Pile o’ Daruma

By Sarah Blankenship Frantz

Lucky Daruma dolls were piled high at the Daruma Festival in Mihara over Valentine’s Day weekend. Festival goers purchase the roly poly dolls and draw in one eye when making a wish or setting a goal. Once the wish has been fulfilled, the other eye is filled in.

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