"Hinakazari" decoration using sea shells.

Hina matsuri. Hina doll festival.

We display a "Hinakazari" decoration using Hina dolls in Japan on March 3.
It's an important celebration for girls, wishing their happiness and healthy growth.
The upper figure is a "Hinakazari" decoration using Latiaxsis and some shells in substitution for a Hina dolls.

Byoubu: Mimachlamys nobilis
Obina: Babelomurex lischkeanus, Mebina: Babelomurex japonicus
Sanpoh: Vexillum polygonum, Pusia semicostatum, Vexillum tankervillei
San Nin Kanjo: Babelomurex diadema, Latiaxis pilsbryi, Babelomurex couturieri
Takatsuki: Primovula rhodia
Gonin Bayashi: Hirtomurex nakamurai, Hirtomurex vertigo, Mips hotei, Mipus ovoideus, Babelomurex blowi
Udaijin: Babelomurex nakamigawai, Sadaijin: Hirtomurex teramachii
Gozen: Calliostoma akoya, Hishidai: Calliostoma akoya
Ukon No Tachibana: Janthina umbilicata
Shicho: Hirtomurex filiaregis, Hirtomurex winckworthi, Mipus vicdani
Sakon No Sakura: Phenacovolva birostris
Yomeiri Dohgu: Epitonium pallasii, Vexillum patriarchale, Pseudotrivia eos, Scalptia mercadoi, Cryptopecten vesiculosus, Amalda urasima
Yomeiri Dohgu: Fimbria soverbii, Calliostoma haliarchus, Pharaonella perna, Pteropurpura falcata