Four Seasons in Japan: Coming-of-Age Day

Events:
The fall foliage season has started in the Taisetsu Mountain Range, Hokkaido.
https://sounkyovc.net/blog (Japanese version)

2024 Fall Foliage Forecast
https://www.jrailpass.com/blog/japan-autumn-leaves-forecast
https://n-kishou.com/corp/news-contents/autumn/?lang=en
https://tenki.jp/kouyou/expectation.html(Japanese version only)
https://koyo.walkerplus.com/topics/article/210122/ (western Japan, Japanese version only)
https://koyo.walkerplus.com/topics/article/161896/ (eastern Japan, Japanese version only)
https://koyo.walkerplus.com/topics/article/203976/ (northern Japan, Japanese version only)

when and where to see fall foliage(Japanese version only):
https://weathernews.jp/koyo/
https://sp.jorudan.co.jp/leaf/
https://koyo.walkerplus.com/

fireworks festivals will also be held in October and November
fireworks festivals(Japanese version only):
https://hanabi.walkerplus.com/
https://sp.jorudan.co.jp/hanabi/

Monday, January 9, 2012

Coming-of-Age Day

The second Monday of January is Coming-of-Age Day.

Coming-of-Age ceremonies are held on this day in most areas and done during the New Year's holidays or the Bon Festival period in some areas.

In tsunami-hit areas, bereaved new adults and new adults with photos of their deceased classmates attended the ceremonies.

The new adults who evacuated their hometowns due to the nuclear accident in Fukushima attended the ceremonies at a point distant from their hometowns.