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Ryan Loup Glissant

@slip-wolf.bsky.social

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I’m a writer of Sci-fi, fantasy, horror with Anthros, Aliens, Vampires , Weres. The Dry Spell, winner of the 2023 Coyotl award, is available now through FurPlanet and Bad Dog Books. I’m also @[email protected]

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Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks mister mole! :D

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 20h

Glad you enjoyed it! :D

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 20h

On this my 50th sun swing-round I would invite you to visit a Chicago from a hundred years ago that was as perilous as it was rebellious. Come all you thirsty and be sated 🍺🍷🍹🥃🫀

FurPlanet Productions @furplanet.com · 23h

Today is @slip-wolf.bsky.social's birthday so The Dry Spell is on sale today only!

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Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 3d

Despite the last minute snag, my mate and I had a great time. Japan has always been an amazing place, no less than when I worked here for a year back in 2003. We do hope to return someday, though we have other destinations on our bucket list and can only do trips like this every few years at best.

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 3d

Home from Japan now, have one day off to recover that I’m gonna need as I caught a bug at some point that morphed from a small sore throat on the last day to a full head-cold ripper during the last 12 hour dry-air plane flight. Lots of elbow coughing and chugging lukewarm tea.
Anyway, last pics

Anime store at Kansai airport, Gundam large scale model is about 5-6 feet tall

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Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 4d

Forgot to add more pics of the event

The kiosks for buying beer, brats and other food at the Osaka Oktoberfest

I’m getting blitzed with a tall mug of Warsteinner with the Octoberfest kiosks as a backdrop

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 5d

Is seeing a Japanese band at an Osaka Oktoberfest celebration cover Go West by the Pet Shop Boys on your bucket list?
Not mine:)

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Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 5d

We can’t stray too far in Osaka tonight, so wandered into Shinsekai. This city is still awesome :)

The rain-slicked streets of Shinsekai, looking West past restaurants and souvenir shops as neon glows overhead

The center of Shinsekai looking north towards the Tsutenkaku tower that overlooks its kingdom

The Tustenkaku tower looms over the graceful disorder of the celebrant throng below

Another gaze onto Shensakai, with crimson and golden lights illuminating Izakayas and souvenir shops below

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 5d

Last full day in Japan, gonna be literally years before I do a trip like this again, gotta do it right…

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 5d

Hmmm

A bottle that reads “ natural mineral water, we bottled the underground natural water of the Niagara river, which had been filled over a long period of time.”
At the bottom it says “Made in Japan”

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 6d

Bought some specially prepared crackers to feed the deer. Got mobbed pretty quickly

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 6d

Went to Nara today, one of my favourite places in all of Japan, the original capital and home to thousands of friendly (usually) cervines

The exterior of the Todaiji, Daibutsusen, home of one of the largest Bronze Buddhas in the world

The Daibutsu of Nara, 15 meters tall and weighing 500 tonnes, one of the five great Buddhas in Japan

A fish-eye shot of the great Buddha, revealing more of the great temple’s wooden structure

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Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 7d

Day ended with a wander down Pontocho alley and a drink at a jazz bar there

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 7d

More Kyoto

The imperial Palace in Kyoto (until the late 19th century when the capital was relocated to Edo, modern day Tokyo)

Nishiki food market, where I finally tried a skewer of Waygu beef

100 yen sweet sake at a shop along Nishiki market

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Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 7d

Kyoto on foot

The start of Pontocho alley where hundreds of Izakayas wait

Kitagawa by night, with hundreds of shops and restaurants

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 7d

Happy international coffee day to all those who blurrily stumble out to chase the wake

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 8d

More Nagoya

View of Sakae from the Skyboat Ferris wheel

Biru and a snack in cafe below the Mirai tower

The main square and Mirai tower seen from the Oasis 21 square

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 10d

Was in Nagoya quite often when I worked here back in 2003-4. Not much has changed and I still have fond memories of this place:)

Restaurants near Nagoya castle and the Noah theatre

The Chubu electric Mirai tower seen from the Oasis 21 square

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Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah the designer who put the pulse function into this bidet knew what they were going for 😙

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 11d

Finished a great weekend in Fujiwguchiko, where the mount in question played hide and seek with some heavy clouds. Awesome vibe regardless and we were finally able to get a glimpse as the train was about to depart

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Kaelis @kaelis.bsky.social · 11d

Have you seen this squirrel?

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Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 12d

Kyō wa Fuji ni imasu!

The bottom 10% of Mount Fuji which was hidden by clouds. I cried a bit.

A cable car up from the lakeside town of Kawafujiko.

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 12d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 13d

Just had my first ryokan experience in about 21 years and it’s no less relaxing than I remember.
Sorry, as it’s a birthday suit endeavour
, no photos for this one ☺️

Ryan Loup Glissant @slip-wolf.bsky.social · 13d

On the way to Fuji 🗻