A 1300-year-old Japanese tradition will be celebrated in Dunedin for the first time this weekend.
More than 70 of the city’s Japanese students will attend the Coming of Age ceremony at Knox Church’s Stuart Hall on Saturday.
Event co-ordinator Ryohei Matsuoka said the history of the annual ceremony dated back to AD710 and celebrated the day 20-year-olds became recognised as adults in Japanese society.
