What exactly are the mysterious red Daruma dolls? You’ve probably spotted them at Asian restaurants worldwide or tucked away ...

A craftsman in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, is busy making traditional daruma dolls. The process of making Koshu daruma dolls by hand is a Yamanashi craft that dates back about 400 years.

Daruma dolls, long synonymous with good luck in Japan, are undergoing a modern revival. Contemporary versions of these traditional dolls are become popular among overseas tourists.

Head over to the Saitama suburb of Kawagoe for the annual Daruma Market on January 3. Symbolising perseverance, daruma dolls are sold in temples across Japan du ...

As we stepped into the Ningyo exhibition gallery, what caught our eyes were different forms of Japanese dolls arranged ...

Mihari Ningyo and Takasaki Daruma are folk dolls made by layering paper and then painting them. Dolls in Japan are also used in performing arts. Joruri Ningyo are large dolls used for puppet theatre.

FUTABA, Fukushima Prefecture--A centuries-old fair featuring Daruma dolls returned to this town on Jan. 7 for the first time since the triple meltdown at the nearby Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant ...

SAITAMA--One eye is left blank on each of the five “daruma” dolls lined up in the living room of Setsuko Miyazawa’s house here. The figurines were gifts from Mitsuko Matsumori, 66 ...