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    Marines pound rice, ring in the New Year with local friends [Image 1 of 4]

    Marines pound rice, ring in the New Year with local friends

    KIN TOWN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    01.16.2015

    Photo by Cpl. Drew Tech 

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    A Marine, right, with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF pounds rice to make mochi Jan. 16 at Hikarigaoka Nursing Home in Okinawa, Japan. Marines, sailors and military family members with 7th Communication Battalion joined with staff and residents of the nursing home to participate in a New Year mochitsuki ceremony. The ceremony is a Japanese tradition where they pound rice with a wooden mallet to make mochi, a Japanese gel-like rice cake served as dessert. Mochi is believed to bring good health and prosperity for the New Year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drew Tech/Released)

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 01.16.2015
    Date Posted: 01.27.2015 02:31
    Photo ID: 1737058
    VIRIN: 150116-M-GX711-034
    Resolution: 2769x1846
    Size: 310.01 KB
    Location: KIN TOWN, OKINAWA, JP

    Web Views: 35
    Downloads: 3

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