Explore everyday life in Japan
If you pass by a nursery school in Japan on a day when the weather is nice, you are likely to see a hoard of kids running around an enclosed playground playing tag with each other, passing a ball back and forth with their teachers, riding on scooters, digging in the sand, jumping rope, catching bugs, or tending to flowers and vegetables. If you look closely at their waists, you will probably notice many of them wearing a clip-on pocket.
Handkerchiefs and tissues are necessary accessories in Japan. They are things that you don’t leave home without. Children in Japan, from a young age, are taught to always have these things on their person while they are at school. I suspect this has something to do with a cultural attitude Japan has toward two things: One, always being prepared, and Two, cleanliness.
The external pockets that you will see children wearing are incredibly convenient. They have two pockets inside of them, one that is for a handkerchief (a small hand towel really), and another that is for a small tissue pack. These pockets make it incredibly easy for even small children to retrieve and return these items without hassle whenever necessary. If you would like one for yourself, let me know. Maybe we can arrange something:)
This is an ongoing series that will explore various aspects of daily life in Japan. My hope is that this series will not only reveal to its followers, image by image, what Japan looks like, but that it will also inform its followers about unique Japanese items and various cultural and societal practices. If you are interested in getting daily updates about life in Japan, please consider following me. If you have any questions about life in Japan, please don’t hesitate to ask. I will do my best to answer all of your questions.