"Daruma" doll market in eastern Japan

"Daruma" doll market in eastern Japan

People gather around a giant "daruma" doll as a New Year market selling darumas, a popular talisman of good luck, opens in Takasaki in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2026.

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