The initiation ceremony in Japan, the Seijin-shiki, has experienced a decline in participation and increase in disruptive behavior displayed by the youth in the past 10 or so years. This has resulted a questioning of the need to continue the ceremony. The goal of this project was to find the reason behind the deterioration of the Seijin-shiki and provide recommendations on how to alleviate the problem. This was accomplished by exploring the relationship between the post-modern Japanese society in the 1990s and its effects on the "monster" youth of the era. This analysis was then applied to the Japanese youth of today.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Snoddy, Shun Watanabe

Subject

• Culture
• Community
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050613-142531

Keyword

• Japanese--Social life and customs

Advisor

• Rudolph, Jennifer

Year

• 2013

Center

• Japan Project Center (Kyoto) - IQP

Date created

• 2013-05-06

Location

• Kyoto

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright