New · Made in Japan · For a fresh start
Hamamonyo · cotton · three tenugui and one towel, 34 × 90 cm each
Daruma Gift Set: Four Cotton Cloths by Hamamonyo
Four cotton cloths, all daruma: one big daruma face with 福, fortune, on its belly; the Seven Lucky Gods, each one dressed as a little daruma; and a tall stack of red daruma among plum blossoms, printed twice — once on a thin tenugui, once on a soft bath towel, so the same design comes in two fabrics.
$72 Free shipping to 32 countries
Order by November 20 to make sure it arrives before Christmas.
We ship to mainland China: free, tracked. Import duties, if any, are paid on delivery. Where we ship
A gift for luck and protection · a new home
Leaves Fukuoka within one week by tracked airmail.
The story: DarumaWatch the 40-second film, or read it →What buyers say · ★★★★★ on Etsy
“Received updates regarding the item I purchased and when it arrived could tell that it was packed with care; my fragile ceramic bunny arrived in perfect condition! A wonderful purchase and I would buy from this shop again”
Jessica · United States
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“Item was as described and in photos shown. Excellent quality. Seller very knowledgable and took the time to explain everything”
Tiang N. · Australia
- Made in Japan.
- New, never used. Checked and packed by hand in Fukuoka.
- Returns within 14 days of delivery. Not right? Send it back as it came and we refund the full price, return postage included.
- Packed safely, sent by tracked airmail within one week. Order $100 or more and it flies EMS express.
Duties, checkout and extras
- ★ 5.0 on Etsy · Star Seller. Read the reviews ↗
- Import tax. It depends on your country; if any is due, it is collected on delivery.
- US import duties. Already included in the price: nothing to pay at your door.
- Secure checkout by Stripe — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay. No account needed.
- Two pieces, one parcel. Each extra piece in the same order is $15 off at checkout.
- Orders of $200 or more travel with a gift to keep: Japanese chopsticks with a rest in a paulownia box, or a Nara kaya-cloth handkerchief.
The story
A daruma is the round red doll that cannot stay down. Push it over and it rolls back up, which is why Japan says nanakorobi yaoki: fall seven times, get up eight. People buy one at the start of a new year or a new venture, paint in one eye when they make a wish, and the second eye when it comes true.
The meaning
A daruma is given for a fresh start: a new year, a new job, a recovery, an exam. These four carry the same wish in cloth, so it can be used every day instead of sitting on a shelf.
The cloths
Three are tenugui, the thin cotton cloth Japan has used for centuries as a towel, a headband or a gift wrap. The fourth is a yukemuri towel: printed cotton on the front, absorbent pile on the back. The daruma stack appears on both, so you can see how one design reads on a flat weave and on a soft towel.
Living with it
Wrap a bottle or a small present in a tenugui instead of paper, hang one on the wall like a print, and keep the towel by the bath. Or split the set between people starting something new.
The short ends of a tenugui are left raw: a few threads loosen in the first washes, then it stops. Wash in cold water the first time.
• Four cloths, about 34 × 90 cm each • Cotton 100% (the towel has a pile back) • By Hamamonyo • New • Made in Japan
How it travels
Packed safely, insured in full
Every piece is packed by hand in Fukuoka inside a sturdy 3 mm corrugated carton, cushioned all round with air pillows so it cannot move. It travels with tracking all the way to your door: by EMS, insured for its full value, on orders of $100 or more, and by tracked airmail below that.
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