Jeana Schieffer (Japan) (gna2000) : photos : Misc Interesting Customs : Japanese doll festival or Girls' Day is the first part of March. To mark the occassion, grandparents must buy their newborn granddaughters a set of dolls! The smallest sets run about $350 USD (2007 rates) or 39999 yen. The more expensive and elaborate sets include a full court of royal servants and all the accoutrement, and they run between $800 and $1000 USD- powered by SmugMug

Pictures I want to share of interesting Japanese customs that may not be familiar to people from other countries. Well, of course, many of the diretories in this online album are about interesting Japanese customs (like Kevin's School in Japan), but these are things that don't fit in other categories, or that I especially want to highlight.

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Jeana Schieffer (Japan) (gna2000) > Japanese doll festival or Girls' Day is the first part of March. To mark the occassion, grandparents must buy their newborn granddaughters a set of dolls! The smallest sets run about $350 USD (2007 rates) or 39999 yen. The more expensive and elaborate sets include a full court of royal servants and all the accoutrement, and they run between $800 and $1000 USD.

Jeana Schieffer (Japan) (gna2000) > Japanese doll festival or Girls' Day (Hina Matsuri) is the first part of March. To mark the occassion, grandparents must buy their newborn granddaughters a set of dolls! The smallest sets run about $350 USD (2007 rates) or 39999 yen. The more expensive and elaborate sets include a full court of royal servants and all the accoutrement, and they run between $800 and $1000 USD

Jeana Schieffer (Japan) (gna2000) > When Japanese kids turn 20, their town has a ceremony welcoming them into adulthood. They dress up in kimono (most of them) or hakama (men's kimono) and listen to speeches from the Mayor, and various officials about becoming adults. They also get a cash prize (ranging somewhere from $500 to $3000 USD according to rumor). And then they all go out and drink and party afterwards. Most of them haven't seen eachother since Junior High (since Japanese High School is not required, and is competitive, they all split up for High School), so it turns into a kind of 5 year reunion! Anyway, the costumes are cool. You can see more photos of this ceremony in the Coming of Age Ceremony gallery under Life in Japan.

Japanese doll festival or Girls' Day is the first part of March. To mark the occassion, grandparents must buy their newborn granddaughters a set of dolls! The smallest sets run about $350 USD (2007 rates) or 39999 yen. The more expensive and elaborate sets include a full court of royal servants and all the accoutrement, and they run between $800 and $1000 USD