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Japanese School Culture: The Sailor Fuku and the Gakuran

Posted on October 2, 2010 by J Sensei

Origin In Japanese, 服 (fuku) simply means clothing. In the case of an individual set of clothes, we may safely read this as outfit. Sailor Fuku = sailor outfit. The “sailor outfit” came to Japan in the early 1920’s. Although … Continue reading →

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