Every second Monday of January, the streets of Japan are overrun with gaggles of giggling girls running or rather hobbling about in gorgeously decorated kimonos. Setiap hari Senin kedua Januari, jalan-jalan yang dikuasai Jepang dengan gaggles dari cekikikan gadis-gadis berjalan atau agak terpincang-pincang tentang di kimono cantik dihiasi. They are celebrating their coming of age their rite of passage into adulthood with all of its wonders and horrors of drinking, smoking, and voting though many have probably been indulging in the former two activities for quite sometime. Mereka merayakan mereka datang usia mereka ritus peralihan menjadi dewasa dengan segala keajaiban dan kengerian minum, merokok, dan meskipun banyak suara mungkin telah terlibat dalam dua kegiatan mantan kadang-kadang cukup.
