Figure 1.--These boys from a private school wear blue short pants suits. Note the matching wide-brimmed hats.
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Figure 1.--These boys from a private school wear blue short pants suits. Note the matching wide-brimmed hats. |
We notice that most state schools have simple uniforms, often white shirts and blue shorts. Some schools had blazers--frequently blue blazers. We do not see many state schools which have suits for uniforms. Japan is, however, a large country and there may well be some. We note suits offered in school uniform catalogs that were presumably were for state schools so such schools must exist. Private schools tend to have more elaborate uniforms, in some cases formal suits. There are relatively few private schools in Japan compared to the state schools. The private schools we have noted mostly have more elaborate uniforms whuch are often structly enforced. We have noted both blue and grey suits. Several private schools we have noted have uniforms with blue suits. The boys here from a private school wear blue suits with coordinated wide-brimmed hats. Only a few of these private schools seem to have grey suits.
We notice that most state schools have simple uniforms, often white shirts and blue shorts. Some schools had blazers--frequently blue blazers. We do not see many state schools which have suits for uniforms. Japan is, however, a large country and there may well be some. We note suits offered in school uniform catalogs that were presumably were for state schools so such schools must exist. We wonder id some state schools had uniform jackets and blazers, but only wore them on special occassions. Hopefully some of our Japanese readers will be able to tell us about the conventions involved.
Private schools tend to have more elaborate uniforms, in some cases formal suits. There are relatively few private schools in Japan compared to the state schools. The private schools we have noted mostly have more elaborate uniforms whuch are often structly enforced. We have noted both blue and grey suits. Several private schools we have noted have uniforms with blue suits. The boys here from a private school wear blue suits with coordinated wide-brimmed hats. Only a few of these private schools seem to have grey suits. Many of the private schools we have noted do have jackets and blazers and require the boys to wear them. Some do have seasonal uniforms and do not require the jsckets in the warm weather.
A reader writes, "I notice one of the boys wears maroon rather than blue socks. I found that rather strange with such an elaborate unifirm. Notice that the boys seem to even have matching leather book satchels--rather expensive and substantial looking ones." It is rather hard to tell as the socks are such a dark color, but they fo look maroon. One wonders if someone at school rebuked him for this infraction. we note, however, that at many uniform schools, the school often was not strict about the socks that the children wear. We have noticed this flexibility on socks even at schools that are otherwise very strict about wearing the uniform.
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