Thousands of young people in the Japanese city of Yokohama attended the Coming of Age ceremony on Monday to mark the start of their adulthood. Coming of Age Day, observed annually on the second Monday of January in Japan,

Young adults in Kitakyushu, a city in western Japan, splashed out in bright colors and unusual costumes in January, on Coming of Age day ― celebrating becoming 20 years of age.

Kimono-clad women run a pedestrian crossing as they arrive to celebrate the Coming-of-Age Day, a centuries-old tradition and national holiday celebrating the milestone from child to adult, in Yokohama