Dating in Japan

Probably the cellphone has played a most important role for the process of forming a couple in Japan. In these days, if someone started being interested in some girl, usually the first step to get to know is to her e-mail address and phone number. By exchanging so many e-mails for a few weeks or months, he can know her well and he may declare his love for her by telling her “I love you, so please be a couple with me” or some like this phrase directly via phone, e-mail, or face-to-face. But the time before declaring love is very important usually. Because while he exchange e-mails with her, what he has to do is not only understand her, but also do his best to attract her by probably telling kind words or something funny things. In addition to them, he may inquire into her attitude by looking at the contents, length, tone, and the use of pictorial symbol from her e-mails. By taking these things into consideration, he assumes whether she is or will be interested in him or not. If he assumes she isn’t or won’t, he may give up her and stop exchanging e-mails and is unlikely to declare his love for her. And if he assume she is or will, he will declare his love for her. Of course there can be other ways to attract or examine her such as talking directly or calling, but e-mails via cellphone is crucial to do those in Japan.