I once again braved the cold and headed out to grab some photos of todays Seijin No Hi which in English is the Coming Of Age Day.
Anyone turning 20 this year is invited by their local ward to attend a ceremony which officially welcomes them to adulthood. It`s a busy day around all the shrines and major hotels in Japan and after formalities are done it`s not uncommon for many of the new “Adults” to go to the nearest Izakaya and get on the turps.
I went to Meiji Jingu this morning then on to the Keio Plaza hotel and took some photos and a short movie.
I didn`t see all that many fellas at Meiji Jingu, then again i wasn`t looking that hard.
Seijin No Hi from Neil Duckett on Vimeo.
Girls especially get in to Seijin No Hi and enjoy the day and night with their Friends.
These guys has some fun with it, wearing some not so traditional clothing.
If you want more then check out last years pics here.
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I like ..Pu-in-sai!! big kine
A little Hawaiian fo ya
That means I wanna bend them over and….
O.K.
Nevermind
It’s Hawaiian slang
I remember being there to witness this day a few years back. Great way to eye down some prey! =)
great pictures, thanks for sharing
nice, i would of liked to see some pics after the izakaya! haha
I’m sure on tonights news there’ll be lots of “aftermath” footage. Last nights news was too early …. it just had the days festivities.
I saw some of the gals out and about today. Some of them looked really cute! Why we never developed such a tradition in America I will never understand.
It’s a great site indeed …… man it was cold today though, had the smallest amount of snow starting to fall when i got back home around 3pm.
Love your pics, thanks for sharing!
Snow started to fall at 3pm indeed, then stopped a minute later, then started again. Was at Shibuya at the time, since some of the streets near 109 were closed for street artists.
Yeh, how quick did it come and go??!! Hope there’s some more in Tokyo soon.
I just wanna spoil them..
Make them filthy with my…;)
Haha – that photo of the guys at the end is superb – the chap in the grey shorts and bowtie is brilliant!
I stumbled upon coming of age day the very first time i went to Toko in 2006, but felt kinda bad taking photos of the girls as its a family occasion and their parents were with them. Its kinda like taking a photo of someone elses wedding…
I know what you mean, i felt a bit scruffy taking some photos then quickly got over it.
this must be a excellent time to pick up chicks with out worrying of Old Bill knocking on the door the next morning
The love hotels are usually pretty crowded that day too…