“Dress code is free”: how graduations are held in Japan (14 photos)

The Japanese are an amazing people whom our minds cannot understand. condition. Their transcendent seriousness and restraint harmoniously combined with foolishness and passionate love for everything "nice". Perhaps everyone knows how Japan treats education, because there students and schoolchildren are the busiest part of the population. From the young children live under a set of numerous, strict rules and endless exams. But one of the universities in Kyoto provides an opportunity your students to relax a bit. There's a tradition - at graduation ceremony, all students who will receive a diploma can dress as you wish. As a result, this serious and official event turns into real costume festival.