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 ...

Though its precise origins are lost to history, the aloha shirt first appeared in Hawaii in the 1920s or ’30s, probably when local Japanese women adapted kimono fabric for use in men’s shirting.

As far back as 1966, All Japan Kimono Promoting Association designated 15 November as Kimono Day, a day when Japanese families with a 5-year-old boy or a girl aged 3 or 7 celebrate the Shichigosan ...

One trendy and timeless style is the kimono cover-up, inspired by the traditional Japanese garment. If you want to effortlessly take your summer attire from sun up to sun down, consider a kimono ...

KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan ... The traditional Japanese designs received a favorable response even from the Indian ambassador to Japan.

During our visit to Kyoto we decided to rent Kimonos to experience a bit of Japanese culture ... We had worn a thin t-shirt layer which we left on under our kimono and we left our pants on until ...