Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Hey guys! Tomorrow is a national holiday in Japan, known as Seijin no Hi 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 or Coming of Age Ceremony 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 But there are a few going on today So when you turn 20 in Japan, you're officially an adult You can drink, smoke, go to hostess clubs What else can you do when you're 20... You can vote! I think that's basically it So lots of 20 year olds today will be celebrating The girls wear very gorgeous kimonos The guys either wear a suit or hakama Traditional Seijin Shiki wear would be hakama Most people would wear a suit these days We'll see what the guys are gonna be wearing today Let's go! I hope you guys enjoy this! Abiko City - Coming of Age Ceremony How did you get permission to join today? It was a bit of a mission My boss had to help me out 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 Are you excited? I'm excited! Abiko City, this building here, they've let me join It'll start soon and I'm looking forward to it! I've heard it's gonna be some speeches The local Japanese think it's a little bit boring But I'm looking forward to that anyways Get to listen to some more difficult Japanese Their hair looks really nice Congratulations! Thank you! Are you excited? I'm excited! The ceremony will start any minute now Yeah lots of people are here now! Any plans for after the ceremony? After the ceremony I'm gonna get WRECKED So you're going drinking? Sure am! Until morning! As I expected Gonna pass out tonight Inside the Coming of Age Ceremony Opening statements Performances School memories Messages from teachers Closing statements Did you have fun? Yeah it was fun! You did it! How was it? It was good! What happened in there? They introduced all the teachers from all the different elementary schools and middle schools from in this area 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 Yeah it was really good 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!" That sounds fun! Show me your hairstyles! Wow it's amazing!! It looks beautiful So cute What time did you wake up today? I was up at 7! But some of my friends were up at 4 to prepare their kimonos Did you style your hair yourself? No I went to a salon Ah yeah it looks quite complicated So cute! Off to the photo studio for a shoot Proud Dad Hey guys! So the ceremony is all finished and the pictures are all finished and now we're at the izakaya (bar) to celebrate! Because now they can drink! I can drink! I'm an adult again! The egg roll looks good Sashimi Yuba It's the skin off of when you're making tofu I think? With lime and wasabi I wanna try that, that looks good Mikan liqueur Sounds good Peach liqueur Peach doesn't sound so good Mikan liqueur sounds nice I forget how to say mikan in English Mandarin Orange maybe? Congratulations! Cheers! Check out Jei's channel for more adventures! Link below! Subscribe to my channel for more videos of my life in Japan!
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