・Kanreki (61 years old) - Those born in 1966

There are 60 possible combinations of the Ten Heavenly Stems and the Twelve Earthly Branches, and it will be exactly 61 years before the zodiac sign of the year you were born will come around. As the zodiac signs complete a cycle and return to their original state, red hoods and chanchanko costumes are given as gifts to symbolize rebirth.

 

・70th birthday (70 years old) - Those born in 1957

The name comes from a line in a poem by the Chinese poet Du Fu: "It is rare to live to be seventy."

 

・Kiju (77 years old) - Those born in 1950

The name comes from the fact that the abbreviated character for "joy" can be broken down into seven, ten, and seven.

 

・Kanju (80 years old) - Those born in 1947

The name comes from the fact that the abbreviated character for "umbrella" can be broken down into eight and ten parts.

 

・88th birthday (88 years old) - Those born in 1939

The name comes from the fact that the character for rice can be broken down into eight, ten, and eight.

 

・90th birthday (90 years old) for those born in 1937

The name was chosen because the colloquial character for graduation, "卆," can be broken down into nine and ten.

 

・Hakuju (99 years old) - Those born in 1928

It was named after the fact that if you remove the character "ichi" (one) from the character "hyaku" (one hundred), it becomes the character "haku" (white).

 

・Jyoju (100 years old) - Those born in 1926 and 1927

It is also called "hyakuju" as opposed to "shiju" (low life expectancy) at 60 and "chuju" (middle life expectancy) at 80.