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Dolls cast out to sea in girls' happiness prayer

Two boats carrying "Hina," traditional Japanese dolls, are cast out to sea from the coast off Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2023, in prayer for girls' growth and happiness on the annual "Hina-matsuri," or Girls' Day festival celebrated across Japan.

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Dolls cast out to sea in girls' happiness prayer

A boat carrying "Hina," traditional Japanese dolls, is cast out to sea from the coast off Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2023, in prayer for girls' growth and happiness on the annual "Hina-matsuri," or Girls' Day festival celebrated across Japan.

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Dolls cast out to sea in girls' happiness prayer

A boat carrying "Hina," traditional Japanese dolls, is cast out to sea from the coast off Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2023, in prayer for girls' growth and happiness on the annual "Hina-matsuri," or Girls' Day festival celebrated across Japan.

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Dolls cast out to sea in girls' happiness prayer

A boat carrying "Hina," traditional Japanese dolls, is cast out to sea from the coast off Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2023, in prayer for girls' growth and happiness on the annual "Hina-matsuri," or Girls' Day festival celebrated across Japan.

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Traditional "Nagashi-bina" event in Japan

TOTTORI, Japan, April 18 Kyodo - Girls in kimono float a flower on the Sendai River in Tottori, western Japan, on April 18, 2018, the day according to the lunar calendar corresponding to the March 3 "Hina Matsuri" or Girls' Day, during a traditional event.

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'Hina' doll festival in Tokushima, Japan

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Some 30,000 dolls are on display during a "hina" doll festival in Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 23, 2014, ahead of the Girls' Day festival on March 3. In Japan, hina dolls are traditionally displayed by families with girls to celebrate the "hina-matsuri" festival each spring.

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JAL, ANA mark Hina Matsuri doll festival

TOKYO, Japan - Female employees of Japan Airlines Corp. welcome passengers at a boarding gate decorated to mark the Hina Matsuri doll festival, a festival for girls, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 3, 2010. JAL and All Nippon Airways Co. ran domestic flights operated mostly by female crew, including copilots and mechanics, the same day to highlight the role of women in the airline industry.

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JAL flies special Hina Matsuri flight

TOKYO, Japan - Female mechanics line up near a Japan Airlines Corp. Boeing 767 at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 3 before Flight 767 departs for Hiroshima. Other than the pilot, all 36 flight crew and mechanics assigned to the flight were women, demonstrating the range of careers open to the company's female employees. March 3 in Japan is Hina Matsuri, a doll festival for girls.

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JAL flies special Hina Matsuri flight

TOKYO, Japan - Madoka Tachikawa, a co-pilot of Japan Airlines Corp., poses in front of a JAL Boeing 767 at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 3 prior to Flight 1605's departure for Hiroshima. Other than the pilot, all of the 36 flight crew and mechanics assigned to the flight were women, demonstrating the range of careers open to the company's female employees. March 3 in Japan is Hina Matsuri, a doll festival for girls.

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Gold 'hina dolls' displayed in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - A woman looks at a pair of ''hina dolls'' made of pure gold worth 10 million yen at a branch of precious metal dealer GINZA TANAKA in Nagoya on Feb. 19. The dolls, which are about 10 centimeters high and weigh one kilogram, are being displayed ahead of the Japanese Doll Festival for girls, or Hina Matsuri, on March 3.

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15,000 dolls on display in 'Big Doll Festival'.

KATSUURA, Japan - A girl sucks her thumb besides some 15,000 dolls put on display for the annual ''Big Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)'' that began in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 22. The doll festival is celebrated across Japan on March 3. The practice of displaying dolls dates to early in the Edo era (1600-1868). Parents present their daughter with a set of hina dolls and the daughter takes them when she marries.

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Big 'Hina Matsuri' (Doll Festival) begins in Katsuura

KATSUURA, Japan - Girls clad in kimono stand for a photo in front of some 600 hina ningyo (a set of dolls representing emperor, empress, attendants and musicians in ancient court dress) at Tomisaki Shrine in the city of Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 22. The dolls were placed on a red carpet on stairs leading to the shrine's gate. The city's 'Big Hina Matsuri' (Doll Festival) will run until March 2.

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'Hina Nagashi' rite observed

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A wooden boat loaded with ''hina'' dolls is tossed into the sea off Kata, Wakayama, on March 3 in the ''Hina Nagashi (floating of dolls)'' rite observed in some parts of Japan on the traditional ''Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)'' day.

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"Hina" dolls on display in Gunma

About 3,000 "hina" dolls, or Japanese traditional dolls in colorful court dress, are displayed in a hot spring resort in Numata, Gunma Prefecture in eastern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2016, ahead of the March 3 Hina Matsuri, or the Doll Festival. Japanese families celebrate the festival to pray for the happiness and health of daughters by setting up displays of dolls in their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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

About 30,000 "hina" dolls, collected from homes nationwide after the owners stopped using them, are displayed on an 8-meter-high, 27-step pyramid stand in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 21, 2016, for an event through April 3. Families celebrate Hina Matsuri, or the Doll Festival, on March 3 to pray for the happiness and health of daughters by setting up displays of dolls in their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polar bear eats big rice cake for Girls' Day festival at zoo

Female polar bear Maruru eats a large "hishimochi" rhombic rice cake at the Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanical Gardens in the southwestern Japan city on March 3, 2015. Rhombus-shaped rice cakes are symbolic sweets offered for the annual "Hina-matsuri" or Girls' Day traditional festival celebrated across Japan. ==Kyodo

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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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CORRECTED: Traditional "Nagashi-bina" event in Japan

Girls in kimono float a flower on the Sendai River in Tottori, western Japan, on April 18, 2018, the day according to the lunar calendar corresponding to the March 3 "Hina Matsuri" or Girls' Day, during a traditional event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL flies special Hina Matsuri flight

TOKYO, Japan - Madoka Tachikawa, a co-pilot of Japan Airlines Corp., poses in front of a JAL Boeing 767 at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 3 prior to Flight 1605's departure for Hiroshima. Other than the pilot, all of the 36 flight crew and mechanics assigned to the flight were women, demonstrating the range of careers open to the company's female employees. March 3 in Japan is Hina Matsuri, a doll festival for girls. (Kyodo)

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JAL flies special Hina Matsuri flight

TOKYO, Japan - Female mechanics line up near a Japan Airlines Corp. Boeing 767 at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 3 before Flight 767 departs for Hiroshima. Other than the pilot, all 36 flight crew and mechanics assigned to the flight were women, demonstrating the range of careers open to the company's female employees. March 3 in Japan is Hina Matsuri, a doll festival for girls. (Kyodo)

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Gold 'hina dolls' displayed in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - A woman looks at a pair of ''hina dolls'' made of pure gold worth 10 million yen at a branch of precious metal dealer GINZA TANAKA in Nagoya on Feb. 19. The dolls, which are about 10 centimeters high and weigh one kilogram, are being displayed ahead of the Japanese Doll Festival for girls, or Hina Matsuri, on March 3. (Kyodo)

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Hina-matsuri,a doll festival

The Hina festival celebrated by five young women wearing furisode (long sleeved kimono). A Hina canopy is placed at the back to the right, and Hina dolls are arranged on it. The photo numbered 45-30 was taken at the same opportunity as this photo.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number45‐29‐0]

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JAL, ANA mark Hina Matsuri doll festival

TOKYO, Japan - Female employees of Japan Airlines Corp. welcome passengers at a boarding gate decorated to mark the Hina Matsuri doll festival, a festival for girls, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 3, 2010. JAL and All Nippon Airways Co. ran domestic flights operated mostly by female crew, including copilots and mechanics, the same day to highlight the role of women in the airline industry. (Kyodo)

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'Hina Nagashi' rite observed

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A wooden boat loaded with ''hina'' dolls is tossed into the sea off Kata, Wakayama, on March 3 in the ''Hina Nagashi (floating of dolls)'' rite observed in some parts of Japan on the traditional ''Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)'' day.

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Doll festival in Japan

About 30,000 unwanted dolls sent from all over Japan are displayed at a "Hina Matsuri" girls festival in Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Doll festival in Japan

About 30,000 unwanted dolls sent from all over Japan are displayed at a "Hina Matsuri" girls festival in Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional "Nagashi-bina" event in western Japan

Girls in kimono set paper-made Hina dolls placed on small straw boats afloat on Sendai River in Tottori, western Japan, on March 30, 2017, the day corresponding to March 3 "Hina Matsuri" known as Girls' Day according to the lunar calendar, during a traditional event. The dolls are believed to take away troubles and bad luck that might afflict the girls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dolls sent to sea to pray for girls' happiness

Boats carrying "Hina" dolls are put to sea from the coast off Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2017, to pray for girls' growth and happiness on the annual "Hina-matsuri," or Girls' Day festival celebrated across Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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15,000 dolls on display in 'Big Doll Festival'.

KATSUURA, Japan - A girl sucks her thumb besides some 15,000 dolls put on display for the annual ''Big Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)'' that began in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 22. The doll festival is celebrated across Japan on March 3. The practice of displaying dolls dates to early in the Edo era (1600-1868). Parents present their daughter with a set of hina dolls and the daughter takes them when she marries. (Kyodo)

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Big 'Hina Matsuri' (Doll Festival) begins in Katsuura

KATSUURA, Japan - Girls clad in kimono stand for a photo in front of some 600 hina ningyo (a set of dolls representing emperor, empress, attendants and musicians in ancient court dress) at Tomisaki Shrine in the city of Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 22. The dolls were placed on a red carpet on stairs leading to the shrine's gate. The city's 'Big Hina Matsuri' (Doll Festival) will run until March 2. (Kyodo)