Tiger & Bunny Valentine's & White Day Cake!

In Japan, they celebrate both Valentine's (feb 14th) and White Day (March 14th) . Valentines is where the men get the gifts and come White Day, the ladies get the gifts!

Tiger & Bunny want to celebrate the romantic holiday with you! The White Day cake is a cheesecake with strawberry mousse and raspberry sauce.  The Valentine's cake is a green tea mousse with chocolate. Yummy!  Both come with  Tiger & Bunny figures- all for 3990 yen.

For more anime cakes in Japan, check out 12 Christmas Cakes!

Want to find Tiger & Bunny on Yahoo Japan auctions?  Check the auctions out here!

Bandai Link

Happy Girl's Day!

Hina Matsuari is "Girl's Day" in Japan and families pray for the happiness & prosperity of their girls and display beautiful Hina sets on step tiered stands.

For Girl's Day, we have collected a few doll links so you can add to your collection:

Hina Matsuri Items
Super Dollfies
Blythe Dolls
Barbie
Jenny
Licca
Momolita
Vintage Dolls

Rinkya also has two indepth Rinkya Links Newsletters on Hina Dolls and the Festival:
Hina Matsuari One
Hina Matsuari Two

More Blog Posts on Japan Festivals:
Obon Festival
Cherry Blossoms
Tagata Jinja- Harvest Festival
Children's Day
White Day
Girl's Day

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Happy Children's Day!

May 5th is the celebration of children in Japan. Originally the holiday was known as Boy's Day (Tango no Sekku) but today it is considered a celebration of all children and known as Children's Day (Kodoomo no hi).
It is one of the holidays of Golden Week- a week with a number of holidays and festivals in Japan where many travel and relax.

Girl's Day discussed here is a separate holiday falling on March 3rd. Since the Girl's have their own holiday, many still practice Children's Day with the original traditions from Boy's Day.

Families go outside and fly huge carp-shaped streamers (koinobori pictured above)
and also set out warrior dolls, ornaments and weapons to symbolize the past Japanese heroes-- many boys dress up in these outfits as well.

The warrior dolls from the past are now precious antiques- showcasing the art and design of the different periods.

Find your own Warrior doll on YJ:
Samurai

Or purchase the Darth Vader Samurai outfit HERE released May 5th in celebration of Boy's Day.

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