She was dressed in a cherry-red “furisode” kimono and navy blue hakama. “I spent my first three years in online classes and my last year on this campus,” the princess told reporters before ...

Attitudes have changed in the age of gender equality, but some women opt for the white kimono just the same, to commemorate a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Japanese wedding attire has its origins ...

Meanwhile, 5-year-old American girl Cassia, who was there with her mother, smiled and said that wearing a kimono made her feel like a princess, and that doing Japanese calligraphy was the most fun.