Nishijinori, the intricate weaving for kimonos that dates back more than a thousand years in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto ...

When you hear the word kimono you might be transported to middle school, where a tween version of yourself was struggling to listen as a teacher droned on about 17th century Japanese culture. But ...

When I studied abroad in Kyoto, I was one of only three exchange students with Japanese blood. My host mom worked at a kimono shop, where she dressed both tourists and locals, especially for their ...

In Michiko Tsui’s childhood home there was a room dedicated purely to embroidery. It was there that her mother, Fumiko Saito, ...

On Sunday, March 30th, Tokiya Japan is hosting a kimono fashion show at Dupont Underground to commemorate the cherry blossom season and teach people how to choose, wear, and style a traditional ...

Kimonos have a long history of over 1,000 years. Kimonos represent Japanese art, culture and fashion.” In the past, Japanese wore kimonos on a daily basis.

The kimono worn today, however, is not an indigenous invention of the Japanese. It can be traced back to the 7th century when the Imperial Court began to wear garments adapted from Chinese styles .

Japanese fashion designer Kobayashi Kaori was enchanted by the beauty of the hijab while visiting Malaysia. The experience inspired her to begin making the headscarves using vintage kimonos in the ...