Coming of Age day beauty

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.

#成人式ヘア ＆ #成人式ネイル 髪型は特にこだわりなくてお任せでこんな感じにしてもらったよー💆✨ ネイルはこの間、いつもの@relum.official に行ってきた💅💕 自爪がきれいに伸びたから今回は長めのジェルネイル😍🙌 参考までに、、（≧∇≦） #makeup #hairstyle #hairmake #kimono #japanese #girl #me #smile #cjd_karen #成人式 #新成人 #nail #hairsalon #gelnail

A photo posted by KAREN💜 (@cjd_karen) on Jan 10, 2016 at 5:06am PST

#成人式ヘア ふりそでーしょん♡

A photo posted by えりちょん (@eri_chon) on Jan 12, 2016 at 10:00pm PST

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.

髪型と帯😇💕💕りぼんと羽🎀👼 帯はとにかく可愛くしてくださいって言ったの。（笑）あみっぽいって言われて嬉しかった⤴︎⤴︎ #成人式 #振袖 #成人式ヘア #girly #成人式ネタいつまで更新していいかな #そろそろやめるね #これだけ載せたかったの #地元の方遊んでください笑 #今年は色んな人と会おうっと♡

A photo posted by Ａmi mitsui✩ (@aamin0502) on Jan 12, 2016 at 6:51am PST

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