Amami Oshima Journal: Old Ways Prove Hard to Shed, Even as Crisis Hits Kimono Trade

The island of Amami Oshima has fallen harder than most of Japan’s famous kimono production centers, as a shift to Western fashions and the country’s long economic squeeze have led to plummeting demand.

















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