Sushi

I thought that I'd post the pictures I took from the last time Travis and I went out for sushi.  People seem to be confused as to why I would WANT to eat sushi - or why we like it!  It's delicious, and this is why:

 The best sushi always comes with excellent sides.  Like above, we got pickled ginger (YUMMO!) and wasabi that was so fresh they grated it in front of us, and gave us a bit of the root!

 This is the assorted set that we enjoy the most.   It's nice to be able to have a little bit of everything.  I don't remember exactly what everything is - but I know their is salmon, tuna, shrimp, yellow fin, crab, and scallops there.  (I have to admit, I always give my scallops to Travis, just not my favorite!)

If you get one of the bigger sets you get more (go figure!) as well as some specialty sashimi, like this raw shrimp sashimi that Travis got that still had it's head and some of the legs.  

 As an added bonus - you get to eat with chopsticks!  Dinner is always more fun with chopsticks!!!

Misawa Air Show

This past Saturday Misawa Air Base hosted an Air Show, opening up the base to the Japanese to come and demonstrate both the USAF (United States Air Force) and JASDAF (Japanese Air Self-Defense Force).  These are some of the pictures we got from the event.

JASDF fighter

 This is the Miss Veedol  it was her last flight before her retirement.  The Miss Veedol was the first plane to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean.  The flight left from Sabishiro beach outside Misawa - and traveled for 41 hours across the pacific ocean where the pilot and copilot crash landed in the middle of Washington state.  (The plane had to crash land, because they jetisoned the landing gear after take off to drop some of the weight from the plane).  Obviously it has been recreated and reattached since October of  1931!

 USAF demonstrating formation flying with the F-16's