Such a wonderful post!! We too were a young Navy couple in Japan..... Cooking in the "kitchen" was a very difficult experience...We were living "in town" and the kitchen, as it was, had an oven under the one eye. I quickly learned not to cook on top of the stove and in the oven at the same time. Several "overcooked meals" turned into heading down the street and finding an open place to eat. Luckily.... there were always several small "hole in the wall" stalls and the food was great.... Thanks for the memories.....

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