Kate’s Quests

DJ has the week off and I went through some websites to find us something to do. I found an Oktoberfest going on in Yokohama so we wandered on down to find it. All I knew was that it was close to the Ferris Wheel in MM21. So..once we got there I found some Americans wandering around and asked them if they knew where it was. Luckily they did and half way there (and about 30 seconds after the found out DJ was in the Navy) they ditched us. “Uh…we’re going to go buy some beer before we go to the festival,” they shouted while backing up and quickly running into the mall that we had just happened upon. DJ and I just shook our heads and and continued on. Until, of course, I spilled my coffee all down the front of my shirt. Luckily it hadn’t happened before the little hippies ditched us, because we really would have made an even bigger impression. So we wandered into the mall too, to find me a new shirt. I got a sweater and 20 minutes later we were strolling into the Oktoberfest.

It cost 200 yen to get in (about $1.70) and we immediately were confronted with this.
I wish I had gotten video, but it’s a Japanese band singing a Garth Brooks song on stage at the Oktoberfest. Now, nothing says Oktoberfest to me like that. We made our way over to the beer station and got a beer. A $15 beer. I think that had to be the most expensive beer I have ever drank in my entire life. But, this is Japan. So, DJ and I split it and after smelling the sauerkraut (not my favorite to say the least) and walking around the building we left. I have to mention that there were a ton of tables outside as well, but it had started raining while we were there and everyone came rushing inside. That was our cue to leave and after we finished our beer we headed out. We spent the rest of the day in Yokohama, but nothing really compared to the Oktoberfest. You just can’t get more Japanese than that. I loved watching people eat sauerkraut and sausage with chopsticks. That and they also had noodles and sushi for sale. Because really…nothing says Oktoberfest like sushi and a Japanese Garth Brooks.