Coming of Age Day

Hands across silver suited butt

January 24, 2012fetish, men, Nakano, Public spacebutt, Coming of Age Day, hands, Moe, Nakano, Seiji no Hi, silver, Sun Plazatokyo moe Leave a comment

Gallons of make-up, tight suits, & huge hair

January 21, 2012fetish, male fashion, Nakano, Public spaceComing of Age Day, festive, hair, happiest, huge, Make-up, Moe, Nakano, Seiji no Hi, suits, Sun Plaza, tight, wintertokyo moe Leave a comment

Definitely, Coming of Age Day is the happiest day of the year. Winter is never more festive.

These boys are now legal. Coming of Age Day in Nakano

January 19, 2012fetish, men, Nakano, Public spaceadult, beer, Coming of Age Day, hair, legal, Moe, Nakano, rainbow, Seiji no Hi, Sun Plaza, teenagerstokyo moe One comment

Crack open a beer. Dye your hair rainbow colors. Finally, I am posting photos from this year’s Nakano Sun Plaza’s celebration of the ward’s teenagers becoming adults.

For seijin no hi, Coming of Age Day, peacock alert!!

January 11, 2010male fashion, men, Nakano, Public spaceCandian, Coming of Age Day, fried, gyaruo, hair, huge, Julie in Japan, kimono, peacock, Seijin no hi, 成人の日tokyo moe One comment

Today is Seijin no hi, Coming of Age Day, on which Japan celebrates those who have turned 20 this past year. Lots of super garish kimonos for the girls, and more sober kimonos for the gyaruo peacocks who mix tradition with huge fried hair.

The image above is courtesy of Julie in Japan, one of my favorite foreign bloggers in Japan. Why are Canadians so cool?! Julie is the perfect blogger: original, prolific, fun, and incredibly sweet disposition.

Last year my post did not include any original images or even found ones of young male fashion outlaws. I’ll be trolling Nakano today hoping to find some good snaps with the new camera.

Dear readers, please send me or link to any good images you create or find!!

Happy Coming of Age Day! 成人の日

January 12, 2009Nakano, Public space20 year old, bloated, carnal, Christmas tree, Coming of Age Day, face, fancy nails, glitter, hair, hair-do, holiday, husband, Japan, legal, Mickey Rourke, Nakano Broadway, obasan, ojisan, outfit, perm, plastic surgery, Seijin no hi, 成人の日tokyo moe View all 3 comments

Happy Coming of Age Day (成人の日, Seijin no hi)! There are many strange official holidays in Japan: kids day (formerly boys day), sports and health day, for example. But Coming of Age Day is special– not only is all official business closed, but there’s the opportunity to see 20 year old’s dressed in their gaudy finest.

For girls just turning 20 years old, it’s an opportunity to look like a slightly late Christmas tree: teased hair piled high, with plastic flower ornaments, pink and neon kimonos, faux white fur stoles with glitter, fancy nails. For boys, there’s the classy kimono look and the more popular host look: shiny suit, and big permed hair.

Some of the activity should take place in a temple or shrine. However, I saw dozens strolling in Nakano Broadway, take sticker photos, and showing off hair do’s. The best guy hair-dos I saw include blue-grey hair and one red-and-yellow mix.

I wasn’t sure what to say. Congratulations?! Now you can legally drink? You’re old enough to have carnal relations with adults? Could that hair be any bigger? The husband suggested I say nothing, and I obeyed.

I did have a fantasy of spotting in the crowds Mickey Rourke, with his bloated plastic surgery face, dressed up as a coming-of-age 20 year old. Are there other ojisan and obasan who take advantage of the holiday to pretend they are coming of age? I guess I have a few more years to plan my holiday outfit.