MCAS Iwakuni residents celebrate military children
April 13, 2016 — Residents of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and Japanese nationals from Atago Kodomo-Kai, Mount Atago, participated in the 13th annual Month of the Military Child festival at MCAS Iwakuni April 9, 2016.The month of April honors and recognizes military children for the struggles they overcome such as frequent moves, school changes and MORE
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Marines bear samurai armor, partake in historical tradition
November 22, 2015 — Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, participated in the Kuragake Castle Festival in Kuga, Iwakuni, Nov. 22, 2015.The local festival honors the Kuga samurai who urged their castle lord to take a last stand against a much larger enemy force.“As Marines, we have an opportunity to be part of what Iwakuni has to offer,” said Lance Cpl. MORE
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SAC celebrates Girls’ Day in Shunan City
March 7, 2015 — Shunan International Children’s Club invited School Age Care aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, to celebrate the Hina Doll Festival at the Shinnanyo Fureai Center in Shunan City, supported by Shunan City and Hikari City, March 7, 2015.The Hina Doll Festival, or Hinamatsuri, is a day in Japan when parents celebrate their daughters’ MORE
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More than enough candy to go around; Japanese partake in Halloween Festival
October 31, 2013 — As the temperature begins to drop and leaves change color and fall, station residents of all sizes begin to prepare for Halloween, not just for the children aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, but for the many Japanese guests coming aboard station for the Halloween Festival Oct. 31, 2013.Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 hosted a haunted MORE
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force rocks open house
September 23, 2010 — A record setting 5,100 Iwakuni community members flocked to the 37th annual Japan Maritime Self- Defense Force Iwakuni base festival here Sunday. The JMSDF Iwakuni festival commemorated the 50th anniversary of the U.S.-Japan Security treaty and celebrated the 37th anniversary of the force’s command on the station with a host of entertainment for MORE
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M.C. Perry Fall Festival: Children learn safety through fun, games
October 22, 2009 — With October being Crime Prevention Month, it’s no surprise that the main theme of the annual 2009 Matthew C. Perry Fall Festival here was safety through fun.Children and their families swarmed the M.C. Perry soccer field Oct. 16, running from booth to booth and socializing.“(The purpose of the event) was to provide a fun-filled, inexpensive, MORE
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Month of the Military Child Festival
April 17, 2009 — Marine Corps Community Services’ Youth and Teens department held its 7th annual Month of the Military Child festival here April 13. The event kicked off with an Easter egg hunt with more than 5,000 eggs. Almost 1,000 people, including nearly 500 children from on and off station are attended both events. “Every day is kid’s day,” said Eugene Clark, MORE
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