In a striking display of cultural dialogue, the Royal Institute for Traditional Arts (Wirth) showcased a unique artwork titled "Bisht Kimono" during the Saudi Cultural Week at Expo 2025 in Osaka, ...

Asharq Al Awsat The Royal Institute of Traditional Arts (Wrth) participated in the Saudi Cultural Week at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, from July 12 to 15. The event aimed to enhance the international ...

In Michiko Tsui’s childhood home there was a room dedicated purely to embroidery. It was there that her mother, Fumiko Saito, ...

In her transcultural collection for Expo 2025, Polish designer Joanna Hawrot reimagines the kimono as a radical expression of autonomy, queerness, and embodied storytelling. Inspired by both Japanese ...

The kimono as a concept The kimono is more than an historic artefact, one where ideas and methods of production were to remain constant for centuries.

There are several factors behind the decline of the traditional wedding dress, including financial pressures and growth in the culture of individualism.

When Japanese attire is worn, the groom wears the most formal style of dress, a black haori jacket bearing the family crest and a black-and-white striped hakama kimono overskirt.

Home Culture & Life the explainer Why Japanese residents can't watch their country's Oscar-nominated #MeToo documentary Shiori Ito became one of the faces of Japan's #MeToo movement.

Following her Vietnamese husband to a wedding in a rural area, his Japanese wife was surprised when she was given food to bring home when leaving the event.

The eighth Konnichiwa Japan festival in Delhi celebrated Japanese culture with traditional crafts, food, music, and sports like sumo wrestling.