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Maebashi Hatsuichi Festival
Gunma is the country’s largest producer of daruma dolls. Located about 30 minutes from Maebashi City, Takasaki City makes the most dolls in the prefecture. Festival Highlights Good luck is the ...
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Old Daruma Dolls Burned in Purification Rite in Central Japan City; JR Shinetsu Line Will Get New Stop There Called Toyooka Daruma Station
About 10,000 old Japanese daruma dolls were ritually burned during a memorial service for the good-luck talisman figures, ...
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Old daruma dolls burned in purification rite in central Japan city
About 10,000 old Japanese daruma dolls were ritually burned during a memorial service for the good-luck talisman figures, which represent the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma, in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, ...
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Knowledge nugget of the day: Kalaripayattu
7. It is believed that Kalarippayattu was introduced to China at the Shaolin Temple in the 5th century AD by Bodhidharma, who was originally from Thanjavore, a cultural center that was part of Kerala ...
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Japan Tourism / Visiting the Birthplace of Good Luck Daruma Dolls in Takasaki; Traditional, Modern Daruma Available at 100-year-old Store
They were originally inspired by images of the seated Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism. Like an “Okiagari-koboshi” roly-poly toy, daruma are weighted at the bottom so they always quickly ...