"Beyond the Gates" - Japanese Food & Fun

After being cooped up in the Navy Lodge for a few days getting over the jet-lag and a some sickness, we decided to venture off-base with our girls. We went to a Japanese mall right outside of the base gates called, "Daiei". It has a food court where we ate traditional Japanese food. Sean fed the girls "octopus balls" which aren't as bad as they sound. It actually tastes like calamari (fried dough balls fried octopus inside). We also let the girls have some yummy gelato (ice cream) afterward. Then we went to an indoor playplace that has a "balloon cage" where fans blow balloons around inside a padded area. There are also fun spinning toys, tunnels, slides and ball pits. The girls loved it and didn't want to leave. It's good to know about fun places like this that I can take the kids later when we get more settled.