Wearing a kimono can be a daunting task, where one must follow numerous steps and protocols steeped in tradition to prevent making a fool of oneself. And wrapping the obi around the kimono and tying a ...

Sumie Kaneko, a singer who plays the traditional Japanese instruments koto and shamisen, often performs wearing flashy dresses made of recycled kimonos. The idea of sustainability is deeply rooted in ...

I take a photo of my reflection in the mirror, a woman with shoulder-length gray hair dressed in unflattering kimono undergarments. I’m in Kyoto, Japan, in the upstairs room of a teahouse — the name ...

As Kyoto bans tourists from its geisha district, we explain where to go instead, what a geisha really does, and how tourists should behave Danielle Demetriou moved from London to Japan in 2007. After ...

Google “kimono,” and the first result that comes up is the website for Forever 21. Clicking through leads to a vibrant smorgasbord of open jackets: a graphic “tribal-inspired” print kimono draped on a ...