Monet has a famous painting "Japanese woman". With his wife Camille as a model, he depicts a Western lady dressed in a dazzling Japanese kimono and imitating the fashionable life of Kabuki performers. Monet himself is a regular customer of second-hand kimono shop. With the establishment of th...
Kyoto the Florence of Japan Everyone loves Kyoto and it’s because it’s gorgeous and timeless. In many ways, I felt like Kyoto was the Florence of Japan, not as much happening in the craziness of Tokyo, but there’s wonderful cultural liveliness and the history feels more tangible there....