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Takahama-City Hina Tour Through Ningyo Komichi Alley

Date : 02/17/2024 - 03/03/2024


  • Hina Tour Through Ningyo Komichi Alley
  • Hina Tour Through Ningyo Komichi Alley
  • Hina Tour Through Ningyo Komichi Alley
  • Hina Tour Through Ningyo Komichi Alley

Leading up to the Hina Festival on Mar 3, the Ningyo Komichi, or Doll Alley, offers up a variety of hina dolls from the Edo and Meiji periods to the Showa period for display as well as exhibits of hina dolls in comical situations. On weekends during the event period, 15 young children selected through a drawing dress up in attire from ancient Japanese court life and parade through the town. Nearby households too take on the hina doll spirit and set up displays along the street, with swinging hina dolls merrily swaying back and forth. This performance is something you'll find nowhere else than in Takahama City, the location of famous Japanese doll maker Yoshihama Dolls.

Children's Hina Parade

Young children put on the traditional garb of hina dolls in this widely popular event each year. Fifteen take up the roles of the emperor and empress, court ladies, musicians, ministers, and servants, popping out from their decorative placing on the traditional stepped display stand to walk along the streets.

Notes:
• Roles are decided based on height and gender.
• The emperor and empress are selected from participants from the previous year and are not available for application.
• Siblings must apply separately.

Dates: Sat, Feb 24 and Sat, Mar 2 (postponed to Sun, Feb 25 and Sun, Mar 3 should rainy weather occur)
Time: 10:00 am–11:00 pm
Application: Must be postmarked for Feb 20 (selected by drawing if a large number of applicants)

Hina Tour Through Ningyo Komichi Alley

Other events

Hina Tour Through Ningyo Komichi Alley

• Comical hina doll exhibit
Enjoy Fukuyose Hina Dolls—dolls in comical poses and on display in unique situations—available to acclaim every year. Come see what fun excitement this year's dolls offer.

• Antique hina doll display
Precious hina dolls from the Edo period to the Showa period of Japanese history are put on display.

Hina Tour Through Ningyo Komichi Alley

• Hina Tour Haiku Contest
Submit a haiku about the Ningyo Komichi Alley's Hina Tour about topics like the children's parade, comical hina dolls, antique hina dolls, and the Hina Festival. This year's theme is "hina dolls". Place your poem in application boxes available at the Ichiban-Kan Hall and Yoshihama Urban Development Council, or mail it in by March 10.

Lots of other events are available! Check the official site for details.

EVENT OVERVIEW

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Date : Sat, Feb 17–Sun, Mar 3, 2024
Place : Around Ningyo Komichi Alley
Location : 〒444-1331
2-7-18 Yashiki-cho, Takahama-shi, Aichi
Parking : Available (parking lot at Yoshihama Dolls or the Yoshihama Urban Development Council)
Restrooms : Available
Phone number : 0566-53-2603 (Ningyo Komichi Alley Society)

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

ACCESS

  • Access by public transport
    Access by public transport
    From Nagoya Station, take the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line bound of Chiryu and Toyohashi, get off at Chiryu Station and change trains to the Meitetsu Mikawa Line bound for Takahama and Hekinan. Get off at Yoshihama Station and walk 3 min.
  • Access by car
    Access by car
    From Higashiura Interchange on the Chitahanto Road, head east on Route 23 for 7 km. Turn right at the intersection with Route 50 and follow it for 3.4 km. Then, turn left to enter Route 304 and turn right after 150 m. 300 m down the road, the Yoshihama Dolls will be to the left and the parking lot to the right.

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