Attitudes have changed in the age of gender equality, but some women opt for the white kimono just the same, to commemorate a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Japanese wedding attire has its origins ...

Tomomi Miyajima, founder of Tokiya Japan, showed Good Morning Washington's Megan Clarke how to wear a traditional kimono.

The kimono is the most famous garment worn in Japan. Kimono literally means “thing to wear” – it is made up of the Japanese words ki, meaning “to wear”, and mono, meaning “thing”.

The Japan Kimono Museum, which opened its doors on Oct. 7, features rare kimono made between the Edo Period (1603-1867) and the early Showa Era (1926-1989). Its collection is comprised of around ...

The new exhibit, "Kimonos, the Triumph of Japanese Dress," features more than 100 kimonos, some dating back more than 250 ...

Tsutaichi, herself a Japan-certified kimono teacher, mounted her first ever ... a highly formal kimono that the ladies use as bridal garb. Among those who walked the runway for Tsutaichi’s ...

As far back as 1966, All Japan Kimono Promoting Association designated 15 November as Kimono Day, a day when Japanese families with a 5-year-old boy or a girl aged 3 or 7 celebrate the Shichigosan ...