YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 12, 2024) Japanese Fellows from United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka coordinated a mochitsuki (mochi pounding) cultural exchange event for their U.S. counterparts at United States Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka. Mochi, a popular Japanese snack, is made by pounding steamed short-grain Japanese sticky rice, called mochigome, with a wooden mallet during a ceremony called mochitsuki. The Fellowship Program at USNH Yokosuka is a year-long Japanese National Physician Graduate Medical Education Program that has actively trained Japanese physicians in a one-year rotating fellowship since 1952. Throughout the year, the Fellows learn outpatient and inpatient medicine and assist as medical liaisons between USNH Yokosuka and local Japanese hospitals. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Taylor/USNMRTC Yokosuka Public Affairs)
| Date Taken: | 01.12.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 01.16.2024 19:32 |
| Photo ID: | 8199489 |
| VIRIN: | 240112-N-WC492-1120 |
| Resolution: | 1920x1281 |
| Size: | 1.76 MB |
| Location: | YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, JP |
| Hometown: | YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, JP |
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