I picked up a t-shirt. It contains writing in the Arashiyama dialect. It says "Welcome." Kyoto is home to many vintage Kimono shops. Most people in Japan wear Western clothes. That means there are so ...

Do yourself and everyone you know a favor and don’t buy hula-girl dashboard ornaments and cheap ukuleles. Instead, let these local fashion and art luminaries light your way to the good stuff.

You can pick up vintage kimonos from about $200 or simple fabric bolts for $10. I also love Kikuya for second-hand kimonos.

This shop was so much fun. Imagine stepping into an old traditional Japanese home filled to the brim with vintage Kimonos. Some were 100 years old. I could have spent hours there, just looking at ...

It’s an ethic entrenched throughout Japan, from big carmakers to the local tofu store. “More like making a kimono” is the ... The clattering power looms are vintage Toyodas, from the ...

Scidmore, Nat Geo Image Collection In Japan, garden design is a ... The various details of a kimono (like the one pictured in this vintage photograph) traditionally revealed plenty about the ...

KYOTO--A special exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of Gucci’s arrival in Japan is now under way at the Kyoto City ...

The Japanese town of Kojima is all about denim. The main road is named Jeans Street, pairs of jeans flap like flags overhead, the drinks vending machines at the railway station are plastered with ...

Kirshner says, “It is important to understand that renovating and maintaining these vintage houses can be very expensive.” A Machiya in Kyoto. Japan has many advantages as a place to live.

"Consistency," says Lauren Bochicchio, the owner of vintage toy store ... of the character wearing a kimono on a drink package during a trip to Japan and brought it to a tattoo artist here.

You can pick up vintage kimonos from about $200 or simple fabric ... but some international travellers who have a passion for Japanese textiles, too. It’s very exciting digging through these ...

The clattering power looms are vintage Toyodas ... officer at Japan Blue, says the industrial history of the region is a source of strength, centered around sewing heavy fabrics, including military ...