/ 2025 / Special / Street Photography

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Tungjun Lin, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  2025.01.12

A young woman in a formal kimono walks through heavy snowfall in front of Nagasaki Station, Japan. The image was captured on the eve of the national Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi), a holiday marking the transition to adulthood for 20-year-olds. She is likely on her way to or from a related event. Her act of navigating the severe weather in traditional attire becomes a powerful, modern-day depiction of a rite of passage, documenting a moment of personal determination against the backdrop of a shared cultural milestone.