(175) 7-5-3

Of course she is posing! They have dressed her up and they have brought her to the Shinto shrine to celebrate her five (or her seven –you can never be sure with Japanese girls) years, as is the custom called “sichi-go-san” (七五三), literally “seven-five-three”.

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr)