Birthday Presents that Transform Friendships into Relationships with Japanese Women

7. A heart-shaped accessory.


“It was a heart-shaped necklace in a red velvet box. There’s no mistaking what he was trying to tell me, right?!” one Japanese woman in her 20s said with conviction. There’s something intimate about jewelry given as gifts, perhaps because they’re worn next to skin. Don’t jump the gun and give her something too intimate such as a ring, or you’ll scare her away.