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The fifteenth of January is coming of age day:
an obligatory celebration in the life of a young Japanese woman.
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The city governments distribute small bags
filled with gifts, datebooks, advice:
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how to be a good citizen, a good mother, a good wife.
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On that day every twenty-year-old girl
can phone her family for free, no matter where in Japan.
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Flag, home, and country:
this is the anteroom of adulthood.
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The world of the takenoko and of rock singers
speeds away like a rocket.
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Speakers explain what society expects of them.
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How long will it take to forget the secret?
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And when all the celebrations are over it
remains only to pick up all the ornaments
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—all the accessories of the celebration—
and by burning them, make a celebration.