Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 held a Change of Command ceremony at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan on May 17, 2022, during which Cmdr. Brian K. Blaschke relieved Cmdr. Frank C. Sanchez Jr. The “Mad Foxes...
As you see more and more shopping malls and super markets open on Okinawa these days, the word Depachika seems a little outdated, especially to those who are more used to casually shopping at shopping malls.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.