The purpose of this study is to clarify the cultural identities of intercultural children withJapanese ancestry, Japanese mothers\u27 views on their children\u27s cultural identities, as well as the relationship between the mothers\u27 views and the actual cultural identities of their children. The participants were five adolescent Japanese-Indonesians (12-14 years old) who have a Japanese mother and an Indonesian father, and their mothers. They all live in Indonesia. Semi-constructed interviews were conducted. In addition, participant observations were carried out at their school. The analysis was mainly qualitative in nature. The results suggest the following: Adolescent Japanese-Indonesians are on their way to forming "identities as intercultural children" in which both Japanese and Indonesian culture has been mixed, because they are acquiring both cultures as well as both languages, to some extent, and are relatively well accepted in the societies in which they dwell. Those are regarded as the conditions for forming "identities as intercultural children". However, the relationships between the mothers\u27 views on the cultural identities of their children and their children\u27s actual cultural identities were only partly clarified
