Posted on February 8, 2007 at 10:26 pm
While stationed in Japan as I mentioned earlier, we would frequently go to Hiroshima. A trip to Hiroshima soon became a “welcome to Japan” tour from yours truly for any new clinic personnel arriving to Iwakuni.
I recall one time when one of our new Lab technicians arrived, we took her to Hiroshima. The week she arrived, it just happened to be the week that the Lucasfilm exhibit was in town. For some of us Star Wars nerds, this may have been the ultimate rush. My friend Jeff and I knew we simply had to go.
Now, I remember I was very excited to go on this trip, and we had quite a few folks with us. One distinct memory that stuck out in my mind was while walking to the exhibit, the new Lab Tech asked me, “Does she have to walk so fast?” referring to our friend Swan. I just simply laughed and told her that you kinda get used to walking fast in Japan, but there’s no need to keep up, she knows where she’s going and so do I.
I’ll discuss Hiroshima more in a future post.
It’s memories like this that continue to make me smile. Keep on remembering…
[tags]memories, Japan, Hiroshima, Lucasfilms[/tags]
Posted on February 8, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Am I evil? I was referencing this post.
Tiggerprr: thanks for putting that in my head. Rat.
Yoshi: hahahaah here maybe this will help:
you take the good, you take the bad, You take them both and there you have the facts of life. The facts of life.
Tiggerprr: Oh…STFU!
Posted on February 8, 2007 at 1:27 am
While I was stationed in Japan in MCAS Iwakuni (1993-1995) I learned a lot of things about Japan. First of all, I was 24 years old then. When I last stepped foot in Japan prior to that, I was 15 years old. A lot of things can happen between those years. Those are life changing years. Since I was much older, and an adult then, I got to go to places that I never would have went to. Places like hostess clubs, love hotels, and such. Although honestly I never did get to go to a love hotel, as they were a bit spendy, especially when the yen rate was so horrible. Although hostess clubs weren’t any cheaper either!
But no, Japan is tons of fun. One memory I have while stationed there was what everyone called “The Chicken Shack.” Now, I’m betting that most people in Iwakuni are still calling it that. And if not, I don’t see why not! The Chicken Shack is actually a very expensive restaurant called Sanzoku. Now I’m betting you’re wondering why it’s called “The Chicken Shack” and you’d be of good mind to wonder about that. Because it is the place we bring all the new folks who get stationed there, and they serve chicken (which is always a safe food option in Japan), it’s thusly called “The Chicken Shack.” Never mind that it’s not the real name of the place. You learn that people give nicknames to a lot of places.
But The Chicken Shack was a very cool place. Very “Japanese-y” if you will. (forgive my Engrish.) The service was great, the people were friendly, and although they didn’t speak very well English, people always managed to get their point across and get the food that they wanted. I’ve really got to find some old photos of that area and post them, to accompany this post.
Hey Iwakuni-ites, are you missing it? It was way too expensive there though. I think most of us really preferred going just outside the front gate, and going to California Chicken. I miss that place, because you could pay in dollars there and the chicken was exceptional.
[tags]memories, Japan, food, chicken, Sanzoku, MCAS Iwakuni[/tags]
