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The Cutest 4-Year-Old In Japan And Her Adorable Adventures
The Cutest 4-Year-Old In Japan And Her Adorable Adventures
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Being an adult is tough and there’s no unsubscribe link. Luckily, you can go back in time with these adorable photos by Japanese photographer Kotori Kawashima.  He followed his friend’s 4-year-old daughter from a rural Japanese village to Paris, while she was discovering the world.

Kawashima released a whole book called “Mirai Chan” featuring the rosy-cheeked girl in 2011. The book was an instant success in Japan and earned the photographer the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award Photos Award in the same year.

So take a break from your unanswered emails and let this bubbly girl walk you down memory lane. She might teach you a thing or two.

More info: kawashimakotori.com | Amazon (h/t: sobadsogood)

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    JohnMatencio
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks like the little girl from Grave of the Fireflies.

    NóraKovács
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why she is never laughing? She looks so sad..

    BobbiNewell
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She isn't smiling in most photos because they're mostly candid shots and not posed. I don't think she looks truly sad in any of them; in her serious shots she looks reflective.

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    Jude
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many of these shots of Mirai Chan (Little Miss Future) are adorable and tug at my heart strings. But the one I especially love is her playing in the sand on the beach. When I was a child (a bit older than her), my family lived one street away from the beach and that was the happiest time in my life. I spent nearly every day in nice weather at the beach playing with sand, water, seaweed and tiny crabs and fish. Just looking at that photo evokes the happInes I felt then.

    PeggyWallingfordButherus
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Adorable little girl! Love the photos, especially the one with her eating her ice cream cone. Seems that she dislikes the flavor! LOL Placed the photo on my desktop.

    A
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love her beautiful rosey cheeks! Indeed she is beautiful....those eyes! Thank you for sharing. <3

    chachkimooch
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love her little frowny faces. She's incredibly adorable!

    BobbiNewell
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a beautiful little girl! The beach shot is my favorite.

    JustAGirl
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a darling little child!

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    JohnMatencio
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks like the little girl from Grave of the Fireflies.

    NóraKovács
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why she is never laughing? She looks so sad..

    BobbiNewell
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She isn't smiling in most photos because they're mostly candid shots and not posed. I don't think she looks truly sad in any of them; in her serious shots she looks reflective.

    Load More Replies...
    Jude
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many of these shots of Mirai Chan (Little Miss Future) are adorable and tug at my heart strings. But the one I especially love is her playing in the sand on the beach. When I was a child (a bit older than her), my family lived one street away from the beach and that was the happiest time in my life. I spent nearly every day in nice weather at the beach playing with sand, water, seaweed and tiny crabs and fish. Just looking at that photo evokes the happInes I felt then.

    PeggyWallingfordButherus
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Adorable little girl! Love the photos, especially the one with her eating her ice cream cone. Seems that she dislikes the flavor! LOL Placed the photo on my desktop.

    A
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love her beautiful rosey cheeks! Indeed she is beautiful....those eyes! Thank you for sharing. <3

    chachkimooch
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love her little frowny faces. She's incredibly adorable!

    BobbiNewell
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a beautiful little girl! The beach shot is my favorite.

    JustAGirl
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a darling little child!

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