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Give some Japanese schoolgirl style to your pet with the adorable schoolcat...
Cats may not be crazy about water, but that doesn’t mean they don’t look unbelievably cute wearing sailor suit fashion. It’s sort of ironic that while high schools in Japan stipulate that students...
View ArticleJapanese public school to allow male students to wear skirts, chest ribbons...
Brand-new middle school to let students of any gender wear whatever uniform components they feel comfortable in out of consideration to LGBT youths. In 2012, Kashiwanoha Elementary School was opened in...
View ArticleGenius mother comes up with clever solution to stop teenage son from...
Clever trick ensures students will never want to untuck their school shirts for that “cool look” ever again. While there are many guidebooks in the world to help new parents cope with pregnancy and...
View ArticleCat cosplay collars form Japan turn your kitty into Sailor Moon in everything...
Obvious homage lets your pet dress up like a members of the anime’s cast other than its mentor cats. As a transitional season, autumn can often present fashion quandaries. For example, what should you...
View ArticleJapanese sailor suit school uniform gets an upgrade with traditional kimono...
Fans can’t wait to purchase the new design. Last year, after falling in love with the hanten parka, which combined the shape of a traditional kimono coat with the comfort of a hoodie, it wasn’t long...
View Article“Short skirts cause sexual assaults” according to Japanese school uniform poster
Poster implies that female students are to blame for groping. If you’ve ever travelled on a Japanese train, chances are you’ve walked past or sat near a poster warning of the dangers of chikan, which...
View ArticleTokyo love hotel rents out over a dozen replicas of real-life schools’...
Lookalike uniforms imitate schools across the nation, from Tokyo to Kyushu. Japan’s love hotels are in the business of renting out rooms on an hourly basis to couples who need some privacy for a few...
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Dumb Japanese school dress codes — Coronavirus winter edition
In a year like no other, school insists on enforcing same old dress code even while temperature in classrooms is anything but normal. Japanese schools don’t have the best reputation for flexibility...
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Japanese school renames boys, girls uniforms as “Type I” and “Type II” in...
New dress code allows choice of bottoms for female students only. Though the word uniform literally means “one form,” on any given day at a school in Japan you’ll see two different uniforms: one for...
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Japanese high schools abolish old rules, provide freedom with underwear, hair...
Pressured to review outdated prohibitions, an entire prefecture says goodbye to “relics of the past”. Controversial school regulations have been under the spotlight in Japan recently, with an...
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Wakayama man stealing uniform from school caught by mysterious man in...
There’s a very thin line between lurking and guarding. As a child I was always in such a rush to get out of school. I imagined they turned into ghost towns overnight because no one wanted to stay...
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Uniqlo outfits might become Japanese high school’s official uniforms
Switch would solve a lot of school uniform-related problems, but not everyone thinks it’s a great idea. Among the things the staff of Saitama City’s Omiya Kita High School discussed with parents at...
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Japanese Twitter user shares a genius-level tip for drawing manga characters...
Having trouble making manga character’s pleated skirts look good? You can solve it with three things you probably have within arm’s reach. For aspiring manga and anime artists, it’s not so much a...
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The surprisingly deep differences of sailor suit school uniform collar styes...
Schoolgirl uniform manufacturer diagrams four major variations. The sailor-style school uniform has practically become a symbol of Japan itself, and part of the reason why is that the uniform is,...
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Gakuran photo shoot – Our staff tries to transform into the macho cast of...
Mr. Sato sparks some changes to our office attire. Otoko Juku translates to “Man School,” and that’s a very fitting title for the anime/manga series. First published in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1985,...
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Mt. Fuji schoolgirl photo models who charmed Japan years ago reunite to...
Shizuoka road continues to be one of the most photogenic spots in all of Japan. Two years ago, Japanese photographer Shinnosuke Uchida, who goes by @SinPictures on Twitter, took the Internet’s breath...
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Japanese high school adds culottes to uniforms to better accommodate gender...
Changes also coming to blazer buttons at Hyogo school. As adjectives, “uniform” and “diverse” are complete opposites. All the same, Yamasaki Prefectural High School, in the town of Shiso, Hyogo...
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Manga artist wants Japanese teachers to feel, for two seconds, how dumb their...
Masayuki Ishikawa is fed up with a rule that keeps schoolgirls cold all winter long. Manga creator Masayuki Ishikawa is best known for his series Moyashimon. Also known as Moyasimon: Tales of...
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Want to wear a student uniform to Tokyo Disneyland? Uniform rental shop opens...
Men’s and women’s uniforms offered to add an extra youthful fun aura to your Tokyo Disney photos. If you’re at a Japanese school, obviously you’re going to see a lot of school uniforms. Logically, the...
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Student in Japan misses week of class after school won’t let him wear...
Student suffers fever after being told to take off extra layer on coldest day of the year. We recently took a look at the frustrations of a father in Japan whose daughter goes to a school where the...
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