One of the JMSDF's two remaining US-1As, from 71 Kokutai "Rescue Ivory," droning around the circuit at NAF Atsugi. A sight I never believed I'd see, let alone photograph!
One of THE reasons to go to Japan is to see and hear the impressive Shin Maywa waterplane every Monday, at 12:30 exactly, one US-1A will arrive from it homebase Iwakuni to be deployed at Atsugi for a week.