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Culture Painting Daruma Dolls in Takasaki Gloria Ticconi At Daimonya in Takasaki in Japan's Gunma prefecture, you can paint your own Daruma doll, a traditional painted doll which makes..
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Culture Takumi no Sato Takumi no Sato is a handicraft village in the midst of rice fields and apple orchards in the foothills of the Minakami Mountains. There are more than..
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