'Hina' doll festival in Tokushima, Japan

'Hina' doll festival in Tokushima, Japan

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Children from a nursery carry a miniature "mikoshi" portable shrine in front of a tiered platform of some 30,000 dolls on display ahead of a "hina" doll festival in Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 23, 2014. The event, a precursor to the March 3 Girls' Day festival, will run through April 6.

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