IN PHOTOS: Coming-of-Age Day celebrations around Japan amid pandemic
The following is a collection of photos of "new adults" for whom Coming-of-Age ceremonies were held across Japan on the second Monday of January amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Women in kimono walk near the venues of a coming-of-age ceremony in Yokohama near Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2021. The ceremony was split into two venues to avoid concentration of people as the Tokyo metropolitan area is under a coronavirus state of emergency amid the continued pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People maintain social distancing during a coming-of-age ceremony in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 11, 2021, as the capital is under a coronavirus state of emergency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo