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Japanese dolls, kimono dazzle at Spencer Doll and Toy Museum

SPENCER — Noriko Gordon’s curiosity became more than she could bear after reading a 1997 article in a Japanese newspaper about the return of a doll from the United States to Japan. The doll was a part ...
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Daruma dolls are one of Japan’s most popular souvenirs. But where do they come from?

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 ...
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Japanese dolls : the fascinating world of ningyō / text and photographs by Alan Scott Pate

For centuries, Japanese doll artisans created spectacular works of art, invested with both significant cultural meaning and elemental beauty, encased in the deceptively simple body of a doll. In ...
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There's a town in Japan where over half the residents are actually life-sized dolls

In the tiny town of Nagoro, Japan, 66-year-old Tsukimi Ayano is hard at work creating an incredibly involved arts-and-crafts project. Propped up around Nagoro are roughly 115 life-sized dolls, each ...