The historic port city of Niigata in northwest Japan is one of the few remaining geisha strongholds outside of Kyoto. Known ...

The experience proves that traditional crafts can still be a viable way to earn a living. For instance, during one of these tours, a kaga yuzen (silk dye) artist sold a luxury kimono worth millions of ...

The brand crafts its robe from long-staple cotton for ... Best lightweight: H by Frette Pique Kimono We already recommend two lightweight robes on this list — waffle and linen — but those ...

For example, she had a kimono made on the motif of ume (Japanese ... in which she shows herself visiting and interviewing Kyoto’s traditional craft workers. “I have had more time to reflect ...

Mr. Jimmy has devoted his career to learning the songs and solos of Page's back catalog, and had a fateful encounter with his ...

She then spent another week in Tokyo, where she experienced a kimono tea ceremony and relaxing at an onsen ... historic sites and museums – his favorite was one devoted to the craft of making ...

Textile producer Shimura Shoji dyes threads for his kimono and other items with natural pigments, used since ancient times. Together with his mother and grandmother, both dyers, he founded a ...

Meraki,” an exhibit of wood-fired, soda-fired ceramics, and high-fired tablewares by Misako Kambe is the featured exhibit at ...

Credit: Debbie Egan-Chin If you’ve got your wristband, wash your meal down with a craft beer ... of the Flea’s truly unique offerings: Iki Kimono NYC, a kimono shop run by Monica Minier.

Mise Kimono founder Shannon Kaleo Loo assists customers ... Pellegrino said she missed out on in-person events such as the Ben Franklin craft fair and the Made in Maui County Festival, which ...

Blue Hill Advisors LLC and former Bank of Hawaii CEO Allan Landon announced Tuesday that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., an independent proxy advisory firm, has recommended that shareholders ...

French bestselling author Muriel Barbery's sixth opus, One Hour of Fervour , is a contemplative novel, a poetic travelogue ...