March 3 in Japan was a special festival day for girls. It is called the doll festival since young girl often have a doll display put up for them in their house. The ornamental dolls are of the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period (794-1185). You can see me here standing in front of a display a year ago at a hotel that I went to for Keisuke and Rie's wedding:
Since are no young girls in our house, I was expecting the day to be uneventful. Luckily, Ayako didn't plan it that way, since she found a recipe for Hina matsuri sushi. It was three types of rice formed together in a diamond shape. It isn't a traditional food for the festival, but it was very delicious.
For dessert, we had a small strawberry layer cake (yum-yum):
Since are no young girls in our house, I was expecting the day to be uneventful. Luckily, Ayako didn't plan it that way, since she found a recipe for Hina matsuri sushi. It was three types of rice formed together in a diamond shape. It isn't a traditional food for the festival, but it was very delicious.
For dessert, we had a small strawberry layer cake (yum-yum):
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