This story is a picture of the simple life of a Japanese family. To follow little Umé San through the year, to play with her dolls on the days of the Dolls' Festival, to go with her to the parks to admire the cherry blossoms or chrysanthemums and join the crowds who are celebrating these joyous seasons, to feed the goldfishes and doves in the temple gardens, to buy toys and gifts in the streets of shops, and to welcome the New Year with festivity and merrymaking, is to catch a glimpse of the rare charm and spirit that pervade life in this "Land of the Rising Sun."
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Little Miss Plum Blossom [1]
II. Umé's Birthday [9]
III. Tei Buys a Doll [18]
IV. The Dolls' Festival [26]
V. A Visit to the Temple [36]
VI. Cherry-Blossom Time [42]