Pokemon Store

High on the to-visit-list for Caleb was the Pokémon Store.  Now, we are eagerly looking forward to visiting the Pokémon Center in Tokyo when we make our way up to the mainland.  For now, we wanted to check out the one and only Pokémon Store on Okinawa.  It was about a 40 minute drive to its location near Naha.  We were a bit shocked on how small the store was; however, it was still very exciting for Caleb.  He had a blast looking around.  Not as many card sleeves or cards that we were wanting to choose from.  It had a lot of stuffed animals.

The Pokémon Store is in a building with other stores.  We walked around and checked them out.  In a gourmet food store we found Habushu (alcohol with Habu snake in it).  According to Wikipedia, "The snake may be put on ice until it passes out, at which point it is gutted, bled and sewn up. When the habu is thawed and awakens, it will quickly die in an aggressive striking manner, which is what most producers look for. The manufacturer will then put the habu in an ethanol bath for a month to preserve it.  To continue the process, the habu is put in a 59% alcohol mix for 40 days and finally put in a 35% awamori mix to prepare for consumption. Removing the intestines of the snake, as in the second method, is thought to decrease the drink's particularly unpleasant smell."  I am 99% sure I will never try this beverage...

Habushu

Various sizes of Habushu to choose from

Close up view...you can see the fangs as it is in a "striking attack"

Caleb found a banana cake that he wanted to try.  He loved it!  It tastes like homemade banana bread.

This might be weird but I have been wanting to try McDonalds since I arrived here.  We decided to try it out today for lunch.  Absolutely delicious.  The sauce has a unique taste to it, nothing in the states compares to that taste.  I liked it a lot.  Plus the french-fries are made with delicious trans-fat oil...yum yum.

Love McDonalds

They do McDelivery here!

We checked out a shopping alley.  It had a lot of neat little shops in it.

While we were out and about we picked up the chair I've been wanting from Nitori.  It is sooooo comfortable.  We also selected the couch/bed that we will buy sometime in the next few months.  This will allow us to host a guest in our house. 

My new chair!  Matches our décor.

Last place we went was Don Quijote...had to show Jack and Caleb this store!  I picked up some local puzzles for me.  Also found the very popular coin bank!  Picked one up for me and one for my sister (she's been wanting one).  It's so much fun!