The annual "Hina" exhibition takes place before the traditional Girls' Festival, which is held in Japan on ... looking at the dolls, which were displayed under "bonbori" paper lanterns and bamboo ...

It was one of around 13,000 “blue-eyed dolls” sent to Japan 14 years earlier by a U.S.-based group as a gesture of friendship as relations between the two countries started plummeting ...

HIGASHI-IZU, Shizuoka Prefecture—A massive display of hundreds of dolls is wowing visitors at the annual spring festival here, which celebrates young girls and showcases traditional Japanese ...