Dec 13, 2005
Heath needed to go to the Yokota Air Base, so everyone decided to tag along and turn it into a tourist site. It was pretty much another shopping trip, but at least I can now claim to have seen the airbase my grandfather built.
I bought some postcards to send back home, and had a good time checking out the great shopping center they had on base. I also got to meet some of the people that Jason kept as friends back when he lived in Japan a couple of years ago. I think the stories that I heard from Heath and Jason on the way to the base set me up for the event however. By the time I met their friends, I had a very rich, and not by any means untarnished, picture of them in my mind's eye. They didn't let me down.
I bought a new book to read on the long flight back home, and we picked up some cheap souvenirs at the market before heading back to Chiharadai.
Rumi made sushi for dinner, which was spectacular! She taught Jason how to make California rolls, and a few others, when he was living their before. It was obvious she had culinary talent. After dinner Jason and I snuggled on the couch and watched the television show "24" in Japanese. It's amazing how popular the show is in Japan. Rumi had purchased the entire series collection, and from what Shige told us all of his friends were avid viewers.
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