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  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English.  Even the ceiling of the temple has a large painting of a dharma!  Hundreds of Daruma, of every shape and size is displayed here including Horin-ji’s own special design.  Daruma are figures that represent Boddhidarma, the founder of the famous Indian Buddhist school of meditation. Daruma or dharma as they are often called in English have a mustachioed face though the eyes are white and importantly without pupils. Dharma are thought to have the ability to grant wishes. These figurines are traditionally brought out before an important event such as an  election, exam or competition and too paint a single iris in one of the empty sockets, an act of that is thought to help materialize your wish. If the wish comes true, then the Daruma has a chance to fully recover its eyesight!
    daruma-dera-6.jpg
  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English.  Even the ceiling of the temple has a large painting of a dharma!  Hundreds of Daruma, of every shape and size is displayed here including Horin-ji’s own special design.  Daruma are figures that represent Boddhidarma, the founder of the famous Indian Buddhist school of meditation. Daruma or dharma as they are often called in English have a mustachioed face though the eyes are white and importantly without pupils. Dharma are thought to have the ability to grant wishes. These figurines are traditionally brought out before an important event such as an  election, exam or competition and too paint a single iris in one of the empty sockets, an act of that is thought to help materialize your wish. If the wish comes true, then the Daruma has a chance to fully recover its eyesight!
    daruma-dera-3.jpg
  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English.  Even the ceiling of the temple has a large painting of a dharma!  Hundreds of Daruma, of every shape and size is displayed here including Horin-ji’s own special design.  Daruma are figures that represent Boddhidarma, the founder of the famous Indian Buddhist school of meditation. Daruma or dharma as they are often called in English have a mustachioed face though the eyes are white and importantly without pupils. Dharma are thought to have the ability to grant wishes. These figurines are traditionally brought out before an important event such as an  election, exam or competition and too paint a single iris in one of the empty sockets, an act of that is thought to help materialize your wish. If the wish comes true, then the Daruma has a chance to fully recover its eyesight!
    daruma-dera-4.jpg
  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English.  Even the ceiling of the temple has a large painting of a dharma!  Hundreds of Daruma, of every shape and size is displayed here including Horin-ji’s own special design.  Daruma are figures that represent Boddhidarma, the founder of the famous Indian Buddhist school of meditation. Daruma or dharma as they are often called in English have a mustachioed face though the eyes are white and importantly without pupils. Dharma are thought to have the ability to grant wishes. These figurines are traditionally brought out before an important event such as an  election, exam or competition and too paint a single iris in one of the empty sockets, an act of that is thought to help materialize your wish. If the wish comes true, then the Daruma has a chance to fully recover its eyesight!
    daruma-dera-5.jpg
  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English.  Even the ceiling of the temple has a large painting of a dharma!  Hundreds of Daruma, of every shape and size is displayed here including Horin-ji’s own special design.  Daruma are figures that represent Boddhidarma, the founder of the famous Indian Buddhist school of meditation. Daruma or dharma as they are often called in English have a mustachioed face though the eyes are white and importantly without pupils. Dharma are thought to have the ability to grant wishes. These figurines are traditionally brought out before an important event such as an  election, exam or competition and too paint a single iris in one of the empty sockets, an act of that is thought to help materialize your wish. If the wish comes true, then the Daruma has a chance to fully recover its eyesight!
    daruma-dera-2.jpg
  • Daruma doll or daruma is a hollow, round figurine typically made of gourds or paper-mache. Dharma are modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen in Buddhism.  Dharma figures are typically red and show a bearded man though they do vary in color and design depending on the region and creator. Though regarded as a toy or a mere symbol of good luck by some, Daruma has a design that is rich in symbolism and is regarded more as a talisman of luck to the Japanese. Daruma dolls are seen as a symbol of perseverance, making them a popular gift of encouragement. The doll has also been commercialized by many Buddhist temples to use alongside the setting of goals for the future.
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  • Daruma are figures that represent Boddhidarma, the founder of the famous Indian Buddhist school of meditation. Daruma or dharma as they are often called in English have a mustachioed face though the eyes are white and importantly without pupils. Dharma are thought to have the ability to grant wishes. These figurines are traditionally brought out before an important event such as an  election, exam or competition and too paint a single iris in one of the empty sockets, an act of that is thought to help materialize your wish. If the wish comes true, then the Daruma has a chance to fully recover its eyesight!
    dharma-1.jpg
  • Daruma are figures that represent Boddhidarma, the founder of the famous Indian Buddhist school of meditation. Daruma or dharma as they are often called in English have a mustachioed face though the eyes are white and importantly without pupils. Dharma are thought to have the ability to grant wishes. These figurines are traditionally brought out before an important event such as an  election, exam or competition and too paint a single iris in one of the empty sockets, an act of that is thought to help materialize your wish. If the wish comes true, then the Daruma has a chance to fully recover its eyesight!
    dharma-2.jpg
  • The popular symbolism associated with Daruma as a good luck charm comes from the founder of Daruma-Dera that New Year’s charms depicting Bodhidharma would bring happiness and prosperity and ward off accidents and misfortune. The charms were always given with an effectiveness of one year, so the people required new ones every year.
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  • Daruma dolls are hollow and round Japanese wish dolls with no arms or legs, modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder and first patriarch of Zen Buddhism. The doll has a face with a mustache and beard, but its eyes only contain the color white. Using black ink, you fill in a single circular eye while thinking of a wish.  Should the wish come true the second eye is filled in.  It is traditional to fill in the right eye first; the left eye is left blank until the wish is fulfilled.
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  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English. The moss covered garden at the rear lets you enjoy a few moments of tranquility, unlike most well-composed gardens in Kyoto thanks to its off-the-beaten-path neighborhood.
    horinji-6.jpg
  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English. The moss covered garden at the rear lets you enjoy a few moments of tranquility, unlike most well-composed gardens in Kyoto thanks to its off-the-beaten-path neighborhood.
    Horin-ji-garden-4.jpg
  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English. The moss covered garden at the rear lets you enjoy a few moments of tranquility, unlike most well-composed gardens in Kyoto thanks to its off-the-beaten-path neighborhood.
    horinji-5.jpg
  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English. The moss covered garden at the rear lets you enjoy a few moments of tranquility, unlike most well-composed gardens in Kyoto thanks to its off-the-beaten-path neighborhood.
    Horin-ji-garden-2.jpg
  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English. The moss covered garden at the rear lets you enjoy a few moments of tranquility, unlike most well-composed gardens in Kyoto thanks to its off-the-beaten-path neighborhood.
    Horin-ji-garden-1.jpg
  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English. The moss covered garden at the rear lets you enjoy a few moments of tranquility, unlike most well-composed gardens in Kyoto thanks to its off-the-beaten-path neighborhood.
    Horin-ji-2.jpg
  • Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English. The moss covered garden at the rear lets you enjoy a few moments of tranquility, unlike most well-composed gardens in Kyoto thanks to its off-the-beaten-path neighborhood.
    Horin-ji-garden-3.jpg
  • The painted set of eyes of Hagyuji temple is influenced by temples in Nepal and Tibet. The Buddha eye expresses Ganriki, the power of the eye, carefully observing the minutiae of everything in the universe, whereas the nose symbolizes the searching mind of human beings and looking for the truth.  Although this kind of design is extremely unusual in Japan, the temple is a rather serious one, having been visited by none other than the Dalai Lama.  In the secret teachings , the important meanings are said to be the "The Goddess of Buddha's Eyes." The symbol of this goddess is the virtue of five eyes. The five eyes are: the naked eye, the celestial eye, the eye of wisdom, the eye of Daruma, and the Buddha eye.
    hagyuji-2.jpg
  • The painted set of eyes of Hagyuji temple is influenced by temples in Nepal and Tibet. The Buddha eye expresses Ganriki, the power of the eye, carefully observing the minutiae of everything in the universe, whereas the nose symbolizes the searching mind of human beings and looking for the truth.  Although this kind of design is extremely unusual in Japan, the temple is a rather serious one, having been visited by none other than the Dalai Lama.  In the secret teachings , the important meanings are said to be the "The Goddess of Buddha's Eyes." The symbol of this goddess is the virtue of five eyes. The five eyes are: the naked eye, the celestial eye, the eye of wisdom, the eye of Daruma, and the Buddha eye.
    hagyuji-3.jpg
  • The painted set of eyes of Hagyuji temple is influenced by temples in Nepal and Tibet. The Buddha eye expresses Ganriki, the power of the eye, carefully observing the minutiae of everything in the universe, whereas the nose symbolizes the searching mind of human beings and looking for the truth.  Although this kind of design is extremely unusual in Japan, the temple is a rather serious one, having been visited by none other than the Dalai Lama.  In the secret teachings , the important meanings are said to be the "The Goddess of Buddha's Eyes." The symbol of this goddess is the virtue of five eyes. The five eyes are: the naked eye, the celestial eye, the eye of wisdom, the eye of Daruma, and the Buddha eye.
    hagyuji.jpg
  • The painted set of eyes of Hagyuji temple is influenced by temples in Nepal and Tibet. The Buddha eye expresses Ganriki, the power of the eye, carefully observing the minutiae of everything in the universe, whereas the nose symbolizes the searching mind of human beings and looking for the truth.  Although this kind of design is extremely unusual in Japan, the temple is a rather serious one, having been visited by none other than the Dalai Lama.  In the secret teachings , the important meanings are said to be the "The Goddess of Buddha's Eyes." The symbol of this goddess is the virtue of five eyes. The five eyes are: the naked eye, the celestial eye, the eye of wisdom, the eye of Daruma, and the Buddha eye.
    hagyuji-1.jpg
  • Oiso Sagicho Saito Dharma - Every year in mid January, a  festival is held at Oiso Beach called Sagicho. Originally, local fishermen organized this event and tradition.  Sagicho has been observed for over 400 years and has been designated as Japan’s national intangible treasures or officially Significant Intangible Folk Cultural Asset.  The Oiso no Sagicho is a Dosojin or a travelers' guardian deity fire matsuri.  Used shinto Japanese New Year decorations are turned into burnable artistic looking cones on the beach, and when the sun goes down, the bonfires are lit. Many local children participate by roasting dango, small glutinous rice cakes. Dango is eaten with the hopes of good health for the upcoming year.  From each group gathered around its respective bonfire, several men wear traditional loincloths and plunge into the frigid ocean. Straw cone shaped structures called Saito are built on the beach using pine, bamboo and New Year decorations.  These are turned into bonfires and provide some warmth for the participants and spectators.  This event is held during Koshogatsu, or Little New Year, the 15th of January.  Usually New Year decorations are taken down and burnt at the local Shinto shrine though Oiso is famous for burning them on the beach, with additional rituals associated with Koshogatsu.
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  • Gilt Temple Chandelier at Horinji - Daruma-dera or Horin-ji belongs to the esoteric Shingon sect and is dedicated to the Daruma or Dharma as it is often spelled in English.  Even the ceiling of the temple has a large painting of a dharma!  Hundreds of Daruma, of every shape and size is displayed here including Horin-ji’s own special design.  The moss covered garden at the rear lets you enjoy a few moments of tranquility, unlike most well-composed gardens in Kyoto thanks to its off-the-beaten-path neighborhood.
    Horin-ji-1.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-7.jpg
  • Samurai Warrior Dolls at Awashima Shrine - Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-19.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-8.jpg
  • Sakura at Awashima Shrine - Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-16.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-6.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-14.jpg
  • Maneki Neko at Awashima Shrine - Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-2.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-9.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-11.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-4.jpg
  • Tanuki at washima Shrine - Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-10.jpg
  • Japanese Garden at Hagyuji - The painted set of eyes of Hagyuji temple is influenced by temples in Nepal and Tibet.  Although the temple's design is extremely unusual in Japan, the temple is a rather serious one, having been visited by none other than the Dalai Lama.  In the secret teachings , the important meanings are said to be the "The Goddess of Buddha's Eyes." The symbol of this goddess is the virtue of five eyes. The five eyes are: the naked eye, the celestial eye, the eye of wisdom, the eye of Daruma, and the Buddha eye.
    hagyuji-garden-2.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-18.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-13.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-12.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-5.jpg
  • Awashima Jinja is a shrine for women, famous for its huge collection of dolls. Japanese are superstitions about dolls, many people find them mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls or the power to influence human lives. There are a number of shrines and festivals where people dispose of their old dolls - they feel that if they just threw them in the garbage, the dolls’ souls might come back to haunt them like ghosts. Awashima jinja is especially devoted to dispose of hina ningyo, which are dolls that are given to young girls on Girl’s Day March 3rd. There are thousands of dolls here, as well as sculptures, figurines, carvings, and statues. You’ll find tanuki, maneki neko, daruma, frogs and many more.
    awashima-shrine-1.jpg
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