Kimono

Homes & Gardens calendar for the week beginning Saturday, May 19, 2012

18 May 2012

The Japanese Garden Heritage Celebration: Event includes dance performances, doll exhibit, kimono fashion show and origami demonstrations, 10:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Sunday. Admission $5. 6100 Woodley Ave., Van Nuys. 818-756-8166. www.thejapanesegarden.com

Myrtle Beach art museum exhibit highlights Japanese kimono

16 May 2012

MYRTLE BEACH -- Literally meaning a "thing to wear," the kimono, the national costume of Japan, has come to symbolize feminine beauty, artistic refinement and cultural identity. 

The women who get go

14 May 2012

On a chilly Sunday afternoon in January in downtown Osaka, a group of young Japanese women in kimono were drinking green tea and eating chocolate cake while excitedly chattering away. The topic was their respective rankings in the ancient Asian mind sport of go. Later, when the talk died down, six of them formed three pairs who sat facing one another at small tables lined up in rows. And then ...