As Japan gets ready to enter the Golden Week holidays, Aomori Prefecture, home of Misawa AB, has finally entered cherry blossom season!

Military children who earn top grades can enjoy exclusive discounts, prizes and savings with the Misawa Exchange’s You Made the Grade program.

High school graduation is a special time, and Stars and Stripes is pleased to once again be putting together our annual Grad Tab, highlighting information on all of the Pacific DoDEA high schools and their graduating classes.

On April 12, Japan Day returned to Misawa Air Base offering the military and local communities to enjoy a cultural exchange.

Robert D. Edgren, which almost always gets a late start due to snow in northern Japan, highlights weekend events by hosting events in three sports.

Masato Hasegawa, 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron automobile repairman, maintains government vehicles with an NPL-500 Pulse Machine at Misawa Air Base.

The Misawa Exchange is reminding MILITARY STAR® cardmembers to activate their new cards as soon possible. All “old” Statue of Liberty cards will be deactivated May 1.

U.S. Air Force Col. Paul Davidson, left, 35th Fighter Wing commander, and Yoshinori Kohiyama, Misawa City mayor, cut a ribbon during the Mayor’s Room Grand Opening Ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan.

U.S. Air Force Airman Cameron DeGray, 35th Maintenance Squadron avionics flight electronic warfare systems technician, inspects an AN/ALQ-184 electronic countermeasures pod at Misawa Air Base.

A 2.5-hour drive from Misawa Air Base will take you to Cape Oma in the Shimokita Peninsula, the northernmost point of Honshu with a scenic landscape of blue ocean of the Tsugaru Strait and white silhouette of Hokkaido.