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 ...

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, ...

Vintage kimono, 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 ...

Chris Reichert, dressed in a traditional jinbei, enjoyed a meal of okonomiyaki. “It’s hard to get this,” explained Reichert, of Orlando, who majored in Japanese studies in college. “It’s savory ...

Balancing modernity and tradition is at the crux of Japanese culture and key in Shibasaki’s work as one of the most revered and innovative contemporary kimono designers in Japan. “All my inspiration ...

KUMAMOTO, Japan (Jan. 26, 2011 -- U.S. military members preparing for Yama Sakura 59 had the opportunity to dress in traditional Japanese kimonos as part of a cultural exchange Jan. 25 in Kumamoto, ...

AMAMI OSHIMA, Japan — Kazuhiko Kanai uses the traditional method to dye the elegant kimonos for which this small, semitropical island is renowned: He carries a bundle of pure white silk to a rice ...

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 ...

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 ...