Comments on: Valentine’s Day Cock Ups

By: White Day, Solo-Clubbing and Darlo’s TV Appearance - Darlo’s World

White Day, Solo-Clubbing and Darlo’s TV Appearance - Darlo’s World — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:27:35 +0000

[...] it was White Day. On this day in Japan men who received chocolate (or other assorted goodies) on Valentine’s Day, return the favour. I received a piece of chocolate from my dorm managers wife so I planned to buy [...]

By: Darlo

Darlo — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:23:38 +0000

Hi Lauren, I can’t remember the name of the shop I bought it from, but using google map’s I can tell you where it is. It’s between Namba and Nippombashi stations, opposite a Jumbo Entertainment Pachinko hall. Here’s a link for the map (it should load with an actual image of the store, though the store itself has changed a little since) http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=nippombashi,+osaka&sll=49.439557,-93.779297&sspn=26.751142,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=34.666433,135.503429&spn=0,359.995172&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=34.665446,135.503345&panoid=Mfv9k-3UqnhTbFCXpaSePg&cbp=12,288.55901029633714,,0,8.799999999999999

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:43:04 +0000

Just wondering what shop you found the Monopoly game in. I also live in Osaka and am looking for it myself!

By: Darlo

Darlo — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:31:28 +0000

Not really. It’s all to do with context and meaning. So if, like in my situation, it was obvious that the giver had no signs of affection it’d be girichoko. Having not received honmeichoko I don’t know the ‘protocol’ as such, but I’d guess she’d kinda let you know somehow.

By: Jamaipanese

Jamaipanese — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:22:40 +0000

does girichoko and honmeichoko have a different colour or any other separate characteristic that separate one from the other?