Respect for the Aged Greeting Sorry if this is off topic, but today is respect for the aged day in Japan, and I'm unsure how to greet elderly individuals, if at all. What would be the proper greeting? Would one greet individuals they pass on the street?

I don't consider myself an authoritative source, but I did a little searching and found this link that has a bunch of phrases to say on respect for the aged day ():

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Honestly, I would feel awkward saying many of these myself and might just use a safe "” (with a smile), but maybe you could try something like this (from the above list):