The trip took at least an hour by train as there was a bus, and a couple of train changes involved. We were surprised by the number of foreigners in the area, maybe it's because there is a Costco there but I'm still not sure why there were so many. (comparatively speaking anyway).
After thinking we were traveling into the countryside we suddenly came out into quite a nice city, with malls and shops and lights etc!I even found a box of instant maple and brown sugar oatmeal at one little shop ! yay! It's been so cold here lately I'll enjoy some instant hot oatmeal for breakfast!
We found the 100 yen store , it was indeed quite large and we wandered around inside it for quite some time, bought a few things and then headed home!
A couple of days later Atsuko said she wanted to go to Costco, turns out the nearest one was in Machido so we found ourselves back in the same area. This time by car the trip only took about 25 minutes...nice! Going to Costco was just like being back in the States, same set up and at the end of the shopping there was inexpensive and delicious PIZZA!
While at Costco we found a turkey! Atsuko has a small oven and she thinks it'll fit, we'll see. If it doesn't' I'll just cut it up and roast it like that instead of roasting it whole. So Christmas dinner is on! I even found a can of cranberry sauce! yay!
Since Christmas dinner is a go, I went to our local 100 yen shop yesterday and picked up a tree which Atsuko and I decorated last night!
It was nice to do a little Christmas stuff, it's hard not to be a Christmas scrooge without the kids , so doing a little Christmas-y stuff anyway, lifts the spirits!
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