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SamuraiDave

Coming of Age Day or Seijin-no-Hi in Japan is a day when gaggles of giggling girls hit the street in their gorgeous kimono with the long-sleeves known as furisode. At age 20, Japanese youth official become adults and can vote, drive, and "legally" smoke and drink at long last. The following is a pictorial montage of Seijin-no-Hi from 2006-2008 taken at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. The shrine holds an archery ritual which is pictured here known as Momote Shiki in honor of the new adults. For more information about Seijin-no-Hi check my blog entries: http://samuraidave.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/kkk-kimono-... http://samuraidave.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/japans-comi... The music is by The Sushi Cabaret Club, a band based in Nagoya, Japan: http://www.myspace.com/thesushicabaretclub