Friendship Dolls
Recent Changes

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)
• Removed three pages related to Friendship Doll Program of Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute ("Selection Criteria for Friendship Doll Recipients," "New Year Greeting Card Art Contest," and "The Japanese Friendship Doll Program") since Mukogawa Japanese Cultural Center's new web page on the Friendship Doll Program now has this information
• 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

October 29, 2005

• Added link to new web site on Miss Chosen and updated Links

October 10,2005

• Updated Selection Criteria for Friendship Doll Recipients (program sponsored by Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute)
• Revised page on The Japanese Friendship Doll Program sponsored by Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute

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
• 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
• Discontinued message board because contents of most messages did not directly relate to the purpose of this web site

December 23, 2003

• Added Blue-eyed Doll at Tsukama Elementary School
• Added link to Kamiyama Town's republished web page on Jinryo Elementary School's doll named Alice (link located on American Blue-eyed Dolls - Web Sites in Japan)

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 and added link to new web site

September 21, 2003

• Added The Blue-eyed Doll, a kamishibai (picture card story) created by Tomomi Shoji, a resident of Miyagi Prefecture
• Added 1927 photos of two American Friendship Dolls at Takasago Kindergarten - Girls Dancing with Dolls / Reception Ceremony

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