Celebrate Japanese Girl’s Day—Hinamatsuri—at Detroit Institute of Arts Enjoy a traditional tea ceremony, flower arranging, doll display, music and dance
Updated Feb 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) honors the culture of Japan with its annual celebration of Japanese Girl’s Day—Hinamatsuri—on Sunday, March 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. Activities are free with museum admission, which is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
Hinamatsuri, also called “Doll Festival,” involves setting up displays of dolls on a tiered platform covered with red velvet. The DIA will have a display of Hinamatsuri dolls in the Great Hall, where the Japan Business Society of Detroit will be running an Origami workshop. There will also be a traditional kimono on display.
Other activities include a tea ceremony and dance performed by the Japanese Society of Detroit Women’s Club; a demonstration of Ikebana, or flower arranging, by Lauren Paul and other members of Ikebana International Detroit Chapter; a performance by Yuki Asano of the Miyabi Ensemble on the koto, a traditional six-foot-long Japanese zither with silk strings; a calligraphy demonstration by Kyoka Fujii of Kyoka Japanese Calligraphy Design; and a kimono sash-tying demonstration.
Information will also be available about the opening of the new Japanese art galleries, scheduled for early November. The museum has been working with members of the Japanese community and Japanese art experts on a dynamic display that will showcase exquisite objects in their cultural context. The artworks and the stories they tell will bring the beauty and significance of Japanese artistic and cultural forms to all visitors.
Presented by the Consulate General of Japan in Detroit, cosponsored by the Japan Society of Detroit Women's Club, Ikebana International Detroit Chapter 85 and DIA auxiliary Friends of Asian Arts and Culture.
February 28, 2017 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) honors the culture of Japan with its annual celebration of Japanese Girl’s Day—Hinamatsuri—on Sunday, March 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. Activities are free with museum admission, which is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
Hinamatsuri, also called “Doll Festival,” involves setting up displays of dolls on a tiered platform covered with red velvet. The DIA will have a display of Hinamatsuri dolls in the Great Hall, where the Japan Business Society of Detroit will be running an Origami workshop. There will also be a traditional kimono on display.
Other activities include a tea ceremony and dance performed by the Japanese Society of Detroit Women’s Club; a demonstration of Ikebana, or flower arranging, by Lauren Paul and other members of Ikebana International Detroit Chapter; a performance by Yuki Asano of the Miyabi Ensemble on the koto, a traditional six-foot-long Japanese zither with silk strings; a calligraphy demonstration by Kyoka Fujii of Kyoka Japanese Calligraphy Design; and a kimono sash-tying demonstration.
Information will also be available about the opening of the new Japanese art galleries, scheduled for early November. The museum has been working with members of the Japanese community and Japanese art experts on a dynamic display that will showcase exquisite objects in their cultural context. The artworks and the stories they tell will bring the beauty and significance of Japanese artistic and cultural forms to all visitors.
Presented by the Consulate General of Japan in Detroit, cosponsored by the Japan Society of Detroit Women's Club, Ikebana International Detroit Chapter 85 and DIA auxiliary Friends of Asian Arts and Culture.