Doll 'Girl's Day' Festival on March 3rd;

* ‘雛祭り’ Hina-maturi ;Girl's Day Festival Exhibition*

Dolls festival is a Japanese traditional festival to invoke the happiness and growth of girls.  Exhibition of "Hina Doll; Dolls for Girl's day Festival" is being held by Local Handicraft Association called 'タンポポの会 Tanpopo no kai ' at the next city's local department store. Although I post this exhibition annually, I wish you will be able to enjoy this Japanese Festival for Girls again with Lovely Handcrafts ;-)

＊Japanese bride wearing Kimono bridal costume*

                                           *Works made of Cocoon Filament*

 Next city where is my husband's birth city used to have thriving ceramic engineering  (pottery industry).  "sulfuric acid", to refine gold and silver" for coins.　The bottle is for containing the "sulfuric acid".  This is the link page of my old post about the detailed history of the city.

                              *Works of  Indigo-Dyeing*

The Exhibition was the collaboration of these two handcrafts.

*Two kinds of birds from the trees in front of my house*

I was happy to find both male and female Redstart recently almost on the same day.

I got so excited to see this my first Yellow-throated Bunting. Even though it flew away immediately before I could  take decent picture, I was happy this new face showed up for me p-;)

These two pictures of arranged flowers were taken at the Noodle Restaurant where we both stopped by to have lunch after enjoyed the "Girl's Day'Festival Exhibition".  

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