Monday, January 19, 2009

Ceremony celebrates coming-of-age in Janpan

A 20-year-old girl stands on a portable shrine carried by people along the seashore during a purification ceremony at the Katase-Enoshima beach in Fujisawa of Kanagawa prefecture Jan. 18, 2009. The annual ceremony celebrates the coming-of-age for young people.


A 20-year-old girl stands on a portable shrine carried by people along the seashore during a purification ceremony at the Katase-Enoshima beach in Fujisawa of Kanagawa prefecture Jan. 18, 2009. The annual ceremony celebrates the coming-of-age for young people.

A 20-year-old girl stands on a portable shrine carried by people along the seashore during a purification ceremony at the Katase-Enoshima beach in Fujisawa of Kanagawa prefecture Jan. 18, 2009. The annual ceremony celebrates the coming-of-age for young people.

A 20-year-old girl stands on a portable shrine carried by people along the seashore during a purification ceremony at the Katase-Enoshima beach in Fujisawa of Kanagawa prefecture Jan. 18, 2009. The annual ceremony celebrates the coming-of-age for young people.

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