- Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
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March 3rd is a Girls' Day, the traditional Japanese festival held to wish girls both health and growth.
It is not known when the Hinamatsuri first started, but the Nagashibina, in its most primitive form, was already being celebrated during the Heian period.
Though the Hinamatsuri was originally for both boys and girls, it is now just for girls.