Love your wife day
Dozens of men take to the stage in a Tokyo park to declare love for their wives in an abnormally open display of affection. The husbands take turns to address their other halves loudly in front of an audience at the event which is broadcast nationwide. Love Your Wife day, which has been running for five years, provides a platform for Japanese men to be affectionate in a society which is often more reserved.
Source: Reuters, Jan 29th, 2013
I wonder what Buddha would think about this.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your questions, I might be able to see myself doing something like this (after a couple of six-packs) but is this what women really want from their men? As to whether it could become popular in Spain, you never know. Look how Halloween has caught on; and when they started having no smoking laws in the US everyone here rolled their eyes and said that could never happen in Spain.
Great video. Thanks for the post.
I couldn't see myself shouting that way. This is not love, just a silly day. Besides, why wives don't declare their love for their husbands? Is it taken for granted?. I think Japanese people are really weird!
ReplyDeleteHi Mª Jesús,
DeleteWeird? I wouldn't go so far as to call them weird. I must admit that I have a hard time using that word. What do you reckon other people might think when they see us buying boiled octupus in the streets, burying a sardine at the end of Carnival or eating 12 grapes to welcome in the new year? Weird is most of the time just different, and to me difference makes the world go round!
Thanx for following the blog :-))
ReplyDeleteTremendous party. This is it! !!!!!!
Love is love.
Or are we so mature and bored?
Or is our passion buried?
I nearly forget. Buddha was kind of hippy, so imagine.....
Banzay!!!!!
I know, but even though I don't consider myself shy, I'd never do anything like that!!!
DeleteI guess I should be more free spirited
Have a nice day, Itos
Hi!!
ReplyDeleteThis video is a big surprise, I thought Japanese people were more reserved...
Although I don't see myself doing something like this, I think it's great to share your feelings with the rest of the world if you feel like. I don't know if we are too shy or too cold to show our emotions, but it would be fantastic if we didn't mind what people might think about us, just like children do.
You should propose the idea at work for next Valentine's Day!! I think it would be hilarious.
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DeleteJajajaja do you think so? My boss would find out that I'm crazy!!! Anyway, we did something at work for the custmers, but not as funny as this one!! Maybe next year ;)
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