Figure 1.--Here we see popular Japanese boys and girls summer uniforms styles. White shirts anbd shiort oants xwere common for the boys. Sailir styles were almodst unib=n=versal in secondary schols, but just one if the options fior girls in orumary schools. Here the boy wea dark knee socks, we also see whire anjle and knee socks for boys.

Japan is a country in the north Pacific set on a northeast - soutwesth axis. It is located at lattiudes roughly cpmparable to the United States, but slightly more southerly. The area occupied by the Japanese islands is slightly smaller than the state of California, but more narrow and elongated. It extends 3,008 km (1,869 mi) NE - SW and 1,645 km (1,022 mi). This geography creates a greater seasonality than is the case for most countries. The five principal districts/islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the main island), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Like the United States, because of the substantial lattitudinal range, there are substantial regional differences. Japan has a tempertate climate with significant seasonal differences, although really severe winter weather is only experienced in the north (Hokaido). Here winter uniforms are definitely needed. And even that is more moderate than exprirnced in the northern United States and southern Canada. But it does get chilly in the Winter and the summers are warm. In the extremne south (Okinawa) we find a semi-tropical climate rather like Florida where summer unifiorms can be worn year round. .Schools today are air conditions and well heated which makes an important difference.

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