Talk:Coming of Age Day

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Plagiarism
Someone decided to lift this article in its entireity from without any citation whatsoever. Thus, the article needs to be completely rewritten. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Exitmoose (talk • contribs).

How 20 is 20
I am unsure on the factual accuracy of the page this page was previously 'plagarised' and have come upon conflicted internet resources on the matter.

Is this ceremony really for people who will turn 20 in the coming year? I am really doubting that. The drinking age in Japan is 20, that means unless your birthday falls in the first 2 weeks of January, you are not allowed to drink. I know that japan may not be exactly strong on enforcing legal ages, but that would be ridiculous to ahve a Nationally Sponsored festivity day that encourages underage drinking. -- to lazy to log in


 * Yes, all people who turn 20 in 2006 will have their ceremony on Monday. Neier 07:43, 5 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I need to remember to be more specific when asking my friends about things. I found out tonight that the "all year" is the one which matches the school (and most fiscal) years -- from April to March.  So, anyone born between April 1, 1985 – March 31, 1986 will have their ceremony on January 9, 2006.  The underage drinking problem of ZayZayEm's message still exists, but only for about 1/4 of the group -- which is better than 51/52.  :-) Neier 12:11, 8 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I have to check my sources on this, but it used to be that people didn't celebrate their individual birthdays in Japan; your age was based on the year in which you were born and not necessarily the specific day. That being the case, Coming of Age day was a way to celebrate everyone becoming adults in their 20th year and, technically, that meant that you were (possibly) considered 20 and could drink legally.  I do believe, however, that people do celebrate birthdays in Japan currently so I'm not sure if my theory still stands that you are considered 20 if that is your celebratory year.  I would have to look this all up later because I'm at work, so I may have muddled ZayZayEM's question moreso than if it had been left alone. SailorAlphaCentauri 16:13, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

In my experience, no 19 year olds participate. On the contrary, it's more common that a 21 year old would participate. It works like this: If your birthday falls between Jan 1 and Dec 31 of a given year, you are invited to the ceremony the following January. So if your 20th birthday is, say January 3 2008, you would participate in the January 11, 2009 ceremony. At least this was the case in the district where I had my Coming of Age ceremony in Nagoya. aixime 14:34, 7 November 2009 (EST)


 * I would also like to point out that being able to drink has nothing to do with the Seijinshiki (ceremony) itself, but with your birth of date printed on your ID. So, even if a 19 year old had his/her ceremony early, this would not mean they can drink. aixime —Preceding undated comment added 19:53, 7 November 2009 (UTC).

i am a Japanese native.i was born on march 2nd 1995.When i was 3 years old me and my family moved to america and i learn and write how to speak english. i am from Nagoya we returned to Nagoya when i was 14. the wiki is not really reliable after all it is said that those who are born within April 1st of the current year and april 2nd of the previous years will attend the cermony. i was born on march 2nd 1995 but i got a inivation to attend my coming of age ceremony this year 2016 on i attend my one on janury 11th 2016 sorry for my bad english since i am a native japanese Saeryukgkj (talk) 01:58, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Podcast
Sorry, must have done the wrong link. Episode 7] really is about seijin shiki. I put it here for your perusal. Jeshii 03:34, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Addition Information
http://ricci.bidan.de/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=329

Basically popular idols from Johnn'y Entertainment have their own Seijin Shiki, which has a lot of press coverage, and is in the newspapers, and daily shows like Zoom In and Mezameishi (I think that's how you spell it). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chibified (talk • contribs).

Merger proposal
Given the overlap in subject matter, the material from Genpuku should be merged into this article as a part of the day's history. If there are no objections, I shall perform the merge within a week or two. armagebedar (talk) 00:39, 12 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree that the two articles address similar subjects but I believe someone from the Japan project should guide the wikipedia community in the aim. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 02:05, 30 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Support Its the same article.   scope_creep Talk  13:10, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Additionally, there's also the Genpuku article, which focusses on the historical origin of the modern practice. Should we therefore merge them all into one, if there is historical continuity between them? Klbrain (talk) 22:40, 21 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Support merge of all 3. Onel 5969  TT me 02:32, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support merge of the three articles. Pichpich (talk) 21:09, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support merger Mccapra (talk) 23:04, 9 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Support merger of the three articles Michiganwolverinette (talk) 21:40, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Also in Korea
This is also a holiday in Korea; this article needs to be globalized to reflect this. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 17:56, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Then there should be a separate article for the Korean holiday. This one is focused on the Japanese one. — howcheng  {chat} 10:53, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

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