Our First Trip to Yokohama

Nick and I went on our first outing in Japan.  We are required to take an AOB/ICR week long class as soon as we get here (Area Orientation Brief/Intercultural Relations Class).  We learn a little about the people here in Japan and what to do and not to do when out in town.  For instance, we learned you shouldn't talk on the trains, it is rude not to slurp you noodles and you shouldn't eat and drink while walking down the sidewalk. We were required to go on a trip on our own after learning about the train system so our group chose to go to Yokohama and Nick came along for the day.  We went to one of the tallest buidlings in Japan and there was a mall there - they had a Pokemon Store can you believe it and a Krispy Kream donut shop!  They also had a giant ferris wheel behind the building.  Within walking distance was China Town so we went there as well.  Yes, we moved to Japan and went to China Town our first time out.  This is a picture of Nick and I in front of a Shinto Shrine in China Town:



This is a picture of us in front of the building:

We had a really good time that day - Michael and Ally were at a summer camp that week.  We went to a Ramen shop and fortunately they had a menu that had pictures so we were able to point to what we wanted.  Nick "slurped" his noodles like a champ while a little Japanese boy sitting across from him just stared at him the entire time.  We made it back on the train after we got on the wrong one first but realized it before it left the station - good times!