It’s the perfect spot for your kids who may not be into samurai and sumo wrestlers. There are kimonos for both men and women.

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Mr. Udé, 60, has long enjoyed a reputation as a pre-eminent dandyist artist; in fact, his portrait appears on the cover of ...