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    Honoring Ancestors: Tradition of Shimi in Okinawa [Image 14 of 14]

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    Honoring Ancestors: Tradition of Shimi in Okinawa

    KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    04.13.2025

    Photo by Senior Airman Luis E. Rios Calderon 

    18th Wing

    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)

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    Date Taken: 04.13.2025
    Date Posted: 04.16.2025 04:49
    Photo ID: 8976286
    VIRIN: 250413-F-VM929-1044
    Resolution: 6048x4024
    Size: 5.65 MB
    Location: KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JP

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