Asia: Japan

joyella
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Worth visiting!

Lots of firsts

I am presently in Misawa, Japan, staying with my brother and his family on the AFB. So far I have been to the farmer’s market, bought a beautiful kimono, swam in the Pacific Ocean for the first time, had my first sushi, ate my first fried squid, been in a traditional Japanese house, and last night, felt my first earthquake!

There is much more that I will get to see and do here, since I still have 6 more days to experience Japan. It is beautiful here, lush and green and the weather has been lovely.

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joyella
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This is where I am staying:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/misawa.htm

Michi
Tokyo

Good! Fresh squid in Misawa is one of very famous and curious articles.
Have you already tried “Onsen”, a thermal bath? I think there is a small onsen near the Misawa airport.

joyella
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Onsen

No, I haven’t had the “onsen” experience, not sure if I will get to, but it sounds worth trying. And yes, there is one near here. I have heard, however, that the Japanese women giggle at the sight of us Americans in the bath houses, I guess our bodies look really strange to them.

Michi
Tokyo

Are you still around in Japan?
I feel sorry for you…It’s extremely regrettable that the Japanese people tend to giggle at people from other countries.
I sometimes think Japan has a closed culture and so people are overcurios about someone or something “non-Japan”. Very poor mind.

Have a great time for the rest of your stay in Japan ;-)

joyella
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going home

I leave this morning to go back home to the U.S. I didn’t get to go to the onsen, (perhaps if my sister-in-law had tried it before and wasn’t apprehensive about it we would have gone) but I had many other wonderful experiences here.

joyella
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pictures!

I just posted pics of my trip here: http://joyellasnippets.blogspot.com/

Michi
Tokyo

Nice! It looks you got a beautiful and traditional pattern of kimono. So Wonderful.
I have been there(your blog). You have visited not only Misawa but also other places, haven’t you? I hope you had an enjoyable trip.
If there is a next time you come to Japan, let’s go to a green tea ceremony in this kimono ;-)

joyella
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will do

If I ever travel to Japan again, I would love to go to a tea ceremony! Also would like to try the onsen…my visit was too short to do it all.


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