Mikasa, su casa.

Wednesday, we had a few chores to do in the downtown area so we had many hours to kill. I found a couple of shirts on sale and we had lunch with J-Pop. Below is scooter, bicycle, and motorcycle parking outside of the big shopping center (which can be seen in a previous post). I think the areas can be rented.


There's also a large public park near the city hall building. It houses the famed Battleship Mikasa from the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. It ain't the Batfish! Pat tried to take Noriko to see the Batfish but it was closed. She said she also always wanted to see inside the Mikasa, but nobody would take her. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa There's the link for those interested in the ship and not Noriko's childhood regrets. She still wants to go inside the Batfish, too.



We were still in "town" by the time Noriko's parents got off work, so we ended up eating out. The top floor of a big shopping building (More's City) is full of various restaurants. The food was really good but I enjoyed the view the most. It was fun to watch the early night life down below. There is an elevated plaza above the intersection that connects two shopping centers to the Yokosuka train station. There are usually many people standing around and sometimes I see some picketers. I never know what they're picketing and Noriko always steers me clear of them.