Honoring Ancestors: Tradition of Shimi in Okinawa

A family performs a Shimi ceremony at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 13, 2025. For Shimi, Okinawan families offer prayers and food at their ancestral tombs in Kadena’s munitions storage area, where tombs have been since before World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luis E. Rios Calderon)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Luis E. Rios Calderon
VIRIN: 250413-F-VM929-1044.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON Z 6_2

LENS

NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S

APERTURE

45/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/60

ISO

100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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