Coming of Age Day is a Japanese national holiday...on 1/9 Noriko and i went to Tennoji to spend the day and visit some friends. When we arrived at the station in Tennoji i saw many young women dressed in kimono their hair done up in beautiful style and all wearing small white fur capes across their shoulders,they also wore zori (ぞり) and looked really beautiful. Noriko told me it was "Coming of Age Day"...i took lots of photos and will post them as soon as i can find a decent card reader...i provided a link so all of you might see a few pix and read about the really ancient history of this holiday...the antiquity of this country and the continuing of these "old ways" is truly remarkable...Japan never ceases to amaze me!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_Day
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