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Air station residents attend Bon Odori Festival - Volunteers from the Iwakuni Shiritsu Junior High School and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents gather for a photo in Iwakuni City, Japan, Aug. 14, 2018. The volunteers attended the Bon Odori Festival at the Kinjuen Nursing Home. The festival celebrated the Japanese holiday called Obon, a Japanese Buddhist custom that honors the spirits of their ancestors from Aug. 13-16. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stephen Campbell)

Americans dance with Japanese locals to honor ancestors - Kawamura Sayoko, a Japanese local and nursing home residents, dances the Bon-Odori during the Bon-Odori festival at Kinjuen nursing home in Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 14, 2017. Cultural Adaptation coordinated the event and invited Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents to participate and celebrate the festival in the nursing home. The Obon holiday is a Japanese Buddhist custom where people honor the spirits of their ancestors. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance called the Bon-Odori. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlos Jimenez)

Hannah Walker, a native of Michigan and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni visitor, plays with a kendama toy during a visit to Kinjuen Nursing Home in Iwakuni City, Japan, July 7, 2017. The invitation to the nursing home was set up through the MCAS Iwakuni Cultural Adaptation Program to celebrate Tanabata, also known as the star festival. It gave tenants of the air station a taste of Japanese culture and friendship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Herrera) - Hannah Walker, a native of Michigan and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni visitor, plays with a kendama toy during a visit to Kinjuen Nursing Home in Iwakuni City, Japan, July 7, 2017. The invitation to the nursing home was set up through the MCAS Iwakuni Cultural Adaptation Program to celebrate Tanabata, also known as the star festival. It gave tenants of the air station a taste of Japanese culture and friendship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Herrera)