5 Great Gift Ideas for White Day

What comes to mind when you hear “White Day”? Is it a day where everyone dresses in white? It all started in 1978 when the National Confectionery Industry Association of Japan introduced White Day as an “answer day” for Valentine’s Day. From that moment on, White Day started to become a romantic day in East Asia including Taiwan, South Korea and China. 

Now, forty-three years later, White Day has become famous. The Japanese have even considered it as the second Valentine’s Day. This romantic day is usually celebrated exactly one month after Valentine’s Day, on March 14th. The real tradition is that on Valentine’s Day, women usually give their men a romantic gift, which is usually chocolate. So White Day is a day where men appreciate these gifts.  

As the name suggests, in the early years of White Day, gifts should be white. Usually, men give their wives, girlfriends, or friends something white, such as white chocolate, “white” jewelry (silver, white gold, platinum), or “white” accessories, such as bags or other food items.

However, in recent years, the expectation of women for “gifts” with white nuances on White Day has been gradually changing. Now, women don’t always expect the gifts they get on White Day to be white, but they do expect it to be classy. 

This makes choosing gifts sometimes one of the most difficult and confusing things for us. With the rapid development of technology and information, estimating the value of a gift from just looking at it is easy even if we don’t see the price tag. 

The gifts you give don’t have to be chocolates or flowers. It is better to give things that are more useful in everyday life. Here are some thoughtful White Day present ideas for men who want to give their women something useful and pretty.