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Archers mark the Coming of Age Day with a Momote-shiki Ceremony for New Adults at Meiji shrine in Tokyo, Japan. 10/01/2011

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Archers Celebrate Coming of Age Day in Japan

Archers mark the Coming of Age Day with a Momote-shiki Ceremony for New Adults at Meiji shrine in Tokyo, Japan. 10/01/2011

by Bruce Meyer-Kenny in Japan on 10/01/2011

Young Japanese girls wear brightly coloured traditional Japanese kimonos for Coming of Age Day, held each year on the second Monday in January, when 20-year-olds are deemed to have entered adulthood. Tokyo, Japan, 11/01/2010

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Coming of age day in Japan

Young Japanese girls wear brightly coloured traditional Japanese kimonos for Coming of Age Day, held each year on the second Monday in January, when...

by tom spender in Japan on 11/01/2010

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