The white snakes found in Iwakuni are usually the albino variety of the Japanese Rat Snake.
Justin William Seaverns (born July 2, 1980 in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan) is a former American football linebacker of the National Football League.
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi | Iwakuni |
He was educated at and played for Iwakuni High School and Tokyo Gakugei University before turning professional.
Along with the Kobayakawa clan, the Kikkawa played an important role in Hideyoshi's Kyūshū Campaign (1586-7), and later became daimyo in Izumo province and Iwakuni after that.
Kōjiro Station, a train station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
On the platform for trains bound for Iwakuni, there is a statue of a hooded crane.
After the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on 11 March 2011, the squadron sent eight of its KC-130Js to Iwakuni for disaster relief and support for the Japanese Government and people in what became “Operation Tomodachi”.