Sgt M

strollin' stu

What? Damn. I dont know if we'll come across another Gigo in time but I wish I knew this sooner lol.

At night, he comes to life and chases the Bic Camera employees around the store.

I actually found him later but I dont have enough room for him lol

The world's easiest plastic model kit.

The pig is what I looked for to find it lol

Osu-Kannon. Lots of pigeons here, and you can even feed them. There was a shiny one.

Ah man we already left that area but maybe for next time.

Nagoya's been cool. Very different vibe here.

Osu-kannon temple was awesome. Also try Yabaton.

We tried Yabaton in Nagoya. Theyre famous for misokatsu.

Please friends, my Bravely Default town is suffering...

There's a weird issue with whatever thing SE uses to port games, where there's input delays and double-inputs. I've noticed it's been a consistent problem for years.

I dont know why people dunk on Nagoya for being boring. It's been great, and you can get near-identical shopping experiences with way less crowds.

Parody of the Mega Man X4 boss intros. ILLITERATE AARDVARK is written in bold blue letters against a grey gradient background. Between the two words, grey text reads "the sign couldn't stop her because she can't read". Where there would normally be the boss's sprite, there's an image of DW from the TV show Arthur.

Hello from Nagoya. We saw the big mannequin.

Me: I dont have a lot of bag space left. I should try to buy smaller things.

Also Me: Well, I gotta buy the Dragon Quest II Hero pillow, don't I.

What's your secret? Banger after banger.

The Kokiri Emerald from Ocarina of Time

green apple jolly rancher

moomin gets stereotyped as cozy pseudo-ghibli fantasy, but much like ghibli itself it's something born from hardship, what with it starting publication at the tail end of WW2 by a queer author who kept her bisexuality a secret to the public, and the earliest books being blatant post-war allegories

I took some night time photos when I couldn't sleep.

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I've been fearful of being a bad tourist but damn some of the other english-speaking people ive run into here aren't even trying lol

Visiting another continent is a very sobering experience, especially as an awkward person. You will make minor social mistakes. People will get inconvenienced or upset and you just gotta roll with it. It's definitely not for the faint of heart.

Diddy Kong is required here.

Food

Odaiba Retro Museum where they display Showa era things. We also found Ness's Dad.

Man ill tell you, I wish I had done a trip like this in my 20s when I had way more energy.

In my opinion it’s time to retire the Nobel prizes for fields where most of the important discoveries have already been made, like physics, and add prizes for newer fields where substantial innovations occur every year, like speedrunning

white mage hank hill

Sumida Aquarium.