Costco

That's right, we finally made it to Costco. The Japanese pronounce it Costoco. Not surprisingly, it looks pretty much like what you'd find in the US.


This store had great conveyor belts for us to ride with our carts.

Note Ian is covered by the ergo carrier in the picture. This was our unsuccessful attempt at trying to get him to nap in Costco.

Our main mission at Costco was to find decent wine, but I also managed to sample quite a few things. We went on a Saturday, which was definitely busy, but not as bad as you'd imagine. Japanese people have a 6 day work week, so Saturdays are typically not too bad. Sundays, however, are a different story...

This cracked me up. In one aisle, I found Calvin Kline underwear and just below there were packages of nori. (dried seaweed)

Ah, Costco...

The store is actually not too far from our house if we take the Yoko-yoko. (the Yokohama Yokosuka toll road/super highway)