In Japan now is the season of “Seijinshiki”. That is a ceremony of those young people reaching the age of 20. Their coming of age is celebrated and there are many offical parties. Those young people dress up with Kimonos, Hakama etc. and they celebrate there. It is a Japanese tradition. When I was that age, I did not attend such a ceremony. Previously in a blog post I had mentioned that I am a rather slow person and therefore I thought at that time that I was not fully grown up. I still feel like that so the decision back then seems to have been correct. However I will try my best at some point in my life to have my own “Seijinshiki”…
日本は成人式の季節ですね。成人された皆様、おめでとうございます！ さて、私は、といいますと、実は自分の成人式に参加しませんでした。このブログでも書きましたが、私は「のろん（のろまなので、小学生の頃、付けられたあだ名）」ですから、当時、成人したという自覚が持てなかったためです。しかし、少しずつですが、努力を続け、歩んでいくつもりです。死ぬまでには、私の個人的な「成人式」ができればいいなあ、と思います…
Picture by Yuka Simeno 2020
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