Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in ...

With international cinema becoming more and more accessible through streaming platforms, Japanese films have garnered global recognition for their cultural richness and refreshing storytelling ...

It’s made of high-quality 6A mulberry silk and has a standard momme of 19, which, while lower than some of the other picks on our list, is felt mostly in the texture and fabric thickness.

The higher the number, the softer the feel of the fabric (the average momme count is at around 19). Some brands list it, others don’t. And although all of the pajamas here are made from silk ...

Kowa has developed the brand name Minolon for the new material, drawing on minomushi, the Japanese name for bagworms. The company said it is planning investment of tens of billions of yen in a bid to ...

Kowa has developed the brand name Minolon for the new material, drawing on "minomushi," the Japanese name for bagworms. The company said it plans to invest tens of billions of yen in a bid to boost ...

In a community that is surrounded by mountains, straw has been an integral part of daily life through the use of sandals, trivets and baskets for picking Japanese sansho peppers ... such as mizuhiki ...

Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times Supported by By Clay Risen One afternoon in February 1891, a Japanese chemist named Jokichi Takamine arrived by train in Peoria, Ill. He was there at the ...

Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese ... a silk-blend pair costs 60,000 yen. The brand's most expensive offering, woven by hand on a wooden machine converted from a luxury kimono loom ...

The Twilight Samurai won 12 Japanese Academy Awards and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Unfortunately, it is currently not available for streaming.

Claire McVinnie has created an exclusive collection of laser cut wooden fan brooches using chiyogami silk screen traditional washi paper, and fashion designer Hayley Scanlan has re-made her ...