More Food On OKinawa

Nikumon or Niku for short: are steamed buns with pork dumpling inside. Although this is Chinese they are found in every Family Mart and Lawsons, convenience stores here on Okinawa. At 105 yen it is the cheapest most delicious lunch you can get on the go.


For anther hundred yen you can buy a dragon fruit. Sweet and tart once you have one you will want more.

Kadena Air Force Base is home to Jack's Place. It is a base secret and has great Teppanyaki. The Teppanyaki is similar to what you get off post and it is cheaper. So why go off post?
Delicious Kobe Steak. Japanese Wagyu Cow have black hair and are fed beer to increase the appetite, brushed with sake to keep the meat tender and massaged to further tenderize the meat.

Teppanyaki originated in the 1940's and meals iron grill.

This chef is so fast we could barely get him on film.

Kokusai Dori Street

KOKUSAI DORI STREET: (Means International Street) It is a combination of 34th Street in NYC with some of the old world shops similar to NYC's China Town. The strip runs for 1.6 km. You can find souvenirs, Japanese laquer, Kimono shops, fruit stands, bakeries etc. it also has a variety of restaurants Japanese food, Indian, Thai, Chinese as well as Mc D's and Starbucks. Espe and I had a blast.

Mochi: a glutenous rice cake. It comes in different flavors and sizes. Some are sweet, some are fruity, my favorite is green tea flavor. The bigger they are the harder they are to swallow, because of the texture.

So the smaller the better.

This weeks boyfriend..he is a real pig!!













Native to Okinawa, Sata andagi (Saataa andaagii) are sweet deep fried buns, similar to American doughnuts, but so much better. These little bundles of joy need no icing or frosting to enjoy.

Antoher thank you to the B. Family for being our tour guides in Okinawa.

Without you we would NOT have as much fun!

Shopping for souvenirs!









Tweens shopping for hair accessories and jewelry.











Lucky Cat! Maneki Neko is the waving cat who is a symbol for purity happiness and luck.

Moms getting silly on Kokusai!

Kokusai Dori is also the Wall Street of Japan.

Espe and Mom dress like the locals.


Love our new Kimonos

Mom lets eat Indian food! Look Savannah a dragon.

More shopping.

Esperanza finds a shoe store with her name all over it!!

Too bad shoes here only go up to size 7.

More souvenirs!!!

Soba Shop! I would tell you the name except I can't read it.

Okinawa Soba: wheat flour with flattish noodles, pork bellie (like bacon) and fish cakes (Kamaboko) made of Gurukun Fish

Slurpping noodles loudly and drinking from your bowl in Okinawa is normal practice. The kids love it!!

Okinawa Soba: That was a llong noodle to slurp.

I always get the broth on my face.

The End to a great lunch... evil fried sweet Okinawan donuts!

Sata Andagi...I love you and hate you.

Espe "Hangin" with Her Peruvian-Okinawan Crew

Espe enjoys some surfin'!!!!!

Espe enjoys some Soba (soup with noodles) after scuba diving.

Espe and Emily on the Right starting Halloween early.

Eddie and his new pal Emily wishing you all PEACE.....

Nintendo Wii crosses cultural as well as language barriers. Even though Espe speaks english and Emily speaks Japanese they can communicate and play with no problems.

Rainy days are abundant here and so we turn to other forms of entertainment. air hockey, table tennis and Foozball on Kadena AFB

Wii addicts!!!!

PX/BX music department.






This is a great course for this gigantic ball rolled across the course with 2 people inside. People being Espe and her friend Emie.

Look closely you will see Espe inside.

I am so glad I am out of there!!!!!

I think she liked it.

Dizzy after spinning for 10 minutes!!!

Inside the ball. This was right after breakfast I am not sure how they kept it down.

MONSTER MASH!

Dinner with the Otero's

The Trampoline up and ready in Okinawa!!!

Goodbye or Sayonara from Okinawa, Japan

Espe and Eddie LOVE thier new friends Eime and Emelie O.