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All Doors are Open, as the Old Town of Makabe gets DOLLED UP for its annual HINA DOLL FESTIVAL (真壁の雛祭り) -until March 3rd
7 February, 2020
Nearly one hundred of the old houses and shops (including this deliciously rustic book store) will be open to the public with antique Hina Dolls and other heirlooms on display as part of the Hina Matsuri Festival in Makabe, Sakuragawa City ( just north of Tsukuba)- till March 3rd
A pair of antique Hina Dolls (from the 19th century) on display at an old shop which in makabe
Stand-alone photo: Japan dolls
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Hina dolls of newly elected U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are displayed in the shop of famous doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo, on Wednesday, ahead of the Hina Matsuri doll festival on March 3. The firm, which singles out people expected to be in the news each year, selected Biden and Harris in the hope that the change in the U.S. administration will lead to a restoration of world order. The dolls are not for sale.Japan News-Yomiuri
Stand-alone photo: Hina dolls of newly elected U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are displayed in the shop of famous doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo, on Wednesday, ahead of the Hina Matsuri doll festival on March 3. The firm, which singles out people expected to be in the news each year, selected Biden and Harris in the hope that the change in the U.S. administration will lead to a restoration of world order. The dolls are not for sale.
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A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
A Deeper Look at O-Sechi (お節)- Japan`s Special New Year`s Dishes (which are served cold)
2 January, 2021
By Avi Landau
In a recent TsukuBlog article about O-Shogatsu ( お正月) the Japanese New Year Festival, I mentioned that I would like to write more about Osechi (御節), the variety of special, slow to spoil and symbolically significant dishes, packed into a box or set of stacked boxes, which are eaten over the 3-day New Year`s holiday period. I instead added a link to a site online ( wikipedia) which I said would provide adequate information in English. Later , I re-read the article that I had recommended and found it unsatisfying in terms of what I would have wanted to communicate about this most important ( along with O-Mochi- pounded rice cakes) of all Japanese festive foods . So now, after my own Osechi boxes have already been picked clean, I will try to give a fuller picture o
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Japanese Christmas- A Look at the History of Japan`s Celebration of Western Culture- KURISUMASU (yet again)
24 December, 2020
Giant roof-top Santas in Tsukuba. Like almost all Christmas decorations in Japan, these will come down right after December 25th unlike those in Europe and the U.S. which remain in place through early to mid- January
In this season if you want to take a Sugue-riding lesson at Tsukuba Center, you`ll be asked to dress as Santa while the instructor is in a Christmas tree suit! You`ll also notice how just about all cashiers, shop-staff , waiters and waitresses don Santa caps – right through to Dec. 26 when they`ll disappear till next year.