"Hina" dolls on display in hot-spring resort in Gunma

"Hina" dolls on display in hot-spring resort in Gunma

About 4,000 traditional Japanese "hina" dolls wearing colorful court dress are displayed at a facility in a hot-spring resort in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, on Feb. 17, 2017, ahead of the girls' festival in Japan on March 3. They will be shown until April 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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