Markets · Tohoku
Shirakawa Daruma Market
白河だるま市
More than 500 stalls sell daruma good luck dolls in 18 sizes at Shirakawa's market, held every year on 11 February.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Thu 11 Feb 2027
- Date status
- Dates published by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Motomachi streets in front of JR Shirakawa Station
- City
- Shirakawa
- Prefecture
- Fukushima
- Region
- Tohoku
- Category
- Markets
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Fukushima Travel festival guide lists the Shirakawa Daruma Market on 11 February every year. Shirakawa is home to two prominent daruma workshops. By tradition you paint in the left eye while making a wish and complete the right eye when the wish comes true.
Booking
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Official source: https://fukushima.travel/blogs/the-guide-to-every-fukushima-festival/169. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.