Getting dressed in Japanese classrooms

[Crescent Pulsar]

I was wondering what anyone could tell me about this. I can't seem to recall much from what I've seen in anime and manga, and I'm not sure how long it'd take me to find another example. But that wouldn't really answer everything about it, anyway...

I mean, for one, if the boys and girls are separated, does on group dress in the classroom while the other group waits to use it, or does the group outside of the classroom get dressed in the hall, or somewhere else? Stuff like that.

[Makoto]

Well, the only significant changing of clothes (most others are just slipping inconsequential items on and off like smocks, aprons, shoes, hairnets, etc.) would be P.E., and I often see schools having separate boys' and girls' locker rooms.
As for the earlier grade classes (not sure if this is common across all schools/classes) that choose to change in the classrooms, I'm not sure how they handle it - most instances I see in manga/anime usually just gloss over it, only showing the time the story's characters are changing. I think they do wait (possibly with the girls dressing last), but I couldn't be sure about that. I've heard of some even wearing their P.E. uniforms underneath their school uniforms, although I'd guess that would be rather rare.

[WG_Writer]

In Melancholy of Haruhi mentions in Episode 1 that two classes would merge for PE and the girls would change in one and the boys in the other.

[three headed dog]

The answer for this question is dependent on the school, time period, and grade level.

Single sex schools, which were very common, just change in the classrooms.

The Japanese do not have the same nudity taboos as western culture so elementary school kids would (depending on the school) change in class (both male and female), this practice is usually not continued in Junior high or highschool.

Some schools have locker rooms in which they change in.

Some older schools that do not have locker rooms and were single sex before and no longer are have one sex change in one room and the other in another room.

[Crescent Pulsar]

Alright. Thanks, everyone. I found that very helpful. ^^