For those of you who were lucky enough to be military brats (like me) and were stationed on Yokota AFB, I welcome you. :) If you weren’t, then I welcome you too!
One of the biggest things I remember about Yokota is something that is no longer there. Yokota Burger. I don’t know how many hours I’ve spent there, playing asteroids or just hanging out. I totally miss Yokota Burger. Does anyone have a picture left of it?
I know I’m weird, and let me tell you, it’s all true, but I often recall memories from smell. I know, it sounds weird, but just listen for a moment.
When I flew over to MCAS Iwakuni, my friend “L” and I (which is a funny story of which I’ll probably share later) flew into Yokota AFB on a 747. Now, Yokota was not a commercial airport (of course) and this was a military flight, so we didn’t get the deluxe package things like oh… a covered terminal. So when we got off the plane, I could smell the air, and let me tell you, it was nostalgic. I remembered so much about Japan and Yokota AFB, it was crazy.
Even just thinking about it, I’m pretty sure I was close to tears when I arrived. But I digress.
Yokota was a monumental part of my life while growing up. Aside from the fact that I spent a majority of my childhood there, it was definitely a place where I bonded with some lifelong friends. Yokota High School definitely contributed to that.
Wow. You know there’s so many memories I have of YHS. I remember for gym class, we had to square dance. OMG that was just crazy. I cannot say to this day that I ever benefited from learning how to square dance, and I’m still baffled why we had to do such a thing. For P.E. class. Come on. How many of you folk out there had to do this?
I’ll probably start flowing out more memories of YHS sooner or later, but not today. If you went to YHS, feel free to share some memories. :)
Dana started Memory Monday last year to honor her Grandfather, who suffered from Dementia/Alzheimer’s. This is cool. Feel free to participate. This is my way of not forgetting some of the life changing (and not so life changing) events in my life.
[tags]memories, Memory Monday, Yokota, YHS, Yokota Burger[/tags]
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OMG! Yokota Burger! I used to leave campus every day with my friends to eat there for lunch in 9th grade! I loved those square burgers and the fries…yum! I played Rush’s “Closer to the Heart” and John Cougar’s (before he was Mellancamp)”Jack & Diane” every day on the jukebox! LOL Ahhh the memories. I’m going to have to get out the yearbooks and scan!
Yeah, totally remember the dumb square dancing! And sitting in those dumb rows for roll call in PE.
WEIRD!! I thought I was the only kid who square danced in PE! And, to be honest, I thought it was a Texas Public School thing.
“you promenade your partner round the old oak tree, when you get home, get ready to swing. swing with your partner, go one time around, then do se do …” blah blah blah I can’t remember the rest. Good times. lol
The only do-si-do I do these days are girl scout cookies.
Thanks to PE class, I HATE square dancing.
Was Yokota Burger replaced by Burger King? That’s the only burger joint I recall there. Other than that, there was a FANTASTIC tonkotsu place just outside the main gate.
While I have never been there, I do understand completely how certain things can just trigger your memory in strange ways..
I was not aware of Memory Monday, perhaps i will participate next week.
Great read as always Yoshi.
Ryan
My BIL is in the Air Force and wants to eventually transfer to Yokota AFB. It’s #1 on his list of choices.
Yokota Burger! That sounds good. Even though I’ve never heard of it, I can imagine the delicious food!
Reminds me of the Whataburger chain in Texas!
I didn’t do a Memory Monday post yesterday! I was so excited about the gym membership! Yikes!