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[[File:Jynx's old skin color.png|thumb|The Festival's prize]]
[[File:Princess Day Festival.png|thumb|250px|The festival]]  
'''Princess Day''' is a holiday celebrated throughout the [[Pokémon world]]. It is based on ''{{wp|Hinamatsuri}}'', a Japanese doll festival. It is commemorated by various events, girls' only Pokémon tournaments, and other activities and sales, which are for girls only.
The '''Princess Festival''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンひなまつり''' ''Pokémon Girls' Festival'') is a holiday celebrated annually throughout the [[Kanto]] [[region]] on March 3 (the date is not stated in the dub). It is the equivalent of the [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|real-world]] Japanese holiday ''{{wp|Hinamatsuri}}''.


Like in the real world, it is traditional for girls to display a set of ornamental dolls representing the Emperor's Court.
Like in the real world, it is traditional for girls to display a set of ornamental dolls representing the {{wp|Heian period}}. It is commemorated by various events, activities, and sales geared towards women. During the Princess Festival, there are drastic discounts at stores and restaurants for women only.


Princess Day was shown in the anime episode ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]''. {{an|Misty}} and [[Jessie]] reminisced about Princess Days of yesteryear, while competing for a prized [[Pokémon doll]] collection.
The Princess Festival was featured in ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]''. While visiting [[O-Hina Town]], {{an|Misty}} and [[Jessie]] reminisced about past Princess Festivals and entered the annual [[Queen of the Princess Festival]], a competition where the winner receives a special collection of [[Pokémon doll]]s.


==Princess Day Festival==
==Queen of the Princess Festival==
The Princess Day Festival is a competition consisting of Pokémon battles. Each trainer must use exactly four Pokémon to battle. the battles are split into two separate divisions, and the winner of each division proceeds to the finals. Each trainer entering the festival is required to be Female. Every competitor wears a formal traditional Japanese outfit, with a Kimono and usually a fan. Before the actual competiton, the contestants all stand in a row on stage as people gather to watch. The only confirmed winner of the Festival is {{an|Misty}}. The prizes she won from the festival were a brand new set of Pokémon Dolls, and a chance to meet superstar [[Fiorello Cappucino]], who was also an announcer of the festival.
{{main|Queen of the Princess Festival}}
The Queen of the Princess Festival is a girls-only competition that is the main attraction of the Princess Festival. It consists of a beauty pageant followed by a battle tournament.  


==In other languages==
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|da=Prinsessefestivalen
|de=Prinzessinnenfest
|es=Festival de la Princesa
|fi=Prinsessajuhlat
|fr=Fête des Princesses
|it=Giorno della Principessa
|pl=Festiwal Księżniczki
|pt=Festival da Princesa
|zh_cmn=娃娃節 ''Doll Festival''
|sv=Prinsessfestivalen
}}
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