TNCIS Japan Study Abroad: Day 7, Navy Base

Its hard to tell by this photo, but this shower room is really spacious. Its nice to take a shower without bumping your elbow against the wall. The bathtub is also much deeper than a typical bathtub in the US.

Today Teresa took me to the Navy Base. It was just like being in America again. I didn’t know I would miss hearing a southern accent until I heard it from the taxi driver. It felt like I was home.

We made a stop at Starbucks to get a Matcha Latte (sooo good). I gotta drink as many as I can since we don’t have these in the US.

Next we go grab lunch at a Japanese Curry restaurant, Coco’s. You get to pick the level of spicy 1-10. You can’t even eat a certain level until you’ve had a level 5, I think. I get pressured to not eat more than a 3, so I order a 4. I definitely should’ve went with a 7. It was really tasty. Maybe I’ll be able to go again before I leave.

We head to the mall to look around. Check out the amount of bikes outside of the mall. This just shows how much they ride bikes here.

Next we go check out a supermarket to see how different it is from the US. The fruit is really expensive. A watermelon is about $12. They individually package all of the fruits and veggies.

As a person that doesn't read Japanese, Teresa says you just have to use pictures and guess by looks what it is you need. One example, is that they thought these fish cakes were some sort of candy. They tried them because of the One Piece ad.

One Piece is one of the longest running anime and you see it in advertising for everything, everywhere.

One Piece seen in Coke and air freshner products. These are just a few examples.

The hot dogs they sell here are also either really small or really big. There isn't anything that compares to US hot dogs. These are accompanied by some quirky ads. One is from a video ad played in the store. And the other is showing a dish for kids where the small hot dogs are cut to look like little characters.

They also don’t sell many gallon or half gallon sized ice cream. Most of what I saw was a pint or less. They also had individually packaged soft serve cones.