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12/30/2013

Welcome

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ようこそ、達磨張子や土人形の資料館へ！

Welcome to the Daruma Museum
for Papermachee and Clay Dolls !

To the Daruma Museum Main Gallery

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12/29/2013

Hariko Introduction

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Papermachee Dolls　張子 hariko

Hariko Papermache Dolls are probably the most common of all the Daruma dolls.
Here is a quote from an article about the development of Daruma dolls in Japan:

From the Tumbler Doll (okiagari koboshi) to the
Tumbler Daruma (okiagari Daruma 起き上がりだるま)

After the Period of the Warring States Japan reached a time of 300 years of peace under the Tokugawa regime. The Tumbler Dolls of papermachee　first made in Kyoto, soon
reached the new capital of Edo. The inventive townspeople of Edo painted a big black beard on the face of the old man and a visiting priest came to say: "Well, if this is not the face of Daruma Daishi himself!" The red robe was the traditional garb of a priest.

Getting up after falling down was taken as a wish getting better for an ill person. It was also said that the stark red colour would ward off smallpox, so the red tumbler doll of Daruma would be the best present for a sick child. This one blessing was soon followed by others and developed into "Falling down seven times, getting up eight times"
(nanakorobi yaoki 七転びやおき), turning into a blessing for many generations of the family line, good business and others.

Thus Daruma got a firm place in the heart of the Japanese people and seemd to work for the good of people with six heads and six arms. The faith in him grew steadily and soon the dolls were sold at the New Years fairs at many local temples and the tradition to paint one eye for a wish started. You had to buy a new one every year, so the tradition expanded and we have to thank the founder of the Zen Sect for all of this.

Who is Daruma ? What is Daruma?

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. kami 紙 paper art and craft 　.

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4/12/2013

Marugoto Daruma

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Marugoto Daruma まるごとだるま　

柳岡瑞穂

From Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku University of Art

Graduation Exhibition　卒展　2013

source : pics.lockerz.com

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From the Daruma Museum

. XYZ 　

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4/27/2011

Fukushima Dolls

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Daruma Dolls from Fukushima 福島だるま

. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .

so many
need your help -
Fukushima Daruma

. Japan - after the BIG earthquake . 　
March 11, 2011

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. Aizu Daruma 会津だるま Papermachee Dolls 　

Kabocha Daruma かぼちゃだるま（福島）
Pumpkin Daruma
source :　Tohoku Daruma Collection

. Miharu Daruma 三春だるま Papermachee Dolls 　

Senoue Daruma 瀬の上達磨
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source :　bussan/dentou

During the Edo period travel along the river Abukumagawa 阿武隈川 was frequent and together with the tax rice Daruma dolls were shipped around.

... Yanome Daruma 矢野目だるま
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Yanome is a suburb of Fukushima town.
福島市南矢野目
Now Watanabe Hiroko 渡辺浩子 makes them in the town.

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. Shirakawa Daruma Dolls 白川だるま張子　
Shirakawa Daruma Natto 白河のだるま納豆

including

Hisanohama Daruma, Kunohama 久ノ浜だるま
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Iwaki Daruma いわきだるま
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Tomioka Daruma 富岡だるま
A kind of Tomioka papermachee dolls 富岡張子.

They are made since about 130 years ago, when the first doll maker went to Miharu and started how to make them. He produced Daruma to improve his meager income from farming. Now the family tradition is in the fourth generation. Later after the war they started to make other kinds of papermachee dolls. A speciality is the use of the blue color. The face is a bit similar to the Miharu Daruma.
Now the widow of the last craftsmen keeps the tradition.

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They come with the eyes painted in and stare at the enemy and bad luck until good fortune comes your way.
The brows are like cranes, the beard in the form of a tortoise. The face is framed with a green pattern that looks like a dragon. It is thus used to protect from fire.
source : fukushimatsuu.blog

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Shirakawa Daruma Ramen 白河だるまラーメン
Noodle soup "Daruma"

Daruma sake　だるま酒　Ricewine
in a bottle looking like a Daruma from Shirakawa

. Fukushima - Food and Daruma food 　

. Koma 駒 horse folk toys from Fukushima

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2/22/2011

Nagahama

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Nagahama Daruma 長浜だるま

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. Nagahama Festival 長浜曳山祭 Nagahama, Lake Biwa
Shiga prefecture　

. Nagahama Roman Bīru 長浜浪漫ビール(Nagahama, Shiga) 　

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1/10/2011

Aloha Daruma

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Aloha Daruma

source : kulala.seesaa.net/

ALOHA　だるま
アロハ　だるま

http://www.heart-of-aloha.com/myweb1_003.htm

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. HAWAII SAIJIKI 　

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7/27/2010

Isohama Nakaminato

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Isohama Daruma Doll 磯浜だるま

Two more

From Ibaragi Prefecture, （Ooarai 大洗町）. (Ibaraki)

Oarai town is south of Nakaminato 那珂湊.
The paper dolls are almost identical.

Nakaminato no Daruma 那珂湊のだるま

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Nakaminato Hariko 那珂湊張子 papermachee dolls
especially a tiger and white rabbit with wiggeling head.
The tiger is looking to the side, which is seldom with this kind of animal.

. yokomuki tora 横向き虎 tiger looking to the side .
Made by Iida Kishichi 飯田喜七

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. Folk toys from IBARAKI / IBARAGI .

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Nakaminato was swept away by the tsunami.

那珂湊津波

The scenes of destruction were especially frightening because they were far from the worst-hit areas. Nakaminato is on the southern edge of the worst devastation from the 8.9-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned, which swept away whole villages farther north. Nakaminato sits about 155 miles south of Sendai, the city that bore much of the brunt of the tsunami.
Before the shaking and the waves hit, Nakaminato’s buildings had a worn-out look; the town had been left behind by the country’s industrial buildup and by the young people who headed for thriving cities. The mostly aging population made its living mainly from fishing; the heart of the community was a fishing co-op on the waterfront.
source :　www.nytimes.com

. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011　.

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Koizumi Daruma Doll

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Koizumi Daruma 小泉だるま

This doll is from Gifu.

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... Reference : 小泉だるま薬局
Yokohama

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7/08/2008

Shingen Koshu

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Shingen Daruma 信玄だるま
Koshu Daruma (Kooshuu) 甲州　武田信玄　　
信玄起上がり

Kooshuu is the old name of Yamanashi Province.
Takeda Shingen was a warlord there during turbulent times before the Edo Bakufu government was formed. Up to our times he is honored with this Daruma Doll.

He has the eyes painted in a special way below the eyebrows so when you put him high up on the Gods Shelf in the home (kamidana) he will look down on you and grant your wishes (Shitami Daruma).

The dolls are also called “Shitami Daruma” or “Yokozawa Daruma” corresponding to the villages where they are made.

CLICK for more Shingen Dolls.

Takeda Shingen was the eldest son of the aggressive warlord Takeda Nobutora (1493-1573).
He was Lord of Shinano and Kai Provinces. He was a preeminent daimyo or feudal lord with military prestige who sought for the control of Japan in the late stage of Sengoku or "warring states" period.
He was born Takeda Tarō (Katsuchiyo), but was later given the formal name of Takeda Harunobu.
Shingen is sometimes referred to as "The Tiger of Kai" for his martial prowess on the battlefield. His primary rival, Uesugi Kenshin, was often called "The Dragon of Echigo" or also "The Tiger of Echigo Province". In Chinese mythology, the dragon and the tiger have always been bitter rivals who try to defeat one another, but they always fight to a draw.
Read : Samurai Archives

Takeda Shingen 武田信玄

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Clay Doll of Takeda Shingen Daruma

. Daruma Clay Bells どれい【土鈴】 dorei .

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Daruma from the Koshu Province
Kooshuu Daruma 甲州だるま

CLICK for original link ... www.asahi-net

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Daruma from Yamanashi ... 親子だるま　山梨県甲府

Yamanashi Prefecture, Yamanashi Daruma 山梨だるま
and Yamanashi Food

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Piggy Bank with Shingen Daruma

A few more of my LINKS are here:
Koshu Daruma

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External Japanese LINK

Making a Yamanashi Daruma 斉藤岳南

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. Folk Toys from Yamanashi .

Alphabetical Index of the Daruma Museum

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6/26/2007

Ainu Daruma Enju tree

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Ainu Daruma ... アイヌだるま

This is a present from my friend Ishino.

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Ainu (アイヌ) (also called Ezo in historical texts) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. There are most likely over 150,000 Ainu today; however the exact figure is not known as many Ainu hide their origin due to racial issues in Japan. In many cases, surviving Ainu may not be even aware of their ancestry, as their parents and grandparents kept their descent private in order to protect their children from social problems.

Their most widely known ethnonym is derived from the word aynu, which means "human" (particularly as opposed to kamuy, divine beings) in the Hokkaidō dialects of the Ainu language; Emishi, Ezo or Yezo (蝦夷) are Japanese terms, which are believed to derive from the ancestral form of the modern Sakhalin Ainu word enciw or enju, also meaning "human". The term Utari (ウタリ) (meaning "comrade" in Ainu) is now preferred by some members of this minority.
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Japan to formally recognize Ainu as indigenous people

Both houses of the Diet unanimously approved a resolution on Friday urging the government to officially recognize Ainu as indigenous people.

The House of Councillors and the House of Representatives voted in favor of the resolution at their respective plenary sessions on Friday.

On behalf of the executive branch of the government, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura declared that Japan will formally recognize Ainu as indigenous people.
The government is set to establish a panel on Ainu to consider their indigenous rights after it officially recognizes them as indigenous people.

The move will likely represent a drastic change in Japan's policy of not recognizing Ainu's indigenous rights and putting top priority to the development of Hokkaido where a large population of Ainu has been concentrated since the Meiji Era.
source : Mainichi Shinbun, June 6, 2008

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Ainu Food アイヌ料理　

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source :　Asahi Gangu Toys

wooden boat with fishermen

The human figures were carved in Sapporo, by
Itazu Kunio 板津邦夫, a famous woodcarver, born 1931.

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doll made of woodcarving and cloth

source :　Asahi Narumi
from Abashiri 網走 and Asahikawa 旭川

Apart from bears, there are also various types of human beings.
The two bears are made from a special pine, todomatsu トド松 with beautiful wood patterns.

. Ainu Folk Toys - Hokkaido .

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Daruma from Enju Wood エンジュ達磨

enju えんじゅ【槐】 is the Japanese pagoda tree, or
Chinese scholar tree.
Styphnolobium japonicum, Sophora japonica

It is a play on words with

long life, enju えんじゅ【延寿】.

This tree grows widely in Hokkaido.

Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott, the Pagoda Tree
(Chinese Scholar, Japanese pagodatree; syn. Sophora japonica)
is a species of small tree or shrub in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae.
The tree is is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.
It has abortifacient, antibacterial, anticholesterolemic, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic, diuretic, emetic, emollient, febrifuge, hypotensive, purgative, styptic, and tonic properties.

The Chinese character for the tree (槐) is composed of the parts for
木 ("wood") and 鬼 ("demon").
In folklore, it is said that a cowherd once built a home out of this species of tree, and within a month his entire family was suddenly found dead, with no signs of foul play. It was therefore believed that demons are drawn to this tree and it is therefore not appropriate to use its wood to build homes. In addition, in the wild, other species of trees rarely grow near it.
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kigo for early summer

enju no hana 槐の花 (えんじゅのはな) blossoms of the Pagoda tree
..... enisu えにす

葉がくれの星に風湧く槐かな
hagakure no hoshi ni kaze waku enisu kana

wind wells up
from stars hidden behind the leaves -
Pagoda tree blossoms

. Sugita Hisajo 杉田久女 .

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5/27/2007

Kawagoe Dolls

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Kawagoe Daruma

Let us take a break from the subject !
Kanwa Kyuudai 閑話休題

Doing Zazen

A Thumb !

© PHOTOS : だるまさん色々

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A head full of money !

© PHOTO :　capucino

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from Yama-Chan

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Reference : Daruma market in Kawagoe

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Kawagoe Daruma Mikoshi 川越だるま神輿

Made by Sato San 佐藤光興
For the exhibition at Kawagoe in the Museum

川越市立博物館企画展｢だるまさん大集合｣
Reference

　Daruma Exhibition at Kawagoe Museum
川越市立博物館へだるま展　　
March 2009

. Daruma Festival Floats (mikoshi, danjiri)

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Kita-In Daruma Market in Kawagoe,
Saitama, on January 3rd. 喜多院、川越
Daruma Markets

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7/08/2006

Shirakawa Daruma

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Shirakawa Daruma 白河のだるま - 白川だるま
Iwaki Daruma 岩木、いわきだるま

These dolls have a history of more than 160 years. They are sold at the annual Daruma Market on February 11. Daruma made north of Shirakawa all have the black eyes painted. White ones are for bringing good luck, red oned are for avoiding evil influences.

They have a tradition of more than 160 years. You can paint the eyes for good luck. They come in different sizes and red or white. The Daruma in the picture next to it is from Iwaki.

Look at some nice pictures here:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7ESA9S-HND/agal16_5.html

いわき市は大平洋に面した広域都市です。その中心となるのが城下町から発展した「平」の町で、いわき張り子はこの町で作られています。　張り子の製作には多量の和紙が必要となるため、江戸時代に反古紙が多く出る城下町で始められたといわれています。張子人形師が六と記された江戸中期の記録が残っています。　その主なものは「だるま」と「天狗面」ですが、虎、おかめの面なども作られてきたようです。
---制作者記録---村山しずえ：いわき市平作町（たいらさくまち）高橋晃平：いわき市平正月町　TEL: 0246-23-4077

. Tsurukame ― Crane, Tortoise 鶴亀 and Shirakawa Daruma 　

Tani Bunchoo 谷文晁 Tani Buncho (1763 - 1841)
It is said his painting of Daruma became the model for the dolls of Shirakawa.

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左から福島市、白河市、会津若松市のだるま。面積の広い福島県は浜通り（太平洋岸）、中通り（奥州街道沿い）、会津の三地域に分けられる。中通りの福島だるまは、同じく中通りの三春だるま（郡山市）の影響を色濃く受けており、頭が平らで彫りの深い睨み顔をしている。やはり郡山との往来が盛んな会津若松のだるまにも、形や彩色に三春の影響を認める。一方、中通りでも県最南端の白河だるまは、頭が丸く顔は平板で目が無く、眉や髯が装飾的に描かれるなど、むしろ関東だるま圏（豊岡系＝群馬県高崎市）に属する（１）。なお、白河だるまの眉は鶴を、髯は亀を表わしているという。
会津だるまの高さ20cm。(H16. 11.26)

The brow is in the form of the crane,
the beard in the form of the turtoise.

From Ku no Hama

久之浜 Ku no Hama など浜通りのだるまでは三春の影響は限られたものとなる。顔は青く縁取られているが彫りは浅く、目は開いているが睨み顔ではない。鼻つきなどは隣の茨城県産だるま（那珂湊、大洗）に、眉や髯の描き方などは関東だるまに類似している。
高さ33cm。(H16. 11.26)

© 佐藤　研　（仙台市）
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/narumi/clinic/gang/gang/gang_fukushima.html

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. Shirakawa Genki Daruma 白川元気だるま
For your Wellbeing 　　

Exhibition of Shirakawa and all Japan Daruma
特別企画展「白河だるまと全国のだるま」

With a wonderful catalogue of all the exhibits !
source : shirakawa315.com

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Shirakawa Daruma Natto
白河のだるま納豆
Fermented beans from Shirakawa, Daruma brand

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Shirakawa Daruma Market 白川だるま市

Shirakawa town has been a market place since the Kamakura period and the present-day Daruma market developed from an old "Flower Market" in January; it is now held on February 11th, on the National Holiday for the Founding of the Constitution. There are more than 800 stalls, about 150.000 Daruma dolls are produced locally and about 150.000 people visit the market. Daruma dolls come in 18 different sizes, mostly with all the auspicious symbols we have just seen above at Jindai-ji. The biggest is 75 cm and the smallest 8 cm.

Daruma Ichi 達磨市 Markets to Sell Daruma

Tickets for the train to the Daruma Market
with a red and white Daruma doll
白河だるま市 / 国鉄バス

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At the shrine Shirakwaw Kashima Jinja 白河鹿嶋神社
they sell ema votive tablets with the red and white Daruma.

Deity in residence
Take Mikazluchi no Mikoto 武甕槌命
The shrine was founded around 775. The deity was a protector of the Samurai from Hitachi.
source : www.kashimajinja.jp
福島県白河市大鹿島8番地

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Children making their own Shirakawa Daruma

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Watanabe Daruma Store　渡辺だるま店
Shirakawa Town

You can also make your own Daruma ther, Mr. Watanabe will help!
The tradition goes back to Lord Matsudaira Sadanobu 松平定信 and the first doll maker, Watanabe Hanjiro 渡辺半次郎.

source :　渡辺だるま店

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The village of Shirakawa 白河郷
is famous for the roofs of the old farmhouses, strong to bear a lot of snow. This sight is a World Heritage.

http://www.shirakawa-go.org/english/e_world.html

The houses in the villages in the valley are unique to Japan. They are very big, and have thick thatched roofs that come down steeply. This way the snow can slide off the roofs. There is also enough space under the roofs to store supplies for long winters. The inhabitants of these villages used to earn their money in the silk-industry. They lived a very secluded life. In Japanese, the houses are called Gassho-zukuri. Gassho means praying hands, suggesting the form of hands raised in prayer to the buddha. Here it refers to the triangular shape of the roof.
http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/shokawavalley.html

The Old Farmhouses
Once the center of the silk trade in Japan, these houses are now kept as examples of the gassho-zukuri (prayer-shape) style of architecture used in some mountainous parts of rural Japan. Extended families lived on the first two floors, while the upper story sheltered the silkworms brought over from China. (Silk traveled east from China, too, along the Silk Road.) Cooking and heating fires permeating the upper story kept it at an ideal temperature for sericulture even in the coldest winters. The smoke protected the cocoons while discouraging wood-boring insects. The silk was sold to expert kimono-weavers in Kyoto and Edo (the old name for Tokyo), and became a key item of Japan's exports. So important was the silk trade to Japan that Dupont's invention of Nylon in the 1940s was deemed to have strategic value by the US Government. Nylon stockings foreshadowed the end of the silk trade as an international business.

Every ten years or so, the thatch roof of a gassho-zukuri house must be replaced, and this work requires the help of neighbors. Even as the economic mainstay of Shirakawa has shifted from silk to tourism, the community work system remains intact today. Shirakawa is actually only one of several villages, and others such as Gokayama and Ainokura have their own uniquely recognizeable styles of construction. Located in valleys where the wind direction is predictible, the houses are generally oriented with their narrow sides facing the wind, giving the villages the look of a schoolroom of alert students when viewed from above. Summer brings a plague of bus tours; winter is much less crowded and is the best time to wander around freely. Several of the gassho-zukuri houses serve as country inns, minshuku where one can stay overnight at reasonable cost. These offer a great chance to experience both the cold of winter and the warmth of an old country inn.
http://www.kamprint.com/shirakaw.htm

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. 「きらり！えん旅」 NHK Kirari Entabi .

Support for Shirakawa after the great earthquake.

Part of the castle walls were destroyed and many people from Fukushima radiation evacuees now live in temporary housings in the town.

. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011　.

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Gokayama 五箇山
is also a world heritage site close to Shirakawa. In winter folks had no way of getting over the steep snowed passes and could not do much.

Gokayama Daruma 五箇山の達磨

He is almost square and has a rather unhappy expression !

source : kyoudogangu.xii.jp/daruma.html

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. Daruma Dolls from Fukushima 福島だるま . 　

. Folk Toys from Gifu .

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