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In Japan, the second Monday in January is known as Coming of Age Day and it seems like everywhere one looks, there are young women in furisode making their way to shrines to receive prayers for good fortune as an adult. It is a national holiday celebrating when a person turns 20, which is the age when one is considered an adult. Furisode are kimonos with sleeves that almost reach the floor. Compared to a yukata which is generally made of cotton and can even be bought at Uniqlo or Amazon for less than ¥10,000, furisode are made of silk and can cost as much as a new car! Sometimes they are passed down from mother to daughter. Generally, everyone who attends a Coming of Age Ceremony has already turned 20 before that day but there are those who go when their birthday is only a few months after the holiday.
You may have already seen our photo report on the AKB48 Group Coming of Age Ceremony for 2016 but, all over Japan (and possibly overseas?) there are young people becoming adults. Here are some of the other idols who celebrated the next step in their life this year!
A special thanks goes out to @missingno15 from NewSchoolKaidan for gathering up the bulk of the pictures from Twitter from some of the underrated idol groups. He particularly wants to send his well wishes to Natsumi Kaeda from P.IDL Nagoya!
Mai Hagiwara – ℃-ute – via the ℃-ute blog
Shiori Tamai – Momoiro Clover Z – via her blog “Tanoshiorin Seikatsu”
Akari Saho – UPUPGIRLS (KARI) – via the UPUPGIRLS (KARI) blog
Chisami Ito – GEM – Twitter
Ayane Fujisaki – Dempagumi.inc – Twitter
Nonoko – GALETTe – Twitter
Erika Denya and Manatsu Hayashi – Babyraids JAPAN – Twitter
Haruka Koizumi – Doll☆Elements – Twitter
Kaori Hisamatsu – 3min. – Twitter
Marina Nagasawa, Airi Kamiya, and Mayumi Kojima – Houpuri Youth – Twitter
Yuki Wakai – i☆Ris – Twitter
Arisa Yoshihashi and Miki Sakura – Lovely★DOLL – Twitter
Hinari Aoba and Akari Shiina – FES☆TIVE – Twitter
Yue Miyatani – Akishibu project – Twitter
Nami Yamada – MUSUBIZM – Twitter
Misaki Asakawa – Chubbiness – Twitter
Natsumi Kaeda – P.IDL Nagoya – Twitter
Marika Kitazawa – Akamaru DASH☆ – Twitter
Nozomi Nanase and Riko Yonemitsu – Stella☆Beats – Twitter
Haruka Ueda and Yui Moriwaki – Yamaguchi Kassei Gakuen - Twitter
Hitomi Noda – READY TO KISS – Twitter
Chiai Fujikawa and Miyu Nakagawa – Maneki Kecha – Twitter
Yuna – Rurirori – Twitter
Yui Sakurai – Jelno! – Twitter
Seika Nakayama – KissBee – Twitter
Marina Kunimoto – HR – Twitter
Eiko Yasumi – O☆SU – Twitter
Aino Shiroiwa – 8princess – Twitter
Mia Kamiki and Haruka Bando – Cover Girls – Twitter
Misuzu Nishizono and Reika Hasegawa – Sunmyu〜 – Twitter
Yuka Shigetomo – Edge Dub Monkeyz – Twitter
Rika Sasaki and Kurumi Watanabe – Ange☆Reve – Twitter
Ayu Kagura – Heisei Kotohime – Twitter
Hitomi Sakaki and Ayaka Saida – Aoyama☆Saint Hachamecha High School – Twitter
Misato Okazaki – Meguriai – Twitter
Rinko Matsuoka – Vienlossi – Twitter
Rio Sakamoto, Nana Ajima, and Yuki Masakawa – Barbee – Twitter
Ruka and Marino – Mito Gotouchi Idol (Kari) – Twitter
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