Students from four Washington, D.C. universities convened Jan. 18 at the Japanese Embassy to celebrate seijin shiki, a ...

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 ...

On Japan Culture Day at Yokota Air Base, Japanese base workers shared their vibrant culture with their U.S. counterparts.

Kyoto-based Mitsufuji, originally a maker of kimono belts, is transitioning to create high-tech fibers for military uses like shielding fighter jets. This reflects Japan's strategy to bolster its ...

Meanwhile, kimono is made by cutting a roll of fabric ... We decided to feature traditional Japanese patterns for our latest works to promote the fact that they were made in Japan, but we want ...

The Japanese government, through the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC), showcased its country's culture and ...

Kyoto-based Mitsufuji got its start nearly 70 years ago as a weaver of decorative belts for kimonos. One day soon, it could ...

Experience Japan’s Subaru Bell 412EXP Huey and Fuji AH-1 up close and personal in video, at the JGSDF base showcase in Katsura, Kyoto.

But I feel the number of people who have realized the beauty of kimono is growing little by little,” she said. “Some Japanese started learning to wear kimono during their [Covid] quarantine.” ...

Drawn by factory work, Chicago’s Japanese American community grew from hundreds before the war to about 20,000 afterward. A kimono-shaped community quilt, created by a group of Japanese American ...

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...

Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in ...