This footage was filmed and produced 11 January 2021. Seijin no Hi (Coming of Age Day) celebrates those who have turned 20, becoming adults in the eyes of the Japanese law, and is marked by an annual public holiday on the second Monday in January. This year’s Coming of Age Day covers anyone reaching this milestone birthday between April 2, 2020 and April 1, 2021. Festivities include coming of age ceremonies.
Festivities include coming of age ceremonies held at local and prefectural offices, as well as after-parties among family and friends.
Many women celebrate this day by wearing furisode, a style of kimono with long sleeves that hang down, and zōri sandals. Men sometimes also wear traditional dress (dark kimono with hakama), but nowadays many men wear formal Western clothes such as a suit and tie more often than the traditional hakama.