Category: Kimono

The decline of Japanese sericulture has accelerated in the last 20 years. In 1995 there were 13,640 sericulture farmer households. The number was down to 393 in 2014. From 1974 to 1994 the Japanese government

By the 1930’s Japan was the world’s largest producer of raw silk with over 30% market share. Two-thirds of the production was exported, mainly to the US. Production drastically decreased during World War II. After

From the time when Japan opened its doors to the West in the late 19th century until late 1930’s, silk export was the major driving force of Japan’s economic growth. Even though Japan had been

The article below is from Japan’s Kimono+ Vol. II/No.55 “Silk was introduced to Japan about 200 BCE The oldest silk fabric in Japan was found in Arita Ruins (Yayoi period) in Fukuoka Prefecture, and its

Noriko Kiyota is a publisher, editor, writer and photographer.   Above all she loves kimono. For almost 50 years, her magazine, Japanese Kimono +, has been educating Kimono enthusiasts and advising the kimono industry how to adapt