Figure 1.--These boys are on the subway on the way to school. They wear the standard white shirts and blue short pants adopted by many schiils with white brimmed hats. |
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Many Japanese schools require a school uniform and most include caps or hats. Even schools which do not require uniformns have the children wear caps. There are several different styles of hats and caps worn by Japanese school children. One of the most common is a sailor cap with brim turned down. Some schools had a wide brimmed hat, but this is now not very common. Another style worn in Japan is the baseball cap. The Keio Yochisha hat is more elaborate than is typical (again, private schools often have elaborate hats--such as Tsukuba with its cotton balls.) Many schools even without a uniform will have children wear a bright yellow or blue simple hat (the yellow I think is common because it is so visible, thus ensuring children stand out in traffic). The Keio hat is black felt, worn by both boys and girls. The Keio uniform was adopted, I believe, well before the war and the round felt hat and Etonesque collar reflects European children's fashions of the 1920s. e have noted berets being worn, but except for special occassions, mostly by girls.
Many Japanese schools require a school uniform and most of these uniforms include caps or hats. The headwear like the uniform itself vatied widely. The headwear is often coordinated with the uniform style. Even schools which do not require uniformns have the children wear caps. Many schools had strict rules about wearing the uniform headwear. The headwear for the younger children is commonly done in bright colors to ensure they can be seen by motorists.
There are several different styles of headwear, both hats and caps, worn by Japanese school children. The specific style seklected is up to the individual school to select. Severl are familiar with modern Western school children. Others seem based on more historic, although Western styles. Interestingly the origins are different Europen countries and America. We do not yet know the Jpanese terns for these different styles of caps. Hopefully one of our Japanese readers will provide some information here. Some are also difficult to describe in English as they are not all now worn by American or European children.
Many schools even without a uniform will have children wear a bright yellow or blue simple hat. The bright colors like yellow is common because it is so visible, thus ensuring children stand out in traffic. Most Japanese primary scool children walk to work.
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