JAPAN: Coming-of-age ceremonies held nationwide

Coming-of-age ceremonies were held nationwide Monday, a national holiday, to celebrate the accession to adulthood of those who have reached 20 years old. In Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, a ceremony was held at Tokyo Disneyland, with Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters congratulating some 1,100 young people on their official arrival to adulthood.
It was the ninth Disneyland ceremony by the municipality, in which 70 percent of its citizens who have newly reached adulthood took part.