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Teacher (current)
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Games Enthusiast (always)

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Thinking of drinking a soda at 8:30pm.

#wintervacation
December 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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December 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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jeremy strong in the springsteen movie looks like they made an oscar bait minions adaptation
December 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I think it's gotta be Super Metroid.

Runners up: Super Mario Kart, Super Mario RPG, Super Mario World. Maybe Super Bomberman 2?
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December 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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I pushed out a post about another old abandoned school I visited before summer.

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Takanuma Branch School 高沼分校
In Toga Valley of Toyama prefecture, Takanuma is second-most closest neighborhood to the base of the valley. While it is much closer to the major cities of...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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December 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Hmm.... New Years Rogaining event in Toyama, eh?
December 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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I always enjoy this channels videos but this one maybe the best they have ever edited together.
Smiling Friends in Silent Hill 2
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December 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
One month ago, one of the energy conversation groups in Takayama held its annual Photo Rogaining event, which is a cross between Orienteering and a Photo Scavenger Hunt.

I got 7th place, but my score was better than last year. :)

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Takayama Photo Rogaining 2025
The Hida Takayama Photo Rogaining event returns this year with a new theme, The Story of Trees through the Ages. 飛騨高山フォトロゲイニング 時代(とき)をめぐる木と樹の物語 is the full...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Over the weekend, on a trip out of town, I went by an old village in the eastern area of Takayama, and saw some movement of their old elementary school building.

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Revisiting Takane 高根村 in 2025
While traveling out of town, I went past the old Takane village, one of the eastern-most villages in Takayama and also one of the most remote. I visited here a...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I pushed out a post about another old abandoned school I visited before summer.

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Takanuma Branch School 高沼分校
In Toga Valley of Toyama prefecture, Takanuma is second-most closest neighborhood to the base of the valley. While it is much closer to the major cities of...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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I think Mr Beast should get into boxing.
December 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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SuperStation looks beautiful.
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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cowboy who stubbed his toe:
December 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I was disappointed in the most recent Katamari game that when you finally returned to the Present, it wasn't a "photo realistic" area. :/

Once upon a Katamari is still good, though. :)
Hear me out: a Katamari game where the levels are based on other video games. You could roll up nurses in Silent Hill, demolish a frontier town in Red Dead Redemption, make a ball of Baldur’s Gate etc
December 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
More road trippin' today to attend a National Tournament tomorrow.

More abandoned and old buildings were visited today. Can't wait to get back and actually go through photos and posts, instead of building to my To-Do Pile.
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Wouldn’t it have been cool if Death Stranding rolled credits like this?
Well, this is different.

During the credits for Scooby-Doo Mystery (SNES), the developers at Argonaut Software pose in old-timey 1800s-style photos.
December 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Big Year!
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
So many things to play over winter vacation...

Pokemon ZA DLC, Assassin's Creed DLC, Lego Horizon, and more VMU stuff.
December 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Beta test!
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Here are all my exploration posts on abandoned buildings and villages in Japan so far:
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I still have more photos from June and July to go through, plus some more recent trips. I want to get through as many unpublished posts as possible over winter vacation.
Japan /Urban Exploration
This page lists all posts about exploring the ruins of civilization's past, mainly in Japan.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
And here are some more photos of another closed down branch school. This school is most remote one I have visited and sits at the entrance of an abandoned settlement. This visit was back in June.

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Taikanba Branch School 大勘場分校
At this point, the old branch school of Taikanba is the most remote school I have visited. It is located in the Toga valley deep into the mountains continuing...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I finally went through photos of another old closed down branch school in the Gokayama valleys. This one was from July.

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Sugio Branch School 杉尾分校
During the restoration and revitalization of Japan after World War II, the government poured money into education and many of the deep rural areas were given...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM