Diamond City Mall

Yesterday we looked around on the base and then went to the mall after Diane got home from work.

Diane treated us to our first authentic Japanese sushi yesterday. It was yummy and about half the price of we pay in the states.

This is just one of the several different kinds of sushi we had. I should have photographed the others too. We had salmon, tuna, sweet shrimp, fried shrimp, and the vegetable roll pictured above. We also had miso soup...my mom's had large pieces of fish in it too.

We made our own tea right at our table. Each table has a hot water tap and powdered green tea. Notice the picture of ice cream...the gray colored one is black sesame flavor.

This is an $80 (80,000 yen) cantaloupe...sometimes called a Hokkaido melon. It is meant to be given as a gift, but even the ones that weren't wrapped cost $20.

Tiny squid and a huge assortment of mushrooms...we saw at least a dozen different kinds.

Japanese toilet: There are still a lot of "squat" toilets here, but there are usually regular toilets too and every so often you'll see one of these that has a heated seat and all kinds of options. The musical note button makes a flushing sound to mask your own "sounds". :)

Diane and Jim going off to work. We promised to be good kids while they were gone!