Fukushima-Made Gundam Daruma!
Shirakawa Daruma Sohonpo in Fukushima have just announced Gundam Daruma! Daruma are small carved wooden doll heads. Traditionally when you buy one, you paint a pupil on one of the eyes and make a wish. When your wish comes true, you paint in the other pupil.
There are two types: Justice and Freedom. They also come in two sizes, a small at 15cm and a larger one at 18cm. The large ones are 4,950yen and the smaller ones are 3,300yen.
You can pre-order them here: https://search.p-bandai.jp/?C5=&q=%82%BE%82%E9%82%DC+%83K%83%93%83_%83%80&C1=&C2=&C3=&C7=&exact_dictionary_list=
Read more here: https://soranews24.com/2026/05/24/gundam-teams-up-with-300-year-old-daruma-maker-for-wood-carved-anime-mecha-figuresphotos/
Fukushima-made ～: 福島製〜
to announce ～: 発表する〜
to carve, carved: 彫る、彫られた
wooden: 木製の
doll: 人形
to paint: 絵を描く
pupil: 瞳孔
to make a wish: 願い事をする
a wish comes true: 願い事が叶う
justice: 正義
freedom: 自由
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