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On Sunday evening, the reality TV star, 45, shared a photo of her dressed up in a bespoke kimono for her acting role as a ...

On Sunday evening, the reality TV star, 45, shared a photo of her dressed up in a bespoke kimono for her acting role as a ...

It was the photograph in my father’s war album. Her white kimono. Hair black as onyx. Pale, serene face. Perfect bone structure. Gloss, a sheen upon her hair. On one side, a nameless GI. On the other, ...

Last weekend, I walked into my neighborhood Lunds & Byerlys and smiled as never before in the countless times I’ve been through those doors. There in front of me stood Moe, the creator of the Kimono ...

Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang came to the world's attention in Ang Lee's whimsical martial arts drama Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). She then dipped a toe in Hollywood waters with Rush Hour 2 ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. This is painful,” Maggie James told me as we took a stroll through Gion, the ...

Geisha Cafe Bar Hana is seen during a preview on Jan. 17, 2025, in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture. About 100 people visited the establishment over two days. (Mainichi/Yuki Motohashi) HAKONE, Kanagawa -- ...

KYOTO – The authorities in Kyoto announced on Jan 14 plans for a big hike in hotel lodging taxes, as Japan’s picture-perfect ancient capital seeks to assuage grumbles from locals about too many ...

Most visitors to Nara come for the sacred deer. They’ve been here for at least a thousand years, grazing on the city’s parkland, protected around the huge temples that trace the city’s illustrious ...

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Moe, also known as Kimono Mom, is a woman who embodies the essence of traditional Japanese culture. Simultaneously, she embraces the modernity of today’s world. This geisha–turned–social media ...