On Saturday Jan 29th, Chad was not feeling well so Jamie and I went out together for the day. First off, I let Jamie pick where we were going. He picked the Bicycle Park that is in Kurihama. I must say that it was a little weird and nobody spoke any English. Neither was there English on any of the signs (and there were many signs). The cool thing is that the bicycles are there to use, free of charge. There are "streets" set up for the kids to go thruogh with mini-intersections, stoplights, yield signs, and even a fake railroad crossing. But since we didn't know any of the rules, I felt like Jamie kept getting yelled at. He went around the streets a few times and then said he was done.
As you can see, he is riding a pedal-cart because he cannot yet ride a bike without training wheels. They had bikes with training wheels, but you had to stay in the baby-circle.
After that, I let Jamie pick out the restaurant for lunch. He picked out something called Jonathan's, which looked to be something like a Japanese Denny's.
His kids meal:
Some sort of a beef patty with onions atop, soaked in a soy-based sauce. Served with 4 potato wedges alongside.
a small salad and garlic bread.
We also got this strange soda that tasted very similar to ambrosia salad. It was even somewhat foamy and was surprisingly delicious!
Not really sure what this face was for?
The squid balls:
The crepes were much yummier (but very hot):
and the ice-cream was a big hit too!
Chad must've saw this in one of the shops?
You can see the shrine up on the hill. You can also see the amount of people, which is apparently a typical Sunday crowd.
The kids thought this was funny.
Leading up to shrine there was a walking path in the middle of the street (so cars on either side) lined with trees and lanterns.
The Godzilla slide (there is one down his back).
Jamie tries out the roller slide first.
Now we'll go together!
A view of Kurihama on a hike back down the other side of the hill. This is where we took the ferry from on our first weekend here.
So hard to get this one to smile!
The total distance through the park was 2000 meters plus another 2000 meters back to the train station so we did quite the amount of walking that day!
Some sort of a beef patty with onions atop, soaked in a soy-based sauce. Served with 4 potato wedges alongside.
a small salad and garlic bread.
Shrines are part of the original Japanese religion.
Hiking up the nearby mountain.
They got lunch at Zushi station - mashed potato and various fillings coated with panko and fried.
Then they took the train home.
A good day includes at least one vending!
