{"schemaVersion":"1.0.0","name":"Daruma Atlas regional buying-route ledger","description":"Source-checked routes for researching where to buy 15 regional daruma forms without authenticating individual objects, stock or prices.","checkedDate":"2026-08-26","pageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/buy","recordCount":15,"disclosure":"Daruma Atlas does not sell these objects, receive commissions from these links or authenticate individual listings. Price, stock, shipping and access must be checked with the route owner.","records":[{"slug":"takasaki","status":"official-online","routeName":"Open a Takasaki maker storefront","routeOwner":"Imai Daruma NAYA","routeHref":"https://imaidaruma78.myshopify.com/","routeLanguage":"English","routeSummary":"A Takasaki maker-operated storefront currently presents products and an international market selector.","buyerCheck":"Confirm the named product, material, destination availability, total shipping cost and returns on the live storefront.","statusLabel":"Official online route","name":"Takasaki Daruma","japaneseName":"高崎だるま","region":"Takasaki","prefecture":"Gunma","material":"Painted papier-mâché","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/takasaki","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/takasaki"},{"slug":"shirakawa","status":"official-online","routeName":"Open the Shirakawa workshop shop","routeOwner":"Shirakawa Daruma Sohonpo","routeHref":"https://shop.shirakawadaruma.com/","routeLanguage":"English","routeSummary":"The continuing Shirakawa workshop currently runs an English-language international shop.","buyerCheck":"Match the listing to the workshop name and origin; check current shipping, customs and returns before payment.","statusLabel":"Official online route","name":"Shirakawa Daruma","japaneseName":"白河だるま","region":"Shirakawa","prefecture":"Fukushima","material":"Painted papier-mâché","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/shirakawa","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/shirakawa"},{"slug":"matsukawa","status":"official-online","routeName":"Check the named Sendai craft retailer","routeOwner":"Shimanuki","routeHref":"https://www.shimanuki.co.jp/products/sendai/matsukawadaruma.html","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"This regional retailer page describes Matsukawa Daruma and currently links to its online shop.","buyerCheck":"Confirm that the exact listing says Matsukawa Daruma; stock in a linked shop can change independently of the craft page.","statusLabel":"Official online route","name":"Matsukawa Daruma","japaneseName":"松川だるま","region":"Sendai","prefecture":"Miyagi","material":"Painted papier-mâché + raised appliqué","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/matsukawa","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/matsukawa"},{"slug":"miharu","status":"official-local","routeName":"Verify the annual Miharu Daruma Market","routeOwner":"Miharu Town History and Folklore Museum","routeHref":"https://www.town.miharu.fukushima.jp/soshiki/19/daruma.html","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"The municipal museum documents local purchase at the annual market, but explicitly warns that its archived details may differ from the present.","buyerCheck":"Use the page for form and market context, then confirm the current event notice before making a trip.","statusLabel":"Official local route","name":"Miharu Daruma","japaneseName":"三春だるま","region":"Miharu","prefecture":"Fukushima","material":"Painted papier-mâché","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/miharu","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/miharu"},{"slug":"koshigaya","status":"official-local","routeName":"Use the city-listed purchase points","routeOwner":"Koshigaya City","routeHref":"https://www.city.koshigaya.saitama.jp/citypromotion/rekisibunka/dentokogyo/daruma.html","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"The current municipal page names a city product facility, events and member workshops where Koshigaya Daruma may be found.","buyerCheck":"Contact the listed place or workshop before travel; the city page is a route, not a stock guarantee.","statusLabel":"Official local route","name":"Koshigaya Daruma","japaneseName":"越谷だるま","region":"Koshigaya","prefecture":"Saitama","material":"Painted papier-mâché","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/koshigaya","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/koshigaya"},{"slug":"suzukawa","status":"official-local","routeName":"Plan around the Bishamonten market","routeOwner":"Fuji City","routeHref":"https://www.city.fuji.shizuoka.jp/1035170000/miryoku/p007464.html","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"Fuji City maintains the official festival page for the annual daruma market associated with Suzukawa forms.","buyerCheck":"Dates follow the lunar calendar. Confirm the current city notice and organiser guidance before travel.","statusLabel":"Official local route","name":"Suzukawa Daruma","japaneseName":"鈴川だるま","region":"Fuji","prefecture":"Shizuoka","material":"Painted papier-mâché","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/suzukawa","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/suzukawa"},{"slug":"hime","status":"official-local","routeName":"Check the continuing Hime Daruma workshop","routeOwner":"Taketa City Tourism Association","routeHref":"https://taketa.guide/spots/detail/81e70fec-16a5-405d-9b56-59d716cb3568","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"The official local tourism page lists the sole continuing workshop and notes that its handmade output is limited.","buyerCheck":"Contact the responsible local source before visiting or ordering; displayed hours do not promise production or stock.","statusLabel":"Official local route","name":"Hime Daruma","japaneseName":"姫だるま","region":"Taketa","prefecture":"Oita","material":"Painted papier-mâché with weighted base","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/hime","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/hime"},{"slug":"matsumoto","status":"official-online","routeName":"Open the continuing maker product page","routeOwner":"Funo Megumi Daruma Shop","routeHref":"https://www.funodaruma.jp/item/product/matsumotodaruma/","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"The continuing Matsumoto maker currently presents sizes and live stock states on its own product page.","buyerCheck":"Treat every displayed price and stock label as live seller data; verify shipping and ordering conditions at checkout.","statusLabel":"Official online route","name":"Matsumoto Daruma","japaneseName":"松本だるま","region":"Matsumoto","prefecture":"Nagano","material":"Painted papier-mâché + dyed hemp fibre","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/matsumoto","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/matsumoto"},{"slug":"mihara","status":"official-local","routeName":"Start at Mihara Station or the annual market","routeOwner":"Mihara Tourism Association","routeHref":"https://www.mihara-kankou.com/fp-sp-daruma","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"The official tourism guide identifies the station workshop and the annual Shinmei market as the local Daruma trail.","buyerCheck":"Confirm whether the workshop is selling, teaching or exhibiting on your date; the guide does not guarantee daily retail stock.","statusLabel":"Official local route","name":"Mihara Daruma","japaneseName":"三原だるま","region":"Mihara","prefecture":"Hiroshima","material":"Painted papier-mâché with an internal bell or stone","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/mihara","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/mihara"},{"slug":"sankaku","status":"research-first","routeName":"Research the current maker before buying","routeOwner":"Agano City","routeHref":"https://www.city.agano.niigata.jp/shisei_machizukuri/koho_kocho/kishakaiken_hodohappyo/2/13/15039.html","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"The municipal record supports the regional form, but Atlas has not verified a current official purchase page for the object.","buyerCheck":"Do not substitute a similarly named confection or a generic triangular ornament for a sourced Sankaku Daruma.","statusLabel":"Research before purchase","name":"Sankaku Daruma","japaneseName":"三角だるま","region":"Agano","prefecture":"Niigata","material":"Painted papier-mâché","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/sankaku","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/sankaku"},{"slug":"koshu-oyako","status":"official-online","routeName":"Follow the continuing maker to its shop","routeOwner":"Koshu Oyako Daruma","routeHref":"https://www.oyakodaruma.com/","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"The continuing craft site currently links to its online shop and explains that handmade stock is limited.","buyerCheck":"Confirm the parent-and-child construction, maker identity, current stock and delivery terms on the linked shop.","statusLabel":"Official online route","name":"Koshu Oyako Daruma","japaneseName":"甲州親子だるま","region":"Kofu","prefecture":"Yamanashi","material":"Painted papier-mâché","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/koshu-oyako","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/koshu-oyako"},{"slug":"utoubori","status":"research-first","routeName":"Read the prefectural craft record first","routeOwner":"Aomori Prefecture","routeHref":"https://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/soshiki/sangyo/chikikigyo/aomori_dento-kogei_utouboridaruma.html","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"Aomori Prefecture documents this artist-linked wood carving, but Atlas has not verified a current retail route.","buyerCheck":"A carved object needs maker attribution and object-level provenance; a visual resemblance is not enough.","statusLabel":"Research before purchase","name":"Utoubori Daruma","japaneseName":"善知鳥彫だるま","region":"Aomori","prefecture":"Aomori","material":"Split wood carved with a single knife tradition","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/utoubori","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/utoubori"},{"slug":"tama","status":"official-local","routeName":"Use the town's market context","routeOwner":"Mizuho Town","routeHref":"https://www.town.mizuho.tokyo.jp/town/003/p004128.html","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"Mizuho Town documents multiple producers and purchase at annual local markets, while stressing workshop-to-workshop variation.","buyerCheck":"Ask who made the individual doll. Tama Daruma is a regional family, not one standardized face.","statusLabel":"Official local route","name":"Tama Daruma","japaneseName":"多摩だるま","region":"Mizuho","prefecture":"Tokyo","material":"Hand-painted papier-mâché","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/tama","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/tama"},{"slug":"soshu","status":"official-online","routeName":"Open the continuing Hiratsuka workshop","routeOwner":"Arai Darumaya","routeHref":"https://arai-darumaya.com/","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"The continuing workshop currently offers online ordering and a physical store route for Soshu Daruma.","buyerCheck":"Check whether a listing is the traditional Soshu form, a custom order or a contemporary workshop design.","statusLabel":"Official online route","name":"Soshu Daruma","japaneseName":"相州だるま","region":"Hiratsuka","prefecture":"Kanagawa","material":"Painted papier-mâché with gold decoration","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/soshu","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/soshu"},{"slug":"fujieda","status":"research-first","routeName":"Separate the historic form from the revival","routeOwner":"Fujieda City","routeHref":"https://www.city.fujieda.shizuoka.jp/soshiki/sports_bunka/kankokoryu/oshirase/24993.html","routeLanguage":"Japanese","routeSummary":"The city documents a modern purple nesting-doll revival, but Atlas has not verified a current purchase route for the historic red form studied here.","buyerCheck":"Do not treat the Atlas reconstruction as a product photo or the modern revival as an unchanged historic object.","statusLabel":"Research before purchase","name":"Fujieda Daruma","japaneseName":"藤枝だるま","region":"Fujieda","prefecture":"Shizuoka","material":"Painted papier-mâché","modelPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/types/fujieda","visitPageUrl":"https://darumaatlas.com/visit/fujieda"}]}