Old Ways Prove Hard to Shed, Even as Crisis Hits Kimono Trade by MARTIN FACKLER

By MARTIN FACKLER

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.

Published: February 9, 2015 at 07:00PM

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