KOCHI: A new restaurant has popped up in the city that promises to bring you a slice of Japan. And indeed it does, in more ...

Luxe resort wear label Studio Rigu by Riya Gupta has just come up with their fall collection, Kyoto’24 that pays a ...

We decided to use the water and cloud symbols, along with the cherry-blossom ... kimono â along with the silky material used â and the fan style folding of material commonly used in ...

In western Japan, this prefecture’s verdant natural ... where Tokyoites come for natural respite, for the cherry blossom in spring and fiery foliage in autumn, or to unwind all year round ...

Mid-April is the peak of the cherry blossom season in many parts of Japan, including Tokyo ... where children dress in traditional kimono to celebrate their growth and well-being.

Gen Yamaguchi didn’t always function as an artist. Born into a wealthy family in 1896 in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture, Yamaguchi joined a society that renounced materialism at a young age, and its ...

When the sensory overload starts to kick in (and it will), retreat to Yoyogi Park (a local favorite during cherry ... Japanese cultural articles (think: traditional geta footwear and kimono ...

A native Briton spends nearly 365 days of the year wearing kimono, even though daily use of the traditional Japanese clothing is on the decline among modern Japanese fashionistas. Sheila Cliffe ...

KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan, dyers specializing in Kyoto-style "yuzen" techniques are turning their attention to a market steeped in traditional dress ...

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”.

was attended by Japanese Ambassador Okuyama Jiro and Chairman of the Japanese Cherry Blossom Association Hirobumi Matsuzawa. The Cherry Blossom Association donated the trees to symbolise the enduring ...

Fireworks are seen over Mount Wakakusa alongside the ritual burning of the mountain with Kohfukuji Temple's five-story pagoda ...