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Japan Nov/Dec 2018

Never the quickest to get through my photo's, here is a selection of photo's taken during a near 3 week stay in Japan in late 2018. This was my second visit following just over a year from the first, with the intention to fill in a few missing types not shot much during the first visit.
When the trip was origanally planned, the open day at Hyakuri was not known about and caused some logisticl issues as we were 1,200km from Hyakuri the night before the show. Thankfully internal flights are easy and plentiful to arrange including the movement of the all importand ladders.

So, other than Hyakuri, there are photo's from Tsuiki, Nyatubaru , Iruma and Naha, with a couple of locations missed out (Iwakuni) as they were not good days!

Thanks also to Garf and James for helping putting it all together, and good to catch up with so many familiar faces no matter which corner of Japan we were seemingly in..

Thanks for looking, and comments and discussion always welcome;

Kevin

www.flickr.com/kevinmartin1
Instagram kevin_martin13

Starting of with a handful of Phantom's, showing of a nice variety of colour schemes....

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha, Okinawa by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri 1.12.2018 by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr



The almost unexpected highlight came during the first weekend in Japan, at Tsuiki. I only saw a couple of F-2's on my first visit, but these two days more than made up for that...

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Japan 2018 - JASDF Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki 24.11.2018 by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Tsuiki by Kevin Martin, on Flickr


A day and a half was scheduled in for Nyutabaru, but due to heavy rain a full day was lost to no flying. The half day we did get more than made up for it though with some regular flying and airshow practices crammed into a busy morning, before we had to leave for a flight to Hyakuri.

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Japan 2018 Nyutabaru by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Nyutabaru by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Nyutabaru by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Nyutabaru by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Nyutabaru by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Nyutabaru by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Nyutabaru by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Nyutabaru by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Nyutaburu by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Nyutabaru by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Nyutabaru by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

Iruma

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 -Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Iruma by Kevin Martin, on Flickr


Naha

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Japan 2018 - Naha by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha, Okinawa by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha, Okinawa by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha, Okinawa by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha, Okinawa by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Naha, Okinawa by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

Hyakuri

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

Japan 59
Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

Japan 60
Japan 2018 - Hyakuri 1.12.2018 by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

Japan 67
Japan 2018 - Hyakuri 1.12.2018 by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr


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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri by Kevin Martin, on Flickr

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Japan 2018 - Hyakuri 1.12.2018 by Kevin Martin, on Flickr


Thanks for looking, comments and discussion always welcome;

Cheers;
Kevin
www.flickr.com/kevinmartin1

That is an impressive set of photos. Particularly like the special. Scheme F4s.



Chris

Probably the finest country in world to follow aviation. Simply incredible.

Winged porn that is kevin

that's a cracking set of pictures
A time well spend in Japan

Ronald

Fantastic set

One of the best set of photos(aircraft) I've seen to come back from Japan, some of the F-2 shots are impeccable.

Wow. Great set. Time well spend in Japan.

Theo

What a set!! Need to go there

stunning set,especially the F4 special`s

Legendary Tooms.

What can you say? Absolutely stunning,Brilliant

Incredible stuff there.

Hi Kevin

What an awesome set

Those 'room schemes are stunning

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

awesome shots

Simply simply lovely.

Amazing photos my friend stunning collection

Lovely stuff Kev, great to finally meet you there as well!

Amazing stuff.

What more can be said .. truly excellent shots, particularly in this final and memorable year of F-4 ops.
Judging by the 'bun fight' in # 58 and the average stature of our Japanese friends an elevated monopod might have been handy for a clear view
Thanks very much for posting

3Greens