The Chicken Shack!

If you ever come to visit us in Japan, we will for sure go here for dinner. This is a definite tourist location in Iwakuni and we had such a great time. Our sponsor family asked us to come along last weekend. What a beautiful and expansive place. They have many outdoor and indoor places to sit and eat and there is one restaurant that has several kitchens on the site depending on where you plan to sit. Because it was nice out, we decided to sit outside. There is plenty for the kids to do and see from feeding Koi fish to banging on large drums. This was our first experience removing our shoes and sitting at a low table. The food we got was delicious. They're known for their teriyaki chicken on a stake so we got a few of those as well as gyoza (fried potstickers) and some glorified chicken nuggets for the kids. Rylan asked for these vegetable sushi rolls that our friend got but we didn't order them this time. The food took forever to come out and from what I understand, that's very typical in Japanese restaurants. Fortunately there was plenty for the kids to do in the meantime but next time, I'll make sure we eat something beforehand so we're not too ravenous. We also need to stock up on bug spray because the mosquitos were aplenty! We ended our evening there with some vending machine ice cream.