Traditional Janpanese construction workers' clothing is called tobi shouzoku. The men and women who put up Japan's bulidings have been getting a lot of more fashionable recently, if these catalogs from a clothing company in Okayama Prefecture called Kaseyama are any indication.
The baggy pants are called nikka-pokka. The reason that construction workers wear them is that the loose fit allows them to stretch their legs out comfortably when climbing around on buldings. Some construction workers also consider them to make their job safer. The baggy pants tend to get caught on things, making them more careful when they are working in high places.
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