30,000 "hina" dolls displayed in Katsuura, Tokushima Pref.

30,000 "hina" dolls displayed in Katsuura, Tokushima Pref.

About 30,000 "hina" dolls, collected from homes nationwide after the owners stopped using them, are displayed on a 8-meter-high pyramid stand in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2015, for an event through April 5. Families set up a special step-altar on which to arrange the dolls to celebrate the Hina Matsuri, or the Doll Festival, on March 3rd every year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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