Yurihonjō Hinakaidō
yurihonjō hinakaidō 由利本荘ひな街道 meaning yurihonjō city hina doll route event held march yurihonjō city akita prefecture japan visitor follow map take tour various public display traditional hina doll different location around city event ran february april hinamatsuri known japanese doll festival celebrated girl day traditional cultural observance japan held march third day third month new city yurihonjō created result merger seven town one city many household fine hinamatsuri doll set new city organized yurihonjō hinakaidō event shōnai area across border yurihonjō yamagata prefecture used important port call trading centre kitamae trading ship kitamaebune 北前船 ship often brought latest trend craft imperial capital kyoto among traditional hina doll three small local domain honjo kameda yajima domain developed castle town building wealth base local merchant samurai family could afford import doll handed year shōnai organised tour information map enable people see beautiful craftwork hina doll various place around sakata tsuruoka town make shōnai area first yurihonjō hinakaidō event largely based around yashima area already smallscale hina doll display custom hina doll tour yurihonjō tried encompass different area newly merged city different location divided four main area iwaki north ouchi honjō centre yashima south also various side event including special ohinakko おひなっこ列車 train service taking visitor yashima hina doll exhibition site yurikōgen railway 由利高原鉄道 altogether roughly item display various museum art museum private house event extended additional display new location house tour company sendai offered package tour included tour operated railway company jr east festival received coverage medium feature article sakigake newspaper dedicated blog also set akita prefecture promote event hina doll display event vary greatly size history style example historical doll display ooi house 大井家 yashima comical servant figure ouchi denshokan 大内伝承館 oshie hina picture iwaki local history museum 岩城歴史民俗資料館 iwaki rekishi minzoku shiryōkan yurihonjō hinakaidō coordinated akita prefecture yuri regional development office 秋田県由利地域振興局 honjō kyodoshiryōkan 本荘郷土資料館 iwaki local history museum 岩城歴史民俗資料館 iwaki rekishi minzoku shiryōkan kameda castle sato yasohachi art museum 亀田城佐藤八十八美術館 kamedajō satō yasohachi bijutsukan ouchi denshokan 大内伝承館 yashima kyodo bunka hozon denshu shisetsu 矢島郷土文化保存伝習施設 hinamatsuri yurihonjō 「由利本荘ひな街道」が開催中！ festival page yurihonjo city official web site retrieved march yurihonjo city event page hinamatsuri doll festival