A sight worth seeing and a big hit: Boys' Festival First Festival with armor-decorated May dolls | Ryushin-kun, Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

We celebrated the first festival together as a family with my grandparents.

The donated armor was elegant, impressive and very well received.
I thought it might be too big for my apartment, but it's so impressive and stylish, I'm so glad I chose it!! I'm very happy.

The hanging Hina dolls are stylish and cute, and my son loves them.

I received appropriate advice and was able to find a great May doll.
thank you very much.

I am Takeaki Aoki, president of Hinasei May Dolls.
We are also very happy to hear that the hugely popular First Doll Festival celebration went off without a hitch.

Is your child just over a year old?
His face is so sturdy that you could mistake him for a real person.

Your child is growing bigger day by day.

Next year around the time of the Children's Day festival, my grandparents gave me a May doll as a gift.
I think you will come to understand this.

The armor you chose to donate is a real armor, and in the past, when warlords had to go out to battle, they would visit the shrine to pray for success in battle.

After successfully winning the battle, the warrior would inform the shrine where he had prayed of his victory and would then enshrine the armor he had used at the shrine in gratitude.

At that time, he said, "I will never wear this armor and go to battle again."
It is said that the statue was offered without its arms and legs.

The reproduction is the votive armor.

In particular, the armor the customer chose was a highly skilled piece made from leather.

We hope that this will be a gift from grandparents to your child every year and will be displayed for many years to come.

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I'm Tsujii, a staff member at Hinasei May Dolls.

Ryuma is smiling in front of the donated armor, which has been a big hit with his grandparents.

All the staff are very happy that you liked it.
Please continue to decorate it every year and watch over Ryuma's growth together.

Thank you very much for giving us this opportunity from Yaizu.