Coming-of-age day!

On January 8, I went back to Minamata by trains for the coming-of-age ceremony. In fact my mother misunderstood. She thought the ceremony would be held on January 10th! I was so surprised! I arrived to Minamata in the afternoon and went to the building where the ceremony is held to take part in a rehearsal because I had to sing Japanese national anthem in the ceremony! In the rehearsal, I had a chance to sing on the stage with my childhood friend who would sing the song with me. We both were nerves because we hardly sing any song recently but It was a nice rehearsal. After that, I went to my aunt's house to rent kimono from her. One of my friends named Erina brought me to her house by her own car. I really appreciated her! My kimino's color was red! It was the first time to see my kimono. Then I went to a hair salon to have a beauty care treatment and hair treatment. The beauty treatment made me so relaxed. I was happy to meet Maki-san who is a my favorite hairdresser.

On January 9, I woke up at 5:00a.m.! I overslept! I promised to go to the hair salon at 4:30a.m. At last I arrived there at 5:30a.m. The hairdressers helped me to wear kimono and made up. It was the first time for me to use a fake eyelash! After we finished everything, I went to photo studio with my parents and were taken some pictures. And then, my mother brought me to the place where the ceremony would be held. I met many old friends in the ceremony! I was a staff of he ceremony. The staffs gathered at 9:30 a.m. As soon as we met, we started to take many pictures because they had unusual looking. They all in kimono were so beautiful. We were so Japanese girls in the day! When I sang the national anthem on the stage, I was so nerves but it was going to be good I think. We enjoyed the ceremony so much!
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