40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

Shizuko Yara, a local Okinawan, prays for good health, safety and happiness in front of a tomb during the annual sacred sites visit at the Morine Bijiru Oct. 21, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. A total of 40 local Okinawans from Okinawa City visited multiple sites to clean up, pray, have a ceremonial meal and enjoy social hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)

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40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

Ceremonial meals are displayed in front of tombs during the annual sacred sites visit at the Morine Bijiru Oct. 21, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Morine was once known as the colonies of exiled samurais and later it became an independent section of Goeku Village around the Taisho to Showa era in the 1920s. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)

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40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

Local Okinawans read a plaque at the Peace Garden Memorial during the annual sacred sites visit Oct. 21, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Local Okinawans from Okinawa City visited multiple sacred sites on Kadena to clean up, pray and have a ceremonial meal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)

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40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

A local Okinawan prepares a ceremonial meal in front of a tomb at the Morine Bijiru during the annual sacred sites visit Oct. 21, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. The purpose of the visit is to give the local Okinawans an opportunity to pray for the safety, happiness and health of family members and also to show respect to their ancestors where they once lived. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)

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40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

Local Okinawans gather in front of tombs for ceremonial meals at the Morine Bijiru during the annual sacred sites visit Oct. 21, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Okinawans are often sponsored onto the base so they can visit sites of historical, religious and ancestral significance and to learn about significant pieces of history here on Kadena. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)

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40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

Published Oct. 22, 2015

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40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites

40 locals from Okinawa City visit Kadena sacred sites