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every november you can hear a

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distinctive sound at the bamboo forest

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here at the camp , summer driving room ,

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no smoke or dr

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Grogan and festival , that sound means

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it's time for the bamboo harvesting

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that the local kite making group

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conducts every year . The group uses

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the bamboo to construct a giant kite

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that they fly drained an annual

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festival this week while the group out

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there U . S . Army Garrison japan ,

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commander , Colonel Christopher

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Tomlinson came out to show his support

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and cut down a few bamboo stalks with

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them . Never have done it before . I

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think it's pretty awesome utilize our

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facilities , utilize this installation

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to be a critical part of what is a

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tradition for the community . It's

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really a great thing to see . The

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Garrison has been inviting a group on

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post for years so to let them harvest

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the bamboo for the traditional giant

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kite . Any opportunity that we can come

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to share with our community , it's a

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priority were absolutely connected and

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we have to be part of this community

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and sharing their priorities as well as

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our priorities . Giant kite festival is

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a tradition that Saddam had a city has

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been conducting since the Edo period

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almost 190 years ago , The festival is

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normally held in May at the nearby

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Sagami River . However , carving 19

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council this year's event for the

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second year in a row , Koji Akita , a

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postmaster at the local post office has

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been part of the group for 17 years .

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He says this year's bamboo is a little

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shorter and sinners and last year , but

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he still appreciates being able to

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build a kite using locally grown bamboo ,

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having to cancel the festival . These

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last two years affects the passing down

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of traditional skills and techniques to

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younger members of the team . I'm

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really hoping to keep building and

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frying giant kites as a team in order

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to sustain this cultural tradition .

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Together , the group harvested 280

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bamboo stalks in a single day . The

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bamboo wheel drive for a month and the

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group will begin construction at nine

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square meter giant kite in january 2022

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reporting for US Army Garrison Japan .

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I'm aya boxes .