What is the legal age to drink in Japan?
2007-02-20 13:41:35 · 13 answers · asked by corrick_1 6 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
20 is the legal age to drink, smoke and vote in Japan.
2007-02-20 17:32:39 · answer #1 · answered by Klingon Atheist 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
20
2007-02-23 13:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by boxergirl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to look over 13. Basically everyone is right, you have to be 20 to drink. Most places still say the age is 18. You will never get carded. No one will confront you. Nothing will ever be said. Basically it's taken as if you order alcohol you're probably old enough. The laws are not enforced. You will see teenagers walking around drinking asahi all the time. I think even a 5 year old could order a drink and they would give it to them. Don't feel guilty or worry about it, because they don't care even if you are under age. Not like many of their alcoholic drinks are any good. I've tried many different things and unless you go to an izakaya and get a mixed drink they all taste bad. I'm told their beer isn't as good. I still haven't had a malt beverage that tastes better than anything we have. It's barely worth it to drink there, unless the whole point is getting drunk.
2007-02-21 20:02:54 · answer #3 · answered by computerqfl 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Drinking and smoking is legal when you turn 20.
But probably the majority will begin drinking after they graduate highschool. Which is age 18 as long as you didn't flunk a grade.
When they enter college in April, they have these welcome parties (Shin nyusei kangei konpa AKA Shin-Kan Konpa) that senior (older) students plan for the new freshman students. I'm sure there's all sorts of different events, but usually it's held at an izakaya or Japanese drinking pub and they drink and eat and get drunk. This is common knowledge to Japanese and it's also common knowledge that freshmans enter college at 18 or 19 which is still not the legal drinking age. But I've never seen them get arrested or get in trouble or even get carded at these events.
So legally it's 20 but it's sort of an unwritten law that you can drink and smoke once you're out of highschool.
2007-02-21 04:09:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's 20.
2007-02-24 01:38:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than and equal to 20. You can drink at 20 legally.
2007-02-20 13:54:37 · answer #6 · answered by Black Dog 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In Japan, when we turn 20, it measn we are adult. So we can start drinking and smoking at 20.
2007-02-23 18:19:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By law, 20 is the drinking age, but high school kids and I have heard of Jr. High school kids drink. You can fink vending machines selling beer almost anywhere and anyone can buy it. No one watches them.
The drinking age is 20, but it is only about 30% enforced. At that is only at convenience and liquor stores, and supermarkets.
2007-02-20 17:04:47 · answer #8 · answered by Looking for the truth... 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's 20. Behold the power of google. All you have to do is type japan drinking age.
Here's the chart I got it from. It has other countries, too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age
2007-02-20 13:55:00 · answer #9 · answered by fishmonger908 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
20 , but most of teenager drink it before 20
2007-02-21 05:46:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋