Another month started. June is roku gatsu(六月) in Japanese. Its old name is mina duki(水無月), literally means without water month. There are various interpretations of minaduki. One of them means after the rainy season always sunny and no rain. The other is mizu no tsuki(水の月) which means a month of water. Another is mizuhari duki(水張月), which means after rice planting, they need water in the field.
June 1 is known as koromogae (衣替え), changing winter clothes (冬服：fuyufuku) to summer clothes (夏服：natsufuku). This custom started in Heian era (平安時代：794-1185). There are two koromogae seasons in a year. They were used be on April 1 and October 1, but from Edo period (江戸時代：1600-1868) it became on June 1 and October 1.
So from today students wear summer uniforms.
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