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Hakata Ningyo dolls

Room with Hina festival dolls and entrance to the Tonomura Shigeru Literature Museum. 雛祭りの雛人形

Hakata Station has many Hakata doll shops on the 1st floor.

Hina festival dolls. 雛祭りの雛人形

Hakata dolls are Fukuoka's most famous souvenir. There are all kinds and they suit almost any budget.

Hina festival dolls. 雛祭りの雛人形

2nd floor with more Hina dolls.

2nd floor room with Hina festival dolls. 雛祭りの雛人形

2nd floor room looking toward the balcony.

Hina festival dolls in alcove.

Hina festival dolls

2nd floor with Hina festival dolls

Hinamatsuri dolls

Entrance to the daruma fair.

Daruma dolls for sale on the same day as Setsubun

Daruma

Near JR Akihabara Station is a new building called Akihabara UDX (Crossfield). On the 4th floor is this Tokyo Anime Center which has anime displays, a theater, and voice acting recording studio. Free admission.

Display case of dolls and cells

Anpan Man

Maids to greet you

Maids, the costume rage in Japan for several years already.

Welcome!

Tokyo Anime Center

Many life-size costumed characters on display.

Tokyo Anime Center, Akihabara

Big expressive eyes.

Straight black hair is pretty too.

Blue ponytails

Goldilocks?

Space teen?

School uniform

Redhead in school uniform

Large daruma at Takahata Fudoson temple, Hino, Tokyo

Anybody who knows the names of these characters are welcome to enlighten me...

Sakura

Merry Christmas

Pikachu, Astro Boy, Doraemon

Daruma

The path is lined with daruma doll vendors

Daruma dolls

Daruma

Hina dolls in guest house room 大客殿

Hinamatsuri dolls 大客殿

I visted Akishima on March 3, 2013, Girl's Day or Hina Matsuri Doll Festival. Ito Yokado was selling hina dolls for 70,000 to 100,000 yen.

Hina matsuri dolls for sale.

100,000 yen for hina dolls.

Hina matsuri cake

Temple office sells souvenirs such as the maneki neko beckoning cat in various sizes (and prices).

Temple office sells maneki neko beckoning cat in various sizes (and prices).

Gate to Maneki Neko Beckoning Cat Temple. There are a few theories (or legends) as to how the maneki neko (Beckoning Cat) was created. One theory comes from this temple.

Maneki Neko Beckoning Cat Temple is a small worship hall dedicated to the beckoning cat. On the left of the temple, notice a little roofed shelf. 猫観音を祀る招猫殿

Inside Beckoning Cat Temple. The altar's objects of worship are numerous beckoning cat dolls.

One day, Lord Ii Naotaka was doing falconry and was on his way home when it started to rain. He sought shelter under a tree at the temple. Then he saw a cat raising its paw...He went to the cat and then lightning struck the tree he was standing under. In appreciation, Naotaka gave donations to the temple.

On the left of the Beckoning Cat Temple is a shelf where you can offer your lucky cat after it has brought you good luck.

Shelf for beckoning cats, maneki neko at Gotokuji temple in Setagaya, Tokyo.

Shelf for beckoning cats, maneki neko. Gotokuji temple, Setagaya, Tokyo.

Beckoning cats, maneki neko, which did their duty for their owners who now offer them to the temple as a gesture of thanks. Gotokuji temple, Tokyo.

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.

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.

One of Japan's biggest Hina Matsuri doll festivals is held at Konosu, Saitama from mid-February to March 3, Girls' Day. The main site is Konosu City Hall lobby with its huge, 7-meter-high pyramid with over 1,800 hina dolls. Inside Konosu Station

JR Konosu Station.

Way to Konosu City Hall, the main site for the Hina Matsuri.

Follow the pink banners. The road is also crowded with cars.

Konosu City Hall. In front are food booths.

Konosu City Hall front entrance.

PR poster

On weekends when it's not raining, they also display 2,000 hina dolls on the front porch.

2,000 hina dolls on the front porch of Konosu City Hall.

Konosu has a long doll-making history dating back to the Edo Period.

Hina dolls in bamboo.

Inside Konosu City Hall is this huge pyramid of hina dolls.

Konosu Hina Matsuri Doll Festival

Live musicians play next to the pyramid.

More dolls above the entrance.

The top dolls are actually screwed on to the pyramid so they won't fall during an earthquake.

Antique hina dolls were also displayed. These are from the 1920s.

Konosu Bikkuri Hina Matsuri doll festival in Konosu, Saitama.

This stairway was also filled with dolls.

We could go up to the 2nd floor which was also lined with dolls.

Origami hina dolls

They also sold local products like honey.

Numeric data on the hina doll pyramid. The pyramid is 7 meters high, has 31 steps and 1,807 dolls.

Front porch again.

The dolls on the porch are displayed until 3:30 pm. They are now putting away the dolls.

They put away the dolls in no time.

Local mascot.

Hina doll monument in front of JR Konosu Station.

Elumi Konosu Shopping Mall in front of Konosu Station.

Inside Elumi Konosu Shopping Mall.

Another festival site is the Elumi Konosu Shopping Mall in front of Konosu Station. They have a smaller pyramid of dolls and stage entertainment on the 1st floor's Central Court.

Elumi Konosu Shopping Mall also holds a hina matsuri doll festival with a smaller pyramid.

Entertainment schedule in front of the doll pyramid.

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