Women in kimono dresses celebrate their entry into adulthood during the annual Coming-of-Age Day ceremony at the Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu city in Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo on January 11, 2010. Some 1.27 million people who turned 20 celebrated across Japan as the country recognises the age when one officially becomes an adult.
Women in kimono dresses pose for photos with a Disney character to celebrate their entry into adulthood during the annual Coming-of-Age Day ceremony at the Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu city in Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo on January 11, 2010. Some 1.27 million people who turned 20 celebrated across Japan as the country recognises the age when one officially becomes an adult.
Coming-of-Age Day ceremony at the Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu city in Chiba
Women in kimono dresses celebrate their entry into adulthood during the annual Coming-of-Age Day ceremony at the Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu city in Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo on January 11, 2010. Some 1.27 million people who turned 20 celebrated across Japan as the country recognises the age when one officially becomes an adult.
Women in kimono dresses pose for photos with a Disney character to celebrate their entry into adulthood during the annual Coming-of-Age Day ceremony at the Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu city in Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo on January 11, 2010. Some 1.27 million people who turned 20 celebrated across Japan as the country recognises the age when one officially becomes an adult.
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Twenty-year-old Japanese tour guides dressed in traditional kimonos
Twenty-year-old Japanese tour guides dressed in traditional kimonos write their wishes on 'ema', or voting tablets, to mark Japan's Coming-of-Age Day at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on January 8, 2010. Since tour guides will be busy working on Japan's national holiday Coming-of-Age Day on January 11, the company had a ceremony for them ahead of time. Young people turning 20 are officially recognised as adults in Japan.
Twenty-year-old Japanese tour guides dressed in traditional kimonos walk on the approach to Meiji Shrine to attend a purification ceremony with a Shinto priest to celebrate Japan's Coming-of-Age Day in Tokyo on January 8, 2010. Since tour guides will be busy working on Japan's national holiday Coming-of-Age Day on January 11, the company had a ceremony for them ahead of time. Young people turning 20 are officially recognised as adults in Japan.
Twenty-year-old Japanese tour guides dressed in traditional kimonos wait for a photo session after attending a purification ceremony with a Shinto priest to mark Japan's Coming-of-Age Day at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on January 8, 2010. Since tour guides will be busy working on Japan's national holiday Coming-of-Age Day on January 11, the company had a ceremony for them ahead of time. Young people turning 20 are officially recognised as adults in Japan.
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