Gozaimasu Okinawa; Ohaiyou Tokyo!

Good day Okinawa; Hello Tokyo!

After getting necessary things done like turning in paperwork and securing transportation, Alec quickly got lonely and bored since he doesn't really start doing legal work until Monday. So, in line with talking about doing so off and or for nearly a year, he joined the Foster Bulldogs football team, on the offensive line.

This occupies quite a bit of time since they practice from 1700 to 2000 an average of four nights a week. This week, though, that has actually been kind of inconvenient since he has had to be at the range all day, leaving the room around 0200 each morning. As such, and because I just got here, he wasn't planning to fly with rhe team up to mainland this weekend for their game at Yakota. However, they have apparently not been doing well and decided they may have need of him afterall.

So when I got a call from Wednesday night's practice asking me how would I like to go to Tokyo this weekend, ... well how could I say no?

As it turns out we didn't really see much of Tokyo, besides what we could see from inside Yokota Air Base, or out the windows of the team bus. Which was still pretty interesting:

 A Shinto shrine next to a bus stop. This is also pretty common on Okinawa.

 I have NO idea what this says except for "In  -->" ...

Typically colorful building; and there are vending machines EVERYWHERE. 

Sometimes at the end of alleys or the side of the road in the city.

 It's a reputation well-deserved.

 Distant mountains over the head of a teammate (sleeping before the game, of course!)

Our Final Destination!!

But the Navy Lodge we stayed in was very nice!!!

     

Except for the tiny bed :-p

They didn't win, but were only down 0-7 until the 4th quarter. Alec especially played a good game! We were all tired, sore or hoarse by the time we got back on the plane to head home to Okinawa.

     

At least we got to see Mt. Fuji!