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Hanno in Saitama Prefecture holds its Hina Matsuri as a citywide exhibition of hina dolls and hanging decorations centering on two main streets in central Hanno, near JR Higashi Hanno Station and Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.

Many local shops display hina dolls and decorations along the Hanno Ginza road and Odori road. The festival is held from mid-Feb. to March 3. These photos were taken on March 3, 2013.

This is Hanno Ginza, one of Hanno's main streets where hina dolls are hanging decorations are displayed. A short walk from Hanno Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.

The hina doll displays are usually placed at the storefront where we can immediately see it as we pass by.

This shop had its hina decorations outside which is unusual.

Most shops had their hina dolls inside the shop.

So we enter the store to look at the hina dolls.

They usually indicate how old the hina dolls are. Usually a family heirloom going back a few decades.

This fish monger had hina decorations made of clam shells.

A stonemason shop in Hanno.

The stonemason displayed these hina dolls made of stone.

Hina dolls made of stone in Hanno, Saitama.

Closeup of hina doll made of stone.

Hina dolls mde of stone.

The stonemason also had a little room in the back displaying real hina dolls.

One shop had a large hina doll tapestry outside to catch our attention.

Inside the tapestry shop.

Hina dolls and tapestry on the bottom in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture.

Hina doll tapestries

A bakery in Hanno, Saitama displayed hina dolls flanked with hanging decorations made of bread.

Closeup of hanging decorations made of bread. These were outside, and I guess there were enough people to keep the birds away.

Hanno Ginza street.

Hina dolls displayed inside a shop.

Hina dolls in a senbei cracker shop.

This is Odori street, another main street with hina doll displays. This street goes to JR Higashi Hanno Station.

Hanno Chamber of Commerce also had a hina doll display.

Hanno Chamber of Commerce statue.

Inside the Hanno Chamber of Commerce.

Hanno's main hina doll display was in this old Japanese shop storehouse called Kinujin (絹甚). It was built in 1904 by a silk merchant.

About Kinujin.

Hanging decorations outside Kinujin.

Numerous hina dolls and hanging decorations inside Kinujin.

Inside Kinujin.

Hina dolls inside Kinujin.

Hina dolls inside Kinujin, Hanno, Saitama.

Kinjujin also has this storehouse which we could not enter, but only peer inside to see hina dolls.

Kinjujin's storehouse had these hina dolls.

About Kinujin's storehouse.

Old urinal and toilet at Kinujin.

Odori street and Kinujin on the left.

Acros from Kinujin is one of the few shops with a traditional design. This shop had its hina dolls displayed in the showcase on the left.

Showcase with Hina dolls.

The showcase displayed many hina dolls some of which were quite old.

80 year-old hina doll.

The problem with many hina doll displays was that most of them were behind glass, not good for picture-taking.

Another old building in Hanno. It used to be the Hanno Silk Weaving Association office, built in 1922. Inside the window facing the street showed hina dolls.

Hina dolls inside the former Hanno Silk Weaving Association office.

About the Hanno Silk Weaving Association office.

Even this bank had a hina doll display in its show window.

Tailor shop

I hope the sun won't damage the dolls too much.

Seibu Ikebukuro Line train for Hanno at Ikebukuro Station. By express train, it takes less than an hour to Hanno from Ikebukuro. Train fare is 450 yen.