Fukushuen Garden - Feb 16 2009

Last Monday Danny and I had to drive down to Naha to take some friends to the airport. On the way back we decided to stop at the treehouse resteraunt for Lunch. Every time we drive down to Naha for some reason we pass the resteraunt and say "We should go there one day!" Well, we finally did. It was worth the experience, but the food wasn't great so we won't be going back. It's neat looking, a resteraunt sitting in a tree, basically. You take an elevator up to the resteraunt, and as soon as the doors open there is a hostess waiting to seat you. There aren't very many choices on the menu, but we each found something new to try. While waiting for our food Danny snapped portrait photos of me that turned out looking pretty, even though I wasn't feeling that way, so I decided to put one up here. I'm so vane, I know.

After lunch, as suggested by some friends, we stopped at the Fukushuen gardens. This garden is dedicated to showing Chinese architecture and landscaping tecniques here on Okinawa. The best part: It's Free! It was so cool to see all of the interesting structures and statues, along with some weird looking flowers and a whole lot of bamboo. It was fun, even though it was a cloudy dreary day, we still enjoyed seeing the sights. We spent probably two hours roaming around the garden, even though it really isn't very big. We plan to go back on a Sunny day, because there is no beauty in a garden quite like on a sunny day. There was a waterfall that you could walk behind, and a funny statue Danny tried to mimmic. To see all of our photos, view our flickr account. (click)

On the way home, there was so much traffic that we decided to stop at a McDonalds drive through for icecream and french fries. Something about the French Fries here on Okinawa is just so wonderful. The Japanese do McDonalds a better service than the USA does, that's for sure. You wouldn't catch me sitting at a McDonalds in the states, but every once in a wild blue moon, I let Danny take me to McD's.