By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001
Yesterday wasn’t your typical day at Fuji Hokuryo High School in Yamanashi Prefecture. Male and female students could trade uniforms for what the school dubbed “Sex Change Day” (セクスチェンジ・デー or sekusu chenji dee). The event made the national news. According to one of Japan’s largest papers, Asahi Shimbun (via game site
My Game News Flash), the day took
its name from “sex” and “exchange” (交換 or koukan)—though, perhaps, calling rummy win it “Gender Change Day” would have been a lot more accurate. Boys donned plaid skirts and ribbons, and girls wore slacks and neckties. The point was to allow students the freedom to separate themselves from predetermined notions of manliness and femininity. [Photo: Asahi via 2ch] In Japanese high schools and junior high schools, the male and female students typically have different uniforms. Sometimes they both wear blazers, but other parts of the uniform are genderified. Some schools have male students wear uniforms called “gakuran,” while female students wear sailor suits, which draw an even sharper line between boys and girls. [Photo: Livedoor] Here is a newspaper article on the uniform exchange day. [Photo: nehori_hahori3] This sort of event is not widespread in Japan—which is why it got national news coverage. It was voluntary and 117 male and 182 female students took part. Participating pupils swapped uniforms that fit their size and studied in class yono all app
a usual, with the idea being what they took as givens weren’t necessarily givens. Ain’t that the truth. [Photo: 3930Ryun] 高校生が男女で制服交換 「らしさ」見つめる試み 山梨 [Asahi Shimbun via My Game News Flash] 男女が制服交換し一日を…山梨の高校で試み [Livedoor] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice yono apk of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.
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