http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/01/tsukubas-coming-of-age-ceremony-seijin-shiki-proceeds-almost-without-incident/ A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:35 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/01/tsukubas-coming-of-age-ceremony-seijin-shiki-proceeds-almost-without-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-30151 Kansai Area`s Popular Rite of Passage For 13 Year Olds Is Also Celebrated In Ibaraki, At Tokai-Mura`s Muramatsuyama Kokuzo-Do Temple « TsukuBlog Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:47:40 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=2765#comment-30151 [...] I have written about other Coming of age Ceremonies at- http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/01/tsukubas-coming-of-age-ceremony-seijin-shiki-proceeds-almost-with... [...] [...] I have written about other Coming of age Ceremonies at- http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/01/tsukubas-coming-of-age-ceremony-seijin-shiki-proceeds-almost-with... [...]

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/01/tsukubas-coming-of-age-ceremony-seijin-shiki-proceeds-almost-without-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-27565 Nora Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:18:54 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=2765#comment-27565 That seems me quite similar with the gala ceremony in the issue of each Bulgarian high school when everybody catch a fever of attractive look, especially the girls. My mother's 'teacherhood' is more closed to observe this. She reported me that some of the students were trying to get advantage of the situation and make their own shine like a Hollywood star. One girl was with famous TV-showman partner... As for me, I never accepted to participate to this snobbish ceremony, so expensive that the parents had to invest 1 or 2 salaries to one-night buffoonery;)) hhhha, just a parade still popular in Bulgaria (a funny-hooligan european country, my fatherland). But wondering your story, it's more interesting to know how some of us, muscular 'gaijins', come to these very special japanese customs. Yakuza or not, may be the papa-boss get all assurances to reintroduce her cherry...also like a part of the show;)! That seems me quite similar with the gala ceremony in the issue of each Bulgarian high school when everybody catch a fever of attractive look, especially the girls. My mother’s ‘teacherhood’ is more closed to observe this. She reported me that some of the students were trying to get advantage of the situation and make their own shine like a Hollywood star. One girl was with famous TV-showman partner… As for me, I never accepted to participate to this snobbish ceremony, so expensive that the parents had to invest 1 or 2 salaries to one-night buffoonery;)) hhhha, just a parade still popular in Bulgaria (a funny-hooligan european country, my fatherland).
But wondering your story, it’s more interesting to know how some of us, muscular ‘gaijins’, come to these very special japanese customs. Yakuza or not, may be the papa-boss get all assurances to reintroduce her cherry…also like a part of the show;)!

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/01/tsukubas-coming-of-age-ceremony-seijin-shiki-proceeds-almost-without-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-27563 Avi Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:41:26 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=2765#comment-27563 Hi,Nora! Thanks for writing. In fact, I heard an interesting story about the SEIJIN SHIKI in Tsuchiura City. When this years celebrants arrived at the venue, they were surprised to see 2 very large, muscular foreigners, with shaven heads and suits, towering above everyone else. The people I heard this story from first assumed that these two guys had been hired by the city to discourage any rowdiness. They clearly realized, however, that they were the private escorts or bodyguards, of a girl dressed in a gorgeous kimonon with an OIRAN style obi ( when the sash is type in front,in the traditional manner of the women of the PLEASURE QUARTERS. My informants had no idea who this girl was and I still havent been able to get any info. There are several possibilities- the daughter of a yakuza oyakata (unlikely with the foreign bodyguards) A girl who was unpopular at school and then went on to make a bundle in Tokyo`s WATER TRADE, who came back to Tsuchiura to show off. Or, the whole thing is just a costume, with the guys as part of the show. What do you think? Hi,Nora! Thanks for writing. In fact, I heard an interesting story about the SEIJIN SHIKI in Tsuchiura City. When this years celebrants arrived at the venue, they were surprised to see 2 very large, muscular foreigners, with shaven heads and suits, towering above everyone else. The people I heard this story from
first assumed that these two guys had been hired by the city to discourage any rowdiness. They clearly realized, however, that they were the private escorts or bodyguards, of a girl dressed in a gorgeous kimonon with an OIRAN style obi ( when the sash is type in front,in the traditional manner of the women of the PLEASURE QUARTERS. My informants had no idea who this girl was and I still havent been able to get any info. There are several possibilities- the daughter of a yakuza oyakata (unlikely with the foreign bodyguards)
A girl who was unpopular at school and then went on to make a bundle in Tokyo`s WATER TRADE, who came back to Tsuchiura to show off.
Or, the whole thing is just a costume, with the guys as part of the show.
What do you think?

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/01/tsukubas-coming-of-age-ceremony-seijin-shiki-proceeds-almost-without-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-27561 Nora Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:44:36 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=2765#comment-27561 Thank you for that Avi, now I see the reason of so many young people, colored dressed girls in kimono or blackish suits boys across Daizy Town, they seems very proud to take a picture, some of them underground;)) in the front of Daiso photo's machines... After all, did you see something interesting in Tsukuba last monday, other 'shiki' indeed? Thank you for that Avi, now I see the reason of so many young people, colored dressed girls in kimono or blackish suits boys across Daizy Town, they seems very proud to take a picture, some of them underground;)) in the front of Daiso photo’s machines…
After all, did you see something interesting in Tsukuba last monday, other ‘shiki’ indeed?

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