https://blog.ast.moe/en/tags/2025/Recent posts: GorimuchuHugohttps://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-06/Mon, 06 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-06/<p>It had been warm until yesterday, but this morning it was suddenly 13°C. Today I&rsquo;m leaving Hokkaido.</p> <p><a href="https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-05/">I went back to Otaru after the marathon yesterday</a>. This morning I headed to New Chitose Airport.</p> <p>Beer for breakfast.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-06/G2iYg5cagAAz4aT_hu_7ae1c84fd9374a83.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-06/G2iYg5cagAAz4aT_hu_2b08d3448f35a1d.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-06/G2iYg5cagAAz4aT_hu_92828cad3073401c.jpeg" alt="Breakfast beer" width="700" height="933"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Breakfast beer</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>And ramen.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-06/G2iatmbaoAAYbsd_hu_4898d86ae546fd43.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-06/G2iatmbaoAAYbsd_hu_f6bcc88bbfb4ef3d.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-06/G2iatmbaoAAYbsd_hu_de19f1760fd40b83.jpeg" alt="Breakfast ramen" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Breakfast ramen</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>I ordered another beer and some gyoza. A productive morning.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-06/G2icNFwbMAAuojX_hu_cff3841ff0090ecb.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-06/G2icNFwbMAAuojX_hu_4d1b253da8e98938.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-06/G2icNFwbMAAuojX_hu_3b94e22e2f5bdf4a.jpeg" alt="Breakfast gyoza" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Breakfast gyoza</figcaption> </figure> </div> <h2 id="saying-hello-to-miku">Saying hello to Miku</h2> <p>Before leaving, I went to see Miku at the airport. Thank you again. I hope to be back soon.</p>https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-05/Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-05/<p>Today is the Sapporo Marathon. I put on <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-04/">the Karin T-shirt I prepared yesterday</a> and headed for the venue.</p> <p>The underground passage was long.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2cwTOsbwAAlfkM_hu_eda86e6d17b21ea7.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2cwTOsbwAAlfkM_hu_d8adba620f1e5024.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2cwTOsbwAAlfkM_hu_76dbd47019709551.jpeg" alt="A long passage on the way to the venue" width="700" height="933"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>A long passage on the way to the venue</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>I arrived sometime after eight. Otaru Shiokaze High School track team, here I go.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2dE1b1asAApSPc_hu_d84c7a7cac1656ac.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2dE1b1asAApSPc_hu_6d13e67e3c0ea7fc.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2dE1b1asAApSPc_hu_ac692000b45d8132.jpeg" alt="At the venue in my Karin T-shirt" width="700" height="633"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>At the venue in my Karin T-shirt</figcaption> </figure> </div> <h2 id="across-the-finish-line">Across the finish line</h2> <p>I missed my target time, but I finished the half marathon safely.</p>https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-04/Sat, 04 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-04/<p>Breakfast was a boxed meal from Seicomart. <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-03/">I arrived in Otaru last night</a>, and today I&rsquo;m heading out early.</p> <p>If I walk to Mount Tengu now, I should get there around opening time. The estimated walk is about fifty minutes, so let&rsquo;s go.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-04/G2X2ABSaYAAFhBA_hu_41a86f1a5ec5b1f1.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-04/G2X2ABSaYAAFhBA_hu_a915313846fb40b1.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-04/G2X2ABSaYAAFhBA_hu_89475d00c3785dab.jpeg" alt="Walking up the hill" width="700" height="933"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Walking up the hill</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>The slope was 15 percent. A local spoke to me while I was walking with a large backpack and cheered me on when I said I was going to Mount Tengu.</p>https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-03/Fri, 03 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-03/<p>I&rsquo;m going away today. First, a beer in the middle of the day.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-03/G2Tnrzma8AAj5ju_hu_8e29466f4b787436.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-03/G2Tnrzma8AAj5ju_hu_5ecf3c67c0dbb68e.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-03/G2Tnrzma8AAj5ju_hu_d0aa076511c4f325.jpeg" alt="A drink with Teto" width="700" height="933"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>A drink with Teto</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>Another refueling stop on the way. Daytime beer is good.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-03/G2UJHDUbMAMpXQN_hu_35b1338475b3cf52.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-03/G2UJHDUbMAMpXQN_hu_c230b86aca2e98c6.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-03/G2UJHDUbMAMpXQN_hu_10948a509c74e541.jpeg" alt="Fuel for the journey" width="700" height="851"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Fuel for the journey</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>I was gripping a protrusion on the train wall as if it were a climbing hold when a guy from Belgium asked, &ldquo;Are you a climber?&rdquo; I didn&rsquo;t expect to be found out there.</p>https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-16/Mon, 16 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-16/<p><a href="https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-15/">Yesterday I visited the aquarium and Kihinkan</a>. Today I&rsquo;m heading home from Hokkaido.</p> <p>There was a Teto plush in a claw machine at New Chitose Airport. I brought home a new Teto.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-16/GtiSxoSbcAAQS_s_hu_9de0e759dc1dd641.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-16/GtiSxoSbcAAQS_s_hu_277079d05af6e312.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-16/GtiSxoSbcAAQS_s_hu_6fef4a647b0611a7.jpeg" alt="I found a Teto plush" width="700" height="933"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>I found a Teto plush</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>Let&rsquo;s go home to Shikoku together.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-16/GtiUUYKbIAAWeST_hu_54a57f75cdeb0dc5.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-16/GtiUUYKbIAAWeST_hu_53393d848d1273.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-16/GtiUUYKbIAAWeST_hu_d80deb9fbe139b5c.jpeg" alt="With my new Teto" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>With my new Teto</figcaption> </figure> </div> <h2 id="lunch-at-the-airport">Lunch at the airport</h2> <p>I had a Snow Miku boxed lunch.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-16/GtieNGlaUAAHrK1_hu_7808ccaaa9c0ce4e.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-16/GtieNGlaUAAHrK1_hu_6e4c45d807c4e5f8.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-16/GtieNGlaUAAHrK1_hu_ab60ded67ec09f4.jpeg" alt="Snow Miku lunch with the Tetos" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Snow Miku lunch with the Tetos</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>The outer box was designed to be taken home. They know exactly what fans will want to keep.</p>https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-15/Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-15/<p><a href="https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-14/">Yesterday I visited the character panels around town</a>. Today I&rsquo;m heading toward the sea.</p> <p>First, Otaru Aquarium. Rikka welcomed us.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-15/GtcmUEPa0AAMdyr_hu_e1ef405ac6207062.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-15/GtcmUEPa0AAMdyr_hu_fbfe4916dfbe34ad.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-15/GtcmUEPa0AAMdyr_hu_7d45df9ab94c14a5.jpeg" alt="Rikka at Otaru Aquarium" width="700" height="933"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Rikka at Otaru Aquarium</figcaption> </figure> </div> <h2 id="karin-explains-the-hokke">Karin explains the hokke</h2> <p>Karin was explaining the fish at the hokke tank. I let my Karin plush see it too.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-15/GtcryN6bEAAQSyF_hu_4dd9a9800247fdf.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-15/GtcryN6bEAAQSyF_hu_747369d57dc46aad.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-15/GtcryN6bEAAQSyF_hu_554e1604f9f86496.jpeg" alt="Karin at the hokke tank" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Karin at the hokke tank</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>The sturgeon was several times bigger than I&rsquo;d imagined. Here it is beside Teto.</p>https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-14/Sat, 14 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-14/<p><a href="https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-13/">I traveled to Hokkaido yesterday</a>. Today I&rsquo;m exploring Otaru for the first time, with Teto and Karin along for the ride.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-14/GtXVTaEaIAAOtT5_hu_d0980be385f62849.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-14/GtXVTaEaIAAOtT5_hu_e69cbfab1367ea6f.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-14/GtXVTaEaIAAOtT5_hu_3ae4040ff70d459.jpeg" alt="Beginning our Otaru trip" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Beginning our Otaru trip</figcaption> </figure> </div> <h2 id="starting-the-stamp-rally">Starting the stamp rally</h2> <p>I picked up the booklet for the Otaru town stamp rally. Karin and I set off around town.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-14/GtXYwD9bMAQA7WA_hu_64dea863fdff0020.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-14/GtXYwD9bMAQA7WA_hu_44f5467fb31551a8.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-14/GtXYwD9bMAQA7WA_hu_5a086709fa90c4d9.jpeg" alt="Starting the stamp rally with Karin" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Starting the stamp rally with Karin</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>The shops have panels of Karin, Rikka, and Chifuyu.</p>https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-13/Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-06-13/<p>I&rsquo;m going on a long trip with Teto today. First, the train.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtR8nf1aIAARfAI_hu_c4097f66f7af6eb5.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtR8nf1aIAARfAI_hu_1b600845f6fb39c8.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtR8nf1aIAARfAI_hu_8e4603b2dbb9a4c7.jpeg" alt="Setting off with Teto" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Setting off with Teto</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>It had been a while since I took a train. I watched the scenery pass by.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtR-uzwbMAEzRMb_hu_c12c8707b5e31b48.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtR-uzwbMAEzRMb_hu_6a4914e35658b347.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtR-uzwbMAEzRMb_hu_6014195e7a1482a7.jpeg" alt="The view from the train" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>The view from the train</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>We arrived in Okayama. This is the big city, Teto.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtSNv7abMAAFemQ_hu_c6af9e0e99a7769a.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtSNv7abMAAFemQ_hu_6c0ed7248776a24d.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtSNv7abMAAFemQ_hu_87584f75c558f1c0.jpeg" alt="Changing trains in Okayama" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Changing trains in Okayama</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>The next leg is on the Shinkansen.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtSQCKGbMAYubA__hu_78a528754ff66af1.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtSQCKGbMAYubA__hu_d27e69bdcd1c3c18.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-06-13/GtSQCKGbMAYubA__hu_734743754adc468.jpeg" alt="Continuing on the Shinkansen" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Continuing on the Shinkansen</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>I was writing an image to a Raspberry Pi during the ride. Tethering was slow, around 100 kbps, perhaps because the train was moving so fast. At least on my phone, ahamo seemed more stable than povo.</p>