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 ...

Inro and netsuke are men's accessories which date from the Edo period of Japan (1603-1867 ... The inro was fastened behind the man's kimono sash using a silk cord and secured with a netsuke ...

TOKYO -- Millions of people are delighted by the sparkling spectacle of fireworks at festivals in Japan every summer, but did you know that Japanese fireworks once called "wabi" date back to the ...