Station residents experience Japanese culture at Festival

An actor plays the role of Susano-o, a character in the kagura performance at the Japanese American Society Culture Festival held at Matthew C. Perry’s cafeteria here, March 9, 2013. The show, called Yamata-no-Orochi, is based on a Japanese folklore of an eight-headed and eight-tailed serpent. Susano-o was a god banished from the heavens to Earth and is the protagonist in the story.

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Station residents experience Japanese culture at Festival

Apr 25, 2013

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - An actor plays the role of Susano-o, a character in the kagura performance at the Japanese American Society Culture Festival held at Matthew C. Perry’s cafeteria here, March 9, 2013. The show, called Yamata-no-Orochi, is based on a Japanese folklore of an eight-headed and eight-tailed serpent. Susano-o was a god banished from the heavens to Earth and is the protagonist in the story.

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