福島県·特産品
Shirakawa Daruma
The Shirakawa Daruma is a good luck charm with approximately 300 years of history. It is said that the design was conceived by the feudal lord Matsudaira Sadanobu, who focused on industrial promotion, and executed by his personal painter, Tani Buncho. The face is filled with motifs of 'Tsuru-Kame-Sho-Chiku-Bai' (Crane, Turtle, Pine, Bamboo, and Plum). With eyebrows shaped like cranes, whiskers like turtles, and a prosperous design incorporating pine, bamboo, and plum, its auspicious nature becomes more apparent the more you look at it. The 'Shirakawa Daruma Market' held every year on February 11th is the largest market festival in southern Fukushima Prefecture, taking place along the old Oshu Kaido highway. On this day alone, the central shopping district bustles with about 100,000 people, enveloped in vitality from morning until dusk. It is a proud traditional craft of Shirakawa, tightly packed with wishes for good fortune.
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