Yame is not only known for its paper, lanterns, Buddhist altars and wax, it’s also known for producing some of Kyushu’s best hina dolls. Until the mid 1950s, Yame specialized in making hakobina, dolls in special display boxes, but nowadays they make all kinds of dolls, many of which are displayed at the Yame Doll Hall – including dolls that daughters of the Tokugawa Shogun families took with them when they got married. Over 100 different locations display hina dolls, and they can be recognized by rose-colored lanterns hanging outside.
• 2/20 (Sun.) ~ 3/13 (Sun.)
• Free
• Venues: Around the Yame Fukushima shirakabe (white-walled building area)
(Ohinasama Meguri official map PDF)
• 0943-22-6644 (Yame City Tourism Association)
• https://www.city.yame.fukuoka.jp/kanko/kankouseason/winter/1517272110205.html
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