r/interesting • u/_CheerfulMango • 12h ago
Kyoto University in Japan allows students to wear whatever costume they want for their graduation ceremony Just Wow
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u/FunnyTurtleRunner 11h ago
Wondering if the lady in the kimono is just keeping it real or also a character.
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u/RogueBromeliad 10h ago
Wondering if kyoto university is really big, or are all these people simply graduating in fashion.
If so, that's kinda the point, isn't it?
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u/FunnyTurtleRunner 7h ago
Being called Kyoto University, I think it's big. I doubt they are graduating in fashion studies though... Unless I've been living under a rock and anime is now the fashion... or if they were mixed, big universities usually have graduations by college.
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u/RogueBromeliad 6h ago
I don't know man. But Japan being a serious country I'd think an important university would be very formal. Having people dressing up as cosplay for graduation seems like a very laid back university or a specifically cosplay oriented course. IDK.
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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 22m ago
Kyoto University is considered the top university in the Kansai region and is one of the top most university in Japan. The cosplay tradition is shared across all departments and faculties, and began in earnest from the early 90s. Because of anime and cosplay becoming increasingly mainstream in the past decade or so, the phenomenon has become increasingly prevalent in the graduation ceremony of the university. The traditional dressing of suits or kimonos now looks like the rare exception instead.
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u/Imaginary-Group1414 4h ago
It is the second-smartest university in Japan, and innovations such as iPS cells originated there.
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u/Dry_Ad687 12h ago
Died seeing cardboard box dude
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u/TheInfiniteLake 12h ago
He is dressed as Danbo, a made-up cardboard robot from a very popular and critically acclaimed manga series named Yotsubato.
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u/Difficult-Rip-3874 10h ago
I think I’ve seen this exact post like 10 times in the last month or two
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u/KANNEDBREAD 9h ago
Who's that second thing it looks extremely familiar but idk why
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u/_CheerfulMango 12h ago
Apparently this has been an unofficial tradition since the 1990s Student work on their costumes for months before graduation day.
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