By TETSUHIRO TOYOSHIMA/ Staff Writer
January 9, 2023 at 18:54 JST
A pair of 20-year-olds attired in Swarovski-decorated kimono and holding folding fans with their names printed on them attend Kita-Kyushu’s commemoration ceremony for new adults on Jan. 8. (Tetsuhiro Toyoshima)
KITA-KYUSHU--Young people in this northern Fukuoka Prefecture city are known for celebrating their Coming-of-Age ceremony in flashy style that is distinctively different from the rest of the country. [Read More]
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