Japanese, Americans build relationships in a unique way [Image 4 of 5]

IWAKUNI CITY, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN

09.15.2017

Photo by Cpl. Carlos Jimenez 

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni

Aaron Rupp, center, a Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident, and Mikie Watanabe, right, the Cultural Adaptation program specialist, help build a replica of the Kintaikyo bridge alongside Japanese locals during a Cultural Adaptation trip in Iwakuni City, Japan, Sept. 15, 2017. Station residents were taken to a hangar filled with wooden parts from Japanese Hinoki and Keyaki trees, the kind used to build the Kintaikyo Bridge, where they worked to create a model replica one-fifth the size of the bridge. The building of the bridge became symbolic for the cooperative, friendly nature between America and Japan, consistently working together in civilian and military environments to achieve mutually-beneficial goals. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carlos Jimenez)

• Date Taken: 09.15.2017
• Date Posted: 09.24.2017 18:32
• Photo ID: 3803266
• VIRIN: 170915-M-ON849-0105
• Resolution: 4955x3549
• Size: 10.58 MB
• Location: IWAKUNI CITY, YAMAGUCHI, JP