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

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    A young Western man and a Japanese man wearing a happi coat and hachimaki headband are performing mochi-tsuki (traditional Japanese rice cake pounding) using a wooden mallet (kine) and stone mortar (usu). The activity is taking place in what appears to be a Japanese care facility or community center, with elderly residents seated in wheelchairs watching the demonstration. A masked staff member observes from the background near a sign reading '喫茶室' (tea room).

    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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    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

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