U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Holden Gilbert with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security during a forward arming and refueling point exercise on Ie...
U.S. Marine Col. Matthew Danner, the commanding officer of 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), speaks during a cake cutting ceremony for the 124th Corpsman Birthday at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jun. 17, 2022.
U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and volunteers from Camp Courtney English School plant flowers during a town beautification at Kin, Okinawa, Japan, May 21, 2022.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dustin Lees, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), pulls a wire to set up a controlled detonation of explosive charges during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (TRAP) exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2022.
Commanding Officer of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), Capt. James Robinson, right, presents the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal to Cpl. Simon Palacios, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) .
U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), pose for a photo with presents to be donated to the Nagomi Home for Children at Camp Hansen, Japan, Dec. 21, 2021.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kasey Dimatteo, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense specialist with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), surveys a building during a training exercise in Combat Town, Okinawa, Japan Nov. 29, 2021.
U.S. Marine Cpl. Jacob Deluca, an electronic warfare operator with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), yells out a command during a Martial Arts Instructor Course culminating event at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 4, 2021.
U.S. Marine Cpl. Victor Obakpe, an engineer equipment mechanic with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sits in a stance during a groundfighting spar at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 1, 2021.
U.S. Marine Cpl. Francisco Castillo, a fire support Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, climbs a bar during a Martial Arts Instructor course at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 27, 2021.
As you see more and more shopping malls and super markets open on Okinawa these days, the word Depachika seems a little outdated, especially to those who are more used to casually shopping at shopping malls.
As an island nation, Japan harvests numerous types of seaweed from all around the country, such as hijiki from the crevices of rocks by the sea, and kombu from the shallow waters off the coastline.
