Designing bright, outrageously colored garments, Narutoshi Ishikawa says that wearing kimono is an amplifier for your personality. What does it take to make kimono popular in...
Kimono is inclusive, and it’s for now. It welcomes everyone, according to kimono pioneer Mamechiyo. Above all, it connects with life and with place, and with...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
What have you been doing in lockdown? So many kimono events have been cancelled this year. In more usual times, I would have been...
A major new exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum celebrates the kimono’s elegant history. It also displays its dynamic renaissance, through works by modern...
On April 25, The Glass that Gallé Adored—Glass from the Qing Imperial Collection opened at the Suntory Museum of Art in Roppongi. The...
