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Jan 16, 2014

Coming Of Age Day In Japan

According to a government announcement, about 1,210,000 men and women who were born in 1993 reached coming of age this year and the number is 10,000 less people than last year. The figure is the smallest number since the government started counting in 1968.

Japanese women in kimonos ride a train after a ceremony celebrating Coming of Age Day at an amusement park in Tokyo. YUYA SHINO/REUTERS

Japanese women in kimonos attend a ceremony celebrating Coming of Age Day at an amusement park in Tokyo. YUYA SHINO/REUTERS

Maho Yamaguchi, 20, wears a kimono with origami accessories on her hair as she poses after a ceremony in Tokyo. YUYA SHINO/REUTERS

Japanese women in kimonos pose for pictures after a ceremony celebrating Coming of Age Day at an amusement park in Tokyo. YUYA SHINO/REUTERS

Japanese women in kimonos ride a train after a ceremony celebrating Coming of Age Day at an amusement park in Tokyo. YUYA SHINO/REUTERS

Kanon Nagasato, 20, holds a cigarette after a ceremony celebrating Coming of Age Day at an amusement park in Tokyo. YUYA SHINO/REUTERS

A 20-year-old woman holds her smartphone as she waits for her friends at a train station before a ceremony in Tokyo. YUYA SHINO/REUTERS

Japanese women in kimonos attend a ceremony celebrating Coming of Age Day at an amusement park in Tokyo. YUYA SHINO/REUTERS

Japanese women in kimonos and men, aged 20, ride a roller-coaster during their Coming of Age Day event at an amusement park in Tokyo. YUYA SHINO/REUTERS