In 1999, at the Seijin-shiki ceremony held in Sendai City, while giving a lecture, Sakuji YOSHIMURA, Egyptologist, really felt that the behavior of new adults was terrible, got furious, and said, 'this is a celebration to cast blessings upon new-born babies not new adults. I will never give a lecture at the Seijin-shiki ceremony again.'
1999年、仙台市で行われた成人式で、エジプト考古学者の吉村作治の講演の際、新成人のマナーのあまりの低劣さを実感し「これは新成人ではなく新生児の祝いだ。二度と成人式で講演しない」と激怒した。