Figure 1.--These boys at a private school wear a cap that looks rather like a Zouave soldier's cap. They have white pons. The younger kindrgarden boys have red poms. Girls wear a more conventional style.

Private schools often have elaborate hats. One such example is worn at Tsukuba. I'm not sure how to describe the cap. It looks rather like the uniform caps worn by French Zouave soldiers. I am not sure, however, just when this style was chosen nor what the inspirations was. This is not a widely worn style by Japanese school boys. I'm also not sure what the Zapanese name for this cap is. And interesting feature is the poms on the cap. The primary age boys wear with its poms. The boys in the kindgergarten wear red poms on their caps. The older elementary boys wear white poms. This style is just worn by the boys. The girls have a more conventional hat. The boys also wear a medal made on their caps which is presumably the school badge.

Created: July 19, 2002
Last updated: July 19, 2002