Last night we went to Round One, a massive arcade (eight floors?) in Osaka. I was bad at the games I understood and worse at the rest. I regret to inform I did not, in fact, win the cuddly Piplup.
Joel Auterson
Hello! My name's Joel and I'm a software developer. No, not that one.
I run a tiny indie game studio called Bearwaves. I'm also a published poet.
I'm part of the Rare Mammals collective, and am an alumnus of Southbank New Poets and Barbican Young Poets. I work in the games industry.
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A few rare shots of Osaka that aren’t of food. This city has really grown on me.
We went to the castle today and that was lovely.
And now for my favourite part of the trip so far - retro game store Super Potato in Osaka
Yesterday we went to Ōkunoshima, an island off the Hiroshima coast famous for hundreds of very friendly wild rabbits. Definitely Lucy’s highlight of the trip so far. A stunning place.
We made it to Osaka last night - very excited to explore!
Arrived in Tadanoumi, did some exploring, ate okonomiyaki in a tiny restaurant and had a lovely chat with some locals. Definitely the hardest my Japanese has been worked since we got here, but we got there.
Today: rabbit island.
Left Nagoya today and heading towards Hiroshima - my first time on the Shinkansen!
Managed to get miso katsu on our last night in Nagoya and it did not disappoint
Things I ate in Japan, part one of many
We saw him also
I SAW HIM
