In a striking display of cultural dialogue, the Royal Institute for Traditional Arts (Wirth) showcased a unique artwork ...

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.

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.

More brides are opting for non-traditional wedding dresses, like Carly Jaggers-Hair's bold black gown, reflecting a trend that celebrates individuality and personal expression on their special day ...

Toshikazu Hashimoto and Colleen Schmuckal perform a Shinto-style wedding ceremony at the facility displaying items and information about Hanawa Bayashi, a traditional Japanese performing art, in ...

Disha Patani wrapped herself in a traditional Japanese kimono during her Kyoto vacay Disha Patani has been on enjoying her much-deserved downtime in Japan.

A student of Kara Harris says the kimono instructor knows how to expertly fit the traditional garment to bodies with more curves than the stereotypical Japanese frame.