I remember my old days when I displayed ceremonial dolls on hina-dan, tires of shelves, with my two elder sisters.
How exciting it was to take hina-dolls out of a large old box ! The dolls were handed down to my mother. They were displayed only once a year.
The little girl, karin, thought how happy those dolls were to be displayed in a light and airy room. She was always sitting in front of the hina-dan and talking with them.
Where have they gone?
(dairi-bina, given by my old friend more than 30 years ago)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/26/0b/ce3ce10a2ba6d5512bc0306f49ec7683.jpg)
koharu likes collecting small stones and her brother wrote eyes and a mouth on two of them.
Today I found Japanese plums began to bloom in a plum orchard nearby.
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/2d/3e/0f2eafd168345976da411a3b38801add.jpg)
How exciting it was to take hina-dolls out of a large old box ! The dolls were handed down to my mother. They were displayed only once a year.
The little girl, karin, thought how happy those dolls were to be displayed in a light and airy room. She was always sitting in front of the hina-dan and talking with them.
Where have they gone?
(dairi-bina, given by my old friend more than 30 years ago)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/26/0b/ce3ce10a2ba6d5512bc0306f49ec7683.jpg)
koharu likes collecting small stones and her brother wrote eyes and a mouth on two of them.
Today I found Japanese plums began to bloom in a plum orchard nearby.
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/2d/3e/0f2eafd168345976da411a3b38801add.jpg)