There are few pieces of fashion as iconic as the Japanese kimono. These spectacular silk ... just for women — they can be worn by men and children as well, creating a special memory for the ...

Springtime at Joan K. Mendel Elementary School means JaPANDAsia, an annual celebration of Asian culture at this American ...

The rite, which means Seven-Five-Three in Japanese, is traditionally celebrated in mid-November for children reaching those ages. Parents dress their girls and boys in kimonos and bring them to a ...

“What did women (of this country) wish to express with their kimono?” she came to ask herself. Cliffe got married, had children and got divorced in Japan. She had three children to raise and ...

TOKYO, Japan (CNN)-- For more than 80 years, the Sekine Kimono Shop has sat in a corner of Tokyo's high-end fashion district -- surviving the Great Depression and World War II. But this latest ...

On May 11, Riverside East in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Thornton Street, will host YoKimono Japanese Market. The market was set up in 2019 by Dalston-based business woman Sonoe Sugawara in an ...

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”.