March 3rd Is Hina Matsuri & Girls’ Day In Japan!
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- Опубліковано 21 лют 2017
- March 3rd is a holiday just for girls! There's also one for boys on May 5th. Learn all about it! (More Below)
Hinamatsuri traces its origins to a Heian period custom called hina-nagashi (雛流し"doll floating") in which straw hina dolls are set afloat on a boat and sent down a river to the sea, supposedly taking troubles or bad spirits with them. The Shimogamo Shrine (part of the Kamo Shrine complex in Kyoto) celebrates the Nagashi-bina by floating these dolls between the Takano and Kamo Rivers to pray for the safety of children. People have stopped doing this now because of fishermen catching the dolls in their nets. They now send them out to sea, and when the spectators are gone they take the boats out of the water and bring them back to the temple and burn them.
The customary drink for the festival is shirozake, a sake made from fermented rice.
Episode information
GTV 23 "Hina Matsuri" Season 2 Episode 2
Original Airdate: February 23, 2017
Produced February 5-21, 2017
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my super new (at the time) 2016 MacBook
Pro with, of course, pirated versions of Final Cut Pro and Photoshop
This is so beautiful! And bittersweet...
I felt compelled to share something after seeing this and processing the feels that went along with it. If you'll forgive me, I have a personal story that I don't intend to upset the joy of this video or this very precious day...
So just a fair warning to anyone who wants to keep reading. If anything, maybe this will inspire or make this day more cherished.
As a quick aside, I don't know you Gajillionaire yet I feel you and I could be good friends. I love the work on your channel and all the material I see are things I love as well. I recently subbed and found out about you so I'm working thru your content. I think we're about the same age as well. And when I came along to this little gem... well, I had to comment.
I have a very beautiful daughter named Midori. It's a cute name from Japan often associated with the color green if anyone reading this didn't know. Even though I live in America, I visisted Japan a lot and had a great best friend from there where I learned about everything from Anime and Manga to Video Games and J-pop. My friend (Kai) told me about this day. And since my daughter's birthday was Valentine's Day (so kawaii) we (my wife and I) also celebrated THIS day with her.
My lovely Midori was seven years old. And this year marks the seventh year away from her. Something very sad happened and now she lives amidst the clouds somewhere, between Japan and her home in America, maybe with her favorite dolls and anime. She really liked Sailor Moon and some others, especially girls with green hair, as she would point out "Midori" each time. So maybe there is anime is heaven too. I don't know. I do know that I miss my daughter terribly... but traditions like this help her alive.
Thanks for showing this. I've found that sharing and giving help me.. and her.. stay connected and alive. So.. Arigato. :_)
This is so touching. I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. I know she is out there and she knows that she will be missed and loved forever.
Song is called Hina Matsuri
Ty for sharing that very personal story. I love the name Midori.
Thank you for making this beautiful & meaningful video! Much appreciated!
You’re welcome!
Just finished watching this beautiful video!... 💪😎👍
I wished my daughter a happy daughter's day... I did not have the pink white and green food but I will give her a bowl of Fruity Pebbles instead!
Great! Happy girls day to her! She might like that better 🍡
How Japanese parents really love and protect their daughters. They try to rise them the best way they could. No wonder they have the best women in the world, in my opinion. Great culture!
What a beautiful culture! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks! There ar actually a cycle of holidays based on the same number day and month. All very cool
Well as usual I learned a lot from this glorious channel. Thanks so much for the amazing content.
You’re welcome! Actually as I flipped thru the tv last night the same doll pyramid was on tv as they have it on display every year! It might seem kind of strange along side my other videos but the original idea was to present culture along side games and have a wider space of topics to cover. Actually the channel I had before this one was nothing but educational videos about different topics in Japan for English learners so that never truly went away
i love collecting japanese doll
*My birthday is on the 3rd of march so my birthday will be special in Japan I hope to travel there soon*
That’s great. You’d like it here
@@GTV-Japan yeah thank you btw nice video !
nour fatima you’re welcome. It’s actually a 5 part series. I did one on boys day and in 2 weeks the next one on Tanabata will be out
@@GTV-Japan really I am going to watch it : )
Same here : )
I am American born Japanese, and remember doing cherry blossom paintings as well as doll making when I was younger. There are also milestones for children with 1 month, 1 year, 7 years and a few more being notable. Infant mortality was high in Japan, so was told tradition is for the mother and baby to stay home for 30 days after birth.
As an example, my grandmother was a twin. Her brother stepped on a nail and died of tetanus (she never gave an exact age but it was before 10) this was in the 1920s. It's also why we vaccinate our kids.
Wishing all parents and children good health 💖
Thanks for watching and god bless your family 🎎
Out of all your videos I've seen so far this one truly demonstrates your love and compassion for the culture and your intent to remain unrestricted from just "old video games." This is one of which you can truly be proud. Bravo!
Thanks. I will always do a few cultural non gaming videos. They’re fun!
Video is beautiful with the music going along with it.. got serious Goosebumps lol
I’m glad you like this one. It’s the total opposite of everything else I do but still interesting! Looks like you’re going through the whole catalog so thanks
This would be so good as an event in Animal Crossing 🥰
Maybe it would! Thanks for watching
It is an ACNH holiday now❤
@@elfedelaforet8 is it like the other NH "holidays" in that you can buy a little trinket from the Nookstop or is it like the older games where Isabelle tells you it's a certain holiday and she'd tell you a couple of facts about it and the residents would talk about it too? I just felt like in NH a lot of the soul was took out of Animal Crossing for the sake of more customisation. One of the reasons I stopped playing after a while! Sorry for the bummer comment lol
@@AmazinglyAwkward No problem. Unfortunately, it’s only a catalog item with a description of the holiday. I do find them educational. I agree that it would be neat for more of the festivals and days to actually be game events.
@@elfedelaforet8 I agree that its good they teach players about international holidays I just wish there was more to them!
I love this
Love it!! This was a really cool video 😊
One of your best videos so far. And that is one huge doll display!
Thanks! The day I went they had the mayor and everything give a speech. It's cool going up the escalator and seeing it too to bottom too
I wonder what it was like for the workers to set it all up ;)
Critical Eats Japan I don't know but it was in a mall so probably had to be done in one night
This was so interesting! I am so glad to have seen this video!
+Carina Vazquez thanks! Glad you liked it!
Scary song kind of but the dolls are beautiful
It’s not scary. Why do people say that? Music box sounds are beautiful.
So cute 🥰 I wish we had a holiday like this in the USA
Yea, thats too bad, but you can still celebrate!
but would you have to use "American Girl" - dolls..? ^^;
Those dolls are bit creepy, not gonna lie, but the day sounds very sweet and thoughtful.
Haha. When you see them everywhere they aren’t so scary. Thanks for watching 🎎
March 3rd is my birthday
+danielle clostermery then happy birthday (belated) may you have many more
It's my birthday too : )
March 3rd is also my birthday.
Happy birthday 🎈
We have the same birthdayy ❤
Such a beautiful tradition. Great video!
Thank you so much!
@@GTV-Japan What version is the hinamatsuri song in the second part of the video from? The one with the singing?
It’s so long ago I honestly can’t remember where I found it. But some old recording from
The Showa era
They are VERY expensive, so each generation adds more to the collection.
Which means they put them away somewhere in the house for once a year.
Old farm houses could do it, because they usually had big storage shed for the farming tools, but I'm not so sure how the new families do it.
Japanese homes have very big closets surprisingly
Do they ever have any Hina Matsuri/Girl's Day Dolls with Popular Anime and Manga Characters geared towards Young Girls ???
Oh yea, pretty much anything with that target audience
@@GTV-Japan You mean like with any of the Magicial Girl Anime Shows from Sally the Witch to Sailor Moon to PrettyCure ????
Yes, they have had episodes covering this and other Japanese holidays or traditions
I love this tradition!
Thanks! There are holidays in Japan for 1/1 3/3 5/5 7/7 and 9/9 they follow a cycle all year
I have a friend who has her birthday in March 3rd!
Wonderful!
Great video and a good reminder. I hope I won't forget it March 3rd.
Yea if you work with anyone with daughters it'd be a nice thing to wish for them
Yep: Brother in law.
Japanese Journey that's great! I didn't know!
Actually they are two already :)
Very interesting! Great video.
Thanks! Glad you liked it
The music in the background is so beautiful , anyone knows what it's call?
It’s called ureshii hina matsuri
This song means happy dolles fesrival for children .
This was actually in my book and it says that they float the dolls in the water then burn it in the temple so it could remove bad spirits
+FluffyYuki Yt that’s true. However I felt if a young girl had watch this, mentioning that might upset them
Its 5 days before my birthday, they look so cute!
Thanks for watching
What a lovely festival. The closest thing I get to that is my birthday. 🤣
Well that’s ok! Thanks for watching
This is very good
Thank you Tate 🍡
Konichiwa and Satsriakal We Punjabi say. Very japanese people celebrate Hinamatsuri The girl is give life love from India,Amritsar, Punjab ❤️. My birthday is near the Hinamatsuri festival. My birthday is on 8th of March on Women's day love your videos. By the way my mother tounge is Punjabi but I speak little bit english😘😘😘😘😘. Lot's of love from Respect Womens India,Punjab,Amritsar❤️🥰🥰🥰😘😘
Thank you for enjoying the video!
Nice video :))
Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it
There's an exact similar festival called navratri golu or kolu which is celebrated in southern INDIA.The dolls are arranged on odd number of tiers to tell a story (usually goddess themed).
thats very cool, thanks for sharing
Happy Hinamatsuri day! March,3,2021! (I'm japanese btw 🥰😚)
Omedetou! 🍡
@@GTV-Japan Thank you! 😊
@@peachcoral6927 you’re welcome! I don’t know if you’re a newcomer or not but this video is not all my channel is about it’s about 80/20 games and Japanese culture. If you’re interested take a look around and comment on what you like. I’m always open to discussion. If it’s not in your interest that’s ok too 😃
easy to understand about ひな祭り.
Thank you
I like that tinkling background music. Is there a link to its video?
Look up r3 music box
@@GTV-Japan Got it. Thanks a lot!
BUT what does this have to do with Nintendo??? Kidding, kidding - fantastic video. Girl power!!!
You could say that Ninja Jaja Marukun is slightly based on this. Sakurahime wears traditional clothes and there's many steps to go up! Thanks for giving a very different style of video a chance ^_^
does anyone happen to know the name of the music box like song at the start?
It’s just called Hina matsuri song
I love how you made this one look like a japanese documentary ^^ which, well, it pretty much is. But you know what I mean.
I used a lot more jp text in those days
😍😍😍😍😍Amo ver isso
I thought for sure this video would have gotten more views comments and likes with the airing of my dress up darling
Excuse me?
Where else in the world but......
Lol am so happy
Well, that the main thing. As long as you’re happy.
@@GTV-Japan wdym
I wrote this quick bc we watched it forJapanese and I was the first done
What?
So , nicenicenice nice nice
Thanks
Can u do one on my bd love donnie
What??
I can see why they abandoned sending dolls down the river as it causes a lot of waste. It's a cute tradition though so good on them. 👍
Yeah and a lot of rivers are dammed up or go to pipes so ya. Bad idea
@@GTV-Japan Yep.
Girls day Japanese holiday
Thx for not speeking japan :)
You’re welcome
creepy music right
No
music is creepy
No it isnt!! It’s a music box rendition of a traditional song. It’s meant for kids and families. Sorry duuuude!!