Randoseru
Wednesday April 9, 2008
As I mentioned in the previous blog, the Japanese school year starts in April. In this month the entrance ceremony is held everywhere for new students, kindergarten through to university. My nephew will enter grade one this spring and today is his entrance ceremony. Japanese elementary school children traditionally wear a school bag called "randoseru". It is kind of a symbol for children in grade one. It is cute to see them going to school with a randoseru that almost seems too big (they will use it for the next 6 years). I remember I was so excited about my shinny red randoseru when I entered grade one. I used it every day until I graduated from elementary school. I am sure my nephew is very proud of it, too.
Japanese Translation
Japanese Translation
Comments
Thanks for tell us about this Japanese tradition, I read the randoseru article in Wikipedia, and I’m impressed that exist much demand outside of Japan. Is glad to se this tradition continue alive, is part of Japan childhood
My best wishes for your nephew in his elementary education.
Thank you for sharing with me the Japanese tradition. I often wish that the schools in the U.S. were similar to schools in Japan. We have a great deal to learn in the U.S.
I imagine they look really cute with them!
Thanks for sharing this tradition with us!
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