Japan’s Coming of Age Day is a sure sign of winter, arriving after New Year celebrations and ahead of the cherry blossom ...

KITA-KYUSHU—Fukuoka prefectural police arrested a man here on Jan. 24 on suspicion he smeared ink on a woman’s kimono while she was on her way to a Coming-of-Age ceremony. Yoshinori Hirai ...

The kimono, which means ‘thing to wear’ in Japanese, can be traced back to Japan's Heian period, over 1,000 years ago, and its status has changed a lot over time.

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 ...

As part of the ceremony, women dress up in beautiful and colourful kimonos and men wear traditional Japanese dress or a suit and tie. The age of adulthood in Japan was set in 1876, but in 2018 the ...

Kimono-clad women take a photo after a ceremony to celebrate the Coming-of-Age Day, a centuries-old tradition and national ...

Kim Kardashian West has angered people in Japan with the launch of her new shapewear brand, Kimono Intimates. The reality star said the label, launched on Tuesday, is inclusive and "celebrates and ...

A key that is dispensed when pressing the purchase button on the vending machine is shown along with instructions on how to retrieve the kimono in English and Japanese, together with an ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Kimonos are known for being expensive, and a kimono from the Japanese brand Chiso is one of the most expensive you can buy. One kimono takes around 20 artisans over ...