tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053588.post6879220855546119296..comments2024-03-12T07:29:47.821+09:00Comments on mieko's diary: School uniformsMiekohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06847853397569005516noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053588.post-62106297336576289582014-01-30T09:26:10.183+09:002014-01-30T09:26:10.183+09:00Thanks Jan for you comments. Weaing not only earin...Thanks Jan for you comments. Weaing not only earings and pierces and also any acesallies like necklaces are prohibited by each school law. when you wear school unifoms. And usually students like to break the rules, so at school they have dress inspection so often.<br />In Japan we don't use to have ou eas pieced. These days it's getting common. So if high school students have their ears pierced, they wear clear pierces to keep the holes.Miekohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847853397569005516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053588.post-69336900965817159792014-01-30T01:12:43.935+09:002014-01-30T01:12:43.935+09:00Mieko, what do you mean that earrings are prohibi...Mieko, what do you mean that earrings are prohibited in Japan? That is something I have never heard of before. I would say the vast majority of females here in the US wear earrings and feel "naked" without them! In fact, in many cases babies have their ears pierced and start wearing earrings. <br /> When you say "prohibited"...do you mean by custom or tradition? Certainly not by law?? What do you think is the reasoning?<br /> When I went to the opera in Tokyo, there were several people in the audience that were dressed in costumes...formal, elegant ones but definitely costumes. JanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053588.post-4309334250312015722014-01-29T12:14:14.323+09:002014-01-29T12:14:14.323+09:00I live in a smaller city than Yamagata, so nobody ...I live in a smaller city than Yamagata, so nobody does cosplay here! Once in a while if I'm in Sendai or Niigata, I'll see someone in the Lolita style costume, but they are usually teenagers. <br /><br />I never had hair that was long enough for pigtails or a ponytail! I usually had very short hair...still do!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476943539943172099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053588.post-65980518879733095432014-01-29T10:43:24.383+09:002014-01-29T10:43:24.383+09:00Thanks Helene for your comments. About Cosplay, me...Thanks Helene for your comments. About Cosplay, me neithger except Halloween. In Yamagata have you seen some adults enjoying Cosplay? <br />Well, as you know "earrings" are prohibited in Japan. And about hair style at most of schools if girls have long hair they tie their hair into two with "black" rubber band. (Does it make sense?)Miekohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847853397569005516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053588.post-24934899567671457122014-01-28T21:53:21.954+09:002014-01-28T21:53:21.954+09:00Yes, I have worn school uniforms! Both when I liv...Yes, I have worn school uniforms! Both when I lived in South Africa and in Scotland. They weren't military style, like the boys (and some girls) in Japan, they were skirts, pinafores, blouses, ties and jackets or cardigans, depending on where I lived at the time. <br /><br />I don't think there were rules about hair or make-up, but I was still in elementary school then! I think earrings were okay, because quite a lot of girls had them. <br /><br />In Canada we usually don't wear uniforms though. <br /><br />I've never worn a Cosplay costume. The only times I've worn a costume was for Halloween or for a play. I don't think they are my sort of thing really!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476943539943172099noreply@blogger.com