NARA -- This western Japan city has seen increasing numbers of inbound visitors strolling around tourist spots wearing kimonos and their summer counterpart, yukata. Westerners in particular appear ...

Though sumo originated in Japanese temple rites performed some ... Junior wrestlers are meant to wear a thin cotton yukata [robe] and geta [wooden sandals] even in the depths of winter.

Shutterstock After wrapping a yukata over my naked body, I am led into the dimly lit, wooden annex of the Ibusuki Hakusuikan ...