What’s up.
I’ve been hearing whispers here and there that my blog posts lately are a bit stiff, or that people want me to write like I used to.
I might have that rugby-player, jock image, but believe it or not, I’m actually a bit of a liberal arts guy. My hobbies are movies, reading, and downhill biking. I’m also pretty good at bowling.
So, the topic of today’s blog is: I tried playing the trending game "Pokémon GO" using the PH LOADER from CIRCLES’ original brand "RAL."
But since I don’t actually play Pokémon GO, I’m just writing the post.
Who’s playing, you ask?
Yanack-san, who recently said, "I shaved my head for the first time in my life!" (It suits you really well, by the way!)
The fact that this shaven-headed Yanack-san is secretly playing Pokémon GO is already funny enough as it is.
And the location for our shoot today is, as those of you who play Pokémon GO surely know, the "Tsuruma Park," a Pokémon GO holy site located five minutes by bike from Circles.
Master this pronunciation difference, and you’re now a Pokémon Master and a Nagoya Master. By the way, it’s fine to call the district and the train station "Tsurumai." It’s really just the park, the library, and the elementary school that use "Tsuruma." Everything else is "Tsurumai." How complicated is that? "Tsurumai."
To explain the history of "Tsuruma Park" super simply: apparently, the "Tsurumai" district used to be called "Tsuruma" (written with the characters for water/flow/between).
When they were building the park, someone decided that "Tsuruma" was too hard to read, so they just labeled it "Tsuruma" in hiragana.
Later on, someone else thought, "Isn't writing it in hiragana kind of lame?" So they came up with "Tsurumai" using the kanji for "crane" and "dance" instead. "Doesn't that sound cool? Sophisticated? Lucky?" So they went with "Tsurumai." It was basically a forced reading—what we’d call a "kirakira name" today. (Maybe that’s not quite right?)
Then they decided, "Alright, let's just drop the old name for the district and call it all 'Tsurumai.' Done!"
But, at the end of the day, everyone still ends up reading it as "Tsurumai"...
So... they had already made all these signs and buildings, so they figured, "Let's just leave the park, library, and school as 'Tsuruma' and quietly switch everything else to 'Tsurumai'."
And that is how the difference in pronunciation between the current "Tsuruma Park" and the "Tsurumai district" came to be.
That’s the Tsurumai scoop everyone’s been dying to know. Pretty informative, right?
Anyway, back to the main point.
When we heard a game app called Pokémon GO was coming out, we were convinced this was the moment for the PH LOADER to shine.
The defining feature of the PH LOADER is the space on the top equipped with a clear sheet, allowing you to store your smartphone inside.
This way, you can see at a glance where Pokémon are or where PokéStops are while you're riding your bike.
⚠️ Just like walking while looking at your phone, operating your phone while riding a bike is extremely dangerous. Don’t do it. Seriously. Make sure to stop, check your surroundings, and never be a nuisance to others. Seriously.
☆ Of course, you can operate your smartphone through the clear sheet! Plus, you can access the storage space from the bottom to connect a Lightning cable, so you can charge your phone with a battery pack while you ride!
Looks like Tsuruma Park is indeed packed with Pokémon.
☆ The lower compartment has enough space to hold portable tools, a tube, a hand towel, and more!!
So, once you find a Pokémon, take your phone out of the PH LOADER, point the camera at the Pokémon, and throw your Poké Ball, and then...
Alright, now for the next spot...
Yanack-san’s journey to becoming a Pokémon Master continues.
If you see Yanack-san wandering around with his phone, please just leave him be.
We tried out the trendy Pokémon GO with the PH LOADER this time, but the ways to use the RAL LOADER series are endless.
Whether it’s your daily commute, grocery shopping, weekend camping rides, or adventure races—there's a RAL LOADER for that.
Road bikes, cross bikes, mountain bikes, small-wheelers, even your classic mom-bike—they all work with RAL LOADER.
Make sure to post how you use your RAL LOADER on Instagram with "#rallife"!!
Check out the rest of the RAL LOADER series here.
Peace, it was Jass✌️