One of the designs features an elephant drawn by Ito Jakuchu, while another is inspired by "Red and White Plum Blossoms," a painting on a folding screen by Ogata Korin. The artisans used a tailor ...

A street entertainer who counts Tokyo’s Shibuya as his patch has only nice things to say to the people he meets. The middle-aged man does not rely on a costume or beg for coins. Instead, he ...