Takasaki Daruma 1

Takasaki City

City of Takasaki
Takasaki City, Gunma, Japan

The majority of Daruma dolls produced in Japan are manufactured in Takasaki. Tomogoro Yamagata of Toyooka Village (now a part of Takasaki) is credited as the first person to ever make a Daruma, over 200 years ago.

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Title: Takasaki Daruma 1
Creator: Takasaki City

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