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The Coming of Age festival is celebrated on the second Monday of January. The day used to be celebrated always on January 15 until the year 1999. This year it was celebrated on the 12th and as usual it was a National Holiday in Japan.

Its Japanese name is Seijin no hi. All young people who turn twenty years old in that year are celebrated during Seijin no hi. Twenty is the age considered as the beginning of adulthood. It is also the minimum legal age for voting, drinking, and smoking.

No matter where you are in Japan you will see many girls dressed in their traditional clothing, a Kimono, and guys generally in suits, out and about celebrating Seijin no hi.

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  • Sugoi 10 months ago
    How interesting . . . the girls are in full traditional dress while the guys are in just western suits.

    :)
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  • Emily Hayes 8 months ago
    To respect others in this world, there are many tradition had to created. To share our wisdom, how to live with the others by celebrating a day to notified they are officially become as a grown-up.
    To give them a respect in the community and to remind them that they are now much more responssible for their action.
    Wonderful tradition, wonderful sharing through your filming and your explain with your kind heart.
    Wonderful friend Neil Duckett, have a wonderful journey in Japan and enjoy your life with lot others in this world like yourself.

    Your friend emily eunjue hayes
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  • Diane 8 months ago
    Love it. Those kimonos are stunning. Very interesting to learn about festivals and customs in different parts of our world. Thank you for that Neil. Do you know why the guys do not wear their traditional dress. When I was in Korea there were lots of girls and guys strolling around in their traditional dress on festival days.
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