At Katsuo-ji Temple, Daruma dolls watch from every corner. They peer between tree branches, cluster around altars, and dot winding pathways, flashes of bright red among the hillside forest. The iconic ...
In Japan's Iya Valley, Nagoro, also known as the "Nagoro Doll Village”, faces depopulation. Local resident Tsukimi Ayano has crafted hundreds of life-sized dolls to populate the village, breathing new ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent two-day visit to Japan began on a symbolic note when Rev. Seishi Hirose, the chief priest of Shorinzan Daruma-Ji Temple in Tokyo, presented him with a Daruma doll ...
Just about 30 minutes by train from Tokyo, Koshigaya City in Saitama Prefecture is known as a waterside town shaped by five ...
A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child, is ...
The story of the Daruma doll begins not in Japan, but rather in ancient India, with a remarkable monk named Bodhidharma. According to Tierra Zen, “Bodhidharma was an Indian or Persian monk known for ...
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