Figure 1.--This 2012 graduation photograph shows boys with their teacher. They wears an Eton jacket with short pants. The boys look to be wearing ccasual white polo shirts with the uniform which were to be buttones. Shoes and socks vary, but are all white. That was fairly common in Japan. Notice the school crest.

Many uniform primary schools adopted Eton-style jackets, meaning jckets without the lapels. Most are normally single-breasted jackets, but we have also seen jackets with a double-breasted look. The exmples we have found so far are all blue, not navy but a dark shade. While blue was very common for boys' schoolwear, it was not the only color. We do also do not see striped bazers like in Britain. Some of these jackets have patch pockets like blazers, placed variously. The side pockets seem the most common. We note a few of these Eton jackets with the school crest, but this Bitish-inspired innovation seems a recent innovtion. Buttons varied. Thee were normally three buttons, usully blue plastic buttons rather than blazer-like brass buttons. We notice boys wearing these Eton-jacket suits with a range of headwear, both styles matching the suit and contrasting colors. The patch pockets have a blazer look, but they are worn as a suit with matching pants. The pants are usually shorts. We commonly see boys wearing these jackets. We are unsure if girls also wore them, but believe they did with skirts and usually shirts/blouses with rounded collars. The shirts worn with the jackets are usually white, but the styles vary widely.

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