Tomorrow is a national holiday in Japan, known as Seijin no Hi

明天是日本的國定假日 叫做「成人之日」

Would probably be something like Coming of Age Day

大概是叫「成年日」

Basically it's where all the 20 year olds in Japan

基本上就是日本所有的20歲人士

celebrate their coming of age, so becoming adults

一起慶祝成年 也就是成為成人的日子

Today I'm going to be attending a Seijin Shiki

今天我會去參加「成人式」（成人禮）

or Coming of Age Ceremony

也稱成年典禮

My friend Jei turned 20 recently, so he will be celebrating becoming an adult

我的朋友Jei最近20歲了 所以他會慶祝成年

and he was able to participate in a Seijin Shiki today

而今天他也能夠參加一場成年禮

So I'm gonna take you guys along and document his experience

所以我會帶著你們 去記錄他的體驗

Everybody who is turning 20 between April 2nd 2015 and April 1st 2016

所有在2015年4月2日及 2016年4月1日之間滿20歲的人

will attend a ceremony, either today or tomorrow

都會參加典禮 在今天或明天

Most of them happen tomorrow on the actual holiday

多數其實都會在假期當天（1月第二個星期一）舉行

But there are a few going on today

但今天有幾場

So when you turn 20 in Japan, you're officially an adult

在日本當你滿20 你就是成年人了

You can drink, smoke, go to hostess clubs

你可以喝酒 吸菸 上俱樂部

What else can you do when you're 20...

20歲了還能做什麼呢...

You can vote! I think that's basically it

可以投票！我想就是這樣了

So lots of 20 year olds today will be celebrating

所以今天慶祝的20歲

The girls wear very gorgeous kimonos

女生會穿華麗的和服

The guys either wear a suit or hakama

男生會穿西裝或袴

Traditional Seijin Shiki wear would be hakama

傳統的成人式服裝是袴

Most people would wear a suit these days

但近年來 很多人都穿西裝

We'll see what the guys are gonna be wearing today

我們去看看今天 男生們都穿什麼吧

Let's go! I hope you guys enjoy this!

走吧！希望你們會喜歡！

Abiko City - Coming of Age Ceremony

我孫子市 — 成人式

How did you get permission to join today?

你是如何得到許可參加今天的典禮的？

It was a bit of a mission

這有點曲折

My boss had to help me out

我的老闆幫了我

So she asked around to many different cities trying to get me permission

她到不同的市幫我取得許可

Because I'm a foreigner, it's not exactly the easiest to get in

因為我是外國人 所以很難參加

Usually the foreigner is not 20 to start with

通常想參加的外國人不會是20歲

If she or he is 20, they've got to have a Japanese residency

如果他們是20歲 也必須有日本居留權

Or on their passport saying they're a Japanese citizen

或者護照上寫說他們是日本公民

I'm on a working holiday visa so it's pretty tough for me

我現在持工作假期准證 所以有點難

Are you excited?

興奮嗎？

I'm excited!

我很興奮！

Abiko City, this building here, they've let me join

我子孫市 這棟大樓 他們讓我參加

It'll start soon and I'm looking forward to it!

就要開始了 我好期待！

I've heard it's gonna be some speeches

我聽說會有演講

The local Japanese think it's a little bit boring

當地日本人覺得那有點無聊

But I'm looking forward to that anyways

但我還是很期待

Get to listen to some more difficult Japanese

因為可以聽到艱深一點的日語

Their hair looks really nice

她們的頭髮做得好好看

Congratulations!

恭喜你！

Thank you!

謝謝！

Are you excited?

興奮嗎？

I'm excited!

很興奮！

The ceremony will start any minute now

典禮很快就要開始了

Yeah lots of people are here now!

嗯 現在這裡有很多人！

Any plans for after the ceremony?

典禮結束後有什麼計畫嗎？

After the ceremony I'm gonna get WRECKED

典禮過後... 我要喝個痛快！

So you're going drinking?

所以你要去喝酒？

Sure am!

對啊！

Until morning!

到清晨！

As I expected

如我所料

Gonna pass out tonight

今晚不醉不歸

Inside the Coming of Age Ceremony

（成人典禮裡）

Opening statements

（開場白）

Performances

（表演 ）

School memories

（校園會議）

Messages from teachers

（來自師長的訊息）

Closing statements

（閉幕）

Did you have fun?

好玩嗎？

Yeah it was fun!

嗯 很好玩！

You did it!

辛苦了！

How was it?

典禮怎麼樣呢？

It was good!

很棒！

What happened in there?

裡面發生了什麼事？

They introduced all the teachers from all the different elementary schools

他們介紹了這區裡不同的小學

and middle schools from in this area

和中學的老師

and the teachers were bowing to all the students

然後老師們都向學生們鞠躬敬禮

On a big screen they put up all the memories, photos, videos

在很大的銀幕上 他們放了很多回憶 照片 視頻

of 1st grade, 2nd grade all the way through

從1年級 2年級 一路往上

Yeah it was really good

嗯 非常棒

They did a video in the classroom saying "Do you remember me? I was your teacher in 2nd grade!"

他們還錄了一個視頻說： 「還記得我嗎？我是你2年級時的老師！」

"You're all doing so well now, congratulations!"

「你現在的成就很棒 恭喜你！」

That sounds fun!

聽上去好有趣！

Show me your hairstyles!

讓我看看你們的髮型！

Wow it's amazing!!

哇 好厲害！！

It looks beautiful

好美

So cute

好可愛

What time did you wake up today?

今天你是幾點起來的呢？

I was up at 7!

早上7點！

But some of my friends were up at 4

但我有些朋友4點就起來

to prepare their kimonos

準備和服

Did you style your hair yourself?

頭髮是妳自己弄的嗎？

No I went to a salon

不不 去髮廊弄的

Ah yeah it looks quite complicated

啊 看起來好難弄

So cute!

好可愛！

Off to the photo studio for a shoot

（前去相館拍照）

Proud Dad

（自豪的父親）

Hey guys! So the ceremony is all finished

大家好！所以典禮結束了

and the pictures are all finished

然後照片也拍好了

and now we're at the izakaya (bar) to celebrate!

我們現在在居酒屋（日式酒吧）慶祝！

Because now they can drink!

因為現在他們能喝酒了！

I can drink! I'm an adult again!

我能喝酒了！我又是成年人了！

The egg roll looks good

蛋捲好像好好吃

Sashimi Yuba

湯葉刺身（豆腐皮刺身）

It's the skin off of when you're making tofu I think?

我想這是從製作豆腐時剝出來的皮？ （是煮豆漿時表面凝固的膜）

With lime and wasabi

加上酸柑和芥末

I wanna try that, that looks good

我想試試這個 好像很好吃

Mikan liqueur

蜜柑酒

Sounds good

聽起來不錯

Peach liqueur

桃子酒

Peach doesn't sound so good

桃子感覺不是那麼好喝

Mikan liqueur sounds nice

蜜柑酒聽起來不錯

I forget how to say mikan in English

我忘了英語要怎麼說蜜柑了

Mandarin Orange maybe?

Mandarin Orange 吧？

Congratulations! Cheers!

恭喜！乾杯！

Check out Jei's channel for more adventures! Link below!

到 Jei 的頻道看看吧！ 連接在底下！

Subscribe to my channel for more videos of my life in Japan!

訂閱我的頻道 那兒有更多關於我在日本的生活的視頻