Ocha Kai

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Midori and Hajime Kado, brother and sister, play kotos with their instructor, Norie Suzui, on March 22, 2008. The performance was part of the Ocha Kai festival hosted by the Mokuteki Community Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)

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Ocha Kai

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Midori Kido performs a traditional Japanese fan dance on March 22, 2008. Miss Kado enterained the guests of Ocha Kai, hosted by the Mokuteki Community Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)

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Ocha Kai

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Michael B. Erb, Misawa Security Operations Center, recites his haiku on March 22, 2008 at the Mokuteki Community Center. Sergeant Erb's poem was the first place winner in the haiku contest during the Ocha Kai celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)

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Ocha Kai

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Toshi Takahashi serves food to hungry guests at the Mokuteki Community Center March 22, 2008. The food was part of the Ocha Kai celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)

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Ocha Kai

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Hungry guests line up for the buffet on March 22, 2008 at the Mokuteki Community Center. The buffet, part of the Ocha Kai celebration, introduced Americans on the base to a wide variety of traditional Japanese food. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yoshida Masahiro serves soup on March 22, 2008 during the Ocha Kai celebration at the Mokuteki Community Center. The soup was a traditional Japanese dish called "miso soup" consisting largelyy of fermented soybean paste. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)

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Ocha Kai offers taste of Japanese culture

Published April 1, 2008