The first thing I learned about Japan was that the summers are hot. Extremely hot and extremely humid. I learned this in August 2022 the hard way—pushing an overweight suitcase and backpack up steep hills, navigating from the vague directions on my phone. The second thing I learned is that Japan isn’t big on street signs. The third thing? It’s the perfect place to be thrown into the deep end when you are brand-new to being a military spouse. When my boyfriend (now husband) had moved to Japan