Dave & Jen Visit Japan! Day 5

On Sunday the 21st, we finally decided to sleep in a relax a little! After 3 days of getting up early and going all day, I think we needed it!

We started off the morning with breakfast at the 19th Hole, the golf course restaurant on base. Breakfast buffet for $5.75? Yes, please!

Next we headed to the 100 yen store. Jen was very excited because she had heard me write about it here. When most people think 100 yen they think a dollar store, but they are so so so much better in Japan! Jen spent a good hour or so wandering up and down every aisle. Fun souvenirs to be found! She was so intent on shopping that I don't think she took any pictures! Oh wait, she did take a few of Dave playing the taiko drum game at the arcade at the 100 yen store, but I can't find those.

So on to the rest of the day. Next we headed to the Kamakura area. I've been there several times, but it's always fun because there are many different areas to explore. We headed to one of my favorite temples, Hase-dera and of course a stop by the big Buddah! We had great weather, but it did start to get chilly towards the end of the day. We had lunch at a cute little shop in Hase where I insisted that Dave and Jen order crepes- delicious!

 

Since Hase and Enoshima are on the coast a little south of here, the plum blossoms were starting to bloom. Only one pink tree in the whole garden, but it was beautiful! I can't wait for Cherry Blossom season at the end of this month.

After seeing Buddah and the temple, we stopped at another small 100 yen store (I think Jen is addicted to them at this point, good think I didn't tell her there is a 5-story store not too far away!) and Dave found some new flavors of Doritos- crab dip and cheese gratin. What?! Yeah, they weren't bad, a little weird though. We had a picnic on the steps along the beach and enjoyed the view before we got too cold! We also made a stop at a cute little old-fashioned pachinko parlor. Pretty much like a penny arcade.

We headed home in the early evening and for dinner we went to Gyoza house. A Smith family favorite. We were hoping Glenn would be home on Sunday night, but his flight got canceled out of LAX due to maintenance so we wouldn't get to see him, bummer. We brought him home so gyoza though!

A relaxing, but fun-filled day!