OBACHAN'S SCRIBBLES

My mom's hometown is another small town which was once prosperous from the production of good quality charcoal. Now the place is a national preservation district of traditional houses. There they started a new event several years ago to attract tourists. It is doll festival celebration, but instead of each household celebrating the festival privately, almost all houses in a certain section of the town turn into galleries of hina-ningyo dolls where tourists can walk in and see the dolls freely for 5 days (Mar. 3rd to 7th).
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In this traditional town, most houses seem to have expensive sets of hina-ningyo handed down for 2 to 3 generations.


Some recent creations like this also welcomed the tourists.



I heard that the two dolls on the top row were made 104 years ago. The white kimono hung in the back is bride's gown, worn by the great grandma, grandma and mother in this house.















It was such a gorgeous day and peach blossoms were in full bloom.
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