‘Coming-of-Age Day’ ceremony

January 9, 2018

Tokyo- 20-year-old women wearing kimonos ride a carousel after their "Coming-of-Age Day" ceremony at the Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo on January 8, 2018.

Dazzling in colourful kimonos and wafting clouds of hairspray in their wake, thousands of young Japanese women marked their entry into adulthood on January 8 -- before hitting a bar to celebrate.

Young Japanese women dressed in colorful kimonos gather for a ceremony marking the 'Coming of Age Day' at Toshimaen Amusement Park in Tokyo, Japan, 08 January 2018. Coming of Age Day is a celebration for the youth who reach the age of 20 years old, which in Japan, is considered the beginning of adulthood. Jiji Press