In Japan, the legal age is 20. Once you are 20 years old, you can officially vote, drink alcohol and drive a car.
There is a particular celebration in Japan for the young people who officially turn adults; the Coming of Age celebration takes place each year on the second Monday of January.
Companies and local organizations prepare events that the 20 year-old people attend, wearing the Japanese traditional kimono. The girls like to wear gorgeous updos, make-ups and nails to go along for the special occasion.
Let’s see what hairstyles were popular this year!
The day of the celebration, it is busy for the girls: they have to get up early and go to a beauty salon, qualified for kimono dressing as well as for hair updo and make-up. The whole preparation takes from 45min to 2 hours and the earliest ones start preparing at 4AM…
The recent years, braids have been popular. This year made no exception.
And we saw also a lot of ribbons made with hair, a bit like an accessory! Creative!
source: kamimado.viceviza.com/salon/
source: riccosalon.blog.fc2.com
The past recent years, the high updos have been popular but this year we saw a lot of girls having low updos, giving a more classy and chic impression.
source: wear.jp/wakowako/coordinate/3024571/
Tradition is kept but beauty styles evolve with the time, always different and creative!
What’s your favorite this year?
Reference about Coming of Age day: http://japanistas.com/en/archives/55428
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