Miss Miyagi is one of the 58 Japanese Ambassador Dolls sent to America in late 1927 as a thank-you gift for the American Friendship Dolls given to Japanese children early the same year. Mrs. Margaret Corbet, a Kansas resident who acquired Miss Miyagi in an auction about 20 years ago, took this Ambassador Doll to Japan and visited Miyagi Prefecture in May 2003.

During Mrs. Corbet's stay in Miyagi Prefecture, Miss Miyagi was displayed from May 21 to 25 at the Sendai Historical Museum in the Prefecture's capital city. Miyagi Prefecture's elementary schools and kindergartens received 221 American Friendship Dolls in 1927, but only eight survived World War II. The eight dolls of Miyagi Prefecture were displayed together with Miss Miyagi during her homecoming exhibit.

The American Friendship Dolls from 1927 are also known in Japan as "Blue-eyed Dolls," named after a song popular at the time of the dolls' arrival in Japan. Mrs. Toshiko Saito, President of the Miyagi Blue-eyed Doll Study Group, was glad that many children and adults learned about the importance of peace through Miss Miyagi and the eight Blue-eyed Dolls. These dolls were exchanged between Japan and America in 1927 to promote peace, friendship, and understanding between the children of the two nations.