Aviation Museum

Not to jump on the stereotype bandwagon, but the Japanese love science.  I know, right?  Like who couldn't figure that one out.  But, they love science SO MUCH, that in every city we've traveled to so far, they've always had a Science Museum set up which is really like an enormous science lab for kids to play with all these giant toys and learn something about science too.  Needless to say, these spots generally become our favorite spots to visit, and (let's be honest) it kind of helps me work out my inner MacGyver.  Fortunately for us, Misawa boasts its own science museum, and it's a stone's throw away from the runway, so it is also an "aviation" museum that sports a bunch of static displays of jets like an F-16 (duh) and even a P-3.  Katie, understandably, goes ape whenever we go to this place.