Name: JAPANESE COMING OF AGE CEREMONY // Seijin Shiki
Uploaded: 2020-03-24T09:25:11.000Z
Duration: 8 min 37 s
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Tomorrow is a national holiday in Japan, known as Seijin no Hi

Adverbs of manner

Would probably be something like Coming of Age Day

Basically it's where all the 20 year olds in Japan

celebrate their coming of age, so becoming adults

Today I'm going to be attending a Seijin Shiki

My friend Jei turned 20 recently, so he will be celebrating becoming an adult

and he was able to participate in a Seijin Shiki today

So I'm gonna take you guys along and document his experience

Everybody who is turning 20  between April 2nd 2015 and April 1st 2016

will attend a ceremony, either today or tomorrow

Most of them happen tomorrow on the actual holiday

So when you turn 20 in Japan, you're officially an adult

You can drink, smoke, go to hostess clubs

You can vote! I think that's basically it

So lots of 20 year olds today will be celebrating

Traditional Seijin Shiki wear would be hakama

We'll see what the guys are gonna be wearing today

How did you get permission to join today?

So she asked around to many different cities trying to get me permission

Because I'm a foreigner, it's not exactly the easiest to get in

Usually the foreigner is not 20 to start with

If she or he is 20, they've got to have a Japanese residency

Or on their passport saying they're a Japanese citizen

I'm on a working holiday visa so it's pretty tough for me

Abiko City, this building here, they've let me join

It'll start soon and I'm looking forward to it!

The local Japanese think it's a little bit boring

Get to listen to some more difficult Japanese

They introduced all the teachers from all the different elementary schools

and the teachers were bowing to all the students

On a big screen they put up all the memories, photos, videos

of 1st grade, 2nd grade all the way through

They did a video in the classroom saying "Do you remember me? I was your teacher in 2nd grade!"

"You're all doing so well now, congratulations!"

Hey guys! So the ceremony is all finished

and now we're at the izakaya (bar) to celebrate!

It's the skin off of when you're making tofu I think?

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