A modern-day kimono fashion show! Coming of Age Day in Japan!

Here is another celebration which is pretty unique in Japan,"Seijin no hi" or Coming-of-Age Ceremony, is held every second Monday of January to celebrate new adults. A graduation which Japanese women and men are graduating from childhood and entering adulthood. This celebration is also like a modern-day Kimono Fashion Show. So, let's uncover the event and watch the gorgeous ladies and handsome Japanese new adults in their beautiful Kimonos.

Highlights

"Seijin no hi is like a graduation, graduating from childhood and entering adulthood."

Kimonos."

"As for the guys, most wear suits and ties, but some take full advantage of this opportunity to sport Hakama."

"I got a press pass and got to sit in for the first half of the ceremony."

'The ceremonies are organized by region or city and you go to the one of your hometown or where you went to middle school since most kids commute outside of town for high school."

"The orchestra up there is playing 'Let it Go', of course."

Furisode

Are kimonos with long sleeves, originally worn by unmarried women.

Ohaguro

Dying your teeth black after marriage.

Hikimayu

Shaving your eyebrows off after marriage.

ceremony

Noun. A formal act or event that is part of a social or religious occasion.

press

Noun. News reporters , publishers or broadcasters

oschestra

Noun. A group of musicians who play usually classical music together and are led by a conductor

commute

Verb. To travel regularly to and from a place and especially between where you live and where you work.

assembly

Noun. A group of people who have gathered together

entail

Verb. To have (something) as a part, step, or result

japanagos, 15-01-20 22:02, 15-01-23 15:52, Marz