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 a ceremony to pray to th･･･ ...

Families with daughters usually arrange hina-ningyo dolls in traditional Heian court attire on a five or seven-tiered platform covered with a red carpet (hina dan 雛壇). The dolls will be displayed ...

Although the first Hina Matsuri was held in the 17th century, its roots date back to the Heian Period (794-1185). Hina dolls were historically toys that young girls played with that resembled the ...

A man and a woman clad in Heian period costumes became a lord and a lady, the latter in 12-layered kimono. They floated down a river a straw lid on which hina dolls were placed to drive away bad ...