The Kaga-Hachiman Okiagari Dolls Wishing for Children's Health

Kanazawa, a town of Japanese crafts

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  Kanazawa is a city famous for producing many kinds of Japanese crafts and arts.
  Kutaniyaki Pottery, gold leaf making, and Kaga-Yuzen dyeing techniques are just some of them.

Kaga-Hachiman Okiagari

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  This traditional craft found in Kanazawa is gifted to those who are expecting a baby to wish that the baby will grow healthily. The reason why they give this doll is because this doll can wake up after its been pushed over, therefore, it always rises after falling, and hence means that you can come over any difficulties and will grow to become better and stay strong.
  
  Sometimes the doll is gifted to a couple that just got married or even to wish someone to get better soon.

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  If you visit Kanazawa, you can find places where you can paint your own kind.
  Places like the Intergate hotel have an option for guests to paint their own Okiagari for an additional 1,100 yen.
  The Okiagaris that they have there are the ones from Nakajima Menya, a shop that has been selling traditional masks and dolls since 1862.
  The standard design for this Yahata-Hachiman Okiagari is to draw a Japanese pine, bamboo, and a plum flower.
  All these items are for good luck in Japan.

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  There's your one and only kind of the Yahata-Hachiman Okiagari.
  
  Hotel Intergate Kanazawa
  Where you can paint your own Okiagari.
  Address: 2-5 Takaokamachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0864 (Map)
  Official Website
  
  Nakajima Menya
  Where you can buy traditional Japanese dolls.
  Address: 2-2-18 Owaricho, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0902 (Map)
  Official Website ←Japanese
  
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