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Coming of Age Day

Twenty-year-olds in furisode and suits attend city ceremonies on the second Monday of January.

Coming of Age Day: Young ladies celebrate "Coming Of Age Day" at Meiji Jingu, Japan (Jan 14, 2008). This is a portion of the original photo.
Photo: moguphotos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

When is Coming of Age Day in 2027?

Coming of Age Day 2027 is on Monday, 11 January 2027. Other years: 2026, Monday, 12 January 2026; 2028, Monday, 10 January 2028.

About Coming of Age Day

Seijin no Hi honours those who have turned or will turn twenty in the year, once the age of adulthood in Japan, though it has legally been eighteen since 2022 and ceremonies are still for twenty-year-olds in most towns. Each local government holds a ceremony, with speeches from the mayor and representatives of the new adults. Young women often wear furisode, a formal kimono with long sleeves, with fur stoles and elaborate hair, rented or passed down in families, and men wear dark suits or hakama. After the ceremony, former classmates meet for photographs and parties. The custom has roots in the genpuku coming-of-age rites for young nobles in ancient Japan.

Coming of Age Day dates: 2026, 2027, 2028

YearComing of Age Day date
2026Monday, 12 January 2026
2027Monday, 11 January 2027
2028Monday, 10 January 2028

What is eaten

  • celebratory meals

Also part of it, and being written: Furisode (The long-sleeved kimono worn by young women.), Genpuku (The historical coming-of-age rite.), Hakama (The wide trousers worn with a kimono.).

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About this page

Written by the EveryParampara desk with AI assistance. Background: "Coming of Age Day" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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