Leaders from the 374th Airlift Wing and the 5th Air Force participated in a Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) New Year’s Reception hosted by their Operations Support Wing (OSW) in Tachikawa, Japan, on Jan. 21, 2023.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer prices rose 6.5% last year. As the cost-of-living increases, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is prioritizing savings for Soldiers and their families with everyday military-exclusive pricing and tax-free savings.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer prices rose 6.5% last year. As the cost-of-living increases, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is prioritizing savings for Airmen, Guardians and their families with everyday military-exclusive pricing and tax-free savings.
Participants from Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Sasebo City Hall bowl during the Sasebo New Year’s Friendship Bowling Tournament at Paradise Bowl in Sasebo, Japan Jan. 17, 2023.
In Japan, every New Year we eat a variety of foods which form part of the Osechi Ryori (or New Year’s foods) meant to bring us good luck, health and happiness.
During the holiday season in Japan, you will see KFCs filled on Christmas Day, while on New Year’s Eve, you will hear bells from temples heralding the arrival of the new year.
In Japan, there are thousands of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples located throughout the nation, and we Japanese often visit them to purify ourselves on various occasions, such as birth, marriage, traditional 7-5-3 celebrations or during Oshogatsu New Year Days.
As Japan starts to enter the holiday season, you’ll notice many of the country’s parks buildings and gardens are set ablaze with brilliant and elaborate illumination displays to help ring in the holiday spirit.
The travel mug’s worth of coffee I’d consumed that morning hit my bladder with the force of a runaway train, making me squirm in the commissary checkout line.
