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Yokota Airmen participate in Tanabata Festival

Yokota Airmen participate in Tanabata Festival

Members from Yokota Air Base carry the 374th Airlift Wing’s official mikoshi during a Tanabata festival, Aug. 2, 2019, at Fussa City, Japan. Yokota Airmen have attended the festival since 1958 and have participated in carrying a mikoshi since 1975. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juan Torres)

Yokota Airmen participate in Tanabata Festival

A Tanabata festivalgoer leads the 374th Airlift Wing’s official mikoshi, Aug. 2, 2019, at Fussa City, Japan. Yokota Airmen have attended the festival since 1958 and have participated in carrying a mikoshi since 1975. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juan Torres)

Yokota Airmen participate in Tanabata Festival

Members from Yokota Air Base carry the 374th Airlift Wing’s official mikoshi during a Tanabata festival, Aug. 2, 2019, at Fussa City, Japan. Yokota Airmen have attended the festival since 1958 and have participated in carrying a mikoshi since 1975. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juan Torres)

Yokota Airmen participate in Tanabata Festival

Members from Yokota Air Base carry the 374th Airlift Wing’s official mikoshi during a Tanabata festival, Aug. 2, 2019, at Fussa City, Japan. Yokota Airmen have attended the festival since 1958 and have participated in carrying a mikoshi since 1975. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juan Torres)

Yokota Airmen participate in Tanabata Festival

Performers participate in Fussa City’s Tanabata festival, Aug. 2, 2019, Japan. The festival gives Yokota Air Base Airmen an opportunity to meet and build friendships with the local community while experiencing Japanese culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juan Torres)

Yokota Airmen participate in Tanabata Festival

Performers participate in Fussa City’s Tanabata festival, Aug. 2, 2019, Japan. The festival gives Yokota Air Base Airmen an opportunity to meet and build friendships with the local community while experiencing Japanese culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juan Torres)

Yokota Airmen participate in Tanabata Festival

Members from Yokota Air Base carry the 374th Airlift Wing’s official mikoshi during a Tanabata festival, Aug. 2, 2019, at Fussa City, Japan. The festival gives Yokota Air Base Airmen an opportunity to meet and build friendships with the local community while experiencing Japanese culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juan Torres)

Yokota Airmen participate in Tanabata Festival

The Air Force Band of the Pacific performs at Fussa City Hall during the Fussa Tanabata Festival in Fussa, Japan, August 3, 2019. As is the spirit of the festival, the Band of the Pacific has continued to perform its music for the local community, using its music as a platform to build friendships, and strengthen the partnership between not only our host nation, but our neighbors right outside of the gate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brieana E. Bolfing)

Yokota Airmen participate in Tanabata Festival

Staff Sgt. David Wuchter, United States Air Force Band of the Pacific trumpeter, shakes hands with a woman at Fussa City Hall during the Fussa Tanabata Festival in Fussa, Japan, August 3, 2019. The festival gave the members of Team Yokota the opportunity to adventure into the local community to experience Japanese culture and build friendships with Yokota’s closest neighbors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brieana E. Bolfing)

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