Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” which is used to set a specific goal; or the Daruma-Mikuji, known as “the ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Hina Matsuri festival, celebrated every spring in hopes of girls' healthy growth, typically features ...

But you don't have to live in Japan to celebrate: Simpson United Methodist Church, 6001 Wolff St. in Arvada hosts its 15th annual Doll Festival, or Hina Matsuri, from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and ...

The Arita Hinamatsuri Festival, featuring one of the world’s largest seven-tiered displays of porcelain “hina” dolls, is being held in Arita, Saga Prefecture, through March 12. Hosted by ...

though the southernmost prefecture did not share the Japanese mainland’s practice of displaying Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) dolls in March. His dolls were exhibited at Hyakuna Elementary ...

A traditional festival featuring decorative floats has opened in the central Japanese prefecture of Gifu ... performance by a karakuri clockwork doll. A child doll wearing a lion mask danced ...

KATSUURA, Chiba -- A total of about 20,000 "hina" dolls will decorate various locations in this eastern Japan city during the Katsuura Big Hina Matsuri festival from Feb. 22 to March 3.

The iconic Japanese dolls range from a couple of inches to several feet in height, and there are thousands of them at the 1,300-year-old temple, located about an hour from downtown Osaka in Minoh ...