Back in early October, my cousin Christine and my niece Vinky were here in Japan so we got the chance to spend a few days together in the local area. First on the list was to take them to the best chu-hi bar in all of Yokosuka for some melon flavored chu-hi's...
Then we had some dinner at a Japanese Izakaya
Then the following day we took them to the famous Buddha statue in Kamakura (a must see!)
And off to Yokohama where it was a beautiful autumn day...
We went to one of the local malls and discovered that they have a Lenard's bakery serving fresh malasadas; we had to stop by a grab a box of course...
After our delicious snack it was off to the Yokohama Oktoberfest. This was the first time Bern and I had ever been to an actual Oktoberfest celebration and we were not disappointed. With so much good food & the number of German beers to choose from, we had a blast to say the least.
The German style band went into the crowd to pick volunteers to help them play the song Edwelweiss from the Sound of Music on cowbells; and what do you know they picked Vinky to go up on stage...
And no trip to Yokohama would be complete without a trip down to Chinatown. My cousin Christine is also part Chinese so it was definitely on her things to do list here in Japan.
While there, both her and Vinky enjoyed a Dr. Fish session to end the night...
Even though the their time here in Yokosuka was short, it was just so nice to see them again. We always have a lot of laughs everytime we see each other at family gatherings and look forward to seeing them again soon.
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