2025/Sofia-

It can be sometimes hard, sometimes nice in my life. The nice part is when I can find cool stuff like stores, restaurants and malls and make new friends! It can also be hard sometimes though because when my dad has to leave for the ship it could get a bit emotional. Saying goodbye to close friends it could also get sad but on the bright side you could make a bunch more friends! There's so many cool places to go like Popmart,Coaska,Tokyo, and more.

There is also very tasty food here in Japan like ramen,sushi,cup noodles, and yakisoba. My favorite food is from the Philippines though. Sometimes it can be hard socializing in public since most workers here in Japan only speak Japanese. For example, if I am ordering from a waiter it could be hard communicating, or if I’m buying something and I’m trying to read what it says it could be hard because it's all in Japanese.

Here in Japan it is also very fun because here there are a bunch of things that other countries don't usually have like free wifi in stores,cultured food,free slippers in buildings,shrines,lucky bags,guides for blind people, and more. When my dad leaves for the ship I get sad when he leaves but when he comes back he brings back a lot of stuff from different countries around the world, I am also very happy when he comes back and sometimes we go out together once he's back. It's fun being a military child because when my dad comes back he brings back souvenirs from cool places like Thailand, Vietnam, and a bunch more.

Even though we don't travel a lot my dad does, we still have a bunch of fun here.

Next year I will be moving to the states for my dads work. Since I’ve lived in Japan my whole entire life it will be kinda scary moving somewhere else. That's what it feels like being a military child.