Japanese barbers cut through time

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN

10.25.2017

Photo by Cpl. Carlos Jimenez 

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni

Chieko Murakami, left, Hisato Murakami, center, and Tomie Shigemura, barbers working at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, pose in front of the Torii Pines barber shop at the air station, Oct. 25, 2017. They are currently three of the oldest employed Japanese workers on base. Shigemura began working in 1970, and Hisato and his wife, Chieko, joined her a year later. After nearly half a century, these barbers have whizzed their clippers through the hairs of countless Marines. From the dog days of the Vietnam War to the ongoing War on Terror, they’ve buzzed their way through time at MCAS Iwakuni while watching it flourish, grow and transform in the process. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carlos Jimenez)

• Date Taken: 10.25.2017
• Date Posted: 10.24.2017 22:31
• Photo ID: 3895689
• VIRIN: 171025-M-FN622-0001
• Resolution: 4343x2896
• Size: 7.36 MB
• Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP