"doll appreciation" 人形供養 (harajuku, tokyo)

Posted by timothy (Tokyo, Japan) on 9 October 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture.

a doll appreciation festival (人形供養, ningyo kuyo) was held this past weekend (October 4-5) at Meiji Shrine (Meiji-jingu) in Harajuku.

For more information, please have a look at yesterday's photo.

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taking these figurines in black and white really adds something special to the image--old artifacts of someone else's past.

NIKON D300
1/15 second
F/4.5
ISO 800
157 mm (35mm equiv.)

jingu
doll
harajuku
meiji
原宿
明治神宮

ひな
人形
人形供養