Snakes sake at shoppette

Can't believe shoppette sells this sake! Snake sake is known for boosting guys love making skills and strengthen the power. That's what korean people say about snake sake, same logic is applied to ginseng sake (usually they make it with soju in korea). There's no scientific evidence based on this though.

Donkasu(fried pork cutlets) -Tonki

This amazing pork cutlet place is near the main gate. I ordered pork Cutlets ($12), the meat was still very moist after being deep fried. there was no sauce for this but wasabi was provided. scoop few spoons of wasabi and deep the sauce slightly, It was actually very good. there was menu in English at the entrance of the restaurant but no English menu or pictures on the me menu at the store. It was straight Japaneses word. I understood the factor that the place is owned by grand father and grand mother, you can use English menu on the entrance if you need. 

fried chicken cutlet($9) is provided with sauce. - just not the pork one.

TBD, Misawa-shi, Aomori, Japan 96319

0176-66-0000

Direction 

1. off from the main gate. - limited parking space and you need to make all the way around since the place is at the one way road, it's better leave your vehicle at the visitor center right off from the base and walk)

2. make a right turn at the american park (where that sky plaza is at)

3. keep go straight and then cross the street at the convenience store or somewhere near there

4. make a left turn between 'Workaholic' and 'lightening key store'

5. Pass cheese roll place then you can see TONKI sign 

second Starbucks trip to hachinohe

this is the way how to get to the one and only Starbucks near misawa ab.

1. take the highway to hachinohe (200yen for getting into the toll road, and pay 150 yen more when you get to hachinohe.

2. exit at hachinohe kita IC and make a right turn at the end of the road 

3. keep take on route 45 and keep go straight. 

4. when there's a only left or right turn (the road facing SEGA world), you make a right turn. 

5. keep go straight and take middle lane when there're 3 lane and keep go straight.

you will see central pachinko on the right side then you make a right turn at first big road (before yellow signed restaurant)

6. keep go straight until you see the bridge and make left turn there. 

(make a left turn before the bridge)

7. you will see public hospital (big hotel looking old hospital) and you will see Starbucks on your left

this is the best way I found how to get there. 

I haven't taken non toll road. 700 yen for toll road seems not too much for how much time i can save and the traffic i can skip. let me know if you know the different way.

uniqlo in hachinohe (near misawa ab)

you might realized how expensive clothes in japan at shimoda mall. 3000 yen for home wear seemed pretty expensive for me. so if you're looking for good t-shirts at reasonable price, this place might be helpful. I found uniqlo at symphony plaza in hachinohe. it's right next to the port of hachinohe. you can see the boats and ships around here. It's near viking (all you can eat buffet). If you have smartphone with you, get off at the hachinohe kita IC and look up Uniqlo. It will lead you to this place. 

Or check the link on the bottom.

For the detailed direction : Uniqlo map and details

Man or woman T shirts are 750 yen to 1000 yen

colorful shorts and woman jeans are available.

I bought ultra stretch jeans. it's the best jeans that i ever got.. the original price is about 3900 yen. discounted item was 1200 yen for pair of jeans.

viking_all you can eat buffet

This is all you can eat buffet in Hachinohe. they have small grill so you can bring beef, pork and chicken as much as you want and grill it at your table. the heat measuring switch is on the outside bottom of the table. drinks cost 200yen per each person. there're fanta, coke, and grapes/melon drink too. Japanese people sometimes mix fanta(apple)and coke together. It made me pretty surprised how they drink soda.. anyways, It was pretty good.  

price for weekday : 1050 per person (90 minutes) - drinks 200 yen per each person. the lady asks if you want a drink. If yes, she brings a small cup for drink and you use that cup over times.

price for weekdays : 1380 yen per person (90 minutes)

Starbucks near misawa

It was pretty hard to find this place at first. we needed to use our phone navigation to get here. this Starbucks is located right next to the public hospital in hachinohe. the price was reasonable and coffee was pretty good. I was so happy to find Starbucks near misawa. 

random hachinohe local festival

Random pictures from Hachinohe festival. This was at central hachinohe where there has a theater and some shopping centers. Churo in Japan is chuaritos. they put sugar when they receive the order. This small thin churo was 2 dollars and something..