Reunited with my person!!!

I've arrived in Japan!!!!! Jojo (the kitty), Kit (the pup pup), and myself traveled a 5 day road trip to Seattle then hopped on a plane for about 20 hours and arrived in Okinawa. I had a mini heart attack when I was trying to check in for the plane because there was an issue with Jojo's carrier. After I started to panic (I'm pretty sure my heart just stopped) for about 30 seconds, the airline decided to let me bring her. After that, the flight was as easy as it could be! Jojo was the perfect companion in the cabin with me.  Kit showed up all the panicked, whining and barking dogs and was the perfect calm and quiet angel (extremely rare for him).

Today is my first full day in Japan.  Rob and I drove around in our little red sports car and explored a little bit.

Back together again!!!!!!!!!!

I got a new cell phone (a gold iphone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) It's the most beautiful phone ever. Just saying.

The base we are living on is basically right next door to an area off base called the American Village and we spent a few hours exploring it. We got some "American sushi" for lunch and, omg, do they know how to make sushi. Absolutely the best sushi I've ever had.

My view of the the American Village from the sushi restaurant. It is basically a tourist trap for Japanese and American tourists. Its full of department stores and stores similar to those in America but they all clearly have a Japanese influence. It was super fun to shop and explore. 

Christmas decorations inside the stores. The dragon has antlers in case you missed where the Christmas part is. There were some odd decorations. I think the freakiest one was some guy dressed in a panda santa claus suit. He followed us around for awhile and I was to scared to take a pic. He looked like some evil Japanese spirit more than a panda. 

We found the scariest pet in the pet store - a scarab beetle. Don't you want one in your house?

Habashu!!!!! This alcohol has a poisonous pit viper inside called habu. The alcohol dissolves the poison to make it nonpoisonous. Fun fact: supposedly this stuff is medicinal and it can give you immense energy and helps sexual dysfunction in men (go figure).

I'm too jetlagged to do anything else today. Ooo, we have the cutest Christmas decoration EVER. Rob had it out on our lawn to surprise me when I got in last night. 

It's Kit!!!!