Forty-four young women in wide hakama pants stand on stage at the Takarazuka Grand Theater, a 30-minute train ride west of Osaka. With faces framed by boyish bobs or slicked-back hair, they announce ...

I wear wide leg trousers pretty much everyday and I only have a certain few that I regularly wear on rotation, so when I saw that Muji's double layered Hakama trousers had been restocked online, I ran ...

The Japanese kimono is one of the world’s most iconic traditional item of clothing. It is instantly recognisable, with its simple yet elegant cut, intricate patterns, diverse colours and luxurious ...

After Japan’s centuries of shogunate-enforced isolation ended in the late 1800s, Western-style fashions swept the nation. However, the country’s traditional garments are recently getting special ...

Producer and "Shogun" star Hiroyuki Sanada staffed a "dream team" of Japanese artisans to work on the FX miniseries.