The Yokota AB Friendship Festival (YAFF), a two-day event that occurs every August, was established to bolster the ties between the Americans on base and the local Japanese community. This years YAFF saw the arrival of over 170,000 Japanese locals to Yokota. In addition to the games, food, and music acts, many of the visitors are drawn to the static and aerial aircraft displays.
The Japanese are known for their love of cameras, a stereotype that was not contradicted at the YAFF. Photographers arrived with the latest in digital imaging technology, massive telephoto lenses, tripods, stepladders, and any other photographic accessory one may think of. They also brought radio scanners to listen in on Air Traffic Control when the aerial displays were going on. These photographers are the subject of my maiden voyage into the blogosphere, enjoy.
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