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The Cutest 4-Year-Old In Japan And Her Adorable Adventures

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 8 years ago

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

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GeekyHooker 8 years ago

Nooooo. NOOOOOO. ;_;

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La 8 years ago

That is EXACTLY what I thought!

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blugeagua 8 years ago

That was my thought exactly!

1point

Keanureaves 8 years ago

Ahaha that was perfect! She really does look liker! heh such a beautiful girl!

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CindyPriscila 8 years ago

so true!!!

1point

Zhou 8 years ago

Very lovely

9points

NóraKovács 8 years ago

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

5points

BobbiNewell 8 years ago

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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VG 8 years ago

NEVER is a big word. She smiles/laughs on several of them. It is refreshing to see pictures of a kid not posing supermodel style for once...

5points

DariaB 8 years ago

My niece, when she was a toddler, she was quite grumpy. Now she smiles pretty much. ♥

4points

AnantaOuo 8 years ago

What do you mean never? There are some pics where she is laughing

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VilayvoneFord 8 years ago

It's only make - up, we'll be ok...

2points

Intensive Panda 8 years ago

because each time she spot being photographed she is not amused

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maniat1k 8 years ago

that's true, she looks sad. You can see her with a smile in only one pic.

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porcupine 8 years ago

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JohnMatencio 8 years ago

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

39points

GeekyHooker 8 years ago

Nooooo. NOOOOOO. ;_;

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La 8 years ago

That is EXACTLY what I thought!

2points

blugeagua 8 years ago

That was my thought exactly!

1point

Keanureaves 8 years ago

Ahaha that was perfect! She really does look liker! heh such a beautiful girl!

1point

CindyPriscila 8 years ago

so true!!!

1point

Zhou 8 years ago

Very lovely

9points

NóraKovács 8 years ago

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

5points

BobbiNewell 8 years ago

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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VG 8 years ago

NEVER is a big word. She smiles/laughs on several of them. It is refreshing to see pictures of a kid not posing supermodel style for once...

5points

DariaB 8 years ago

My niece, when she was a toddler, she was quite grumpy. Now she smiles pretty much. ♥

4points

AnantaOuo 8 years ago

What do you mean never? There are some pics where she is laughing

3points

VilayvoneFord 8 years ago

It's only make - up, we'll be ok...

2points

Intensive Panda 8 years ago

because each time she spot being photographed she is not amused

1point

maniat1k 8 years ago

that's true, she looks sad. You can see her with a smile in only one pic.

1point

porcupine 8 years ago

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