Sheila Cliffe, 60, teaches lessons on kimono culture at a university ... Cliffe was 24 when she first visited Japan on a trip during a summer vacation while at university and had a fateful ...

Among the many new collaboration releases in honor of this milestone, the character recently received a stunning summer kimono, along with a collection of other traditional Japanese clothing ...

The kimono, which means ‘thing to wear’ in Japanese, can be traced back to Japan's Heian period, over 1,000 years ago, and its status has changed a lot over time.

NARA -- This western Japan city has seen increasing numbers of inbound visitors strolling around tourist spots wearing kimonos and their summer counterpart, yukata. Westerners in particular appear ...

Kim Kardashian West has angered people in Japan with the launch of her new shapewear brand, Kimono Intimates. The reality star said the label, launched on Tuesday, is inclusive and "celebrates and ...

In the days of the late Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, the “banzais” of sword-shaking Japanese drowned out their more intelligent countrymen. The world of the ‘305 and the ‘405 ...

Halloween may not be for months, but it's already peak haunted house season in Japan, where seeking a bone-chilling fright is a long established summer tradition. Visitors watching a kimono-clad ...

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NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- New York based fashion brand, HIROMI ASAI, ( ) has been trying to revive the essence ...

elegant garments that reminded her not so much of Japan but of royalty. "I didn't know those dresses were kimono," says Harris, an elementary school teacher in her 40s now living in Chiba Prefecture.

OJI, Nara Prefecture--A parade of dogs added a twist to an annual procession of kimono-clad children during a traditional ceremony held at famed Darumaji temple in this western town. Darumaji is ...

The Japanese town of Kojima is all about denim. The main road is named Jeans Street, pairs of jeans flap like flags overhead, the drinks vending machines at the railway station are plastered with ...