Success Children's Day Wooden Kokeshi Doll

Children's Day is a Japanese national holiday in celebration of children's happiness, although the Success Childrens Day Wooden Kokeshi Doll is equally ideal as a good luck gift. Koi means Carp in Japanese, and this fish is a symbol of perseverance due to the fish's tendency to ...Children's Day is a Japanese national holiday in celebration of children's happiness, although the Success Childrens Day Wooden Kokeshi Doll is equally ideal as a good luck gift. Koi means Carp in Japanese, and this fish is a symbol of perseverance due to the fish's tendency to swim upstream and resist the flow of water.

Koi Carp also symbolise faithfulness and marriage in Japan. A design of carp swimming against rapids symbolises the Children's Day Festival on May 5th. This is to inspire children to work hard in order to succeed.

The Japanese kanji characters on the small wooden sign relate to a koi carp climbing a waterfall!