Paper-made dolls
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An employee of traditional Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Corp in Tokyo’s Asakusabashi shows paper-made “Hina-ningyo” which feature major league baseball player Ichiro, left, and actress Aoi Miyazaki. “Hinamatsuri” (Doll’s Festival) is held on March 3 to pray for young girls’ growth and happiness. Kyugetsu did a survey and Ichiro and Miyazaki were chosen by parents and grandparents as the most ideal persons that they would like their children and grandchildren to be like in the future.
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some14some
Girl holding paper seems ideal to me ! Beautiful smile you dont find in paper dolls !
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spudman
great picture of day, thanks Mr Fujimoto. That smile is infectious!
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Sarge
I definitely needed the small shadow of Ichiro in his baseball helmet and holding the bat to see that it's him in that green robe.
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bandacleo
Ichiro ??? I thought it was Darth Vadar !
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Sarge
bandacleo - Har!
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PuffinMuffin
cool, but is it all in paper, I see hints of nice fabric there
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eresay
Yeah cute chick, nice one
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tclh
I like her huge smile...a lots.
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SushiSake3
She's terribly cute! :-) I think it's the first time I've seen a wall-to-wall, deep-hearted, totally genuine smile in almost 8 years in Japan! :-)
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likeitis
No! Stop smiling! You will get laugh lines!
But, nice teeth!
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Betzee
I saw an exhibit about this in the Nagoya Airport a few years ago. It was much more interesting than duty free shopping!
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Nessie
Damning with faint praise, Betz?
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Betzee
You got me, Nessie.
In fact, as I recall, these beautiful paper made "decorative items" are supposed to be tossed into the river as part of a purification ceremony of Chinese origin which falls on the third day of the third month.
Now it would be very difficult for me to throw something so lovely into a river. Duty-free goods, well I could hurl that mass-produced overpriced junk in lickedy split and feel like I did my bit to purify the world!
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earthcreature
Wow she is beautiful!!... ohh yea nice paper dolls :P... She's sooow keuwt
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