Celebrate your coming of age at Disney – Japan and their national holiday
Monday 11 January 2010 @ 10:15 pm | By Sol 5 CommentsIn Mexico they’re called Quinceañeras, for the Jews there’s the Bar Mitzvahs, and for Americans there is the general plague that seems to spread around your face, for guys: the sudden appearance of “hair down there”, and the awkwardly, embarrassing voice cracks at the most inopportune times. And since I can’t leave out my ladies I’ll throw in if your coming of age is anything like the “My Super Sweet 16” god help us all. This may be TMI, but as a discombobulated teen, my parents would always tell me they’d throw me a party when my balls dropped. Awesome hu?
I can’t say I ever got the party, but if you’re Japanese, the national holiday of coming of age is celebrated with the Disney crew wishing you well on your journey into adulthood. What is surprising is the age (20) where the journey begins. I shared my pubescent horror story, what are some of yours?
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Abraham 'Velcor' Duarte
David 'KidKobun' Bruno
Ivan 'Nahu' Lozano
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Sol
What is this? Saying goodbye to early youth by doing the most childish stuff out there and in here? I guess they did the Mickey Mouse Club dance as well!
The most i had back at my 15′s was just a saturday mass and that was it.
What Grow up? never. Actually you make a good point there are really no coming of age rituals for Americans..
I can only think of the 21st where you get sloppy since you’re “legal” outside of that nadda.
Which begs the question: Do the British have coming of age rituals that the U.S. left behind? Or is our lack of a rite of passage something we inherited from them?
This is so funny thanks for posting this!