羽子板市 2010

Hagaita-shi is held at Senso-ji Temple (浅草寺) in Tokyo on the 17th, 18th and 19th of December.

Nearly the year, people have already started to prepare for new year.

New year decorations are everywhere at Senso-ji Temple.

Yatai (屋台)

Stall for selling Hagoita

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羽子板

Hagoita is a good luck charm to celebrate the growth of girls for New Years.
Kabuki characters are popular for hagoita.

The above character is musume-dojoji (娘道成寺)

場所：2010年　浅草　羽子板市

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Hagoita DIY

Children's DIY hagaita

Since next year oriental zodiac sign is rabbit, many children draw ribbit (usagi) on their hagoita.

Another lovely rabbit!

場所：2010年　浅草　羽子板市

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Japanese shuttlecock

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浅草

Nakamise Dori（仲見世通り）

Kaminarimon (雷門)

浅草寺

Day 4

Japan Folk Craft - Daruma

撮影場所：浅草　羽子板市

羽子板市 2007

Hagoita-shi 　（羽子板市）

Children are drawing their own hagoita.

Japan Folk Art - 市松人形

撮影場所：浅草　羽子板市

Japan Folk Art - 羽子板

撮影場所：浅草　羽子板市

In the Bunsei Era (1804-1829) of the Edo Period (1603 -1868), the local community culture saw its great renaissance. Many ukiyoe artists were active and Hagoita (羽子板) with kabuki actors on stage gained much popularity. With the prosperity of the kabuki theater, people had become familiar with paddles. Later on it developed as a good luck charm to celebrate the growth of girls for New Years.