Residents root for fun

Station residents from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni learn about lotus roots at Yamaguchi’s Agricultural, Forestry, Fisheries, and Stockbreeding in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 10, 2016. Iwakuni is a lotus root producer, exporting the product worldwide. With the roots comes various nutritional and health benefits such as vitamin C; dietary fiber; iron; potassium; calcium; prevention of colds, cancer and other diseases; and lowering high blood pressure.

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Residents root for fun

Feb 13, 2016

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Station residents from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni learn about lotus roots at Yamaguchi’s Agricultural, Forestry, Fisheries, and Stockbreeding in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 10, 2016. Iwakuni is a lotus root producer, exporting the product worldwide. With the roots comes various nutritional and health benefits such as vitamin C; dietary fiber; iron; potassium; calcium; prevention of colds, cancer and other diseases; and lowering high blood pressure.

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