This photo was submitted by Joy Yamaguchi of Long Beach, CA, for the 2021 Hinamatsuri Photo Activity, presented in collaboration with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center and Japanese American National Museum.

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This is my friend, Emily, and me at JANM in front of a display of hina-ningyo in (I think!) 1999. With the name tags we're wearing, it looks like we just visited the museum exhibition so it's a fun full circle to be able to submit this to this project twenty-two years later!

Photo courtesy of Yamaguchi family