Col. Otis C.Jones, 374th Airlift Wing commander, his wife Nataki, Col. Jason Mills, 374th Airlift Wing vice commander, and his wife Kim pose for a photo along with members of the Ome-Yokota...
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Japanese residents, students, and leaders take part in kakizome, or, first calligraphy of the New Year at Waki Elementary School, Waki Town, Japan, Jan. 11, 2019.
Yokota leadership breaks open a sake barrel along with the Japanese Welfare Association, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Yokota Defense Office’s leaders during the JWA New Year Fest, Jan.10, 2020, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
Col. Thomas Matelski, U.S. Army Garrison Japan commander, participates in a “mochitsuki” event hosted by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force on Dec. 21, 2019, at Camp Zama, Japan.
New Year’s, or oshogatsu, is one of Japan’s most important and longest holidays. Although oshogatsu originally referred to the whole month of January, most people associate it with the first three days (sanga nichi) of the month. On these days, people go to shrines or temples, spend time with friends and relatives while drinking sake and eat...
New Year’s is Japan’s biggest and longest holiday. People take Dec. 29 through Jan. 3 off from work to celebrate the first three days of the year praying at temples and shrines for the coming year.
New Year’s is Japan’s biggest and longest holiday. People take Dec. 29 to Jan. 3 off from work to celebrate the first three days of the year praying at temples and shrines for the coming year.
Although there are many “good luck foods” for the new year in this world, the majority of locals in Okinawa have only one thing in their mind New Year’s Eve: Okinawa soba.
