A native Briton spends nearly 365 days of the year wearing kimono, even though daily use of the traditional Japanese clothing is on the decline among modern Japanese fashionistas. Sheila Cliffe ...

KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan, dyers specializing ... their attention to a market steeped in traditional dress: India. The Kyo-yuzen dyers are using ...

Fireworks are seen over Mount Wakakusa alongside the ritual burning of the mountain with Kohfukuji Temple's five-story pagoda ...

From apparel and high-tech gadgets to food and unique souvenirs, this guide unlocks the best places to shop and things to buy ...

New Year’s in Japan is a great time to get lucky. With tickets for the Year-end Lottery going on sale and eating auspicious ...

Dorayaki is a delicious Japanese dessert made of two small, round, pancake-like patties (made from castella cake batter) that sandwich a filling of sweet azuki bean paste. It's a favorite treat ...

In Japanese weddings, guests don't come empty-handed, they give goshugi - cold, hard cash wrapped in fancy envelopes known as ...

In October, the princess visited Ishikawa Prefecture as president of the Japan Kogei Association, which promotes traditional Japanese crafts, and inspected the 71st Japan Traditional Kogei ...

She studied art history at Tokyo’s Sophia University, and is has been named a PR ambassador for Japan’s national ... first stop is Urakuen, a traditional garden in Inuyama City, Aichi ...

‘Thalaclaus’) One such video shows a group of Iskcon followers dressed as Santa's elves singing and chanting on the streets on Japan on the occasion of Christmas. The group seamlessly blends ...