Japanese School Girl Description

Japanese school girl uniform was introduced more than a century ago. And there is hardly any difference between uniform of private and public schools today and a hundred years ago. So, there are almost no signs of evolution in this issue. There are many elementary institutions where you won't see Japanese school girls or boys wearing uniform because it's not obligatory. In those schools where it is required to wear uniform girls wear gray or black pleated skirt and white blouse.

One if the most characteristic features of Japanese school girl uniform is sailor outfit. This model was designed on the base of European-style naval uniforms. This style of female uniform has a certain historical background and goes far back to 1921 when it was officially introduced by the principal of Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University.

You won't miss a Japanese school girl at the street due to a couple of reasons. The first one is uniform which is quite remarkable. Another one lies in the “phenomenon” that girls never appear in parks, clubs or in other public places by one. They are always in groups. And it won't be considered as something off-handed if a foreign tourist asks to make a photo with them. Girls will do it with a pleasure.

In different schools uniform can be different. But the main line is present in all models. Besides as a rule all schools have several variants of their uniform (for winter and summer, for everyday classes and for solemn occasions, etc.). And there is also an essential difference in the uniform for high school girls. It is more free in skirt length, but the main tendencies - pleated skirt and white blouse – still remain. Though skirts can be not just gray or black but checked. And one of the attributives instead of sailor outfit is a tie of the same color with skirt.