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A child with the Shunan City Children’s International Performance Group performs a dance at Matthew C. Perry High School on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 11, 2019. The event is held on the Japanese national holiday, ‘Kenkoku Kinen no Hi,’ or National Foundation Day. Read more

Anne Logan, a Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident, carries a lotus root during a cultural lotus root trip hosted by the Cultural Adaptation Program (CAP) in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 5, 2019. Station residents took a trip to a local market and lotus root field with the CAP in order to learn about the lotus root grown in Iwakuni. Read more

U.S. service members from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and local Japanese residents ski and snowboard at Mizuho Highland Mountain and Snow Resort, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, Feb. 2, 2019. U.S. service members from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni visited the resort during weekend liberty with the Iwakuni Single Marine Program. Read more

U.S. service members and local Japanese residents pose for a photo at Kinjuen Nursing Home in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 2, 2019. The service members visited the Kinjuen and Hidamarino-ie nursing homes to experience traditional Japanese culture and strengthen bonds with their host nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stephen Campbell) Read more

Farmers from Suo-Oshima, Curtis Brown, the student representative of Matthew C. Perry and Iwakuni Elementary Schools, Yoshihiko Fukuda, mayor of Iwakuni City, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard F. Fuerst, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Sgt. Maj. Joseph Gregory, sergeant major of MCAS Iwakuni, and Dwayne Jefferson, principal of Iwakuni Elementary School pose for a photo during a mikan presentation at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 28, 2019. Read more

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Karyo High School, Shunan City Children’s International Performance Group visit MCAS Iwakuni for cultural exchange, performance
February 13, 2019

Learning the roots: station residents dig lotus roots
February 8, 2019

Service members shred Japan’s slopes during weekend liberty
February 6, 2019

MCAS Iwakuni service members visit nursing homes
February 5, 2019

Visitors from Suo-Oshima present air station students with mikans
January 29, 2019

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MCAS Iwakuni residents, local Japanese celebrate Setsubun with Mamemaki tradition (Package/Pkg)

Setsubun is recognized in Japan as the seasonal division between winter and spring. Lance Cpl. Joshua Davis joined cultural adaptation and Iwakuni residents to welcome in the warmer seasons with a festival. This video story includes soundbites from Cpl Jerica Petersen, Austin Minnesota and Naoko Kishi, public relations, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

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