The first day my good friend Amanda was in Japan we mostly relaxed and tried to plan. Seeing as the US Air Base wasn't having their 4th July celebrations until 4pm though, Zeb. Amanda, and I decided to go into Fussa (the city the base is by). Zeb's dad drove us to the river, we walked along the river, and then made our way to one of the local temples/shrines. Acording to the Fussa map there are at least three, if not more. We thankfully only went to one. You'd be amazed at how easy it is to get "shrined-out". There is so much of everything here!! It's completely overwhelming!!
Speaking of overwhelming... I once thought that you could find everything is Califonia. I now know that truely you can find everything in Japan!! The majority of the culture here is conumer culture. You can buy anything in any size, shape, and color. They even have stores dedicated to, believe it or not, socks!! It's wild in my opinion.
After Amanda, Zeb, and I took a look in a shop called the Daiso it was good to get back on base and back to the strange bubble that is the US in Japan.
The 4th of July celebration on base was good. They had go-carts, all sorts of games, music, and free food. Before the great fireworks I presented Zeb's parents with a gift for their 30th wedding anniversary. It was two bowls. One was white and the other was red and both had bird designs on them. They represented good luck and congratulations for the relationship. At least that's what Momo told me when I bought it.
While Zeb and Amanda prepared for their Sunday climb up Mt. Fuji, I checked the final details for my trip out to the countryside to meet up with a girl I went to Griffith University with.
All in all in was a good day.
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| Fireworks on base! |
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