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5,000 people enjoy New Year's calligraphy

Participants in the event to commemorate their first writing of calligraphy in the New Year, called 'Kakizome,' show off their work in the Tokyo Budokan on Jan. 5. Over 5,000 people took part in the event -- to refresh the spirit and pray for improvement in their writing of calligraphy. The girl in the lower left-hand corner wrote 'Early spring,' while another girl to the right holds her work, which reads 'Growing ability.'

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CALLIGRAPHY CONTEST FOR THE NEW YEAR

CALLIGRAPHY CONTEST FOR THE NEW YEAR==Date:Jan, 1969, Place:,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Coming-of-age calligraphy for Self-Defense Force personnel

Ground Self-Defense Force personnel, who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1, 2016, write words to express their aspirations as adults in a "kakizome" first calligraphy of the year, conducted as part of their coming-of-age celebrations at the GSDF's Camp Shimamatsu in Eniwa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 16, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Children enjoy New Year's calligraphy

TOKYO, Japan - Children display their brush skills in a new year calligraphy contest, called 'kakizome,' at Tokyo's Budokan Hall on Jan. 5. Some 4,600 children took part in the event, which offers participants an opportunity to refresh their spirit and pray for an improvement in their calligraphy skills.

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5,000 people enjoy New Year's calligraphy

Participants in the event to commemorate their first writing of calligraphy in the New Year, called 'Kakizome,' show off their work in the Tokyo Budokan on Jan. 5. Over 5,000 people took part in the event -- to refresh the spirit and pray for improvement in their writing of calligraphy. The girl in the lower left-hand corner wrote 'Early spring,' while another girl to the right holds her work, which reads 'Growing ability.' ==Kyodo