There are a few gaming bars in d/t Osaka now, one of them is run by an expat who seems decent enough, Space Station. I told him a year or so ago that I'd bring a copy of Tobal by, leave it for his collection.
There's a large-ish expat dev gathering nearby his (very small) bar, so I finally dropped off both 1&2, told him I'd be by later to play. Ended up staying with the devs until the last train home. It was a good night, but the bar guy said, "Hey, you didn't even come by to play!"
I happened to be up on Friday night with a friend, so we dropped in again. The bar's air-conditioning is out, and the bar is FULL, and it doesn't have a system/screen available that'll play Tobal. I'm already sweating, so we bail.
I went again yesterday, hoping they opened early on Saturdays, no love.
Now I'm hoping Hyoushi comes down to Osaka, giving me an excuse to drag him there… and that the a/c's fixed by then.
KEWL STORY BRO. Yeah, yeah, just goes to show how much I want to return to THE ISLAND OF TOBAL!