Camp Courtney opens gates for Hijiki Festival [Image 3 of 9]

CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, JAPAN

02.20.2012

Photo by Sgt. Rebekka Heite 

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

Residents from four sub-villages on Okinawa harvest hijiki, or seaweed, off the Camp Courtney beach shoreline, Feb. 20. Camp Courtney opens its gates every year to the residents of Kunbu, Tengan, Akano, Uken and a Fisherman’s Association from Ishikawa for the Hijiki Festival. Hijiki can only be harvested from the Camp Courtney beach shoreline on Okinawa. The Hijiki Festival consists of 10 low-tide days in February and March where the sub-village residents harvest hijiki, or seaweed, from the beach’s shoreline.

• Date Taken: 02.20.2012
• Date Posted: 02.27.2012 19:18
• Photo ID: 531944
• VIRIN: 120220-M-NB885-022
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 3.89 MB
• Location: CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, JP