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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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Zhou 8 years ago

Very lovely

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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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Jude 8 years ago

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.

1point

PeggyWallingfordButherus 8 years ago

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.

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Santosh Singh 7 years ago

her serios stare is melting the incecream

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A 8 years ago

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

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chachkimooch 8 years ago

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

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BobbiNewell 8 years ago

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

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JustAGirl 8 years ago

What a darling little child!

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KatieSmith 8 years ago

shes such a beauty :)

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JenieGardon 8 years ago

adooooooorable :3

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ElenaRascon 8 years ago

She is sweet and adorable

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LienNguyen 8 years ago

adoreable !

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TabithaArgyleBuono 8 years ago

Such a sweet little face!

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Santosh Singh 7 years ago

cutieee pie

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Helena Trojanac 8 years ago

She is like adorable character from Ghibli movies :)

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Sarah McGrael 8 years ago

She is sooooooooo cute!!!

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PeggyWallingfordButherus 8 years ago

She is adorable! I placed the photo of her eating the ice cream cone on my desktop. Maybe she is thinking "I don't care for this one." LOL \\

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KathrynBurnham 8 years ago

She looks like a Jon Walsh anglund doll....oriental version!!!!!adorable!

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ZaKiaGonjuu 8 years ago

wow !!! That's awesome !

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karenw. 8 years ago

sweet

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Maria-EddaServando-Baig 8 years ago

Ignorants & haters will always be no matter what!!!

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SusannaVesna 8 years ago

She is like a painting come to life! So adorable! What to see her when she grows up! :)

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LunaIndigo 8 years ago

Adorable!

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MayaClasson 8 years ago

She looks a little stressed out in some pictures, but still cute.

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AthaliaDamaria 8 years ago

OVERCUTE!

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SarahSutherland 8 years ago

such a cutie :-)

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RichardPetch 8 years ago

I didn't know they had Stagecoach buses in Japan, they will let any rubbish into their country.

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Maria-EddaServando-Baig 8 years ago

Obviously, you've never been out of where you are.Japan is one of the cleanest country in the world & maybe they won't let you in.

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P.BruxFHell 8 years ago

I find some of these more creepy than adorable. nightmare fuel, I tell you...

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LisaLeuschnerAndersen 8 years ago

Kinda how I feel about your avatar- who is that?

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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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Zhou 8 years ago

Very lovely

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NóraKovács 8 years ago

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

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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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Jude 8 years ago

1point

PeggyWallingfordButherus 8 years ago

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.

1point