Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Shigeru Uchida, a weaver at Momotaro Jeans, holds a wooden shuttle next to a vintage loom machine in Kojima ...
KOJIMA, Japan (AP) — Denim, that All-American fabric, is all about being Japanese in the town of Kojima, where the main road is named Jeans Street, with real pairs of pants flapping like flags ...
For years, a castle-like museum outside Tokyo was a secret spot for Japanese art lovers prepared to make a nearly two-hour trip from the capital to see its collection of 20th-century masterpieces ...