Kurihama Flower Park

Yokosuka Spouses Facebook page is my friend. I love it. Its my favorite go to for anything Japan related that I need. If you have a question about pretty much anything, there is a spouse logged into Facebook somewhere local that can help guide you and give you advice in a "been there, done that" sort a way. Today, I had no intentions of leaving my house. We have a big day planned tomorrow going back to school shopping and today was my "chill day". Cause you know I have to "label" them being unemployed and all. Haha :)

While catching up on the new episode of The Fosters (thank you, Caitlin Will) and nursing a mild hangover (Thank you, Gabrielle) I did my usual scrolling of Facebook and saw a post from a spouse looking for a Godzilla. I yelled up to Ava if she was interested in seeing a GIANT statute of him and after asking "who" he was she threw on clothes just to get out of the house. She loves bike rides around the base and wanted to take a train ride somewhere, ANYWHERE.

The train systems in Japan still really confuse me. Im glad that another train comes along like every ten minutes because I always need to verify and reverify that we're on the right line going in the right direction and even get off just in case, then get back on. Its annoying! I hope I get better soon. Biking is my only transportation now because the public transportation is so good. My thighs are appreciating the walking and biking, but my inner fat kid is so over it! I have to figure out the dang trains!

We got on a Train and Chuo station and set out with our google maps, screen shots of the spouses page where the directions were and apps for connecting trains. I wanted to make absolutely sure we didn't get lost!

I recently bought a portable cell phone charger off Amazon and it might have been my best purchase ever. Its comforting to know that even with as much data as I use trying to get to where Im going my phone will survive until I get home.

The park itself looks amazing in photos I found, but being late in the summer, not much was in bloom. We still had a great time exploring and I was super proud that we found our way there without having to ask anyone on the streets. Well, just a few people ;)

Ava modeling in front of a Shrine. I ask for a smile and she poses every time.

Weirdest slide ever. 

HUGE Godzilla! I can get the rest of the pics off my camera that really detail how large he is. There's a slide in his behind that Ava thought was just hysterical.