This blogpost covers the day of February 3rd, while in Hakodate, Japan.
Woke up at 8 AM, caught up on social media, Azur Lane, etc. Done my usual morning routine, this time slowly heading my way to Hakodate Station to do some light tram spotting. I was hoping to see an Hatsune Miku tram, something which never showed. I would eventually explore at the water area, venturing towards Mashu Maru, and simply playtesting a few games, or attempting to. One game preventing me from playing it with wifi stability issues, and another needed more time to cook in the oven.
It was a relaxing chill day in Japan. Exploring and relaxing at the same time. A slow day. I was even able to witness some fireworks in the area at night.
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I was hoping to see an Hatsune Miku tram in Hakodate. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be.
I genuinely desired to visit Aomori, yet failed to implement both it and Sasebo into my travel plans. I really, really desired to visit both Aomori and Sasebo, I sadly failed on both parts. Maybe on my potential third Japan visit? If I’m even allowed to do so? Would be awesome, if I could.
I was embarrassed with how squeaky my shoes were from the snow, melting snow, and the type of flooring Mashu Maru has.
I would have used KanColle’s AR mode if it even had one. It has one, it’s however far more troublesome to make use of, and not quite in the way Azur Lane does it. A tour guide came and went, even potentially discussing things with other folks. It was neat.
I ventured to a nearby 7/11 for some drinks, snacks, and to warm up again. I desired to eat more spicy chicken. The best thing ever! KFC has nothing on these juicy, delicious spicy chicken! I also desired to spend the time eating while using that time to also charge my phone using an external battery pack.
Spent this time charging my phone using a storage bank for my phone, texting with a coworker, and discussing how much better winter is in Japan over the non-existent winter in Canada. I shared them the website of where I was eating, and just general workplace conversation.
Other foreigners were eating out in the area. They were talking about things happily, and possibly about travel. I forgot what they’ve noted, though may have been about hotels, how much it costs, among other stuff. Even in a European language, school, etc.
Ventured back to the hotel in an attempt to charge my phone directly through a port. They were cleaning out my room, hence why I sat in the lobby. I sat in the lobby charging my phone using a wall socket. I also spent the time eating and drinking whatever I purchased from the 7/11 I stayed at while waiting to return to my hotel room. Yes, I’m aware it was early, I however desired it to be a quick stay before heading back out again. Somewhere.
I was eventually allowed to venture back to my hotel room at 3 PM to where I spent my time properly charging my phone back to its proper 100% mark.
During all this, I also attempted to fully download and update ‘Dead or Alive: Venus Vacation’ because it wasn’t allowed in Canada. Numerous offended Western Liberals, political activists, and other fake Western movements successfully pushed against anything Asian and fun by banning each and every fun games in the Western world. Fun Asian games you can now only find in Asian nations, Japan included, needing VPNs, alternate payment methods, or even literally entering Asian nations to play these normal games. You’re not allowed to play games like Dead or Alive in Western Nations because it offends unattractive individuals, morally corrupted activists, or “useful idiots” hellbent on destroying their own self thanks to other people living a more worthwhile life than their own. Crab mentality nonsense. It’s all thanks to “no-fun-allowed” activists desiring everything to be about killing normal people, or shaming other people as ‘Alt-Right’, fake ‘Transphobic’ slander, or other shaming tactics when what they accuse is something actually normal, not ‘Alt-Right’, not White Supremist, or fake “misogynistic”. These idiotic political activists destroying everything by making things harder than it should be. They even desire males to be killed, females to be unfaithful and trashy, among other traditional-destroying traits and behaviours. Anything normal on a female side is viewed as “slutty”. How dare a female show her feminine side, it’s “hideous”, offensive, and whatever nonsense they spew against normal people. They desire you to rape and violate little kids on top of that. They become violent shooters. It’s horrible. I had to go to Japan briefly escape their nonsense and to also download Dead or Alive: Venus Vacation because of their constant whining, moaning, and abusive tantrums. It’s stupid. The world should be allowed to play this, not be unnecessarily region-blocked by political activists and ‘useful idiots’. And it’s the sort of thing which I would see idiocy defended when it comes to protecting fake political minorities, not actual real-world people.
Rising World (the game causing me the most headaches; Update & people wise) also updated with a set of new biomes, able to tame horses, mow grass with a hedger, something I’ve also desired to spend my time checking out in game. I desired to explore my saved world to see if I could find either of the two biomes (hot or cold biome). Basically seeking out a savannah biome, a desert, or even an arctic biome. Instead, I simply became lost. I, at the very least, tamed a horse, and I’m happy. The game finally added saddles, something to which I finally tamed my long-desired horse for. I became lost leaving the game where it was, eventually returning back to my main settlement in a very frustrated and lost manner. Rising World was easy to get lost in while exploring. One needs a navigational map to properly play it, something which hasn’t still found its way into the game of this blog posting, even if Red51 firmly stated he would have implemented a small update in a month’s time from when I played in time for my return back in Canada (March 2024).
I tried updating ‘DoA’, it however wouldn’t proceed thanks to the instability of my wi-fi connection. It would always cut off when patching. I wish the patching side of ‘DoA:VV’ would patch incrementally, not in one go. If you disconnect you should continue from where you last left off. Only small indie games could be played with my WiFi gadget. Non-intensive internet games could be played, such as Azur Lane and Blue Archive.
Once semi-satisfied with my gaming curiousity, I ventured to visit Mashu Maru again for some night time photography. I also needed to eat a night-time meal (supper/dinner) making it a “two birds with one stone” situation. I needed to head back out. I also felt I was wasting too much time, and I needed to do more in Japan, while in Japan. I was disappointing myself, even if this was one of my good days in Japan.
I sadly, and stupidly, spooked myself thinking of ghosts on a ship thanks to the night time scene. The various, and numerous ghost stories I heard of ghosts on ships, or buildings, and Japanese settings. I’m at fault for spooking myself over something so mundane. Basically stories of ghosts which come out at night, and now would be roughly the time they would come out and haunt the place. I was being stupid with my intrusive thoughts. Once I felt satisfied of the various images I took I basically ran back to the hotel, konbini food eventually in tow.
It was awesome exploring the nearby area of Hakodate Station. Touring Mashu Maru, capturing more trams, and experiencing Mashu Maru’s horn at 12 PM. It’s however a shame I felt worn out, especially the point I felt it was appropriate to play Rising World’s new biome update over exploring Hakodate itself. I could have gone downtown, to Goryokaku Tower, and other nearby neat scenery. Granted, my phone wasn’t charging fast enough to make it worthwhile to explore other areas. It’s a case of “shoulda-woulda-coulda”, and everything makes more sense in hindsight. Maybe the seasonal winter mood had something to do with my mood swings, even though I should be “immune” to winter depression in various ways as a Canadian.
Rising World’s biome update was neat, if unfinished, buggy, and needing more polish. Needed more polish, a necessary usable navigational map update, and less abusive people in the forum community. Red51 should have held the update a bit longer to allow for maps to be useable, or releasing a necessary navigational map sooner. I experienced a semi-neat time in Rising World, if in an incomplete state. Everything was a rushed experience. The rest was done once I returned to Canada, which was a good thing. Sadly, the Rising World community isn’t honest with itself, hence the constant tension between them and myself, the needless infighting, and the stupidity constantly displayed there. Makes me partially regret even playing Rising World in Japan. Even local political activists have taken advantage of this, sabotaging, destroying, and lying to other people to sabotage myself and the game in the process over their own idiocy. They’re offended by the actual truths I have, and had stated on numerous occasions. They hate reality, even going as far as to slander others and myself with negative terms and fake labels (Alt-Right, Nazi, misogynistic, skitzo(schizophrenia), Lolicon, transphobe, and other fake terms and labels), ones only highly delusional political activists use and apply when offended by actual reality displayed to them. Even Google admits these terms are used by people who abuse their meaning, further hollowing their further meaning into nothingness. I wish I could have instead properly play-tested ‘Dead or Alive: Venus Vacation’. Sadly, the wi-fi connection wouldn’t allow it, dropping out every so often interrupting any progress made. I would have to attempt to play it back in Canada.
Unwinding back at the hotel was neat, yet again, I should have done more exploring and venturing. In hindsight I should have visited a mall further out, or explored the “downtown” area more, or something I haven’t seen yet. I should have attempted to seek more out, a KanColle restaurant suggested to me, or revisit near the ropeway to see what other hidden gems lay hidden from my oblivious attention. What is done, is done, and I made note of the good times in Hakodate, and I wouldn’t trade it in for anything. It’s my positive experience.
Even so, I had my great fun with Mashu Maru. It was surprising to see a blue-clear sky turn into heavy overcast and snowy day. I genuinely had a great time, and that isn’t a lie. The neat sudden fireworks at night, nightly exploration, the sensations, the sounds. Playtesting games. It all adds up to a neat Japanese experience, even if it was a “slow day”. Being startled by Mashu Maru’s horn while standing near the museum memorial ship. Hearing her horn each and every 12 PM and 6 PM. But it’s true I should have done more. I allowed this day to be a wind-down day thanks to me having to travel from Hakodate to Sapporo. I used this night to basically “relax” in a gaming manner to playtest. It was a rest day prior to my train trip to Sapporo via a Hokuto train.
Thanks for viewing, and hope to see you in the next Japan 2024 blog posting!