we visited kobe which is close to the west of osaka. it's a city which suffered from a high magnitude earthquake named the great hanshin earthquake, and the whole city was re-built again. which explains how different this city looks in comparison to kyoto which i was staying.
roads of kobe
by the sea, the boats lined up by the ports.
the only thing left and preserved from the great hanshin earthquake.
small river flowing through the city.
the pretty lights wrapped around the trees.
coming-of-age ceremony
during my stay, i was able to experience one of the important occasions in a japanese person's life. the coming of age ceremony, usually on the 3rd monday of january, is a day where all the young people becoming the age of 20 in the year before until mid-april in the current year, celebrate them becoming adults. as in japan the legal age to for voting rights, smoking and drinking alcohol is at the age of 20. my love had a few friends he knew that were going to be there on that day, and so we went to give them our best wishes. all the girls wore such beautiful furisode (which is worn only twice in their life, once when they become 20, and again at marriage).
noi's obi belt.
the beautiful noi and her pretty hair accessories.
another girl's hair accessory.
sakura's kimono with pretty designs of cars and sakuras (cherry blossoms)
photo taken by den
beautiful sakura.
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