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    M. C. Perry hosts mikan-giving exchange [Image 3 of 3]

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    A Japanese tea ceremony is taking place in a traditional tatami room. An elderly Western man with white hair and a mustache is offering a chawan (tea bowl) containing matcha to a young child in an orange shirt. Several observers, including two Japanese men in formal business attire, are seated on the tatami mats watching the exchange.

    IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN

    02.05.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Kenneth Trotter Jr. 

    Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni

    Donald Mokelke, who is a Matthew C. Perry Elementary School art teacher and tea ceremony master, presents Austin R. Pippen, a third grade M.C. Perry student, 9, with green tea during the closing portion of a mikan-giving ceremony at M.C. Perry Elementary school here, Feb. 5, 2013. Several members of the local Iwakuni community were on hand to present the mikans to the school, including Iwakuni Mayor Yoshikiko Fukuda.

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    Date Taken: 02.05.2013
    Date Posted: 03.07.2013 02:13
    Photo ID: 880930
    VIRIN: 130205-M-XR064-085
    Resolution: 3168x4752
    Size: 8.45 MB
    Location: IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP
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    A school assembly is taking place in an auditorium with a stage featuring Japanese dignitaries wearing teal/turquoise ceremonial jackets alongside students and staff. A banner on stage reads '山口大島みかん' (Yamaguchi Oshima Mikan/Mandarin Oranges) with boxes of the fruit visible behind it. A large group of elementary school children is seated on the floor facing the stage, while a man speaks at a podium.
    Two ceramic bowls containing bright green matcha powder are placed side by side on a white cloth or towel. The left bowl has a matte gray-beige glaze, while the right bowl features a glossy black interior glaze with a pedestal base. Both bowls appear to be traditional Japanese chawan (tea bowls) prepared for a matcha tea ceremony.
    A Japanese tea ceremony is taking place in a traditional tatami room. An elderly Western man with white hair and a mustache is offering a chawan (tea bowl) containing matcha to a young child in an orange shirt. Several observers, including two Japanese men in formal business attire, are seated on the tatami mats watching the exchange.

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