At the Tokyo National Museum, “The Modern Kimono,” featuring the most exquisite pieces from as far back as the Edo Period (17th-19th ... the aristocracy and samurai classes, wearing brightly ...
KAWAGOE, Saitama Prefecture—The Ichibangai shopping street here is lined with quaint warehouse-style merchant houses and bustling with rickshaws and couples in kimono. The 430-meter-long street ...
The ninth year of the Kansei era of the Edo Period (1603-1867 ... but also cases of samurai getting into drunken brawls and a gatekeeper who was caught sleeping on the job. I asked Akane Fukushima ...