About this Event
Hina Tea Ceremony is available to the general public. Tea Ceremony is $10.00 per person (age 5+). Admission to the gardens is additional, except for Members. Purchase admission to the garden on the day of the event .
Please come to our garden to enjoy a special Japanese tea ceremony and tasty Japanese sweets and our beautiful Hina doll display for this Hinamatsuri!
What's Hinamatsuri?
March 3 is Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival or Girl's Festival), when people pray for the happiness and healthy growth of girls. Families with young daughters mark this day by setting up a display of dolls inside the house. They offer rice crackers and other food to the dolls.
The dolls wear costumes of the imperial court during the Heian period (794-1192) and are placed on a tiered platform covered with red felt. The size of the dolls and numbers of steps vary but usually the displays are five or seven layers. Single tiered decorations with one male and one female doll are also common.
Hina Doll Display
Date: 2/26 (Thursday) - 3/ 12 (Thursday)
Location: Cultural Exchange Center
Hakone Estate and Gardens
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hakone Estate and Gardens, 21000 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, United States
USD 12.51
