Kita Kyushu’s Coming of Age Ceremony is Like No Other
From Spain’s quinceanera, when females turn 15, to the United States’ sweet sixteen parties, cultures around the world celebrate when children come of age. In…
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Dressing Up, Drifting and Drunken Fights: Why Coming of Age Day in Okinawa is the Wildest Party Around
On ‘Seijin no Hi’ (Coming of Age Day) the young people of Japan who turned twenty the previous year come together to celebrate. The new…
Watch Thrill-seeking Japanese Women in Elaborate Kimonos Celebrate Coming of Age in the Fast Lane
Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi) occurs on the second Monday of January. This public holiday is dedicated to all the young people in…