Hina Ningyo Konosu, Saitama

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March 3rd in Japan is known as "Hina Matsuri" or as many of us know it, Girl's Day! It is a day to celebrate healthy growth and happiness for girls. And the biggest thing that stands out on this day is probably the "hina ningyo", or Japanese Girl's Day dolls. The two main dolls are the prince and princess. But when buying these doll sets they often come with several dolls that are displayed on a staircase-like stand (normally 7 levels). The setting is supposed to be a wedding with the prince and princess are placed on the top level.

This tradition goes back to the Heian Period (794AD-1192AD),which is over a thousand years ago. In Saitama there are few places that have a long history of hand-making these dolls. We're talking hundreds of years. Two cities that are very popular for Japanese dolls (not only Girl's Day dolls) are Saitama City (Iwatsuki) and Konosu City. Below is a picture of the "Hina Ningyo" display at the Konosu City Hall. It has 28 levels standing over 20ft (6m) tall with 1,700 dolls.

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[jsp3000k]

Whats the name of this awesome song?

[ShoyuJapanTV]

Kinda just pieced it together with "garage band" on my Mac using the existing music clips they had.

[44okiru44]

cool, both the dolls and the song. btw wat the name of that song?