I remember the first time I walked into my high school. It seemed like the biggest building I’d ever occupied. And then I went to college, and UT’s 40 acres seemed entirely impossible to navigate. Yet, those milestones seem so diminutive in retrospect. Now, here I am at Yokota Air Base – another campus I must learn to circumvent. Between the strict military installation rules and driving on the left side of the road, though, I have a much bigger learning curve ahead of me.

Below are some photos of our time in Fussa thus far. Naturally, there are a lot of food pictures, but you’ll also find some fun things interspersed among them.

Ramen from Fukumi

At Fukumi, you have to order froma vending machine

Fukumi’s ordering system

Fukumi

Truck-stop ramen

Truck-stop ramen

Gyoza at Truck-stop ramen

Truck-stop ramen

Gyūdon at Truck-stop ramen

Ramen and fried rice

Truck-stop ramen

Tony’s Tonkatsu

Complimentary dessert at Tony’s

Tony’s Tonkatsu

Tony’s Tonkatsu

I love Japan’s Starbucks!

Yokota in the summer

Friends, we meet again.

Clint cooks in our hotel room at the Kanto

Mmmm. Clint’s cooking

First trip to Sukiya – the “Taco Bell of Japan”

Sushiro with Angelo-san

Sushiro

Desserts at Sushiro

My wallet was having an identity crisis

Lemon tree on Yokota Air Base

Palm trees on Yokota Air Base

Local park shenanigans

Local park shenanigans

Blue Seal Ice Cream love