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 ...

The Japanese word Ningyo means human shape. The exhibition explores the Japanese doll and its culture, nurtured by Japan’s ...

Tokyo, Japan - November 28, 2024 "Hina" traditional Japanese dolls modeled after the newsmakers of 2024 are unveiled by a doll maker in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, including MLB star Shohei Ohtani of ...

Sets of hina traditional Japanese dolls modeled after the newsmakers and major events of 2024 in Japan are unveiled by a doll maker in Tokyo on Thursday. They include (bottom right) Shohei Ohtani of ...

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 ...

A craftsman in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, is busy making traditional daruma dolls. The process of making Koshu daruma dolls by hand is a Yamanashi craft that dates back about 400 years.

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 ...