Today, January 13 is a national holiday, called "Coming-of Age Day".
I have found the Web site about this day in English as follows:
"The second Monday of January is "Seijin no hi" (Coming-of-age Day) in Japan.
People celebrate this day to welcome the young men and women, who have turned or will turn the age of 20 during the current year, as new members of society!! Ceremonies are held in every city, town and village. The people who have reached the age of twenty get the right to vote and also allowed to smoke and drink."
(http://www.eikaiwagakushu.com/nihonbunka/seijinnohi.html)
It used to be on January 15th, but since 2000, it has been set in the second Monday of January due to "Happy Monday Regulation", which legislate the some specific Monday as a national holiday to encourage to have vacations for hard-working Japanese people.
The reason why it used to be on January 15th is because it is "the small new year" on Lunatic Calender and used to have a ceremony of "Coming -of-Age Day" in Samurai era.
At that time, the age varied from 5-6 years old to 20 years old. (According to Wikipedia)
I have found the Web site about this day in English as follows:
"The second Monday of January is "Seijin no hi" (Coming-of-age Day) in Japan.
People celebrate this day to welcome the young men and women, who have turned or will turn the age of 20 during the current year, as new members of society!! Ceremonies are held in every city, town and village. The people who have reached the age of twenty get the right to vote and also allowed to smoke and drink."
(http://www.eikaiwagakushu.com/nihonbunka/seijinnohi.html)
It used to be on January 15th, but since 2000, it has been set in the second Monday of January due to "Happy Monday Regulation", which legislate the some specific Monday as a national holiday to encourage to have vacations for hard-working Japanese people.
The reason why it used to be on January 15th is because it is "the small new year" on Lunatic Calender and used to have a ceremony of "Coming -of-Age Day" in Samurai era.
At that time, the age varied from 5-6 years old to 20 years old. (According to Wikipedia)
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