Pullip’s popular fashion dolls feature a large head to body ratio that delivers ... Read more stories from grape Japan. Don't miss this unique opportunity to simultaneously dine and watch traditional ...

Like most Japanese women, doll impersonators stop short of cosmetic ... Kiyomi doesn’t have a boyfriend and spends her free evenings swapping fashion info with a circle of Ageha friends.

In the tiny town of Nagoro, Japan, 66-year-old Tsukimi Ayano ... Propped up around Nagoro are roughly 115 life-sized dolls, each arranged in a different fashion. Some plough the fields; others ...

Sonny Angel figurines from Japan have spurred a passionate ... Keke Sanders, 33, who works in fashion, had finally tracked down a Sonny Angel watermelon doll. “I don’t like to eat watermelon ...

The doll-woman – "femininity" taken to its extreme – is back in fashion in the "dollcore ... lace and makeup inspired by dolls from Japanese culture. It all adds up to a wardrobe that seems ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Hina Matsuri festival ... A set of "hina" dolls in black Gothic Lolita fashion, diverging from the dolls' usual bright colors, is seen in a photo provided by Suzuki Dolls.

Minami Murayama, a 34-year-old homemaker who once had ambitions of becoming a fashion ... 40 dolls and has handmade over 1,000 outfits for them. Licca-chan has been a favourite of Japanese ...

As fewer people are displaying hina dolls at home, the company is cooperating to promote traditional culture. The display will continue until March 4. Note: Japanese hina dolls are ornaments for ...

The iconic Japanese dolls range from a couple of inches to several feet in height, and there are thousands of them at the 1,300-year-old temple, located about an hour from downtown Osaka in Minoh ...

the epitome of cuteness is dolls," said the 23-year-old fashion designer Hitomi Komaki, who created Lulu. Dressing up as a mascot, called "kigurumi" in Japanese, is a popular art form in Japan.