日本のバレンタインデー Japanese Valentine's Day

明日はバレンタインデーです！はやー！最近はバレンタインのことを考えています。ニュージーランドのバレンタインデーは日本のクリスマスイブみたいに特別なロマンチックデートナイトです。男子が女子にバラ、ジュエリー、チョコレートなどをあげます。それと、高級レストランで食事に行きます。でも日本だと本命チョコ、義理チョコ、友チョコ、逆チョコ・・・いっぱいありますね！

In New Zealand Valentine's Day is primarily a day for couples to celebrate and enjoy expensive food and gifts. In stark contrast to the West Valentine's in Japan can be celebrated even by children. If you are really into someone you can give them honmei choco, which is often homemade to show how much you like him. You're expected to give giri choco to your male coworkers even if you aren't that into them. Micaela talks about how frustrating giri choco can be in the video below.
こちらの動画で、ユーチューブの友達ミカエラちゃんが義理チョコのことについて色々話しています！

Only girls are supposed to give chocolate on Valentine's Day, but boys are expected to return the favour in quadruplicate on White Day a month later. That said there's even a word for when a boy gives a girl chocolate on Valentine's: gyaku-choco.

Then there's tomo-choco, which you give to your friends. Until I met my current boyfriend I'd never had a Valentine. Valentine's Day was something I observed rather than participated in, so the idea of giving a Valentine to your friends, rather than your loved ones, quite appeals to me.

私は友チョコが一番楽しいと思います！彼氏がいなくても楽しいですね。でも同僚に「娘さん、今年チョコ何個あげましたか？」って聞いたら「40個」って答えて驚きました！手作りだとちょっと大変じゃないですか！子供だけではなくてお母さんも大変ですね。
I don't have an oven and I haven't made cookies in a Very Long Time - in fact since I was vegan for five years before coming to Japan, I didn't use eggs or butter when I cooked - but I decided to make the most of what I do have and give deco-cookies a shot.

After watching that you're probably wondering why I even bothered, but I just felt like making them is a lot more heartfelt than just decorating store-bought cookies. Plus if you've watched my channel long enough, you know that most of my cooking videos are disaster zones.
この動画を見てから「みめいさん、めっちゃ不器用だなw」や「なんだこのクッキー」と言われるかもしれないが、手作りはスーパーのクッキーより心がこもってると思いましたので作ってみたかったです。それと、2011年のバレンタイン動画も、2012年のバレンタイン動画もすっごく不器用だったので、当たり前ですよ！

I also tried my hand at a Valentine's makeup tutorial! This is a pretty simple, wearable look focusing on the eyes!
今年はバレンタインメイク動画も作ってみました。スイートなアイメイクに挑戦しました！デートだけではなくて、このルックは女子会にぴったりです♡

I hope you all have a fun Valentine's Day!
楽しいバレンタインデーを過ごしてくださいね！



♡