Fire Alert Lantern Dolls Daruma Otoshi 1 (Small /

Daruma Otoshi 1 (Small / Medium sizes) - Darumaotoshi or "falling daruma" is a game of skill where you stack the wooden pieces with the meditating daruma head on top using the wooden mallet pushed through the holes in the circular pieces

so is perfect for warding them off

study or travel

mixed with roasted organic brown rice (genmai)

Katakana Spelling Dictionary: 60

Fire Alert Lantern Dolls Daruma Otoshi 1 (Small /Fire Alert Lantern. Even today you can hear the thwack of two small wooden blocks followed by the call of "Hi No Yojin!" as the neighborhood patrol walks around at night from fall to the end of spring warning us to put out our stoves before going to bed. This tradition, which persists even in major cities such as Tokyo and Kyoto, was born of the fear of fire when all Japanese homes were made out of wood and paper.