Photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 01.11.2020
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Japanese residents, students, and leaders take part in kakizome, at Waki Elementary School, Waki Town, Japan, Jan. 11, 2019. Kakizome is the first calligraphy writing of the year that sets the writers goals for the New Year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 01.11.2020
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Japanese residents, students, and leaders take part in kakizome, at Waki Elementary School, Waki Town, Japan, Jan. 11, 2019. Kakizome is the first calligraphy writing of the year that sets the writers goals for the New Year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 01.11.2020
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Japanese residents, students, and leaders take part in kakizome, at Waki Elementary School, Waki Town, Japan, Jan. 11, 2019. Kakizome is the first calligraphy writing of the year that sets the writers goals for the New Year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 01.11.2020
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Japanese residents, students, and leaders take part in kakizome, at Waki Elementary School, Waki Town, Japan, Jan. 11, 2019. Kakizome is the first calligraphy writing of the year that sets the writers goals for the New Year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 01.11.2020
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Japanese residents, students, and leaders take part in kakizome, at Waki Elementary School, Waki Town, Japan, Jan. 11, 2019. Kakizome is the first calligraphy writing of the year that sets the writers goals for the New Year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 01.11.2020
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Japanese residents, students, and leaders take part in kakizome, at Waki Elementary School, Waki Town, Japan, Jan. 11, 2019. Kakizome is the first calligraphy writing of the year that sets the writers goals for the New Year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai)...
Photo by Winifred Brown | U.S. Army Garrison - Japan | 11.26.2019
Ken Ishida, a shodo instructor at the Camp Zama Arts and Crafts Center, demonstrates the traditional Japanese art form at the center Nov. 27, 2019....
Photo by Patrick Bray | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 04.26.2018
Students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center who are studying Chinese can also practice calligraphy as an extracurricular activity. As one of the oldest written scripts in the world, Chinese characters remain in use today. Calligraphy, which is thousands of years old, is still widely taught and practiced, opening a window for students to be more exposed to Chinese......
