Seeing Hita Hinamatsuri dolls festival

On March 25, we had decided to take a drive🚗 to Hita to see Hinamatsuri dolls🎎 festival, a special day in Japan. Hinamatsuri is celebrated each year on March 3.

We visited to the Hina Goten (雛御殿) Doll Museum, a venue which is the doll festival is held. The Mamedamachi area in the heart of the city has been developed as a Tenryo (天領) that is the under control of the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo period.

This museum has more than 4000 hina dolls collected by a soy sauce owner in the city. You can see them that are from the late Edo period up to nowadays. We have to pay a small fee of ¥300 per person but it's free during the special period such as Hinamatsuri.

Seven-tiered Hina Doll set at the tatami room.

I saw many Hina doll festivals at various places in Kyushu so far, but I guess it is the best doll festivals in Japan🗾.

More Hina doll set display at the museum.

The fan dolls of emperor enthronement ceremony. It's great Japanese craftsmanship, they just make everything they have.

A set of Goten Hina palace made by paper.

Information🛈

Name: Hina Goten Doll Museum (日田醤油雛御殿 Hita Shoyu Hina Goten in Japanese)
Address: 13-6 Mamedamachi, Hita, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Website: hitasyouyu.com (in Japanese)

The museum is open 7 days a week from 9 am to 5 pm est to Japan time.