Figure 1.--These Japanese boys in 1990 appear to be engaged in a gym class. These wear baseball caps with very small bills. Note that tey are reversable and can be worn as either red or white caps. These daps came with chin straps.

Another style worn in Japan is the baseball cap. Japan is one of the few counties outside JNorth America where baseball is popular. Baseball was introduced to the Japanese during the post-World War II American occupation. After sumo it is the most popular sport in modern Japan. This appears to be a style of school cap that has grown in popularity in popularity in recent years. We note Japanese boys wearing both baseball caps and some caps thar with shorter bills that look some like British peaked school caps. We note baseball caps being wirn ar some schools that otherwuse had no school uniforms. Some of these caps may have been worn soecifically for gym. We notice some caps that were reversable and done in two colors. This was useful when dividing into teams for gym class. Some of these caps had chin straps, but we bnotice that boys often did not use them.

Created: May 14, 2004
Last updated: May 14, 2004