Welcome to Margie & Stan's Japan Adventure - our photo blog while living on MCAS Iwakuni in beautiful Yamaguchi Prefecture in Western Japan from 8/2004 to present. My photo above is the famous Kintai Bridge right here in Iwakuni. Be sure to check out Blog Archive (below left) for highlights of our travels. And leave us a comment - we'd love to hear from you! Click on photos to enlarge. **WHEN YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM OF A PAGE, CLICK "Older Posts** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We actually had a small suite. This is the other room in it.
This is the fierce samurai that was in our room. He is also wearing the yakata.
This geisha girl was waiting for me in our room. Isn't she pretty. She is wearing the yakata that comes in every room.
This is the lobby of the hotel where we stayed the night in Beppu.
Lunch with our guide Yuji.
We are on the bus headed for Beppu to visit an onsen. Actually this palce is has thousands of onsens.
Onsen souveniers
More is moved in.
A few things are in now.
Before the movers arrived #2.
Before the movers arrived.
Moving day. All our stuff was in wooden crates. The movers took the crates apart down here.
Close up of the fish
This is what she bought. It matches the fish Holly gave us.
At the antique store paying for Margie's stuff.
At the antique store we saw this very happy frog.
At the antique store we saw this very angry frog.
This one is for Bill - a police car in Iwakuni. Margie had to really misbehave to get one to come see us so we could get this picture. She will be home in about 30 days.
Anderson's is a Scandinavian bakery with wonderful breads and pasteries. Of course about half the pasteries have fish octopus or squid in them. But other than that, they are delicious.