Daruma market

Daruma market

Customers purchase red "daruma" dolls, a popular talisman of good luck, at the Futaba Daruma Market held in a temporary residential area in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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