Shorinzan Darumaji is a small temple in Takasaki dedicated to daruma. The temple offers many gift stores, omamori stores, impressive displays of daruma and even the chance to take a daruma-doll painting class which doubles as a presentation about the meaning and history of the daruma doll. The prices are for a small and for a large. The temple is a 20-minute bus ride from JR Takasaki Station or from Gunma Hachiman Station on the Shinetsu Line, it is a 5-minute taxi ride (roughly ).
The ultimate guide to Japan travel
The ultimate guide to Japan travel
The ultimate guide to Japan travel