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Looks like Tsuiki plan to hold their Open House show on 25 November:

http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/tsuiki/kouhou ... index.html

The same day as Hamamatsu, so presumably no Blue Impulse.

Jonathan.

Hello Aldin, > I would like to combine with a visit to Hyakuri on 6 & 7 Sep. Photography, numbers or just watching? If you are limited to public transport, there are buses to and from Tokyo Railway Station to the terminal at Ibaraki International Airport on the western side of the base: http://www.i...

Uni, Thank you very much for your reply; > CVW-5 at Atsugi will fly from May 2nd. (Tue) to 5th.(Fri), because they are not holidays for the American people. Thanks. I used a similar logic in 2013 when I arranged to spend the period 26th December to 3rd January at Atsugi. Previously I had spent the 2...

Hello Uni, I am making arrangements for a trip in April / May to include the Friendship Day show at Iwakuni; Do you know if the USN CAG at Atsugi tend to fly on the Monday and Tuesday after their Spring Festival Open House? If the Open House is confirmed as April 29th, the next week is Golden Week. ...

> "Chura" means "beautiful" in Okinawa pref., and "shima(jima) " means "island" in all-over Japan. > So the OH name means "Beautiful Island Air Festa". That makes sense. They made some interesting changes at the show - the night flying on Saturday was a departure from previous shows, as was moving t...

The website for Hyakuri has been updated with plans for their Open House, particularly schedules for 27 November: http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/hyakuri/img/28air/suke2.pdf And the 26 November: http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/hyakuri/img/28air/suke1.pdf It would appear they are going for distinct "morning" and...

With the Naha Base website giving "the second weekend of December" as their show date, I thought they were undecided whether to hold it on Saturday 10th or Sunday 11th. But it seems they intend to do both: http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/naha/kouhou_event/index.html From Google Translate: Dates: 28 Decemb...

> The schedule shows an event at Naha, Okinawa on 22 July. Anybody has more info? I would assume something similar to Summer Festa 2015; second item from the bottom at this link: http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/naha/gallery/index.html https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en...

This is interesting. I can see the Blue Impulse website giving a date of 27 November for the Hyakuri Air Festival, but I can’t see anything at the moment on the websites for Hyakuri Base or JASDF. Doubtless they will appear in time. A little later than expected (presumably late enough for the squadr...

Hi Marco, If you are going to be in Hong Kong or Taiwan, you may want to consider spending your extra time in Okinawa. It will not be the budget JSDF trip of your original itinerary, and you are unlikely to see any F-4s, but with three bases less than 15 miles apart, there are worse places to spend ...

Marco, The exam question is: what exactly are you after? The end of March marks the end of the financial year in Japan. My experience (from 2007/8) is that, if the JASDF squadrons have used up their budget for the year, flying can be limited at this time. Less so for USAF / USN. Beyond that, the bas...

Misawa plan a good show, but unfortunately the quality of the weather doesn't always match the quality of the participation. (Typhoon season in Japan runs from early September to mid October). The base with most comprehensive participation by JASDF types will be Gifu (Misawa will have USAF, USN, JMS...

Uni,
Thank you very much for your information on the 2015 air shows in Japan. It was tremendous help in the planning and preparation of my trip (the Nyutabaru and Naha shows, with 6 weeks of aviation photography around them).
Thanks,
Jonathan.

It will make a trip to the Tsuiki Open House more attractive to have the F-15s there. Their pairs rehearsal on the Saturday last year looked very good - it was a shame that they were scheduled to fly later in the day on the Sunday - after the Blue Impulse and, as it turned out, after the rain starte...

It looks like only the Blue Impulse have cancelled. The Naha show is still listed on the central JASDF event page: http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/pr_report/event/ and the Naha base page: http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/naha/kouhou_event/index.html But the Blue Impulse page: http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/pr_report/...