Makabe Town

Here are some pictures from Makabe. I really liked walking around the old town and looking at the period architecture. It was like being in a time slip!

I highly recommend Makabe if you have a little free time, and certainly it is a good place to take foreign visitors. Old cities like Kamakura do have historic temples and shrines to look at but the regular shops and houses are modern. On the other hand, Makabe is living history.

The Hina Doll Festival

Oops, I am two weeks late but here are some pictures I took on March third, the day of the Hina Masturi. It is also a day that celebrates girls, so families with daughters have a special dinner as well as displaying dolls. Sorry, I don't have any children so I can't show you any dinner pictures ...

Makabe Town in Sakuragawa City near Tsukuba has a nice Doll Festival where over 100 shops and houses display Hina dolls in their windows. You can even go inside some houses to take a look.

Honestly speaking, some of the very old dolls are a little scary to look at!