Melba was in the market for some trinkets to send home to friends and family. Last weekend at the tourist traps around Mount Fuji we had come across an almost limitless selection of inexpensive little Japanese collectables. After arriving home she realized she should have purchased more. This afternoon we walked through the maze of shops in downtown Yokosuka to see if perhaps we could find one that stocked souvenir-type items. We barely scratched the surface. There are so many shops.
She didn't find what she was looking for on this outing, but we did come across lots of places to satisfy any appetite on the planet. If it's one thing that the Japanese have in Yokosuka it is a choice of almost any foods; American, Japanese, or you name it. We zeroed in on the sweet stuff.
Here's a rundown on what one can see downtown. There are Italian restaurants, Korean barbecue, a children's bookstore, men's and women's clothing, travel agencies, a train station, currency exchange machines, bakeries, optical shops, sandwich shops of all description, Chinese food, jewelry stores, arts and crafts supplies, framing stores, stationary shops, cell phone outlets, sushi bars, a French bakery, a bank, a nothing-but-noodles restaurant, bars, burger joints, fruit and vegetable vendors, nail salons, hair salons, a drug store, three McDonald's inside a quarter mile, and much much more. We couldn't find a place that sold little Japanese knick-knack collectables.
