FARGO - Miss Okayama has had quite a journey. Though she is only a doll, she has played a significant role in a friendship between Fargo and the Japanese city of Okayama for more than 80 years. The ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Feb. 27, 2017) - Five Camp Zama Girl Scouts assisted with setting up Hina Dolls Feb. 23 in the Camp Zama Library in preparation for Hina Matsuri - a Japanese Doll Festival celebrated ...

Shizuoka, Japan celebrates Hina Matsuri at various locations through the city and prefecture. While dolls are often seen as a toy to be played with, the people of Japan view them in an additional way ...

Thousands of traditional Hina dolls create a stunning display at Tsubosaka-dera Temple in Takatori, Japan, during the annual Dai Hina Mandala festival on Sunday. The event, held in honor of Japan’s ...

KATSUURA, Chiba Prefecture—The Katsuura Big Hina Matsuri is under way here, dazzling tourists with massive displays of around 10,000 “hina” dolls donated from across Japan. The dolls will be on ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (March 6, 2014) -- Children from the Camp Zama and Sagamihara Family Housing Area Child Development Centers visited Hosen Kindergarten, a nearby Japanese school, March 3 to celebrate ...

Among the featured kawaribina dolls were those of Ichiro Suzuki, 52, who was inducted into the baseball halls of fame in both ...

To celebrate Girls' Day, the OFS gallery inside OUR FAVOURITE SHOP in Shirokane, Tokyo, will be holding its annual "OUR FAVOURITE SHOP Hinamatsuri" from February 16th to March 11th. This year, they ...

Japan celebrates Girls Day, also known as the doll festival or Hinamatsuri, on March 3. In honor of the event, Seikadō Bunko Art Museum is holding an exhibit titled “Ohina-Sama—Welcome to the ...

WAKAYAMA -- Two small boats loaded with some 200 "hina" dolls dedicated to a local shrine were pushed out to sea off this west Japan city on March 3 in a traditional ritual to wish for girls' healthy ...