Sunday afternoon Dave and I went to the Tokyo Christmas Market. We had heard it was better than the Red Brick Christmas Market we went to in Yokohama. It was a beautiful afternoon and we thought it would be a fun and festive way to enjoy the sunshine. Here was our route. We met in […]
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Ramen is a Japanese staple dish. It is served in a large bowl with copious amounts of thin curly noodles and a pork or fish broth. The dish includes toppings such as sliced pork (chashu), dried seaweed (nori), a boiled egg (tamago), marinated bamboo shoots (menma), processed fish cakes (kamaboko) and green onions (negi). A […]
The “flower arranging” group I joined, Ikebana, had a field trip today to visit the Kimono Museum after being dressed by local Japanese ladies in a kimono. This was my first time taking the train to Tokyo and I was happy to be apart of a big group. We switched trains at Yokohama. From there […]
We arrived at Narita Airport on Sunday 7/31/16 at 2:00pm. We left Honolulu, HI on 7/30/16 at 11:00am. The flight was 8 hours long with a 27 hour time lapse because we crossed the International Date Line. After arriving, our drive to the Naval Base took about two hours. Here are a couple of pictures […]