American Village

The view that we look at all day long from our front porch (if you look past the ugly base housing) is over American Village, the ferris wheel and then to the ocean.  Yes, it's actually called "American Village", that's not just a made up name by the Americans.  I guess it's supposed to be "American" type stores, but they are invariably Japanese. 

Apparently in all the time Grammie has spent on island, we've never taken her to American Village, so today we went.  Except it started to rain the minute we stepped out the door, so it wasn't the best American Village experience, but she got the jist.  The plan was to look around the shops and then go on the ferris wheel, but the rain changed that.  Maybe we'll try the ferris wheel tomorrow after school?

Still, it was fun to see the Japanese shops, including my favorite Makeman where we bought seeds and vegetable plants for a garden (wonder how long those will last???), ate some yogurt (see Yogurtland post), and experienced other Japanese culture like this car in the parking lot...

And this sign at the smallest spa you've ever seen.  Hmmm... shoulder and back massage or corn removal???  Which should I try?