
This doll display was a gift to Newport News from our Sister City of Neyagawa (Osaka Prefecture). Neyagawa’s mascot (the cartooned image left) is based on the local folk tale of Princess Hachikazuki (Hachikazuki Hime): "the princess with a bowl on her head". Princess Hachikazuki is depicted soaring in the sky, holding a rose, the flower of Neyagawa city, and riding on a cherry blossom petal, the city's official tree.
Read the whole legend and how a bowl came to be on her head by clicking on the mascot!