When a Japanese prepares to make a wish, he is apt to buy a one-eyed doll modeled after the famed ... he completes the Daruma’s missing eye as a symbol of gratitude for otherworldly intervention.

Fusako Goto was a toddler in Fukuoka, Japan, when she started using chopsticks to eat. At age 65, she now teaches elementary school students in Litchfield how to use the Japanese eating utensils.

Vending machines and traditional wooden kokeshi dolls are both icons of Japanese culture ... red paint around their eyes, and bulbous noses. Their appearance is different from the smaller-headed ...