We experienced our get-go Yokota Friendship Festival, before this month, together with it was an amazing event! Every twelvemonth the base of operations opens the gates to our Japanese friends for a weekend, then they tin terminate sense the base of operations together with come across the airplanes. Being an Air Force family, nosotros possess got been to many air shows, but this i seemed dissimilar to me. It was then fun to come across the Japanese literally streaming through the gates together with excited to live there. Apparently over 150,000 Japanese attended the 2 twenty-four hours event.
There was a armed services domestic dog demonstration. Always interesting.
And lots of games, confront painting and activities for the kids.
Almost everyone on base of operations industrial plant this number inward some capacity, whether it is setting up food booths, selling merchandise, etc., it is a large undertaking. Matt had to roam the grounds every bit a medic. So, luckily nosotros were able to wander approximately amongst him for a few hours.
He was "guarding" the cart here, together with they were asked to pose for several pictures every bit well. Haha!
The Japanese Air Force also has a presence on this base.
Can't forget the character!
This is an expanse of the flying trouble that nosotros never come across because it is off limits, together with no pictures are to a greater extent than oftentimes than non allowed. So, of course, nosotros took a picture.
Then at that spot was a large display of dissimilar aircraft. Both, American together with Japanese.
You could also tour, together with possess got pictures inside, the dissimilar aircraft.
The AWACS surveillance plane.
The trouble for this i went on forever!
The Osprey was also popular.
Entering the C-130 , from the cargo door inward back.
The fighter pilot's are ever stone stars! (For my brother-in-law, Derek!)
My 2 loves on the flying line.
H5N1 sight you lot don't come across everyday at an American airshow!
They opened the hangar together with ready a phase for entertainment.
We enjoyed the hula dancers.
It was packed! Definitely standing room only.
(Side note- the Japanese become virtually everywhere amongst these plastic tarps. They are used to sit down on every bit good every bit relieve your spot at an event. Even at Disneyland, nosotros saw many tarps saving spots for the parade, together with no i messes amongst it or questions it. Genius!)
This booth was particularly popular. Beer inward a refillable, yard-long, souvenir glass. I had to smiling every fourth dimension I saw i because it reminded me then much of what you lot would come across inward Vegas. I missy that place!
There was fifty-fifty a lanyard to wearable it approximately your neck...and many did. Haha!
I guess nosotros needed somebody else for trash duty?
It was hot, humid, together with crowded! But, it was then fun to part a slice of our base, together with our province amongst our Japanese hosts! Until adjacent year....
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