Japanese Girl Kimono Nail Painting Celebration Editorial Photo

Young Japanese girl in kimono showing her nail painting on Coming of Age Day (seijin no hi). The Coming of Age ceremony (seijin shiki in Japanese) is a Japanese holiday held annually on the second Monday of January.It is held in order to congratulate and encourage all those who have reached the age of majority (20 years old) over the past year, and to help them realize that they have become adults. Young women most often wear traditional kimono to show their beauty. Photo taken on January 11, 2010，Nagoya, Japan.