Neil Duckett

Hmm very interesting. Never knew such festival took place in Japan. Why didnt you take a picture with them? =P

interesting post, Neil!now I know why my japanese Girlfriend had this photo as well

Hi Neil - I came over to say thanks for your kinds words on Problogger and I’m pleased to see your blog is about Japan. I’m doing a bit of research on Japan as I’d really like to visit at some point, so I’ll be subscribing to your blog.

Great pictures by the way. Catherine

The Coming Of Age Festival - Seijin no hi | Neil Duckett…

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 14th and as usual it was a National Holiday in Japan….

All the young ladies in traditional Kimono are all so beautiful. Thanks for the photo.

Hey Neil, thanks for stopping by.

Been checking out the blog. Lots of great stuff here! Makes me miss my too short and too infrequent trips to Japan.

I definitely think I should visit Japan again Didn’t even realize there were such events..

-Mike

There is something about japanese ladies wearing kimono’s - so elegant yes? Many asian girls would also look good but its not so popular outside japan. The fabrics and patterns are so rich. I like kimono designer Jotaro Saito, he will big one day. Do you know him?
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/hip-kimono-fashion-designer-jotaro-saito/

Great pics! That brings back memories.

Monday - I did stroll around Tenjin myself, didn’t get any great pics but did come across this same scene. Living in city, is great - however a handful of years ago I lived in one of Japan’s greater inakas - Saga - hmmm, how to say this - Seijin no Hi brought out the cleaner, more respectable looking side of many of the younger adults in the area…

[...] you liked these, why not check out my photos from the Coming of Age Festival Seijin no Hi a few weeks [...]

The Coming Of Age Festival - Seijin no hi | Neil Duckett…

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 14th and as usual it was a National Holiday in Japan.

Its Japanese nam…

Very nice pictures of the 成人の日, feels like I am actually part of the crowd. I would love to see this and many other festivals for myself in Japan. I actually plan to be an exchange student for a year in Japan, within 2 or so years, so I will be taking all kinds of pictures then!

Thanks for commenting on my blog also, nice site you have here!

Wow, the picture with the one girl in the skirt and the girl in the kimono on the pink phone in front of the bus: The wheel well is perfectly framing the one girl’s shoulders. Very nice.

Hi, we are actually students from Singapore who are doing a project on Seijin No Hi. We would like to interview you via email if you don’t mind. Can you get back to us if you are willing to do the interview and this is my email address rogeristified@hotmail.com. Thank you.