Air station residents experience Kumano Brush Festival

Joannabella Smith, a Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident, practices her calligraphy at the Kumano Brush Festival in Kumano, Japan, Sept. 22, 2016. Air station residents traveled to Kumano with the Cultural Adaptation Program for the Kumano Brush Festival, where they were given an opportunity to participate in a calligraphy competition with the Japanese locals. After attending the festival the residents visited the Fudenosato Kobo Museum where they learned how calligraphy equipment is made. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Abrego)

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Air station residents experience Kumano Brush Festival

Sep 25, 2016

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Joannabella Smith, a Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident, practices her calligraphy at the Kumano Brush Festival in Kumano, Japan, Sept. 22, 2016. Air station residents traveled to Kumano with the Cultural Adaptation Program for the Kumano Brush Festival, where they were given an opportunity to participate in a calligraphy competition with the Japanese locals. After attending the festival the residents visited the Fudenosato Kobo Museum where they learned how calligraphy equipment is made. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Abrego)

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