Children's Games
Many children's games make mention of Daruma. The Japanese equivalent of a snowman is a yukidaruma (雪だるま?), literally snow daruma. Darumasan ga koronda is an equivalent to the American Red light/Green light game. Daruma Otoshi is a traditional game played with a daruma doll in five pieces, usually in the colors of the rainbow, from top to bottom: head - a man's face, blue, green, yellow, red. The game is played by using a small hammer to hit each of the colored pieces, from bottom to the top, without letting the pieces fall during the game.
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