A 20-year-old tour guide dressed in a traditional kimono hangs up an ‘ema’, or votive tablet, with her written wish at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine after attending a purification ceremony with a Shinto priest to celebrate Japan’s Coming of Age Day yesterday. Since tour guides will be busy working on Japan’s national holiday Coming-of-Age Day on January 12, the company had a ceremony for them ahead of time. Young people turning 20 are officially recognised as adults in Japan.
January 09, 2015 | 09:27 PM