As in the past couple of time-restricted Missions, you will receive a special Mission Gift Bag for completing Doll's Day IV. You will receive a cleanable Decoration for the Seaside Farm in the form of an Ichimatsu Doll for completing Doll's Day VIII and finally, if you complete Doll's Day XII, you will receive a cleanable Decoration for the Island Farm in the form of a Japanese Doll Set.
Dolls' Day or Hinamatsuri is a very popular Japanese folk festival and one of my personal favourites as a doll collector. A few years ago, I wrote a post about it:
Hinamatsuri and Kokeshi Dolls in Japan
Alas, not being Japanese, I do not own a real Hina-matsuri collection but I do have a wonderful pop-up card from Japan with paper Hina-matsuri dolls. I have a feeling that this type of display has replaced the real dolls in many households even in Japan.
The Collections Mission is as follows:
Collect Kimono Dolls
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70 Green Kimono Dolls from Chardonnay
50 Pink Kimono Dolls from Love Cake
30 Red Kimono Dolls from Ketchup
10 Yellow Kimono Dolls from Laurus Tree
Reward: Adzuki Tree, which produces Adzuki
Can purchase Adzuki Tree for 6 RC if you prefer
The traditional Quest sequence is the Doll's Day sequence as follows:
Doll's Day Quests
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Doll's Day I
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Last night I dreamed about my Japanese friend, Yoshiko. I hope she's doing fine in Japan. I wonder if she's as busy as me with all of my farm work.
Harvest 6 Apples
Skip for 6 RC
Harvest 40 White Grapes
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 10 glasses of Cherry Juice
Skip for 10 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP
Felicia: I was thinking of her again while doing my works, maybe it's a sign!
Doll's Day II
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Felicia: Speaking of the devils, when I got back to the house, Darryl told me I have a letter and it's from Yoshiko! It must be fate but before I read it, I need to eat something after all the works I just finished.
Prepare 6 Jars of Apple Jelly
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 12 Maple Syrup and 36 Apple Jam
Prepare 6 Light Muffins
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 6 Cake Flour and 12 Cherry Jam
Produce 40 jars of Pitaya Jam
Skip for 20 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP
Felicia: I'm so full! Now where is that letter again?
Doll's Day III
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Felicia: Yoshiko sent me a letter and a picture. The picture shows a lot of different kinds of dolls. I wonder what she wrote inside of her letter. Did she change her job to be a dollmaker?
Produce 40 Bottles of Milk
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 40 Red Teddy Bears
Skip for 20 RC
N.B. You will need 40 Wool
Produce 40 Blue Teddy Bears
Skip for 20 RC
N.B. You will need 40 Angora Hair
Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP
Felicia: Her dolls look so realistic and pretty!
Doll's Day IV
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Felicia: It turns out that she's celebrating Dolls' Day and she wanted to show me her beautiful dolls set. While reading halfway through, Grandma called me to help Darryl finish his chores as he's getting overwhelmed.
Prepare 6 jars of Honey Syrup
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 48 Honey and 32 Milk
Harvest 4 Cherries
Skip for 4 RC
Produce 40 Bottles of White Wine
Skip for 20 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP
Felicia: Darryl is still a kid. He doesn't want to admit that he's overwhelmed but that makes him so cute!
Reward: Special Mission Box
Mine contained 6 Super Fertiliser, 3 Super Watering Cans, 6 Power
Doll's Day V
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Felicia: Let's see, where was I? She wrote that this day is also known as Girls' Day. Girls put their doll set on display and make sweets for their guest. Why don't we finish all of our chores for today and have our own version of Doll's Day?
Harvest 50 Sweet Potatoes
Skip for 25 RC
Prepare 10 Sticks of Cotton Candy
Skip for 10 RC
N.B. You will need 10 Sugar Cubes and 10 Honey Syrup
Produce 50 Love Cakes
Skip for 25 RC
Note that the Love Cakes are one of the items that produce Kimono Dolls randomly.
Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP
Felicia: I'm so excited now and I can't wait to start prapering!
Doll's Day VI
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Felicia: So, according to the letter, beside dolls and sweets, I also need some decorations for the display. I might need some help from Darryl. Do you think i need to bribe him with food?
Collect 20 Asian Floor Lamps from Neighbours
Skip for 20 RC
Prepare 6 Portions of Festival Food
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 6 Candied Apples and 6 Shaved Ice
Prepare 20 Plates of Milk Cookies
Skip for 20 RC
N.B. You will need 20 Condensed Milk and 20 Wheat Flour
Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP
Felicia: I knew it! He can't resist the food I made for him. He will help me with the decorations for my doll set now.
Doll's Day VII
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Felicia: So decorations were taken care of and next are the sweets. Luckily she told me what kind of sweets I should make and it's just in time for snack time here so I will be able to nibble a bit. I mean taste test it.
Place an Adzuki Tree on your Farm
(Reward from Collections Mission or purchase in Market)
Prepare 6 Servings of Adzuki Paste
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 6 Adzuki and 6 Honey Syrup
Prepare 4 Sakura Cakes
Skip for 4 RC
N.B. You will need 8 Sakura Flowers and 24 Cake Flour
Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP
Felicia: It's delicious and I think I'm getting a sugar high.
Doll's Day VIII
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Felicia: The recipe is so delicious and now I feel like experimenting a bit. I will need some more ingredients so let's go to plant and harvest some.
Produce 50 Sugar
Skip for 25 RC
Harvest 6 Persimmons
Skip for 6 RC
Prepare 6 Plates of Octopus Balls
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 6 Octopus and 6 Soft Dough
Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP
Felicia: It feels great to be able to plant my own ingredients for cooking. It's so much fresher than buying it in stores.
Reward: Ichimatsu Doll Decoration for Seaside Farm, cleanable for Purple Gift Box
The final four parts of the Doll's Day Quest sequence requires access to the Island:
Doll's Day IX
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Felicia: Now we're only left with the dolls themselves. Let's see what I need for them. We need some cloth. I wonder if Grandma has some old clothes that I can use for it. Maybe Dad can help me too.
Collect 20 Kimono Cloth from Neighbours
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 60 Mohair Yarn
Skip for 30 RC
N.B. Mohair Yarn is made from Mohair, produced by the Angora Goat in the Spinning Machine on the Islan
Produce 60 Linen
Skip for 30 RC
N.B. Linen is made from Flax, an Island Crop, in the Loom
Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP
Felicia: A loom is so useful and now I have clothes for the dolls.
Doll's Day X
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Felicia: Now I just need to wait for my friends to arrive but wait, where did all the sweets that I made go? Oh, Darryl ate it all because he was hungry. I need to hurry and remake them before every one arrives.
Produce 60 Portions of Cranberry Pie
Skip for 30 RC
N.B. Cranberry is an Island Crop and Cranberry Pie is made on the Island in the Pie Machine. The other ingredients are Cassava Flour and Honey. The Cassava Flour is made on the Island but the Honey must be transported from Seaside.
Prepare 6 Plates of Layered Mochi
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 6 Sweet Dumplings and 18 Sweet Potatoes
Prepare 6 Plates of Matcha Lychee Pancakes
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 6 Matcha and 6 Lychee Scones
Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP
Felicia: Fiuh! I made it just in time before the first guests arrived.
Doll's Day XI
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Felicia: Every one arrived on time and they're admiring my dolls' set. I will ask Darryl to take a picture and send it to Yoshiko but before that, I think we need more drinks here.
Prepare 6 Cups of Sakura Tea
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 6 Sakura and 12 Honey
Produce 60 Glasses of Grape Juice
Skip for 30 RC
Prepare 10 jugs of Lemon Champagne
Skip for 10 RC
N.B. You will need 20 Lemons and 20 Champagne
Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP
Felicia: I hope we made enough for every one to enjoy it now.
Doll's Day XII
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Felicia: As a token of thank you for every one who came today, I want to make special sweets from the recipe that Yoshiko sent me, so can you please help me to make it before every one leaves?
Prepare 6 Plates of Sakura Mochi
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 6 Adzuki Paste and 6 Layered Mochi
Prepare 6 Plates of Apple Kulfi
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 6 Kulfi and 12 Apple Jam
Prepare 6 Plates of Peach Cobbler
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. You will need 12 Peche au Caramel and 12 Soft Dough, but this is a labour-intensive and power-intensive recipe as Peche au Caramel is made using a Kitchen ingredient in the form of Caramel Sauce and you will need 2 Caramel Sauce and 1 Peach to make each Peche au Caramel.
Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP
Felicia: Happy Doll's Day to every one and thank you for coming!
Reward: Japanese Doll Set Decoration for Island Farm, cleenable for Purple Gift Box
New Kitchen Recipes
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The order of all Kitchen Recipes was changed recently. You will find the new Recipes that are connected to this Quest on Page 28 of the Kitchen Recipe book. They are:
Adzuki Paste: 407 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Adzuki, Honey Syrup
Layered Mochi: 1023 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Sweet Dumplings, Sakura Flower
Sakura Mochi: 1075 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Adzuki Paste, Layered Mochi
Preparing for this Mission
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This Mission requires a lot of Power as many of the tasks involve Recipes made in the Kitchen. Every Recipe uses 1 Power. If you have access to the Island, you will have a recurring source of Power in the Volcano, provided you have expanded to it. 30 Power is your default. More can be earned by visiting Neighbours and collecting Gift Bags from cleaning Decoraitons or by visiting their Cooking Stands. The Power you receive always is random and may or may not be included in the Gift Bags/Boxes.
In many cases, the Recipes you need to make use ingredients that are themselves made in the Kitchen. Try to make these in advance if possible so that you have the full amount of Power needed for the task Recipe. If you are involved in the Cooking Stand Mission, it may be a good idea to let that go until you have completed this time-restricted Mission. The Cooking Stand may be time-restricted but you are given much more time to complete THAT!
A number of the Recipes require the Basic Kitchen Dishes including Cake Flour and Soft Dough. I always try to keep quite a lot of both in my Barn for future use as they are required in many Recipes.
If you cannot bear to spend RC on Missions, you need to complete the Collections Mission by Doll's Day VII in order to redeem the Adzuki Tree For those willing to spend a little RC, you can purchase it instead in the Market for 6 RC if you do not wish to delay the progress of the traditional Quest sequence.
Strategy for Island Production
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It is the last four parts of Doll's Day that will take the most time as there is no batch production on the Island. You therefore have to spend incredible amounts of OP to speed the production of any Machine (30 OP for each product!) or have more than one Machine that produces the required item. Unfortunately, everything on the Island is expensive and furthermore, all Machines basically are unfinished when purchased, even when the cost is in RC rather than Coins.
Your first Spinning Machine will be given to you but the second will cost 12 RC and will require the following Materials:
Spinning Machine Materials List
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5 Spinning Wheels (Request from Neighbours or buy for 1 RC each),
5 Lag Bolts (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)
20 Nuts (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)
A third Spinning Machine will cost 20 RC and require the same Materials.
To build a second Loom, you will need the following:
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Loom Materials List
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5 Warp Beams (Request from Neighbour or buy for 1 RC each)
5 Lag Bolts (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
3 Nails (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
20 Nuts (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
A third Loom will cost 30 RC and require the same Materials.
I daresay that you will need these Machines for many more of the time-restricted Missions in future. You therefore may wish to invest in a second Spinning Machine and a second Loom.
The other Machine that is required in this Quest is the Pie Machine. A second Pie Machine will cost 15 RC and will need the following to complete:
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Pie Machine Materials List
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The Pie Machine will be unfinished when purchased and will require the following materials:
Feed Tray:x 5 (Request from Neighbours or pay 1 RC for each)
Lag Bolt x 8 (Craft or pay 1 RC for each)
Nail x 5 (Craft or pay 1 RC for each)
Nut x 25 (Craft or pay 1 RC for each)
The Tradition of Hina-Matsuri Festival
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The Hina-matsuri which is a Doll Festival dedicated to good fortune for Girls is known as the Momo-No-Sekku or Peach Blossom Festival as well. Peach blossoms, white rice wine and Hishi-Mochi (special rice cakes) are placed on the stand where the Hina dolls are displayed.
The Hina dolls traditionally are displayed on shelf tiers covered with a red carpet from the end of February until 3 March. When a girl is born, she often will be given a set of Hina dolls by her grandparents or parents, unless she will inherit the Hina dolls that have belonged to her family for generations.
Hina dolls traditionally represent the Emperor and Empress as well as their court. The custom was established during the Edo period in the 17th-18th century and is believed to have its roots in an ancient Chinese ritual wherein paper dolls were floated down a river to banish any evil or illness from the body.
I have written a more detailed desxription of the Festival and its origins:
Hina-matsuri or Girls' Day in Japan
