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The coming-of-age ceremony (seijinshiki) is an event in which each local government in Japan encourages and blesses people who will become adults by the end of the school year, mainly on the second Monday of January (Coming-of-Age Day). Hold lectures and give souvenirs. Since it is not sponsored by the Japanese government but is voluntarily held by each local government, the school age system is the same everywhere, but there are local governments that host events other than Coming-of-Age Day.

The age of adulthood was lowered from 20 to 18 on April 1, 2022, but some municipalities continue to set the target age for coming-of-age ceremonies to 20 and others to 18. #Movement associated with the lowering of the adult age).

Ceremonies to celebrate coming-of-age have existed since ancient times, and there were genpuku and fundoshi celebrations for boys, and kimono and hairdressing for girls. In cultural anthropology and folklore, these things are treated as one of the initiations.

Adults who participate in the coming-of-age ceremony are originally celebrated for those who have birthdays between the day after the 'Coming-of-Age Day' of the previous year and the 'Coming-of-Age Day' of the current year. However, recently (especially after the introduction of the Happy Monday system), the so-called school age system has become established, in which people who come of age between April of the previous year and March of the current year are eligible to participate in the ceremony.

In the case of the age system, people who were born early and had a late birthday turned out to be strangers to other participants. There is a history of the change to the school age system due to the case

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