At Katsuo-ji Temple, Daruma dolls watch from every corner. They peer between tree branches, cluster around altars, and dot winding pathways, flashes of bright red among the hillside forest. The iconic ...

Draw, wish, and burn: Check how to use a Daruma doll, its significance and history. When one goes to Japan, they cannot miss this oblong red figure in every shop, nook, and cranny of the Asian country ...

TAKASAKI, Gunma Prefecture—Thousands of daruma dolls, symbols of good luck and perseverance, were given a fiery ceremonial send-off at a Zen Buddhist temple here on Jan. 15. A towering pile of dolls, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Katsuo-ji Temple is known as the "Daruma temple" due to its large collection of the dolls. - Rebecca Cairns/CNN At Katsuo-ji ...