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Dolls are diplomats who can heal people’s emotional scars - Bosho Soshoin & Yoshiko Matsuura

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Bosho (right) and Yohiko, holding their dolls Source: SBS

Bosho Soshoin, a renowned Japanese doll maker in Japan, recently held her exhibition at the Sydney Japanese International School. In 1998, Bosho started visiting Australia to promote international goodwill through her dolls. Bosho shares how her Australian journey unfolded and how quickly her dolls won people's hearts and healed their emotional wounds. Yoshiko describes those dolls as special diplomats and explains why by sharing her experience in the US when she visited a city council as a ward councillor. (Part 2 of 2)


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Bosho Soshoin, a renowned Japanese doll maker in Japan, recently held her exhibition at the Sydney Japanese International School. In 1998, Bosho started visiting Australia to promote international goodwill through her dolls. Bosho shares how her Australian journey unfolded and how quickly her dolls won people's hearts and healed their emotional wounds. Yoshiko describes those dolls as special diplomats and explains why by sharing her experience in the US when she visited a city council as a ward councillor. (Part 2 of 2)



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