FARGO - The Emily P. Reynolds Costume Collection at North Dakota State University is a co-sponsor of a Japanese doll presentation at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 10 at the West Acres Shopping Center food court.
A nine-member delegation of the Okayama Japan-America Cultural Exchange Society will present a prized Hina doll set to the Northern Plains Botanic Garden Society.
The purpose of the delegation's visit is to boost friendship between the Japanese people and the United States that started in 1927 with the Friendship Doll exchange.
The doll exchange was an effort to smooth mounting political tensions between the two countries. Children in the United States collected and sent more than 12,000 dolls to Japan. In return, a doll was presented to each state and several major cities.
The Miss Okayama doll was presented as a gift from the children of Okayama Prefecture to the children of North Dakota.
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The Northern Plains Botanic Garden Society, Fargo, is developing a botanic garden for the region. Included in the plan is the Garden of Mind and Soul, designed in a Japanese garden style.
The public is invited to attend the event.
