Japan's Hina Matsuri festival, celebrated every spring in hopes of girls' healthy growth, typically features displays of ...

March 3 was Girl's Day in Japan. At the World Heritage site Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, there was a doll floating event. It is ...

About 1,800 dolls are lined up on 60 stone steps at Tomisaki Shrine in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, as part of the Katsuura Big Doll Festival, to celebrate Hina Matsuri. Each year on March 3, Hina ...

Traditionally on this day, families have displayed virile decors, such as “Kintaro” dolls and “kabuto ... a researcher of Japanese history who specializes in traditional events, seasonal ...

Tokyo, Japan - January 30 ... believes will have an auspicious year ahead of the March 3 Girls' Day celebration, when hina dolls are traditionally displayed. Superfast robot dog can run 100 ...

The event is just in time for the March 3 traditional Japanese holiday known as Hinamatsuri or "Doll's Day," which Denverites can celebrate at a public event on March 1 and 2, hosted by Simpson ...

A ceremony to pray for the success of the festival to commemorate Girls' Day on March 3 was held ... town of Katsuura in west Japan donated 7,000 hina dolls for the event. This year, an exhibition ...

Thousands of traditional Hina dolls create a stunning display at Tsubosaka-dera Temple in Takatori, Japan, during the annual ...

The children there cherished a doll they had nicknamed “Mary ... end of the war before Mary saw the light of day again. By that time, Japan was in the process of rebuilding itself into ...