IZUMO, Shimane Prefecture--For those memory-filled kimono that the deceased leave behind, a clothing designer here is offering to remake them into bags, stuffed toys and other daily accessories.

The figure for fiscal 2020 was 270,000 tan. Emiko Ban, 81, a kimono tailor who cuts bolts of cloth into pieces to make kimono, said she used to receive more orders for long-sleeved "furisode ...

a third-generation kimono tailor who works with his wife and parents in the Den-en-chofu area of Tokyo. A generation ago, the Furuoya workshop was so busy it scrambled to keep up with orders.

KISABURO, a 4th-generation kimono designer at Iwamoto Kimono Making, a kimono tailor in Tokyo with 98 years of history, is garnering attention for reinterpreting the kimono aesthetic. Demon Slayer: ...