No rule requires Japan’s elementary school students to wear the boxy, bulky backpack known as the randoseru. But for nearly 150 years, nearly all of them have.

The traditional Japanese primary-school child's backpack has become the surprising must-have souvenir for foreign visitors to Japan this year. Reading Time: 2 minutes. Why you can trust SCMP.

Whenever we come across pictures of Japanese school kids, we might have noticed something unique about their school bags. These sturdy, boxy leather backpacks, called Randoseru, are more than just ...

Even after six years of hard wear, Japanese elementary school backpacks have a lot left to give, and they are giving it to the children of Afghanistan. Since 2004, the Japanese have donated more ...

KOBE, Japan -- A leading maker of the distinctive boxy backpacks carried by Japanese schoolchildren has launched a line of bags for adults in Germany. The move marks Seiban's first expansion into ...

T OKYO -- The "randoseru" traditional Japanese school backpack sales season is starting earlier, with some parents of ...

Since Zooey Deschanel was snapped sporting the traditional Japanese school backpack, it's rocketed from classroom to high street. Monday 8 June 2015. Share. Copy Link.

In gym class, they play traditional Japanese sports day group competitions like tug-of-war or throwing bean bags high into a net basket. Like Japanese school children, they also practice ...

At a repurposed school about 60 km (37 miles) southeast of Tokyo, participants pay about 35,000 yen ($245) to dress in classic Japanese school uniforms and attend calligraphy and other lessons.

Randoseru school backpacks are being made at Tsuchiya Kaban in Tokyo's Adachi Ward in time for school enrollment this spring. Craftsmen are combining about 150 parts and finishing them by hand in ...