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Tag for the hat Japanese schoolchildren wear

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r0d3n7z

Afaik, it's part of the school uniform. Besides the most common yellow hat discussed here, other headgear are also possible as part of the uniform, including berets and sailor-style hats (post #390583, post #433388), etc. Here's a sampling from a merchant: http://www.shibahide.co.jp/cgi-bin/shibahide/siteup.cgi?category=1&page=5

As such it might be tricky to accurately define what a kindergarten_hat tag should include.

One might think that the two tag search kindergarten hat would work, but it also brings up other kinds of hats matched with kindergarten uniforms.

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Fred1515

r0d3n7z said:
One might think that the two tag search kindergarten hat would work, but it also brings up other kinds of hats matched with kindergarten uniforms.

Yeah, plus there are posts with that hat that aren't tagged kindergarten at all, like post #638125 or post #84787.

Anyway, if we made a tag for this it could work like randoseru, i.e. not too restrictive regarding design or color, but mentioning in the wiki that the yellow ones are the most common.

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Katajanmarja

I got curious and took a look at the English-language Wikipedia. No sources and no applicable terminology, I am afraid, yet these quotes might be of some interest:

Wikigods said:

[In those elementary schools w]here uniforms are required, many boys wear white shirts, short pants, and caps. (...) Girls' uniforms might include a gray pleated skirt and white blouse. Occasionally the sailor outfit is used for girls. (...) It is common for both boys and girls to wear brightly colored caps to prevent traffic accidents.

(Quoted from School uniform: Japan - emphasis mine.)

EDIT: I copy-pasted a few lines of text from the Shibahide site (linked by R0d3n7z) to the Google translator. One of the lines, 黄色い帽子(交通安全帽子), produced "Yellow Hat (hat Traffic Safety)". My imagination would develop a traffic_safety_hat tag out of that.

Could one of you moonrune readers perhaps take a look at the Japanese-language Wikipedia? With some luck, you might find the perfect tag exactly for that pith-helmet-shaped children's traffic safety headwear.

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Katajanmarja

memento_mori said:

The yellow hats are called yellow hats.

Takes some guts from me to try and correct you, but it appears that "yellow hat" covers more than the pith-helmet-shaped ones. Another category title from the Shibahide site auto-translated: 黄色い帽子(黄野球帽) → "Yellow Hat (yellow baseball cap.)"

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henmere

Katajanmarja said:
Could one of you moonrune readers perhaps take a look at the Japanese-language Wikipedia?

Probably off-topic, but there is translation.
From ja.Wikipedia:通学帽

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通学帽(Tsuugaku-bou) refers to the hat worn by pupils and students when traveling to and from school.

  • Elementary School: Worn mainly to prevent traffic accidents and differentiate between the year of schooling of students. With the former, "yellow tsuugaku-bou" (also known as "Yellow Cap") is generally worn, and with the latter, colors differ based on the year of schooling. There are some elementary schools where students are made to wear a different color of hat for each school grade. However, there has been a trend since the mid-1990s of schools slowly abolishing the practice of obligating students to wear the hats. (...) In elementary schools not practicing the use of commute caps, there are cases where red and white caps (kouhaku-bou) are used as replacements. Their use is nearly the same as with the yellow caps. In elementary schools making use of the kouhaku-bou, cases where the red hat is used by students during their commute to school and the white hats are used during physical education classes are common.

From ja.Wikipedia:紅白帽

紅白帽 (Kouhaku-bou - red and white hats) are mainly used in Japanese elementary schools (as taisou-boushi, hats worn during physical activity), and are also referred to as akashiro-bou.
The material on the outside and inside of the hat is either red or white, allowing for reversible use.

  • Color Hats: In recent years, the red material in the hats has been replaced by yellow, orange, pink, purple, deep blue, blue, light blue, green, brown and other colored materials, and these hats are generally known as "color hats". Such hats are often used at kindergartens, but there are examples of them being used at elementary or even junior high schools.

EDIT: I agree to unicogirl. I think school hat is good.

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