Dolls' festival season.

As I wrote in the article five months ago, early March is the dolls' festival season in Japan. This year, many local newspapers report that Hina-dolls have been displayed on the premises or outside the front of the stores since late February in various towns as done in the past. As for the Inland sea area, major sites and schedules are as follows.

Tatsuno-city (Hyogo prefecture)
Date:3/12-3/21
Time:10:00-16:00
Venue:70 local houses around the Tatsuno castle.

Shikoku Mura museum (Kagawa prefecture)
Date:2/5-3/21
Time:8:30-16:30
Venue:Folk dwellings located inside the Shikoku Mura museum.
The cost of admission to the Shikoku Mura museum is 800yen.

Utazu-cho (Kagawa prefecture)
Date:3/5-3/6
Time:9:00-17:00
Venue:100 local houses in Utazu-cho

Hiketa doll festival (Kagawa prefecture)
Date:2/27-3/3
Time:10:00-16:00
Past video found in Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7qEL1hBTMo

Tomo townscape dolls' festival (Hiroshima prefecture)
Date:2/17-3/13
Time:Depends on each event
Past video found in Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USMV1AdgtR8

Kurashiki Hina Meguri (Okayama prefecture)
Date:2/26-3/13
Time:9:00-17:00
Past video found in Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN9hTJWzPA

Takehara townscape Hina Meguri (Hiroshima prefecture)
Date:2/11-3/21
Time:Depends on each event

In Takehara, a live music performance of Japanese harp and bamboo flute is scheduled to be held during 13:00-15:00 on Sunday 6th March 2011 in Old Kasai House.The cost of admission to the venue is 100yen. No extra payment is required for listening to the music performance. TEL :(0846) 22-0214

Takehara is a town known as bamboo-town. If you have a chance to go there on the day, it might be enjoyable to listen to the bamboo flute sound in the bamboo-town.


Fig. Old Kasai House