The Sankei Living Shimbun Inc held a special yukata experience workshop on May 23 at the historic Taiko-en estate in Osaka. During the full-day event, 10 Japanese women and five foreign women were ...

In an era where modernization has influenced all spheres of life, particularly fashion, the more difficult it is to preserve traditions. Particularly in Japan as one of the major fashion capitals of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s difficult to imagine a more eloquent symbol of Japan than the deceptively simple, T-shaped kimono. Traditional yet ever changing, the kimono (“thing to wear,” in Japanese) has ...

Summer is a pretty awesome time to be in Japan. Not only is it the time of year when the all-you-can-drink beer gardens open up, it’s also when you get the chance to wear yukata, the thin, lightweight ...

Vintage kimonos, often regarded as family heirlooms and passed down through generations, are piling up in Japan’s second-hand markets as the garments fall out of fashion and the country’s population ...

Most commonly worn on holidays and formal tea ceremony courses (chado) in Japan, kimonos just got a serious makeover as everyday wear. As seen on Yahoo, modern kimonos took over Japan fashion week, ...

The yukata section at Nihombashi Takashimaya is seen in this photo taken in Tokyo on July 15, 2020. (Mainichi/Yuki Machino) TOKYO -- A department store in the capital has started selling yukata casual ...

Ahead of Japan's sauna-like summer, cloth for traditional "yukata" casual kimonos are seen fluttering softly in the wind as they are hung to dry after being dyed at dying firm Iseyasu Senkosho in ...