Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Seijin-no-hi

昨日は日本は休日でした。大人(20歳)になることを祝う日で、成人の日と言います。昔は、1月の15日でしたが、ハッピーマンデー制度が施行されたため、1月15日の前の月曜に移動されました。成人式と呼ばれる祝賀会が各都市で開催され、着物を着た20歳の人達が参加します。


Kinou ha nihon ha kyujitsu deshita. Otona(hatachi)ni narukotowo iwau hide, seijin no hi to iimasu. Mukashiha, 1gatu no 15nichi deshitaga, Happy Monday seidoga sekousareta tame, 1gatu 15nichino maeno getsuyouni idou saremashita. Seijinshiki to yobareru syukugakaiga kakutoshide kaisaisare, kimonowo kita 20sai no hitotatiga sanka shimasu.


Yesterday was holiday in Japan. It's a day to celebrate to be adults(20 years old), this day is named "Seijin no hi". In the past, it was on the 15th of January, but a regulation of Happy Monday was enforced, the day moved to Monday before 15th of Jan. The celebration ceremonies that called "seijin shiki" were token place at every cities, and 20-year-old people who get dressed up in kimono take part in it.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What would Seijin-no-Hi translate as?

Coming of Age Day?

It's an interesting tradition though - would be nice if we had something like that over here :)

k2 said...

you're correct :)
It's "Coming of Age Day"