There are certain things that you do to celebrate this day. One of which is setting up a display of dolls. Some displays are huge and other displays are small. These displays are handed down generation to generation so they tend to be quite old.
Another thing is the eating of certain foods, such as sakura mochi and chirashisushi. Both of which are SUPER tasty. The leaf on the sakura mochi is from actually sakura trees, and it tasty a bit salty. The combination of salt, and sweet make it prefect to celebrate girl's day. Sakura mochi, I was told started in the Edo period and has been made ever since. Its made from the past years leaves that they freeze and hold onto until the next spring.
Some times in school lunches they even give sakura mochi, or cake or something special to celebrate the day. In the end its like most Japanese holidays, it has lost it original meaning and has become more about the food. Its still a very fun holiday though, and I think it would be great to celebrate it in the states too. :)
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