“It is time…”, imagine me saying that in a voice of Rafiki from Lion King.
I have been thinking about this post for over a month now. No matter how difficult it is to realize that our adventures in Japan are coming to an end, I must write these down.
So what are some of the things we’ll miss about Misawa (and Japan)?
In no particular order:
--FRIENDS
--the simplicity of life (I mean, seriously, where else could I live happily without a cell phone?)
--safety of living on base and travelling anywhere we want off base
--how much my kids can play outside without me worrying about them
--beautiful mountains
--heaps and heaps of snow
--polite Japanese people
--excellent customer service
--my favorite Japanese bread store (Kawamorita)
--tempura (those huge shrimps covered in panko crumbs)
--that it is safe for kids to walk to school
--Cheese Roll
--safety
--Horse Park with rolling slide
--festivals and parades
--people take their shoes off when they enter your home (even the movers and repairmen)
--the food (Robert’s addition)
--the view of the Pacific Ocean and rugged coastline
--Shinkansen
--recycle shops and the salvage yard
--cotton candy you can make for yourself at the Viking restaurant
--blizzards that shut down the whole base
--just the feeling of being overseas
--standing out where ever we go (that excuses our strange behavior)
--the Apple Lady
--huge Aomori apples (yum!)
--the onsens
--dry squid and “rabbit food”
--Robert’s job (he said it himself)
--fighter jets
--cherry blossoms
--100 yen store
--no honking while driving
--politeness of Japanese kids who bow to you after they cross the street in front of you
--excellent swimming lessons
--gigantic Japanese carrots
--all the fun daytrips
--safety
--somen and sushi and octopus balls (added by Alex)
--construction workers who are bow to you when you pass them
--"no-cell phone while driving" rule
--the simplicity of life
--FRIENDS
Exactly in four hours we'll be on the plane out of Tokyo. I am still not feeling like this is really happening and that we are actually moving to a totally new country once again.
I have been thinking about this post for over a month now. No matter how difficult it is to realize that our adventures in Japan are coming to an end, I must write these down.
So what are some of the things we’ll miss about Misawa (and Japan)?
In no particular order:
--FRIENDS
--the simplicity of life (I mean, seriously, where else could I live happily without a cell phone?)
--safety of living on base and travelling anywhere we want off base
--how much my kids can play outside without me worrying about them
--beautiful mountains
--heaps and heaps of snow
--polite Japanese people
--excellent customer service
--my favorite Japanese bread store (Kawamorita)
--tempura (those huge shrimps covered in panko crumbs)
--that it is safe for kids to walk to school
--Cheese Roll
--safety
--Horse Park with rolling slide
--festivals and parades
--people take their shoes off when they enter your home (even the movers and repairmen)
--the food (Robert’s addition)
--the view of the Pacific Ocean and rugged coastline
--Shinkansen
--recycle shops and the salvage yard
--cotton candy you can make for yourself at the Viking restaurant
--blizzards that shut down the whole base
--just the feeling of being overseas
--standing out where ever we go (that excuses our strange behavior)
--the Apple Lady
--huge Aomori apples (yum!)
--the onsens
--dry squid and “rabbit food”
--Robert’s job (he said it himself)
--fighter jets
--cherry blossoms
--100 yen store
--no honking while driving
--politeness of Japanese kids who bow to you after they cross the street in front of you
--excellent swimming lessons
--gigantic Japanese carrots
--all the fun daytrips
--safety
--somen and sushi and octopus balls (added by Alex)
--construction workers who are bow to you when you pass them
--"no-cell phone while driving" rule
--the simplicity of life
--FRIENDS
Exactly in four hours we'll be on the plane out of Tokyo. I am still not feeling like this is really happening and that we are actually moving to a totally new country once again.
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