
Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japanese youths on Monday celebrated their adulthood in stunning traditional dress on Coming of Age Day, a Japanese public holiday held annually on the second Monday of January. Japan lowered the age of adulthood from 20 to 18 after it passed the revised Civil Code last April.

Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Teenagers take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

A girl in kimono takes part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)■












