In the Edo period, the town produced woven cords ... Now denim from Kojima is used by international luxury fashion brands. The market for Japanese jeans "has grown in the last 10 to 15 years ...

Inro and netsuke are men's accessories which date from the Edo period of Japan (1603-1867). An inro was a portable case used to carry writing materials or traditional medicines such as ginseng and ...

Koraku are the Japanese equivalent of a picnic hamper, made for sharing. The richly adorned boxes of the Edo period have fallen a little out of fashion, with the modern bento instead being most ...