Bus, Train, Walk, Skateboard, None of the above?
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Those that are close may walk or ride bikes. Those that are reasonably close will often ride bikes. Many Japanese students have to take a train to get to their schools (Japanese apply to high school, so it's similar to American colleges in that it does not have to be in the area in which you live. You can go to any high school that accepts you).
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Walk or by bicycle registered if permitted only for public school. Public transportation if necessary in addition for some schools, too. There's no shool bus service except some private kindergartens basically. Skateboarding to school is always prohibited everywhere inJapan. Most basic method to get to school is on foot. Kids can't fly there actually.
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if you watch japanese shows especially animes you can see that they just walk or ride a bike to go to school..
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Public elementary school kids walk to school. (1st graders are often accompanied by older kids in the neighborhood or by adults.) Public middle school students walk, ride bikes or take buses. High school students and those who go to private schools often use public transportation such as trains and buses, because their schools tend to be far. In rural area, I've seen high school students ride motorbikes to school, because the terrain is too mountainous for bicycles. School bus is not common except for kindergartens and international schools.
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Normally kids in Japan go to schools (public schools) on foot until their Jr. high schools. Most of kids go to public schools that are divided by school districts except some kids whose parents prefer them to go to private schools because of their educational systems or policies. (private schools don't count on the distance from homes.) So I see little kids in uniform ride on a train sometimes. Other than that, kids basically go to school that are accessible on foot. From high school, we choose schools depending on our academic ability and schools' policies which each kids are interested in, but not with their distance. So many high school kids go to school by train or bus or bicycles. BUT NOT ON A SKATEBOARD because it is not appropriate tools to use for commute. (It is considered a tool for fun) Using scooter is also prohibited because school cannot take responsibility in case they had a traffic accident.
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I see a lot of elementary kids walk to school since they usually attend schools in the neighborhoods. Older kids take either train or bus.
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Depends how close you live to school. Close enough, you can walk like my Japanese teacher did. If it's far, you can ride the chikatetsu (subway) like my friend Ichie did. :)
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As the others have mentioned, the most popular ways are bike (school issued helmets for junior high), walking and being driven if you live close. My kids are not allowed to bike if it rains or snows. High school kids do the above (no helmets) and also do bus, trains and subways (depending on location). A new issue that has popped up, with some rural elementary and JH schools closing, some students get school buses because it's considered too far or unsafe for them to walk or bike.
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The scholar sistem impose them to go to the closest school home from Elementary to Junior High School. In that time, most of them are supposed to walk to school and only in some few cases, they are allowed to ride their bicycle to school. Some schools in the countryside are further and so they require the bicycle most of the times. They choose the High school they want to go to, due to their limitations or interests. For that, they can use whatever they require. I teach at a Junior High School near Nagoya and only 3 of over 300 students use the bicycle.
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To private yochiens, theres normally a bus. :] For a public elem. school, kids will normally walk. for a middle school, kids will eaither walk or bike. for high school (bcz of the way it is with the high schools) train, bus, bike, or rarely walk, :]
