【体験】Daruma Drawing (Japanese Dharma doll)

Shinshirakawa 新白河

is famous for Daruma だるま

 A Japanese Traditional doll

There is a Huge Dharma doll standing at the station too

In my field trip

There is Dharma doll making session 

for us to experience how to draw it

There is meaning and rule to draw it though

there is a tutor is guiding us all the way to draw it

First 

there is a blank face Dharma doll

Just with the red body and peach face is being drawn ready

We just need to draw the face and the Kanji (chinese character) wording 

of 「福」 Fuku on the tummy

which the word meant for prosperity

You will need to draw the face

and the EYES

is the most important thing in Dharma doll

Why???

Actually Dharma doll is a wishing doll

where you can make your wish upon buying the doll

at the temple (not all temple sells it and it has period as well)

BUT

Usually they will sell during New Year season (Jan 1st)

which you make a wish for the year

So what is so important about the EYES??

★★★★★

If you buy a ready made

The face is all ready but the EYES  

You can see from the photo that 

the Dharma doll has a gold circle around the eyes

The gold circle will be drawn AFTER your wish come true

(I accidentally draw it without listening to the instruction of the tutor... haha)

Below is the Dharma doll that I had drawn

(Usually is being sold in temple without the circle around the eyes)

This is the behind of the Dharma doll

usually is blank

But I drew my own name on it

Actually there is an important part

BEFORE making the wish

which is

write your wish 

below the Dharma doll

and put the doll in your house

till your wish comes true

then draw the circle around the eyes

(My wish is a SECRET so NO photo... hahahaha)



You can get it at some tourist spot

or Disneyland with Mickey mouse ears on the Dharma doll (^^,)

Hope you all enjoy this Japanese doll experience!