White Day is mainly about giving thank you presents to the people who gave you Valentine’s Day chocolate, but now it’s also about sharing snapshots of adorable felines.
In Japan, March 14 is known as White Day. Coming exactly one month after Valentine’s Day, on which Japanese women give gifts not only to their romantic partners but also to their male friends and coworkers, White Day is when guys are expected to return the favor by giving a present of their own.
Of course, if you didn’t give out any Valentine’s Day gifts, you’re out of luck as far as receiving anything on White Day goes. But regardless of what you did or didn’t do back in February, one thing we can all enjoy this White Day is the cascade of white cat photos flooding the Japanese Twitter community.
https://twitter.com/Shirokanesora/status/709290593168416768呼ばれた #今日はホワイトデーだから白い猫さんの写真をアップしよう pic.twitter.com/6TjiVsBmej
— 小林あかね (@coba_aka) March 13, 2016
小雪さんも参加。#今日はホワイトデーだから白い猫さんの写真をアップしよう pic.twitter.com/pw6vx2wulR
— 姫野桂@『ルポ 高学歴発達障害』発売中 (@himeno_kei) March 14, 2016
Japanese Twitter users have been offering up photos of snowy kitties with the hashtag #今日はホワイトデーだから白い猫さんの写真をアップしよう, which translates as “Since it’s White Day, let’s upload pictures of white cats.” Some of them look cozy…
🐾うちの白猫😻大福🐾 #今日はホワイトデーだから白い猫さんの写真をアップしよう pic.twitter.com/hp7o4f5Imd
— み~すけ♪(ฅ'ω'ฅ)♪ (@ricky_tyamu_noa) March 14, 2016
…some look playfully silly…
やや白い笑
— いちじく (@icjk_75) March 13, 2016
#今日はホワイトデーだから白い猫さんの写真をアップしよう pic.twitter.com/V5s6iQ1h7M
…and some look just a little sinister, like this one that’s oddly fascinated by a model of a dog’s skeleton.
▼ Is…is it checking for structural weak points to attack?
私の買ったものにいちいち何か言いたいサファイアくん。最初呆れたくせに「やっぱ可愛いね」みたいのなによ~(。-∀-)#今日はホワイトデーだから白い猫さんの写真をアップしよう pic.twitter.com/241Td1KxzL
— Phantom Jewelry (@michikoholic) March 14, 2016
▼ And if it finds any, is it going to report them to this guy?
https://twitter.com/aya_ginnami/status/709227080454541313 https://twitter.com/aya_ginnami/status/709228279882862592こんなタグが… #今日はホワイトデーだから白い猫さんの写真をアップしよう
— ねこ専務秘書【公式】 (@D56_secretary) March 14, 2016
ホワイトデーなので普段以上に白さをアピールしていますね専務♡ pic.twitter.com/slmus5r8ya
Many people adhered to the exact wording of the hashtag…
#今日はホワイトデーだから白い猫さんの写真をアップしよう
— MEOW (@meow_1000) March 14, 2016
素敵すぎるタグありがとうございまーす! pic.twitter.com/aqCfS9D4eh
…but others went with a much liberal interpretation of the “White Cats on White Day” fun.
▼ Those white patches count, right?
#今日はホワイトデーだから白い猫さんの写真をアップしよう
— バル山だったりバルバトスだったり (@barbatoskoarai) March 14, 2016
キジシロで多少白いからいいだろ
だめ? pic.twitter.com/5hVj23NmUQ
おはようございにゃす✨💕
— 一万兄弟 (@10000_bros) March 13, 2016
今日も寒いにゃ〜😱
みにゃさま暖かくしてお過ごしください🌸
今日もよろしくにゃ〜🎀💕#マンチカン #今日はホワイトデーだから白い猫さんの写真をアップしよう #猫モフー pic.twitter.com/SW0XUgsq5g
After all, the more the merrier, and cuter, right?
Source: IT Media

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