Kimonos Everywhere

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Coming of Age Day or Seijin no Hi 成人の日 is a Japanese holiday held annually on the second Monday of January. It is held in order to congratulate and encourage all those who have reached the age of majority (20 years old) over the past year, and to help them realize that they have become adults. Festivities include the coming of age ceremonies (成人式 seijin-shiki) held at local and prefectural offices, as well as after-parties amongst family and friends.

I took this footage this morning while wandering around downtown Kobe, Japan.

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• Coming
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• Japan
• Japanese
• girls
• women
• ladies
• 成人の日
• 成人式
• ceremony
• kimono
• Kobe

[kmah88]

hi kevin ~ i like your videos!

how long have you been in japan?

[BusanKevin]

Thank you very much.

I havent been here too long...just under 2 years :)

[quietflight1972]

I love a women in a Limonos, nice video and comments about the holiday...

[BusanKevin]

Thanks so much :)

[ANBUShika]

what is the melody on the start of the video ? Is it another one you did yourself or is it a song ?

Those are some pretty kimonos but they seem a little different than the "regular" ones...Maybe because of the cold weather ?

[BusanKevin]

the music is default music that comes with iMovie on the Mac.

Those were pretty standard kimonos. The furry collar is a special thing. In colder weather, women normally wear a special overcoat over the kimono. These girls weren't though. Young women tend to wear very bright and flashy kimonos as well!

[reynoldsair]

There's 50 reasons to love Japan in this video...and they were all 20 years old :)

[BusanKevin]

that is a mystery that may never be solved. I have asked many Japanese people the same question and they normally can't even tell me why!

[Osuitea]

21st Century, get over it. Kimono, Victorian, and other body restricting fashion is not easy. However seeing a butt cheek down the street is eye opening and jaw dropping as in gasp.

[lukkha1]

i think the modern version of furisode looks bad, the girls have no clue have to wear it and it shoes, they look unconfortable in their own national outfit, that's odd/ beside the silk of those new furisode is cheap, most of the time it is polyester anyway. but more importantly i am completely against the fur collar , tens of thousands of animals are killed each year for that and they were it just once in their life. their is nothing seijin about their attitude.

[nirvgardengod]

do you have to be 20,,or be turning 20??

[VKQueenVamp]

@BusanKevin I know that over the age of 18 your not supposed to wear bright red.. red shows a playful side or innocence i believe.. so.. im guessing that tradition has slipped.. strange.

[rainbowsnow7596]

I thought the ones they wear for coming of age is called furisode :/

[hvguy]

lol, good point

[welwisher]

Heh. It's kinda funny that the women in kimonos are like a tourist attraction.

[softypapa]

I saw on TV groups of young adults celebrating this holiday at Disneyland which seemed like a curious place to celebrate becoming an adult. Great video, Kevin! :-)