Happy Girls Day! UH Hilo celebrates with Hina Matsuri Girls Day Festival

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Hina Matsuri (Doll’s Festival) is held annually on March 3rd to wish for the health, happiness and success of girls.

Students at a info table set up at event.
Photos by Zoe Coffman/UH Hilo Stories.

Photos by Zoe Coffman/UH Hilo Stories.

The Japanese Student Association at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo presented its annual Hina Matsuri: Girls Day Festival today at the Campus Center Plaza.

Hina Matsuri (Doll’s Festival) is a Japanese tradition held annually on March 3rd. The day is dedicated to wish for the health, happiness and success of girls.

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Dolls in traditional clothing.
Doll display at the UH Hilo Hina Matsuri. (Photo: Zoe Coffman/UH Hilo Stories)

Hina Matsuri activities today on the UH Hilo Campus Center Plaza:

  • Doll display and Peace Doll Exchange
  • Yukata and kimono dressing
  • Tea ceremony by Urasenke Hawaii Shibu
  • Games and origami
  • History display
  • Koto concert by Toshiko Nagase (Yamada School Koto instructor)
Traditional figures in display.
Display for Hina Matsuri or Dolls Festival held today, March 3, 2017, on the UH Hilo Campus Center Plaza. (Photo: Zoe Coffman/UH Hilo Stories)

Photos by Zoe Coffman (senior, art) for UH Hilo Stories.

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