Exploring Zushi

Our housing complex is located in the city of Zushi. Until today, we haven’t spent much time exploring the area on the other side of the train station right outside our gate. We knew it was going to be a bit of a walk and with the heat and humidity of the summer, a long walk didn’t seem fun. Also, today was the first day in two weeks it didn’t rain!! Sunny skies and a little less heat (still 93% humidity) made today a great day for exploring. We set off for an afternoon walk with a hopeful dinner destination. We have seen several restaurants on the main road, but today we were on foot and wanted to get off the beaten path. 

Our journey took us down the hill from our house, out the gate, through the train station and then up one hill and down another. It provided a great opportunity to take some pictures of Japanese houses. 

Very few houses have a yard. Any little bit of potential yard space is turned into a parking spot. 

A wrong turn took us up a steep hill in a neighborhood. It ended up being a great spot to catch a picture of sunset. 

After circling the horses, we spied a restaurant down a side road. We entered not knowing exactly what we would find. To our pleasant surprise, it was a sushi restaurant!! Win! 

The sushi chef and two ladies working were so happy we came in to eat. I worked on my Japanese and they tried their English. We even used Google translate to communicate. It was a fun place to find and I can see us attempting to become “locals” or at least regulars. Dave was impressed when I got the waitress’ attention with “sumimasen” (excuse me).  The walk home was a lot quicker and only took about 30 minutes. Our exploration today was another step in helping us make Japan feel a little more like home.