HAPPY HINAMATSURI!!

Or in English...HAPPY GIRL'S DAY!!

It's a Japanese thing.

I remember back in elementary school, on Girl's Day the boys would have to be super nice to us. They'd pull out our chairs and carry our lunch trays for us. :P But of course we'd do the same for them on Boy's Day. It's neat because Girl's Day is March 3rd (3/3) and Boy's Day is May 5th (5/5). I miss making the origami dolls. "Hinamatsuri" literally translates to "doll festival" I think.

Ooh, and eating mochi. Mmm, mochi! The best part of Japanese holidays and events.





I used to have kimono's, too. Only when I was younger, of course, since we stopped going to bon dances and events like that once my grandparents died. But I remember I liked dressing up, even though it took a long time to get the kimono on right.

Usually as little girls, we get these dolls - Asian versions those American Girl dolls or whatever, haha. I think both Mika and I have one doll each, but they've been in storage somewhere since...we were really little. I don't even really remember what ours look like. That's how long it's been since I've seen them. But they usually look like this:



And then if you're super special and have lots of money, you have the whole royal family tree of dolls.



I enjoy being Asian. ^_^