Moving On...

Greetings followers,
We have left the area bound for America for the next few years. Consequently I will not be updating the site as often as you would like. As long as the information on the site is helpful and relevant I will leave it up. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

Cheers,
Kristen

Greetings

April has brought spring to Misawa. I have migrated all the Misawa Daily photo's over to this website for your enjoyment. If you scroll down through the posts there are many pictures around the town. The format is a little off but you can click each one and it will take you to the entire image.

Have a great weekend!

Hachinohe Childrens Park

One of our favorite places to play on the weekend.... did I mention how much I HATE ferris wheels. :)

Fall Colors in Northern Japan

We took a drive up to Hakkoda recently and got see some beautiful views... and a bear! Following route 103 we ended up driving into Aomori and stopped for dinner. Great day :)

Delhi Indian Restaurant

Thought I would share one of my new favorite restaurants in Misawa. It is very clean and has great service. The lunch specials are very reasonable. Delhi is located across the street from Coco's and the Misawa bowling alley. If you go towards McD's from base you will make a left instead of right and it will be on the immediate left. Yum Yum :)

YoYo Market???

Just wondering if anyone has tried out the YoYo Market???? I was searching for Gnocchi (because I am too uninspired to make it :) ) and found this site. Leave a comment if you have!

http://www.yoyomarket.jp/

Cheers
-Kristen (hungry mama)

Misawa American Red Cross Run/Walk

The Misawa American Red Cross is holding a 8K (5 miles) and 3K (1.8 miles) family fun walk/run on Saturday, May 29th. All those interested in signing up can do so at the ARC Office (Torii Bldg) Monday - Friday 0730-1630 or just sign up at the race. The race is a fundraiser for donations only (no charge to run) and volunteers are needed the day of (226-3016).

Sign-in - 0700
Safety Briefing - 0745
8K Run Start - 0800
3K Run Start - 0815

We Got Snow!

Oh yes we did :)

Marche's

Good morning!

I thought I would post one of my favorite restaurants in Misawa. Marche has French-Japanese cuisine and is delicious. They have a variety of seafood as well as some pasta and steak dishes. They are open from 11:00-2:00 (last order 1:45) and 5:00pm - 9:30 (last order 9:00). The garlic bread alone is worth the trip :).

Directions: Go out the main gate to the first light and go straight. Make a left at the first side street on the left. Marche will be on the left and there will be a paid parking lot on the right. I recommend taking a ticket and parking in the lot. It is only about a hundred yen.

Here is the restaurant map for Misawa - Misawa Restaurant Map

Word On The Street....

That there is a Tony Roma's in Aomori.... Haven't tried it yet, but steak is in my future. If you have been leave a comment to let us know if it was worth the trip :) Website

Christmas Tree - MDP

UUmmmmmm... So I had to post this because it was the saddest Christmas tree I have ever seen. :) Happy Weekend everyone!

It has been

Forever since I have updated this site and I apologize. In effort to make it more reallistic of Misawa life... I will be blogging some of the craziness that is going on in our life. First things first winter is on its way and it is COLD!!! Okay, not as cold as it could be but me and my chicken legs are not appreciating the dropping temps. Second, I have been incredibly busy this last year traveling, starting a new job, husband deploying, and keeping up with two kids that have real homework this year. No complaints though it has been fantastic! Being in Northern Japan it seems like we are always busy doing something so I will be updating the site, adding pics, restaurants and general nonsense. Thank you for all the kind emails and I hope I got everyone's questions answered.

Cheers!
Kristen



Climbing Mt Fuji - Summer 2009

Yes we made it to the top :)

Kenji World

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Kenji World is a waterpark near Morioka. The drive is about two and half hours. We have enjoyed going for day and overnight trips. This is another trip that I believe you can get discounted tickets through ITT. I highly recommend avoiding Japanese Holidays because the place will be packed with visitors. Have Fun!

Yokota Fun

By driving to Yokota from Misawa I got to see a lot of what is around Yokota. These are directions to one of the major shopping centers and restaurants. Yokota also has a Chili's built and ready to go.... :(

Yokota Directions to Major Tokyo sights

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I was recently down in Tokyo and picked these up at Yokota lodging. They are a great way to make it back and forth to Tokyo. Just be careful in Roppongi!