Coming of Age Day
The second Monday of January is Seijin no Hi (Coming of Age Day) in Japan. People celebrate this day to welcome the young men and women who have turned or will turn twenty years old during the current year, as new members of society! Ceremonies are held in every city, town and village. The people who have reached the age of twenty get the right to vote and also allowed to smoke and drink.
I got twenty years old on November 29 last year. So I wore furisode and attended a coming of age celebration.
The day before the celebration, I went to a nail-art salon in Sakae. I experienced nail-art for the first time! I had an professional artist painted my fingernails. The artist painted in detail and attached line-stones to my fingernails. I admired her facility.
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