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Yokota Friendship Club presidents, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Col. Yuichi Hosokawa, Operation Support Wing commander, and U.S. Air Force Col. Richard McElhaney, 374th Airlift Wing commander, open a sake barrel during the kagami-biraki ceremony at the Joint New Year’s Party at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 31, 2026. Kagami-biraki is a ceremony performed at celebratory events in which the lid of the sake barrel is broken open by a wooden mallet, symbolizing opening the door to good fortune. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tristan Truesdell)
| Date Taken: | 06.26.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 02.09.2026 20:50 |
| Photo ID: | 9513059 |
| VIRIN: | 260130-F-BG120-1043 |
| Resolution: | 2605x1735 |
| Size: | 1.2 MB |
| Location: | YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO, JP |
| Web Views: | 1 |
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