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Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival)
Japanese Girls Day — a prayer for the health and happiness of daughters.
📅 March 3
✦ Why It Matters
Hinamatsuri celebrates the health and happiness of girls. Families display elaborate tiered sets of heirloom dolls representing the Imperial Court and pray for their daughters' future happiness.
✦ How It Is Observed
Displaying hina doll sets on red-carpeted tiers, eating chirashi-zushi, hina-arare rice crackers, and clam soup, peach blossom arrangements, shrine ceremonies for girls.