Story by Yoshie Makiyama | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 05.01.2023
The 20th Urasoe Tedako Walk was held on Feb. 11-12, 2023, for the first time in three years. The event is one of the largest of its kind in Okinawa, and not only to promote physical fitness but also to utilize the history and culture of Urasoe to bring people together from within the community. Two of the courses participants can choose are the routes in which walkers can pass through Camp......
Photo by Yoshie Makiyama | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 02.11.2023
Col. Andre M. Ingram, Camp Kinser commander, right in orange, and Urasoe Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto, left in cap, wave goodbye to a group of student from Kamimori Junior High School....
Photo by Yoshie Makiyama | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 02.11.2023
Urasoe Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto, right, talk to the girls from Kamimori Junior High School who were taking a break and having lunch on the grass area during the Tedako walk....
Photo by Yoshie Makiyama | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 02.11.2023
Urasoe Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto, center in cap, talk to a small child, who takes a break with his parents, while participating in the Tedako walk....
Photo by Yoshie Makiyama | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 02.11.2023
Mayor of Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, and his staff listen to the explanations at the Kinser Battle of Okinawa Historical Display before they participate in the Tedako walk....
Photo by Yoshie Makiyama | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 02.11.2023
People from Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, who visit Okinawa with their Mayor, listen to the explanations at the Kinser Battle of Okinawa Historical Display before they participate in the Tedako walk....
Photo by Yoshie Makiyama | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 02.11.2023
From right, Ingram, Mayor Matusmoto of Urasoe City, Mayor Hisaaki Suzuki, visiting Okinawa from sister city Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, listen to the explanations at the Kinser Battle of Okinawa Historical Display before they participate in the Tedako walk....
Photo by Yoshie Makiyama | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 02.11.2023
A group of students from the second year of Urasoe City Kamimori Junior High School take a photo with a Marine volunteer during Tedako Walk....
