Hugging is also innocent, and not gay

The party is only getting started.

There’s nothing gay about same-sex touching and socializing

 

Male friendship at the dawn of adulthood

Here’s looking at you, babe! Has a photographer ever found more willing subjects?

Can we term this the “eyebrow gang”? More male camaraderie at Seijin no hi in Nakano

Love this look. Somewhere between rugby and crime. Single color ties and shirts are hot, as are partial mini-dreads.

Wanna-be salarymen form another clique at Seijin no Hi

These more sensible guys, with plain black suits and umbrellas, look more likely as future office workers. Good luck with the black suits and white button downs!

Future host club gang of twenty year olds on the Sun Plaza red carpet

These boys have mastered the hair skills to make “business dress” seem like one more form of drag. I wonder which male host club they are planning to join, now that they’ve turned 20.

OK, ladies! Adjust your headpieces, and look sharp!

Admittedly, I am more focused on the male side of this celebration. But even I was moved to see one friend helping another with her big hair and accessories. Now that we’re tucked and presentable, get ready to review the various cliques among the 20 year old celebrants.

Twenty looks like this?

Really?! Some of the men looked older than twenty. But who’s counting years?

Drug of choice, jumbo sake bottles self-poured

After

And before.

Celebratory drunken youth on snowy Seijin no hi at Nakano Sun Plaza

I vote for Team Delinquent. Now that the film has been developed, there will be many days of male yankii glory. So much pomp, excitement, make-up, skin color innovation, and camaraderie.

Of the many cliques celebrating their 20th years of life, including the wanna-be hosts, wanna-be salarymen, and yankii ladies, it’s the delinquent boys who seem so welcoming to this teetotaling, foreign pervert. I heard a few ladies snickering in jealousy, but I focused instead on male beauty, pride, and friendship.