In the mid-1960s elementary and junior high schools in cities started to discontinue their use of fundoshi as swimwear, and presently fundoshi is used only at a very few schools descended from schools of traditional Japanese swimming.
1960年代半ば頃（昭和40年代初頭）には、都市部の小中学校で水着に用いられて褌は廃止の方向に向かい、現在では日本泳法の流れを汲むごく一部の学校で使われるのみとなった。