Cultural news (March 2007 - 5)
Mar 19th, 2007 by Ad Blankestijn
March is the time of dolls (hina ningyo, the dolls for Girl’s Day) in Japan and there are four ongoing exhibitions in Kyoto:
At the Kyoto National Museum “Girl’s Day and Dolls” (until April 8);
At Hokyoji Imperial Convent the annual spring exhibition, this year for the 100th time (until April 3; take bus no. 9 from Kyoto St to Horikawa Teranouchi stop);
[Hokyoji]
At the Museum of Kyoto “Dolls and costumes from the Yoshikawa Kampo Collection” (until March 28);
At the Kyoto Japanese Folk Dolls Museum in Sagano “Cute Hina Dolls from Kyoto” (until April 8).
I would at least advise seeing Hokyoji (a very nice temple) and the National Museum!
Also in Kyoto: the Higashiyama district between Shorenin and Kiyomizu temples is being lit up by numerous lanterns from March 10 to 21, between 18:00 and 21:30. Most of the temples along the route are longer open and will also be lit up.
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