
[SIZE="3"]Short skirts survive the deep-freeze in Niigata[/SIZE]
From the Asahi Shimbun
NIIGATA--In this snowy area along the Sea of Japan, it has long been a mystery why high school girls insist on wearing their school uniform skirts so short, exposing bare thighs to freezing air.
The skirts round here were so mini that four years ago, a photo weekly magazine proclaimed Niigata Prefecture schoolgirl skirt lengths to be the nation's shortest.
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