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About Kawaribina (different dolls from traditionals)
Mataro doll has creating Kawaribina dolls annually since 1946. Our founder, Kanabayashi Mataro the First started to make those dolls hoping to carry the voice of customers' discontents and desires to the society. Kawaribina dolls are issued everyday on TV, Newspaper and Internet. Please look forward to the Kawaribina of this year.

It runs a story in "the Mataro Doll museum" (Japanese only). Let's look back on a topic of Japan at that time with a unique doll.

Newspaper 2005

11.17.2005
Kawari bina;
The royal wedding dolls
LDP winner dolls (Prime Minister Koizumi and MInister Koike of the Ministry of the Environment)
Akiba-Moe dolls (from "Densha Otoko", the famous otaku story)
Young golfer doll (professional golfer Ai Miyasato)
"Warm-biz" dolls

As presented by Newspapers, such as Asahi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Fuji Sankei business eye and Mainichi Shimbun

Newspaper 2004

11.16.2004
Kawari bina;
Korean movie star dolls
Major league record doll (Ichiro of the Seattle Mariners)
Olympic Medal doll (wrestler Kyoko Hamaguchi)

As presented by Newspapers, such as Asahi Shinbun, Tokyo Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun and The Yomiuri Shimbun

Newspaper 2002

11.20.2002
Kawari bina;
Tama-chan, Uta-chan dolls (seals that wandered from the ocean into the Tama river)
World Cup doll (David Beckham)
Congress scandal dolls (Muneo Suzuki and Makiko Tanaka)

As presented by Newspapers, such as The Japan Times, Tokyo Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun and The Yomiuri Shimbun

Internet

The Let's enjoyment Tokyo "Tokyo deep spirit"
Maestro in Japan - Mataro second
etc.

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