When Claire Griffin couldn't get the story of George Denison Morgan and Yuki Kato out of her head, she knew she had to write ...

Visiting Kyoto? Make sure you watch this first! Here's why Kyoto is my favourite city in Japan! Here are all the best places ...

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 fictional lawyer on her new show, All's Fair.

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 -- ...

The country logged more than 36.8 million tourist arrivals in 2024, topping 2019's record of nearly 32 million, according to estimates from the Japan National Tourism Organization. It marks a return ...

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 ...

No area of Kyoto is more closely linked with geisha than the historic former capital’s Gion. In this district indelibly infused with the graceful and vibrant culture of the geisha, where apprentice ...

Geisha in kimono with a red umbrella in her hands. Vector... Vector illustration of a geisha in kimono with a red umbrella in her hands. Red circle as a symbol of Japan. The rising sun. Set of ...