The following song was written by a Japanese poet for the occasion of the Japanese Friendship Dolls leaving Japan in November 1927 to go to America:

From this land of the Sun to the Land of the Stars,
     Today from the door of your home, O Dolls,
Your black eyes unmoistened with tears,
     And your eyebrows uplifting, set forth.

To the hands held out in joyous welcome,
     Your hands extend, O Dolls.
In hands--yours and theirs--adorned with truth,
     Smiling flowers shall ever bloom.
Making our hearts your very own,
     Now travel afar, O Dolls,
And after crossing ten days of waves,
     Wherever you go you will find Spring.