COMING OF AGE

Rejecting the conservative norms of the typical ‘Coming of Age’ ceremony, the boys and girls of Kita Kyushu turn 20 years old and become the first young adults of the Reiwa era in riotous style. Continuing my interest in rites-of-passage, identity and youth, I took an hi-8 handycam down to Kyushu for a look. Click to see the video on Tokyo Dandy’s IGTV HERE