Spring on its way

The weather doesn’t feel like it today, but Spring is upon us. In Shibuya, the Sakuragaoka area is getting ready for a festival.

The Cerulean Tower are putting on a display of Hinamatsuri, Doll’s Festival, which is held every year across the country on March 3rd.
Here are some links to Hinamatsuri:
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/calendar/march/hinamatsuri.html
http://farstrider.net/Japan/Festivals/HinaMatsuri/
http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa022501a.htm

Here are some children singing the HinaMatsuri song:

and a video of the Hina Matsuri at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto:



and lastly Starbucks getting in on the act with their own promotion for Spring: