Micronesia: Lovin Japan

Even though we have been able to travel throughout many of the different countries of Asia we were always a little hesitant to travel to Japan. Included among some of the countries we have been able to Tavel to were Singapore, Thailand twice, Vietnam, parts of China, Korea, and Indonesia. It seemed that Japan was a place that may be more difficult to travel once in the country. How wrong we were.

It is a country with endless Ramen, culture, and boundless things to see and enjoy. We loved the gardens, restaurants, shops, and museums. We had not been able to travel outside of Guam for over a year and were glad that we had the opportunity to visit Japan and our friends that we served with in Chuuk. The Sturdivants moved to Chuuk to help with the preaching work and later moved to the Marshall Islands, but are now back in Japan so that their two daughters, Zia and Aea, could continue with their education. We took Aea to get her first coffee at Starbucks since she turned 16 years old while we were there. This was a promise I made many years ago when we were all in Chuuk together. On one of our trips to the outer islands of Chuuk we all mentioned something that we missed and I happened to say that I missed a White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks. Aea asked me what it was that I missed so much about it. I answered it is "deliciousness in a cup". She made me promise that I would buy her a cup one day.

Needless to say her first sip was very eventful. I wish we would have captured her expression on video. She was hooked from the first taste. We warned her not to drink too many given the calorie intake of just one 16oz cup!

There were so many more things that we enjoyed while traveling with Christy and Aaron Sutton. Awesome traveling companions. We stayed in Yokohama for most of our stay, traveled to Kyoto for a few nights and then back to Yokohama, and last few nights in Tokyo so that we could enjoy Tokyo Disney! :-)