Friendship Dolls
Recent Changes

December 15, 2023

• Revised link for The Story of the Blue-eyed Doll, Peace Museum Original Animation Movie

April 23, 2021

• Added photo and passport of New Blue-eyed Doll at Nakanojo Museum of History and Folklore (originally at Nakanojo Daisan Elementary School)
• Added passport of New Blue-eyed Doll at Sakaue Elementary School

September 26, 2020

• Added Letter From Kasama Elementary School in Mie Prefecture

September 30, 2014

• Changed image of Japanese Friendship Doll passport cover and inside
• Updated links in site to Shibusawa Memorial Museum, Tokyo

August 15, 2014

• Revised Miss Fukuoka
• Updated Links

November 6, 2013

• Added link to 10/17/13 entry about Miss Nagano on blog of Delaware Historical Society (Japanese Friendship Dolls - Individual Dolls)

February 15, 2012

• Updated Miss Kagawa

February 13, 2011

• Updated various pages on web site to reflect that 46 out of 58 Japanese Friendship Dolls have now been located
• Updated Japanese Friendship Dolls - Current Locations to reflect new locations for Miss Fukushima (Doll Museum - United Federation of Doll Clubs, Kansas City, Missouri) and Miss Kantoshu (Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art, Bellevue, Washington)

November 29, 2010

• Updated Links

August 28, 2010

• Revised Betty Jane - Blue-eyed Doll at Sanbongi Elementary School

June 7, 2009

• Added link on Picture Postcards page to a Japanese postcard with three Japanese girls dressed in kimonos each holding an American Friendship Doll

May 12, 2009

• Added Number 45 by Rosie Skiles
• Updated links on Japanese Friendship Dolls - Current Locations including links to following new or significantly expanded web pages on other sites

February 17, 2009

• Updated Links and added information about March 2010 Friendship Doll Exhibit at Wilmington College Peace Resource Center

January 13, 2008

• Updated information on Miss Ehime to reflect that new Friendship Doll given in 1989 was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (Japanese Friendship Dolls - Individual Dolls and Locations)
• Updated Links

November 18, 2007

• Added page on October 2007 visit to Esashi Odaki Elementary School, Iwate Prefecture

November 15, 2007

• Added page on Friendship Visit by Marge Kelly to Nishida Elementary Schools in Kagoshima Prefecture
• Updated Links

September 9, 2007

• Added Pleasant Sunshine - Blue-eyed Doll at Odaki Elementary School

July 9, 2007

• Fallen Blossom, Broken Mirror - fictional story based on the history of the Friendship Dolls
• Reflection Statement on researching and writing "Fallen Blossom, Broken Mirror" 

March 4, 2007

• Updated Japanese Friendship Dolls - Current Locations and Individual Dolls

January 1, 2007

• Updated Links
• Deleted website references to J.A.D.E. (Japanese Asian Doll Enthusiasts) since organization no longer in existence

October 15, 2006

• Updated Japanese Friendship Dolls - Individual Dolls
• Updated Miss Chosen, Miss Gifu, Miss Kagawa, Miss Oita, Miss Tochigi, and Miss Toyama
• Updated Japanese Friendship Dolls - Current Locations

June 4, 2006

• Added Mary and Erika - Blue-eyed Dolls at Azuma Elementary School
• Changes links related to Miss Chosen from Science Center of Connecticut to The Children's Museum (West Hartford, Connecticut)

March 19, 2006

• Added page on my visit to Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute to attend the 2006 Hina Matsuri ceremony

July 24, 2005

• Added page on July 2005 visit to Senmaya Elementary School, Iwate Prefecture

May 8, 2005

• Added pages on 2004 visits to the following schools:
  - Jinpu Gakuen Children's Home, Kagoshima Prefecture
  - Ohdono Elementary School, Yamaguchi Prefecture 
• Added Michiko Takaoka's speech on "The Friendship Ambassadors"

February 13, 2005

• Updated Mukogawa's New Year Postcard Art Contest, link no longer available
• Updated Links

April 30, 2004

• Added page on Sharon Gulick

March 31, 2004

• Added Takasago Kindergarten Celebrates Doll Festival
• Added information on the appointment of Michiko Takaoka as a "Special Advisor for Cultural Exchange" by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. Also added paragraph on her book Ningyo Taishi (Doll Ambassadors), published this month in Japanese by Nikkei BP.

February 21, 2004

• Added Friendship Passport, a drama about Friendship Dolls at Takasago Kindergarten in Hyogo Prefecture
• Added passports for Friendship Dolls at Takasago Kindergarten: Erika, Helen, Hailey, and Mia
• Added letter from Miss Aomori

January 11, 2004

• Added article about Rhode Island school chosen as film site for documentary on Japanese-American Friendship Doll exchange

January 3, 2004

• Added Bernice - Blue-eyed Doll at Moriyama Elementary School

December 23, 2003

• Added Blue-eyed Doll at Tsukama Elementary School

November 24, 2003

• Added Miss Aomori - Japanese Friendship Doll
• Added photo and information on page about Dr. Sidney L. Gulick
• Added photo and information to Pathelo and Diane - Blue-eyed Dolls at Wachi Elementary School
• Added page on Ethel Dean - Blue-eyed Doll at Hosoya Elementary School. Created by 6th graders at school.
• Added photo of Dr. Gulick to Look Japan article on "The Friendship Dolls"
• Corrected name of Matsusaki Elementary School's new doll to "Betsey Hollywood"

October 31, 2003

• Updated information on Urayasu Friendship Doll Exchange Association

September 21, 2003

• Added The Blue-eyed Doll, a kamishibai (picture card story) created by Tomomi Shoji, a resident of Miyagi Prefecture

August 23, 2003

• Added Mary - Blue-eyed Doll at Nango Village Museum of History and Folklore
• Added page on Friendship Visit by Margaret Corbet to Wachi and Meitoku Elementary Schools in Gifu Prefecture
• Updated page on Miss Miyagi's Homecoming
• Updated and added links to Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) page

July 30, 2003

• Added "Through the Night," a fictional story based on the history of the Friendship Dolls
• Added information to page on Mary Rowe - Blue-eyed Doll at Hongo Elementary School

2003 Changes - January to June
2002 Changes - January to June, July to December
2001 Changes - July to December