It is the Girl’s Day ‘Hina-Matsuri’ today the 3rd of March. For a few weeks until this day in Japan we place a set of dolls called ‘Hina-Ningyo’ in a room and celebrate the healthy growth and happiness of girls.
from Wikipedia (Hinamatsuri)
There are many different scales in Hina-Ningyo and some gorgeous one is composed of several shelves with a red cloth on top and each shelf is decorated with either some figures or ornaments. The most important part of this is the very top shelf where a male and a female figures are placed. They are the Emperor and the Empress.
There are several sweets that are traditionally only for this occasion. One of them is a diamond shaped sweet in tri-colours of pink, white and green called ‘Hishi-mochi’. Last year I created Hishi-moch with a type of Japanese sweet called ‘Ukishima’ but this year I made the Hina-dolls too.
Hina-Ningyo/Hina-Dolls the Sweet
These are my Hina-ningyo, the Emperor and the Empress this year with Hishi-mochi on the side.
These are made from eight parts and took quite a long time to create each figure.
I did not want to make their faces too realistic so I only made the eyes and mouths and then …. they became a little bit common looking. (-_-;) Particularly the Emperor looks a bit weird?
I think the Empress looks a little cuter (from this direction) showing her long hair down her back.
Hishimochi is also made with ‘Nerikiri’ sweet this time.
All these sweets are Free from Gluten, Egg, Dairy & Oil.
The Empress, the female version of this sweet, is served at Wasoukan Café (Notting Hill, London) until the end of this month. 🙂
Sakura Junction 
I have a few Hina Ningyo from my first visit to Japan over 30 years ago! They are some of my favorite mementoes from any trip. I didn’t know about the edible version, though! Thanks for sharing!
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You’re welcome! I did not have any Hina Ningyo when I was a child. I’ve got two small ones now here in Lond0n. This edible one is an aditional to my collection though it is for one day only. 😀
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I prefer the normal Hina Ningyo, hehe 😀 Sorry to say but this edible one is a bit creepy somehow ^^~
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Ha ha, that’s OK. You gave me an idea to arrange this for Halloween. When you put a fork to it lots of blood gushing out!! Total Horrorrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! 👻
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Nah nah, I’m an angel 😉 I cannot give you that horrible idea, you must be mistaken me with someone else, hehe (LOL)
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Hello Angel! Oh, you don’t like the horror idea? I’m sure you would love it when I show it to you on Halloween!! 😀
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Oh my, lemme know so I can be sure to fly away prior 😅
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😀 😀 😀
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How adorable! These are very advanced wagashi…it’s almost like making a sculpture! How long does it take to make the empress? I didn’t have any special sweets this year, but I did make two hina ningyo out of origami 😀
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Thank you very much! Each sweet is made from 8 components. Even after all the preparation’s done it took a time to construct the figure. I probably made only 4-5 of them in an hour (#^^#).
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Worth the effort! They’re very cute. (Also, I love the Halloween idea haha. I’m looking forward to that one!) XD
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Thanks I’m pleased to hear that. Now I got the approval for the Halloween idea so I really have to make that sweet 😄😄‼
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Ooo can’t wait! That’s going to be very fun!
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Ha ha, me too! 😀
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Kawaii!
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Thank you, Arigato!! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Sakura Junction and commented:
Today the 3rd of March is Girls’Day – ‘Hina-matsuri’. Since I did not make any sweets particularly for this occation I reblog the post from last year.
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