S14 · E15

Saying Farewell to Once-Loved Dolls at Hofu Tenmangu Shrine

Apr 28, 202330m

Each year, Hofu Tenmangu shrine in Yamaguchi Prefecture holds a "doll appreciation festival" at which people can give their now-unwanted dolls a proper farewell. Among the shrine's visitors were a man bringing dolls he displayed to bring his daughter luck when she was young; a grandfather who displayed dolls for his grandchildren for 30 years; and a woman who made a doll as she prepared to marry decades ago. What do people feel as they say a final thank you and goodbye to their dolls? For three days, we asked them.

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Saying Farewell to Once-Loved Dolls at Hofu Tenmangu Shrine

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