What is Daruma? How to USE this.
- What happened to the arms and legs of DARUMA dolls?
Daruma dolls represent the Indian priest Bodhidharma, who founded Chinese Zen Buddhism and is said to have lost the use of his appendages as a result of spending nine years in seated meditation.
In Japan, where his name has been transformed into Daruma, his single-dindedness toward achieving a goal has made him an ideal symbol for the fulfillment of a particular wish.
Daruma are made so that they will right themselves whenever they are tipped over, symbolic of not surrendering to despair when times are tough.
- Why DARUMA dolls have no eyes?
Daruma do not have eyes for several reasons.
First, Bodhidarma did not use the visible eye to achieve enlightenment but the eye of the mind.
Second, an image of the Buddha is said to come to life only when the eye is painted in.
Finally, there is a pun on the sound gan, which can mean either "request" or "eye", depending on the character used to write it.
Dolls depicting Daruma are most commonly used by candidates for political office. The candidate paints in one eye when his campaign begins and the other eye upon winning the election.
Which eye should you fill in first? Facing the daruma, paint in his left eye when you make your wish.
Paint in the eye onthe right when your wish is fulfilled, then take it to the local shrine or temple as an offering. Daruma and other felicitous ornaments are useally burned in a bonfire at New Year's.
means WIN the ELECTION.
Big one is produce after happen the order. So you have to wait in more 2 or 3 weeks.
win, Win, WIN the election!
- Hachimaki Daruma

Thin towel(tenugui) or strip of cloth tied around the crown of the head; also, the custom of wearing a hachimaki.
Hachimaki came to be worn in battle, apparently because they were felt to strengthen the spirit. Theywere also belived to repel evil spirits; for this reason boys wore hachimaki made of iris leaves on Boy's Day, and sick people or women giving birth often donned hachimaki.
- White Daruma

You can paint as your own color, or write anythig. For example, write Your name, write your company name with your assistants and project name, and so on.