Sailor style (left) and western-style (right) Japanese school uniforms have distinctive features, but both are equally popular. Wolfgang Kaehler/Satoshi-K/Getty Images ...

At a repurposed school about 60 km (37 miles) southeast of Tokyo, participants pay about 35,000 yen ($245) to dress in classic Japanese school uniforms and attend calligraphy and other lessons.

KIMITSU, Chiba Prefecture--With his black uniform jacket slung rakishly over his shoulders and his feet propped up on a Japanese school desk as he held court with his crew, Jason Wu was taking ...

Reuters. Tourists from abroad wearing sport uniforms play "beanbag toss" during sports class, while taking part in a Japanese high school experience in Kimitsu, Chiba prefecture, Japan April 23, 2025.

Participants clad in "sailor fuku" and "gakuran" school uniforms were instructed to stand up and bow in a Japanese-style class greeting at the former Kameyama Junior High School -- located deep in ...

At a repurposed school about 60 km (37 miles) southeast of Tokyo, participants pay about 35,000 yen ($245) to dress in classic Japanese school uniforms and attend calligraphy and other lessons.