Posts Tagged ‘dolls’
Researching Dolls, Hinamatsuri
I am researching the price of hinasama dolls. It is years since I bought a set of hina sama dolls and I am trying to find a red carpet set of dolls for Girls Day for less than 1000 dollars. I don’t think my budget is going to meet my expectations. This photo of a [Read More]
Hina Matsuri Preparation
Next Wednesday is Girls Day and we are thinking about what foods to prepare already. A popular sweet is sakuramochi – of course it is my favourite!! So it will be on the menu for Girls Day. It is a great sweet for those that like sweetened azuki bean paste and cherry [Read More]
Xmas List 2, Amazon Japan
Popo chan is a huge part of the family. As such we have to include her in the Xmas list! Anyone else have this problem/challenge? All good! But as well as Popo chan clothes and food we are going to get some great teaching blocks. So for my own daughter we are going for the [Read More]
Princess Leia and Return of the Kokeshi
Blogging is a wonderful tool for examining trends and responding with speed to the market! Consumer generated media! A couple of days ago I published a post on the Kokeshi doll – a traditional wooden Japanese doll. There was a strong response to the post and an [Read More]
Ninja and Star Wars, Best of Kokeshi
The Kokeshi doll has long been a favourite of mine. I have a small collection of the more traditional kind of Kokeshi that I have lovingly kept well dusted over the past 25 years. But I was most impressed to find that others have more exciting collections than mine – [Read More]
Popo chan, Japan
Popo chan and friends having a picnic! This scene stopped us in our tracks the other day! Are they advertising something? I stood and watched for a while but nobody appeared …… interesting! Does anyone know who they belong to I wonder? The bags beside them might [Read More]
