March 3rd was Girl's Day, and if you have no clue what that is, you can find my short intro to the Japanese traditional festival in the previous post!
Last March, I had just returned back to work full-time, my daughter was still waking up during the night, and I was breastfeeding. So, Girl's Day was just another day on the calendar. We ate chirashi sushi and called it a day.
This March was equally busy (in a different way), but I wanted to at least put in the effort to learn about the origins of Girl's Day and properly pay homage to my daughter's growth.
You will start seeing Girl's Day decorations in Japanese stores around February after Setsubun. You can find very cheap decorations at stores like Daiso or you can buy more elaborate displays and decorations at upscale department stores and even Toy's R Us.
Since my daughter is still very young, I was not ready to invest in such a large display of dolls since we live in a small apartment, and she's at the age where she wants to touch everything.
I instead bought a unique display that doubles as wooden toys. Girl's Day dolls were originally meant to be played with, and so, I thought buying a display that my daughter could play with was really neat. Also, because they are blocks, the display can be rearranged every year to create a new unique display!
I then bought a few cheap decorations to refresh our apartment. I really love the aesthetic appeal of hanging scrolls and wooden banners. I bought the hanging tapestry at Daiso and the wooden hanging banner at 3coins.
I then wanted to buy her an outfit, so I bought a very cheap, but super cute yukata to take pictures in! She loved the outfit and she didn't mind the sash at all.
We spent the day just playing her favorite games and reading her favorite books. For dessert, my husband and I had hishi mochi and hina arare.
Overall it was a really successful and fun Girl's Day. My daughter also ended up bringing home a Girl's Day craft she made at nursery school that was so cute!
Well, that concludes this year's Girl's Day, and I hope all girl's over the world have a healthy and prosperous 2022!
Until next year
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