Sep 14
Japanese Prefer English Paper for Wrapping
Bought some flowers for my wife at a florist nearby. Autumn Gentian and Willow Gentian, and Patrinia Scabiosifolia as decoration. The shop then asked me if I would like some roses for free, which she said, it will still blossom if I keep them in the water. That naturally keeps me back to the shop next time, huh?
She then wrapped it up with newspaper. It was The Financial Times, which gave a different mood to the flowers I bought all of a sudden. The area I live in doesn't sell English newspaper, and most of the florists don't use Japanese newspaper to wrap the flowers normally. Flowers bought for cemetery purposes might be wrapped with Japanese papers, I do hear that. It's become a trend in this country, I guess, for flowers you buy for home decorations or for presents use English papers but never Japanese papers.
