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The Cultural Adaptation program hosts monthly classes to educate Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents in Japanese culture and customs. Marine Corporal Lupe Campos attended the latest class which teaches participants about an art form that’s been in Japan since the 6th century.

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents traveled to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park as part of a Cultural Adaptation Program event in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, April, 26, 2019. The Cultural Adaptation Program hosted the event to allow residents an opportunity to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and meet Kikuko Shinjo, a WWII atomic bomb survivor. Shinjo uses her experience to encourage positive interaction between Americans and the Japanese and to promote peace. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Joseph Abrego)

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents traveled to Yamaguchi Flower Land and Kashinoki Sweets Factory in Yanai City, Japan, May 25, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Marcus Campbell)

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents and local Japanese volunteers participate in a Cultural Adaptation Program rice-planting event in Iwakuni City, Japan, June 10, 2017. The event is held annually in June, after the rice seeds that were sown during April and May are grown and ready to be planted. Station residents have been participating in the event for more than 10 years. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlos Jimenez)