March 02, 2009

HINAMATSURI (GIRL'S FESTIVAL)


The "Girl's Festival" on March 3, also known as the "Peach Tree Festival," is held to pray for the happiness of female children. On this day, households with young girls display beautiful doll sets, drink shiro-zake (white sake brewed from sake and rice malt), and offer hishi-mochi lozenge-shaped rice cakes).

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