Got Joypolis?

Trying to find another source of entertainment we decided to find out where the Joypolis was located. We deducted that asking someone around Okayma station was the best strategy since it was rush hour and there would be a plentiful amount of people. Our first targets were two adolescent boys since we thought they would be able to relate and would know what we were talking about. But lo and behold Superman came to save the day.

I really regret not taking a picture of him, turns out Superman is actually a 65 year old retired Japanese man who is very fluent in English. He overheard us asking for directions and insisted it was his duty to walk us over there himself. Initially he pointed off in the distance and said it would take about 10 minutes by walk so we willingly allowed for him to be our shepherd.

Superman told us he has travelled all around the world and he was here to make it a better place. Being retired, that was going to be his new calling in life. Why do I keep referring to him as Superman? It's simply because when we asked him where he was from he immediately pointed upwards to the sky. He then raised both his hands into the air and proclaimed "Superman".

We arrived to our destination just as he had assured us and all was well once more. He then quickly headed back towards the direction we came from, quite possibly because he had more people to save. I can't tell you how glad I am that we didn't stumble upon any kryptonite.

As for the Joypolis itself just imagine a collection of Japanese arcade games that you can play to win prizes. We weren't allowed to take any-- it's really too bad since it was so awesome. The coolest thing I played was the giant air hockey table which had two people on each side and randomly shot out up to three pucks onto the playing surface. And of course my team won both times, not that I was keeping score or anything.

*Oh I almost forgot; shout out to my man Kyle for surviving his first Japanese earthquake. Too bad he didn't get earthquake training like I did!