Monday, Jan
11, 2016
Today is
Coming of Age Day and again most everything is closed. It seems that everything
just opened after the New Year’s celebration. The photo above was taken from the web.
Coming of
Age Day is when all the kids who have turned 20 get dressed up and their
parents throw them parties. The girls wear crazy expensive kimonos with furs
and the boys wear suits. Now that they’re twenty, these kids are considered
adults and can legally drink and hopefully start working—to help their parents
pay for the $10,000usd I read some of these kimonos can cost.
During my
neighborhood stroll earlier today I saw a few of the girls dressed up and their
parents happily snapping their pictures. I only took this discrete photo
because I didn’t want to look like a weirdo snapping someone else’s kid.
If Hallmark
were smart, they’d be over here in Japan taking notes where there are many more
national holidays then the USA EVER dreamed of celebrating.
Happy Coming
of Age Day!
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