Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
No matter you are attached or single, Valentine's Day is still a day for everyone to express their love :)
First thing first, I would like to thank "Mr. Anonymous" for the early Vday gift. I really love the choc :)
I just got back from Japan 5.10pm just now. Finally I get a proper internet connection to write this post.
February 14th 2013, I was in Osaka, Japan. This is my first Valentine's Day in overseas country, so before I go for a holiday in Japan, I decided to make an observation on the Japanese's life style especially on the Valentine's Day.
Initially, I have all sorts of perceptions regarding the Valentine's Day celebration in Japan. I thought that they will have events in major streets for sure. But its quite surprising that they did not have any events regarding Valentine's Day (At least not that I'm aware of). In Japan, they are not much different from Malaysia. They are selling chocolates and couple stuffs. Other than that, their is no any other events.
On February 14th itself, we went to a famous temple in Osaka. The temple was so crowded with tourist as well as the local visitors. I saw a lot of girls wearing Kimono. I thought that were their way of celebrating Valentine's Day but then i was wrong as most of the girls wearing Kimono are actually tourist from China who rented the Kimono. So disappointed However, I still manage to see a few couples in the crowd walking around buying souvenirs and food stuff. Quite normal.
At night, we went to the longest shopping street in Osaka named Tenjibashi Suji. Surprisingly, in that street, I do not see much normal couples walking around. Instead, I saw a lot of couple of the same gender walking around. Of course I'm not sure weather they are couples or not, but it is definitely abnormal.
I was thinking, assuming half of the couples are the "real couple". looking at the percentage of "real couple" in the crowd. I could see that homosexual issue in Japan are quite serious. Especially Gays. We came across with a lot of metro-sexual guys in Japan. I often feel that they are more beautiful that the girls. XD
I am not discriminating homosexuals but if this issue become even more serious, it could be a real major social issue in Japan.
I'm really hoping that one day I could have a chance to have a heart to heart talk with a homosexual. I really wish to know what is their psychological view that could change their preferential. What are the attractiveness of being with a partner of the same gender? What are the issues that they are facing? Of course, Love, there will never be right or wrong just choose what you prefer. I really wish that i could understand....
