Kokeshi dolls are a mainstay of tourists shop across Japan, yet many visitors to the country may not know that these simple handmade wooden dolls are, by and large, associated with Tohoku ...

Visitors to Roppongi Art Night at the end of last month were greeted by Hanako, a 13-meter-tall kokeshi doll who towered above the crowds. Despite its size, the doll’s happy, smiling face with ...

KYOTO--A huge limbless “kokeshi” doll lying on its side has impressed tourists and local residents at Higashi Honganji temple in Kyoto’s Shimogyo Ward. The 12-meter-long balloon object made ...

(Mainichi/Haruo Fujita) KUROISHI, Aomori -- Orders are flooding in for traditional Japanese wooden "kokeshi" dolls bearing the new era name "Reiwa" that were produced by a craftsman in this ...