Once again, within the month, back to Japan

I needed to get back to Japan to finish tax work, but the more wonderful event will be our daughter, Sheon-chan, her Coming of Age Ceremony, SEIJINSHIKI...oh, what's the kanji?

成人式? All the kids who turned twenty years old last year take part in this. And do they get decked out!!! It's also sort of a reunion for them as well~

The morning the day before the ceremony, I went with Sheon to this rental clothing shop, where Naomi had also gone for her SEIJINSHIKI.

Surrounded by kimonos, Sheon-chan. waiting for the woman to bring her OBI, the belt Sheon was renting to wear with her kimono.

Below, the woman showing us how the OBI looks with her kimono

Sheon told me, the day she went to choose one OBI to match her kimono, she was exhausted tired, and didn't take the time to choose carefully. Sheon dreaded that she'd chosen the wrong design and colors to match, so had even begun thinking she would give up going to this ceremony because of this "mistake".

However, the women commended her, and with smiles they set about trying it on casually. Not putting it on seriously yet. That will be another woman being paid the morning of the ceremony to dress Sheon properly.

So, here, casually and on top of what Sheon was wearing the woman shows Sheon how it's going to look basically.

Tying that OBI in the back too muscle!!! I missed taking a photo of the woman getting into quite the stance to pull through the ends of the Obi to make a loose fitting tie. Muscle!

And Sheon-chan looking happier!!

Yes, real fur, borrowed! Compliments of Kahori (Thank you so much Kahori for helping our little girl get everything together!!! )

The woman had a nice list to check with Sheon that she had all the proper pieces and ties in this case, also borrowed from Kahori. And then one special accessory from Sheon's Oba-chan. Oba-chan and Oji-chan, her Japanese Grandparents. They were with our older kids for this special day, but they have both passed away. Sheon has this from Oba-chan to wear though. A special set of hair pieces.

Paying to borrow that OBI, more than $100.00.

On the way out, a display... I've been informed, it's just to show off whatt this tie will look like on the BACK, though at first I thought they were dressing young women with it looking like THIS on the front!

I left Sheon, she went off to finish getting her nails done...go to a tanning salon...shop for more hair pieces, get her hair done, and then the ceremonial day will begin the next morning!

Me, I raced off to see a basketball game! Got there for the fourth quarter to see YUTO! And his coach Kitabayashi, the last quarter of a tournament game, where Yuto played wonderfully, along with other old teammates of Zen's.

After the win!!