Are there any Japanese love superstitions or folklore?

Question

By this I mean... is there anything (other than rings, something spiritual or traditional) that Japanese couples who are in love give to each other as a sign of their affection?

I don't really know what I'm looking for here... like, if the Chinese Ying and Yang were Japanese, I would give my boyfriend half and I would keep half.

Answer 1

Some well-known Japanese folktales and legends include:

The story of Kintarō, the superhuman Golden Boy.

The story of Momotarō, the oni-slaying Peach Boy.

The story of Urashima Tarō, who rescued a turtle and visited the bottom of the sea.

The story of Issun-bōs**+, the One-inch Boy.

Bunbuku Chagama, the story of a teakettle which is actually a shape-changing tanuki.

The story of the wicked fox-woman Tamamo-no-Mae.

Shita-kiri Suzume, the story of the tongue-cut sparrow.

The story of the vengeful Kiyohime, who became a dragon.

Banchō Sarayashiki, the ghost story of Okiku and the Nine Plates.

Yotsuya Kaidan, the ghost story of Oiwa.

Kachi-kachi Yama, the story of a villainous Tanuki and a heroic rabbit.

Hanasaka Jiisan, the story of the old man that made the flowers bloom

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, about a mysterious girl called Kaguya-hime who is said to be from the capital of the moon.