From Japan, with Love: Butterbur Buds

Entry #34: 2022 January 20

I was speaking with a girlfriend on the phone the other day. My college roommate. Catching up after not speaking for a good year+. And during that call, I mentioned Seijinshiki. Coming of Age Ceremony. In English, it sounds like a tribal ceremony of yesteryear. Each city across the country gathers those who are turning 20 years old that year, to celebrate their entry into adulthood. Currently the legal age to drink, smoke tobacco, become a political candidate, sign legal papers, get married, are all 20 years old. While there is much responsibility suddenly placed on these newly converted “adults”, the ceremony itself is an opportunity to get dressed up and see childhood friends. I realize more and more than “Japanese” is a tribe unto itself. A country without a said religion, this identity is the religion.

♡ momoko

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January 20 - 24

Winter > Deep Chill > Butterbur Buds

While others are still hibernating, what have you secretly bloomed?