Hina-matsuri in Japan is assumed to have originated in Kyoto since there is a record to show that the original festival was held as a courtly 'entertainment' by daughters of the nobles during the Heian period.
日本での起源は平安時代の京都で既に平安貴族の子女の雅びな「遊びごと」として行われていた記録が現存しており、もとは京都のものであったと推測される。