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 ...

KONOSU, Saitama Prefecture--A private business is involved in another public uproar, this time over its planned photoshoot event featuring female models posing in school uniforms and “yukata ...

I enter the changeroom with trepidation, crossing my fingers that there will be no one around. My heart rate has doubled and ...

“Like a little meditation?” I venture. “Exactly,” he replies, emphatically, validating our shared moment of mindfulness.

Sanrio's Hello Kitty has received a new "haute couture-like" kimono and yukata collection from Yamato Lab, with the clothing ...

From a cartoon boy superhero under a train bridge to a child wearing a traditional yukata carrying a Rubik’s cube, Tokyo is a city of youth. Centuries of shared history and culture also play a ...

Jon Woodhouse, who writes regular arts and entertainment articles for The Maui News, is currently traveling in Japan and ...

TOKUSHIMA—Dancers in colorful “yukata” summer kimono or “happi” coats took to the streets here at the Awa Odori festival with precautions against a megaquake in the background.

Participants in kimono and yukata and "jinbei" summer garments gathered on the pedestrian deck at the south exit of JR Mito Station, lined up and pointed to the sky in unison for 30 seconds.

In this new episode of Explore Sustainable Japan, we discover the sustainable food and drink culture in Niigata Prefecture – ...

Girijananda Chowdhury University (GCU) in Assam successfully hosted the Japan Carnival 2024 on Friday and Saturday.

The 2025 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong is scheduled for March 28-30 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. More ...