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Recent Changes

December 15, 2023

April 23, 2021

September 26, 2020

September 30, 2014

August 15, 2014

November 6, 2013

February 15, 2012

February 13, 2011

  • Updated various pages on web site to reflect that 46 out of 58 Japanese Friendship Dolls have now been located
  • Updated Japanese Friendship Dolls - Current Locations to reflect new locations for Miss Fukushima (Doll Museum - United Federation of Doll Clubs, Kansas City, Missouri) and Miss Kantoshu (Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art, Bellevue, Washington)

November 29, 2010

August 28, 2010

June 7, 2009

May 12, 2009

February 17, 2009

January 13, 2008

  • Updated information on Miss Ehime to reflect that new Friendship Doll given in 1989 was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (Japanese Friendship Dolls - Individual Dolls and Locations)
  • Updated Links

November 18, 2007

November 15, 2007

September 9, 2007

July 9, 2007

March 4, 2007

January 1, 2007

  • Updated Links
  • Deleted website references to J.A.D.E. (Japanese Asian Doll Enthusiasts) since organization no longer in existence

October 15, 2006

June 4, 2006

March 19, 2006

  • Added page on my visit to Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute to attend the 2006 Hina Matsuri ceremony

July 24, 2005

May 8, 2005

February 13, 2005

  • Updated Mukogawa's New Year Postcard Art Contest, link no longer available
  • Updated Links

April 30, 2004

March 31, 2004

  • Added Takasago Kindergarten Celebrates Doll Festival
  • Added information on the appointment of Michiko Takaoka as a "Special Advisor for Cultural Exchange" by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. Also added paragraph on her book Ningyo Taishi (Doll Ambassadors), published this month in Japanese by Nikkei BP.

February 21, 2004

January 11, 2004

January 3, 2004

December 23, 2003

November 24, 2003

October 31, 2003

September 21, 2003

  • Added The Blue-eyed Doll, a kamishibai (picture card story) created by Tomomi Shoji, a resident of Miyagi Prefecture

August 23, 2003

July 30, 2003

2003 Changes - January to June
2002 Changes - January to June, July to December
2001 Changes - July to December