Ideas from Traditional Clothing to Manage Cold Seasons

Never mind the clunky title – the Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum's winter special is looking very interesting, as it zooms in on a vast array of winter clothing and ways of protecting yourself from the cold. Shining the spotlight on how people living in some of the world's most inhospitable regions have learned to endure both extremely low and wildly changing temperatures, it highlights materials, methods and forms, all while providing useful hints for surviving Tokyo's relatively mild – but nonetheless often uncomfortably chilly – winter.