Nothing says, “Thanks Mom, for going through three days of labor and not killing me when I was a teenager” like a nice bouquet of the cheesiest flowers money can buy. Yes, in a “tradition” that rivals eating KFC on Xmas Eve for its sheer WTFery, you’d be hard-pressed to find any Mother’s Day bouquet for sale at a Japanese florist (or card at the stationery store, for that matter) that doesn’t feature the flower immortalized by cheapskate prom dates.
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
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