Japan

While I was in the military I went to two places the Philippians, and Japan. I don't have much to say about the Philippians because its not great and we only had some areas we could go which pretended to be america with people on every street corner trying to sell you crap. Japan on the other hand has so many things I can talk about so I will highlight a few spots. I was lucky to go to Tokyo on my last mission it was a very rare occurrence for my command.

It was a amazing to be able to visit and see such a different culture. The first thing you may notice is that everything is compacted to fill as much space as possible. when you are down on the street you are surrounded by building and noise but it never seems to loud you can't enjoy the surroundings.

This was about a 20 minute train ride from Tokyo called Kamakura. This area is the more religious part of Tokyo for Shinto shrines such at the picture above but also for the Giant Buddha which is the picture below. These places were full of people going to see the amazing architecture but also people going to pray at the shrines. Japan is an amazing place and I have been to Sasebo, Okinawa, Naha, Yokuska, and Tokyo. I want to see so much more of it such as Kyoto. I cannot wait to go back for vacation and not just a port visit for work!