Talk:Graf Zeppelin/@comment-25435890-20151119190158/@comment-26466466-20151119195348

Since Japan came out of isolation they've had an obsession with Prussian and later Germany, especially since their relations with Germany came on the heels of the Franco-Prussian War. It's one of the reasons why you see all those Prussian uniforms in their schools. They even adopted the more rigid Prussian horse riding styles until after the Russo-Japanese War.