Posted on Mar 3, 2015
Happy "Hina Matsuri" (Girls Day) to all my sisters on RallyPoint!
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Something I had to do for Japanese class.
March 3 is Japanese Girls' Day called hina-matsuri in Japanese. The celebration for Japanese girls is also known as Doll's Day, while Japanese Boys' Day is May 5. People display a set of hina dolls and props in the house, wishing girls' healthy growth and happiness.
Traditionally, parents or grandparents of a newborn girl buy a set of gorgeous hina dolls unless they have special dolls, which are inherited from generation to generation. Hina dolls are dressed in Japanese ancient costumes and are displayed on the shelves of a stand covered with a red carpet usually from the end of February to March 3.
In addition to the costumed dolls organized on platforms representing , food and drink play a role on Girls' Day, with rice wine and rice cakes taking center stage, along with flower blossoms and of course the dolls.
Hina-matsuri is also called momo-no-sekku, which means a festival of peach blossoms. Peach blossoms, shiro-zake (white fermented rice wine), and hishi-mochi (diamond shaped rice cakes) are placed on the stand with the hina dolls. Hishi-mochi are colored in pink (implies peach flowers), white (implies snow), and green (implies new growth).
Traditionally, girls in Japan invited their friends to a home party and had a good time. Many people still prepare a special meal for girls on this day. Common food for hina matsuri are chirashizushi, sugar-flavored sushi rice vinegar with raw fish on top and a variety of other ingredients; clam soup served in the shell; and sakura-mochi, a pink, sweet rice cake.
On behalf of all of us men who are genetically disposed to "step in it" from time to time, please accept our apologies and enjoy being pampered for the rest of the day. You all deserve it. I am a lousy sushi chef so Hitomi and I are going out to eat. "Omedetou!" (Congrats)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX6bWFnbhq0
Hitomi Kato SSG V. Michelle Woods PV2 (Join to see) 1LT Sandy Annala CMSgt (Join to see) PO1 (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) LTC (Join to see) TSgt Hunter Logan SGT (Join to see) and all the hard working ladies on the RallyPoint Team.
Traditionally, parents or grandparents of a newborn girl buy a set of gorgeous hina dolls unless they have special dolls, which are inherited from generation to generation. Hina dolls are dressed in Japanese ancient costumes and are displayed on the shelves of a stand covered with a red carpet usually from the end of February to March 3.
In addition to the costumed dolls organized on platforms representing , food and drink play a role on Girls' Day, with rice wine and rice cakes taking center stage, along with flower blossoms and of course the dolls.
Hina-matsuri is also called momo-no-sekku, which means a festival of peach blossoms. Peach blossoms, shiro-zake (white fermented rice wine), and hishi-mochi (diamond shaped rice cakes) are placed on the stand with the hina dolls. Hishi-mochi are colored in pink (implies peach flowers), white (implies snow), and green (implies new growth).
Traditionally, girls in Japan invited their friends to a home party and had a good time. Many people still prepare a special meal for girls on this day. Common food for hina matsuri are chirashizushi, sugar-flavored sushi rice vinegar with raw fish on top and a variety of other ingredients; clam soup served in the shell; and sakura-mochi, a pink, sweet rice cake.
On behalf of all of us men who are genetically disposed to "step in it" from time to time, please accept our apologies and enjoy being pampered for the rest of the day. You all deserve it. I am a lousy sushi chef so Hitomi and I are going out to eat. "Omedetou!" (Congrats)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX6bWFnbhq0
Hitomi Kato SSG V. Michelle Woods PV2 (Join to see) 1LT Sandy Annala CMSgt (Join to see) PO1 (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) LTC (Join to see) TSgt Hunter Logan SGT (Join to see) and all the hard working ladies on the RallyPoint Team.
Edited 9 y ago
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I saw an episode of NHK (Japan tv) and some of those dolls are $4,000! Some have been in families for centuries. They are hand-made, usually 7 layers of cloth (traditional wear) and made onto a wooden body and the head and hands are hand-carved. The makers of the hina dolls are masters who have been making them as their fathers before them going back over a millennium. Not your typical "Barbie."
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