Doll Festival お雛祭り

Pictures from a Arita-san's (my Japanese family :-) ) Japanese Doll festival elaborate and beautiful display. Ohina matsuri as it is called in Japanese celebrated the happiness and health of girls. Each set can contain up to 15 different dolls. The top and main tier is decorated with “Emperor and Empress” dolls and their retainers on five to seven tiers with tea and sewing sets, traditional games and musical instruments. Just setting up the dolls takes a lot of work - not to mention patience! Even today parents will spend thousands of dollars on these lovely dolls all in the hopes of their daughter finding happiness.

Kyushu National Museum with Saori

Went to check out a great exhibition by Ito Jakuchu an old Japanese painters collection on display with my friend Saori. Was really great but the place was so huge it took us 5hrs to do 2 floors. Worth it though.






Rushed to the sound of pan in the lobby and found this NeoJazz group. When I talked to the guy he was quite surprised to meet someone from Trinidad there and told me that he got his pan in LaHorquetta, Arima. Good music.


There was a huge Google Maps-type map of Fukuoka, the city the museum is in, on the floor and many people were stopping to look for their houses and stuff.