Girl's Day-Hinamatsuri

[mommytotwo]

Wednesday March 3rd is Girl's Day-also known as Hinamatsuri. Does anyone other than my family celebrate it? If so, what do you do on this day?

 

[nativetxn]

I don't think I've ever heard of this. What type of tradition is it?

 

[mommytotwo]

Originally posted by nativetxn
I don't think I've ever heard of this. What type of tradition is it?

It's a Japanese tradition where the little girls get dressed up in their fancy kimonos and they display all their girls day dolls that they have recieved. The visit each others houses and eat little snacks that are prepared by their families or ones that are bought at the store.
Here in Hawaii, there are many Japanese families, so they sell dolls and at certain schools, the teachers have the boys throw away the girl's lunch trays-I remember doing that when I was in elementary school.
My daughter had recieved many girl's days dolls last year, but this year since she is in that-see and touch stage, we have her individual dolls out, but not her big collection-which costed $2,000.
I will be making some treats that night for dinner.

 

[nativetxn]

How neat! We had no traditions in my family. I think your daughter is lucky. Will we be graced with a photo? I sure hope so.

 

[mommytotwo]

Originally posted by nativetxn
How neat! We had no traditions in my family. I think your daughter is lucky. Will we be graced with a photo? I sure hope so.

I can't figure out how to post pictures yet, but if I do figure it out, I will post her set that she had gotten last year.

 

[JC2]

How cool! Thank you for sharing that tradition with us! I'd love to hear more, too!

 

[IloveDMB]

That sounds really cool. I like learning about other traditions. What kind of special treats are there?

 

[mommytotwo]

They have things called hina arare and mochi-you can look up hinamatsuri on the internet, and they will show you the decorations and some types of foods that are eatten for Girl's Day.