Extant

One day I won't forget this account exists. OKE was a lot of stress, tears, and sweat but also so many friends and so much love and happiness. Thank you everyone~

OffKai nearly took me out but I persevered and now it’s over. Time to sleep for a week!! 😵‍💫

Empty hall of the San Jose Convention Center on Sunday night after OffKai Expo Gen 4

I staffed OffKai Expo again this year, it truly has the most passionate people behind any convention I've known. I was mostly busy during the con, so the only pictures I thought to take were of the empty halls after closing.

Snagged one of the last ones!

Luggage on the Shinkansen

Wordle for the day we went down to Nagoya

Screenshot of Nagashima Spa Land’s attraction tracking page, Steel Dragon and Hakugei both closed.

View from hotel room for Universal Studios Japan

Soon after HoloFes we made our way down to Nagoya on the Shinkansen, but even with this wordle, Nagashima Spa Land was not to be on our planned day due to high winds and rain. So we skipped to our hotel for Universal Studios and relaxed for the day.

River in a rainy Tokyo at night

Costco/Events center parking lot

Japanese Costco

Japanese Costco menu, Bulgogi bake and very cheap hot dogs (180 yen)

Arrived in a very rainy Tokyo and had to grab an umbrella from the first conbini I walked past. Saw the biggest parking lot I’ve ever seen in Japan (for HoloFes/maybe Costco??). The hot dog was good and worth the 30 minute wait. Bulgogi bake not so much.

She's overseeing the stream, come watch me take the Shinkansen live at twitch.tv/ratsukare

I was in line for idols, now I'm in line for Costco food. What a day.

Here we go again

you'll never guess what I'm reading right now

Congrats!!

Last meal in Narita airport, which was the best ramen I had during the trip somehow

Kobe Zoo

I forgot to finish this thread, so here’s a few photos from Osaka & Kobe

thanks for having me!

Bless this cracked team, couldn’t have done OffKai Expi Gen 3 without these incredible people. 😭🖤

Traveling to Osaka

Our stay for the night near Mt Fuji (one night wasn’t enough!!)

My highlight of the trip, Fuji-Q Highland!! Lines were extremely long but the 3 coasters I got to ride were all unique and intense, I’m very happy I got to ride Eejanaika.

teamLab and Skytree

never expected to find a Sizzler next to a bunch of ramen shops, plus some other unexpected sites

Small worlds miniature museum, really cool!

Some misc walking around, with ramen and Wendy’s

Found a big soccer shop, bought an FC Tokyo jersey there, and got cheese tea right after

Visiting the LycoReco cafe and Nintendo store in Shibuya

Had to make the pilgrimage to the P5 locations in Shibuya, too bad the hideout was closed for construction

Exploring the streets and shops of Ueno, found my grandpa’s favorite whiskey which was a little wild

Pics from Japan, a thread (or whatever it’s called here). Starting with the roller coaster of a landing in Narita.

I ran around Omega Mart like a feral goblin yesterday and I’m SO sore today xD

View of PayPal park at sunset from San Jose Airport’s runway

San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake

Observation tower and Gold Striker at California’s Great America

Friendly lizard at Oakland Zoo

My time in San Jose was a ton of fun, need to go back soon! Maybe the Quakes will host a playoff game…