Coming-of-age ceremony for bus tour guides

TOKYO, Japan - Tour guides of Hato Bus Co. pose in long-sleeved kimono for a commemorative shot marking their coming of age in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2015. The bus operator held a ceremony for the guides before the coming-of-age national holiday on the second Monday of January -- which fell on Jan. 12 this year -- when they have to work. (Kyodo)

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