Shorinzan's main Daruma: here, in front of him, the temple's clerics paint a small dot on the center of the eye of the Daruma people buy, to make sure that the wish will come true.
A similar micro-ceremony is also performed in another place in Shorinzan, in front of another, smaller, statue of Daruma.
(For a bigger version of these pictures both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).
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