Hollering husbands

“She says I wasn’t kind, didn’t show affection. She’s been watching too many TV dramas! Japanese men of my generation don’t go around telling their wives they love them!”

A 63-year-old man attempting to explain why his wife wanted a divorce

Whilst the above quote may well be true for many Japanese men of a certain age, it certainly shouldn’t be applied to males as a whole, and especially not those belonging to the Japan Wife Lovers Association — a group that recently enjoyed its annual although not exactly jam-packed, ‘shouting love in the centre of a cabbage field’ event.

Held in the village of Tsumagoi — which when translated literally means ‘wife love’ — the loud-mouthed love-in allowed the likes of Yasunobu Suga (possibly pictured above) to boldly bawl amongst the brassica, with the 46-year-old unabashedly boasting, “I felt great because I could shout out my message without being embarrassed.”

Quite why however wasn’t disclosed.