At Katsuo-ji Temple, Daruma dolls watch from every corner. They peer between tree branches, cluster around altars, and dot ...

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A weeping cherry tree said to be more than 400 years old is blooming at a temple in Fukui Prefecture along the Sea of Japan.

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At Katsuo-ji Temple, Daruma dolls watch from every ... the dolls represent the Bodhidharma (or, “Daruma” in Japanese), the fifth-century monk who founded Zen Buddhism. Followers believe ...