Friendship Festival draws more than 170,000

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 170,000 people attended the 2009 Yokota Air Base Japanese-American Friendship Festival Aug. 22-23. In addition to static displays and live music, the festival offered a variety of American and Japanese food items. The festival is designed to bolster the bi-lateral relationship shared by the United States and Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

Friendship Festival draws more than 170,000

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Daniel Morrissey, 459th Airlift Squadron, poses for a photo with a Japanese child at a UH-1 Huey static display Aug. 23 during the two-day Yokota Air Base Japanese-American Friendship Festival. More than 170,000 people attended the festival. In addition to static displays and live music, the festival offered a variety of American and Japanese food items. The festival is designed to bolster the bi-lateral relationship shared by the United States and Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

Friendship Festival draws more than 170,000

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 170,000 people attended the 2009 Yokota Air Base Japanese-American Friendship Festival Aug. 22-23. In addition to static displays and live music, the festival offered a variety of American and Japanese food items. The festival is designed to bolster the bi-lateral relationship shared by the United States and Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

Friendship Festival draws more than 170,000

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Francis Lapinig, 374th Security Forces Squadron, stands guard in front of an F-22 Raptor from the 94th Fighter Squadron "Hat in the Ring Gang" at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Aug 23 during the 2009 Yokota Air Base Japanese-American Friendship Festival. More than 170,000 people attended the festival designed to bolster the bi-lateral relationship shared by the United States and Japan. In addition to static displays and live music, the festival offered a variety of American and Japanese food items. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

Friendship Festival draws more than 170,000

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 170,000 people attended the two-day 2009 Yokota Air Base Japanese-American Friendship Festival Aug. 22-23. The main attraction was two F-22 Raptors from the 94th Fighter Squadron "Hat in the Ring Gang" at Langley Air Force Base, Va. In addition to static displays and live music, the festival offered a variety of American and Japanese food items. The festival is designed to bolster the bi-lateral relationship shared by the United States and Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

Friendship Festival draws more than 170,000

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yashihito Noritake, a participant in the 6th AnnualYokota Air Base Strongman Challenge, competes in the farmer's walk event Aug. 23 during the 2009 Yokota Air Base Japanese-American Friendship Festival. More than 170,000 people attended the two-day event. In addition to static displays and live music, the festival offered a variety of American and Japanese food items. The festival is designed to bolster the bi-lateral relationship shared by the United States and Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Sean Martin)