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Seijin-no-Hi (Adults Day; Coming-of-Age Day)

Second Monday in January

This national holiday in Japan honors those who reached their 20th birthday (voting age) in the previous year. Gatherings, usually with speakers, are held in community centers where the honorees show off their new adult finery. A traditional archery contest is held on this day at Sanjusangendo Temple in Kyoto, with people from throughout Japan participating. Until 2000, Seijin-no-Hi was observed on January 15, but now it is celebrated on the second Monday in January.

CONTACTS:
Japan Information Network, Japan Center for Intercultural Communications
2-7-7 Hirakawacho
Chiyodaku
Tokyo, 102-0093 Japan
81-3-3263-5041; fax: 81-3-3230-4107
home.jcic.or.jp/en/index-e.html

SOURCES:
AnnivHol-2000, p. 9
FolkWrldHol-1999, p. 37

Celebration days: Jan 10, 2011; Jan 9, 2012; Jan 14, 2013; Jan 13, 2014; Jan 12, 2015

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Seijin-no-Hi (redirected from Coming-of-Age Day)

Seijin-no-Hi
(redirected from Coming-of-Age Day)