Whenever we come across pictures of Japanese school kids, we might have noticed something unique about their school bags. These sturdy, boxy leather backpacks, called Randoseru, are more than just ...

Grade schoolers across Japan carry leather backpacks called “randoseru” (ランドセル). Traditionally, kids have carried one of two colors: black for boys, and red for girls. In recent ...

Getting a "randoseru" school backpack just before entering grade one is a major childhood milestone in Japan, and choosing ...

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The Japanese academic year starts in spring, ... Japan’s school backpacks keep getting more expensive, so now parents can rent them. Mar. 6, 2023 06:00 am JST Mar. 6, 2023 | 06:52 am JST 35 Comments ...

In the ’90s, L.L. Bean backpacks weren’t just cool in Japan, where the company had long enjoyed a cult following, but in American schools as well. “That's just what I understood a backpack ...

Pupils in Japan are complaining that their backpacks for school are too heavy. In a recent survey, more than 90% of children aged 6-12 who use a randoseru - a sturdy backpack - said the weight of ...

DHL, a leading logistics organisation, has stepped in to support a group of Qatar residents to deliver 1,800 backpacks they collected for the children of Japan. It was US national Wendy Baugh ...

The Japanese academic year starts in spring, so it won’t be long until the new batch of first-graders head off to school carrying their boxy leather randoseru backpacks. It’ll be an emotional moment ...