KATSUURA, Chiba Prefecture—The Katsuura Big Hina Matsuri is under way here, dazzling tourists with massive displays of around 10,000 “hina” dolls donated from across Japan. The dolls will be ...

Each year, Hofu Tenmangu shrine in Yamaguchi Prefecture holds a "doll appreciation festival" at which people can give their now-unwanted dolls a proper farewell. Among the shrine's visitors were a ...

Exquisite craftsmanship and intricate details of Japanese dolls are on display at the Indian Museum in an exhibition titled Ningyuo: Art and beauty of Japanese dolls. The Japanese word Ningyo means ...

YAESE, Okinawa Prefecture--Born in the year of Okinawa's reversion to Japan in 1972 ... increased sales. The doll drew much attention as "Chiisana Koi no Uta" (Little love song), a film based ...