~♥~Happy Girl's Day!~♥~

This will be a short and quick post. 

I just wanted to wish all my female blog readers a very "Happy Girl's Day!"

I went to Shirokiya at Ala Moana Shopping Center last week and browsed around the Girl's Day doll displays. I couldn't help but take a couple pictures of some of the cute and beautiful dolls on display for sale.

Most of the dolls are quite expensive and are usually (on average) $100 to $300 each. I believe the Japanese Precious Moments' Girl's Day doll (pictured in the upper left hand corner) was about $180. Therefore, most girls (that I know of at least) usually only have one or two dolls.

When I returned home from work today, I was pleasantly surprised to find a small Girl's Day gift on my dresser from my parents - my favorite Girl's Day snack and some spending money! ^_^

My favorite Girl's Day snack is not a traditional Japanese Girl's Day snack (I think...I am actually not too sure, but I do not believe so...). I believe it is just a Japanese snack that is specially designed and packaged for Girl's Day by a company in Hawaii. If anyone knows more about this snack, please leave a comment below. Apparently, I don't know much about this snack T_T other than the fact that it is super yummy! ^_^ All I know is that this snack has been around for as long as I can remember, and can always be found in a similar style packaging every Girl's Day in Hawaii.

There are about 10 to 15 individually wrapped snacks within the larger plastic package, and each snack is packaged to look like a little kokeishi doll. Each kokeishi doll (i.e. snack) has one peanut and one piece of arare (also known as kakimochi or mochi crunch in Hawaii).

This snack can be purchased at Longs/CVS (our local drugstore), Shirokiya, most Japanese markets (e.g. Don Quijote, Marukai, etc.), some local grocery stores (e.g. Times), and maybe at the Walmart on Keaumoku for usually about $5 to $8 per bag.