This School In Japan Let Students Wear Whatever They Wanted To Graduation And The Results Will Make Your Day

College graduations are pretty chill compared to the boot camp regimen that comes with those in high school. While we thought we had some relaxed rules in the graduating college department here in the states, they don't even compare to one university in Japan whose graduation looked like the best Halloween party ever.

Kyoto University is just like other colleges we've come to know. Ranking high among other Asian universities, it has brought about 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners since starting up over 100 years ago. Pretty impressive, but what's even more interesting to us is this awesome tradition they have when it comes time to graduate.

Here in the states we've become pretty used to elaborate caps that showcase a love of pop culture, or even get catty about the amount of debt the student has succumbed to because of their education. We ain't seen nothing like what they've got going on at a Kyoto University graduation though. There the students are encouraged to wear legit costumes instead of the traditional cap and gown.

They don't play either. These aren't your typical Party City costumes. Grads came to impress (and entertain) in an array of costumes that included a lot of homages to Pokemon, Star Wars, Waldo, US Politicians and so much more that we're just in complete awe of their creativity. Ugh, why didn't we go to Kyoto?!

If this doesn’t make you want to study abroad and possibly spend your last semester there just to get in on the fun, we don’t know what’s wrong with you. This is amazing, and it goes to show that school can be fun. Plus, after all those years of studying, the students deserve a moment to just let loose and get silly at least one more time before they walk across that stage and into the so called “real world” where costumes aren’t really allowed on an everyday basis. Of course unless you land a job at Disneyland.

Universities in the U.S. aren’t all stuffy when it comes to graduation, but they are definitely nothing like this. Perhaps we need to take a page from Kyoto University’s graduation planning!