When Joe and I first got here, we stayed in the Westpac Lodge for about 10 days.
It was a tiny little place, but we still had a view of the ocean... erm, strike that, the East China Sea.
The Westpac is located on Camp Foster (where Joe has started working). It's a pretty large base, with everything from Commissary (grocery store), PX (like a big Wal-Mart/Mall/Macy's), Movie Theatre, Performing Arts Hall, Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Popeye's, Scuba Gear, Pizza Hut, housing (apartments and duplexes), Gas Station, not to mention all of the other more traditionally though of military items (service men, large trucks, hummers, etc).
Our sponsor, Meg, was very helpful in getting us set up. Here's a view from their off-base apartment, located in Chatan Town (if you look on an Okinawa Map, it's on the East China Sea part of the island: find 58, then it's between 23 and 24.
She and her husband Chris have a good view of the Naval Hospital at Camp Lester....
And parts of Camp Foster...
On a side note, the Japanese don't really label their roads so well. I mean, all the big ones have a number. But, all of the side roads do not. I'll have to post a picture of a local map sometime. Needless to say, when I drive around, I try to stick to the few main roads I know really well!
I'm not sure who took these photos, but I think it was Joe when we were going on our off-base house hunt. This is what the "city" looks like around the base
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