Japanese festivals
the boats out of the water and bring them back to the temple and burn them.
The customary drink for the festival is shirozake, a sake made from fermented rice. A colored
hina-arare, bite-sized crackers flavored with sugar or soy sauce depending on the region, and
hishimochi, a diamond-shaped colored rice cake, are served.[3] Chirashizushi (sushi rice
flavored with sugar, vinegar, topped with raw fish and a variety of ingredients) is often eaten.
A salt-based soup called ushiojiru containing clams still in the shell is also served. Clam shells
in food are deemed the symbol of a united and peaceful couple, because a pair of clam shells
fits perfectly, and no pair but the original pair can do so.
Families generally start to display the dolls around mid-February and take down the platforms
immediately after the festival. Superstition says that leaving the dolls out past March 4 will
result in a late marriage for the daughter.
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