The piece of traditional Japanese clothing enthralled ... “What did women (of this country) wish to express with their kimono?” she came to ask herself. Cliffe got married, had children ...

The kimono is one of the most recognizable forms of national dress, wielding its influence in fashion, art and media. At the ...

KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan ... which are enjoying a heady economic expansion. The traditional Japanese designs received a favorable response ...

The kimono is the most famous garment worn in Japan. Kimono literally means “thing to wear” – it is made up of the Japanese words ki, meaning “to wear”, and mono, meaning “thing”.

Traveling to Park County from the suburbs of Tokyo for a two-year stint at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, Haruka ...

Anh Sung-jae went to America as a 13-year-old, joined the Army, went to culinary school and opened a top restaurant in San ...

From a comet and "cat employees" to Godzilla and realistic police officer dummies, the Mainichi editorial team has selected ...

In the foreground a group of young Japanese men and women (possibly high ... shop which has a display of fish banners (wind socks). A woman (left) wearing traditional dress, including a kimono, obi ...

Across the globe in 2024, Reuters photographers took hundreds of thousands of images of our changing world - its daily life, ...