抄録
The awareness of consumers in Japan has progressed with support from business, government and education. However, the teachers in various educational areas are now in a trialand-error stage.
We, in the field of clothing science studied the ”trouble in washing” problem and comprehended as follows;
1) The students we teach proved to have limited awareness of consumer behavior because of not having responsibilities for clothing expenses.
2) In the lectures, we showed the students guidelines to washing, using audi-visual equipment, such as videos and slides, which made them aware of their lack of knowledge or experiences in washing.
3) None of the students who had experiences in having trroubles in washing said that they had reported the cases to the authorities.
The ”trouble in washing” problem is likely to increase because variety of clothing designs and new materials of clothing which will be added in the future. In addition, there are some other problems of consumers, such as storage systems and so-called ”Rental Boutique”.
