Name: Entering into Japanese Elementary and Junior High Schools [HDR] | Life in Japan Episode 155
Uploaded: 2022-03-01T01:10:48.000Z
Duration: 12 min 56 s
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This Spring the Reutter family has 3 kids entering into different Japanese schools.

The disruption and change to daily life cannot be overstated

To-infinitive

it's not just the kids who have to learn a whole new system — it's the parents too!

Here's what Life in Japan is like when your kids enter a new Japanese school.

Sakura marks not only the beginning of Spring in Japan, but one of the times of greatest change within society.

Yes, great transitions often come right at the beginning of April, when people start new jobs, move to new places

or, in our case, start attending different schools

You do your best to prepare for it, but are we truly ready?

Um, Joshua's getting stuff for shyogako (elementary school)

Becca and Anna are getting stuff for chuogako (junior high)

And you don't need anything this time, you're all set.

This store specializes in selling things needed for our local schools, and there's a lot a things you have to buy in preparation.

Depending on the school, you will need not only school supplies,

but also uniforms, water bottles, P.E. clothes, special backpacks and outerwear,

bags and containers, not to mention all kinds of other speciality equipment.

We'll show you all what goes in Joshua's backpack.

Oh that looks like the perfect one for you, let's get it? Yep.

It's time to get ready for school, that means going to the bank

And finishing the last-minute school supplies.

Well, at least the rain is romantic, huh?

OK, so Joshua, we got him registered for his lunches.

Now we need to go to Kuroganeya to buy some last-minute...I need some iron-on name tags.

Ruth will find a way to get this store, but we actually do need it.

You write their names on there, you can stick it on their things

OK, so Joshua starts 1st grade tomorrow and these are the supplies he's going to need.

First of all he needs a randoseru, this is the backpack he will wear/use for the next 6 years.

I know it's a bright blue, but we let him pick it and helpfully he likes it for 6 years

And then every kid needs this... this is your earthquake [hat]

If there's an earthquake, you put it on your head and you follow your teacher.

And then this goes over the back of your seat.

All these things he'll use for six years.

This is the bag—and it's tons of bags—

This is the bag, he needs a bag like this just to carry all his supplies in to and from school.

This is for lunch. This is his little lunch bag and this is his place mat.

And he carries this, it hangs on the outside of his backpack everyday.

And then his uabaki bag and his uabakis (inside shoes)

He takes these to school on Monday and brings them back on Friday and we wash them.

And then this bag is for his sports clothes...

And he also, he takes it on Monday and brings it back on Friday and we wash it.

When he goes tomorrow and he gets all his books, he'll also get a box like this where they put a bunch of things in it.

This is Sarah's, I'm not going to open it because it's a disaster inside of it.

This also get their renrakucho which is a notebook where they write down their homework everyday.

And they also need pencils and stuff, so this is his new pencil case

He needs crayons, he needs glue, these are extra pencils.

Uh colored pencils, scissors, tape, origami

And usually also a notebook that they can just draw in if they're bored or sitting around.

Hopefully that answer a lot of your questions,

If not you can mention them in the comments and I can try to answer them for you

Yeah, this is my 4th kid, so I've got this down.

Now what they need in junior high, that is just not known yet.

And with things ready to go, we decided to enjoy one last picnic under the cherry blossoms before the school year got going again.

It's the rocky-rock crossing! Oh Sarah, do you like the Rocky-rock crossing?

We found a good spot! A good spot for lunch.

I'm going to try a sakura Oh are you? That could be tough.

Some ducks are like "boy, that looks good! Yum!"

Oh no Becca! Emergency, Emergency! Sad news!

Give me more camera! If you don't, you know what's going to happen!

And with that, we made our way back home — tomorrow would be a big day.

The big sisters are going into Junior High school,

Oh, a nice haircut for the first day of elementary school, oh yea!

Japan's culture is full of ceremony and tradition, and no where can you see that better than in the first day of a new school.

Today we will have Joshua's entrance ceremony in the morning and soon after the girl's junior high entrance ceremony in the afternoon.

There's a mix of excitement and a little bit of nervousness over what is about to happen.

Here we go — that Sakura is practically done, and we're heading off to the new year of school.

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