walking around town lately, I’ve noticed that few shops are already displaying the traditional set of dolls on a red carpet! To be honest, I don’t really know about this special day but the name… so I hope you can put me in the picture at our next chatting session!
Also, I’ve heard that following Valentines day will be a so called “White day” where us, lucky girls, will be receiving our share of chocolates! Such a great idea indeed! Actually, in France, as in Ireland and New Zealand, on Valentine’s day couples exchange presents. Commonly, guys buy ladies flowers and ladies buy guys chocolates. Then, when evening comes, restaurants get crowed as lots of couples choose to have a romantic dinner.

Anyway, it seems that in Japan, March is the month of ladies! I’m, therefore, looking forward to it!

Claire (France)

by chitchatcafe | 2013-02-21 16:38 | カフェ 英会話 札幌

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