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Season 14 Episode 15: Saying Farewell to Once-Loved Dolls at Hofu Tenmangu Shrine

Each year, Hofu Tenmangu shrine in Yamaguchi Prefecture holds a "doll appreciation festival" at which people can give their now-unwanted dolls a proper farewell. Among the shrine's visitors were a man bringing dolls he displayed to bring his daughter luck when she was young; a grandfather who displayed dolls for his grandchildren for 30 years; and a woman who made a doll as she prepared to marry decades ago. What do people feel as they say a final thank you and goodbye to their dolls? For three days, we asked them.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

17

Episodes:

490

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

2006

IMDb:

8.7