自転車で達磨寺（だるま寺）へHorinji Temple is full of daruma.
It is neither famous nor outrageously lovely like so many of its Kyoto brethren.
However, it is a quirky place worth a visit.
It is locally known as "Daruma Temple" because of the 8,000 daruma dolls in the temple.
Daruma are round figures that are modeled after the founder of zen Buddhism.
They are also used as symbols for luck and grit. When someone opens a store or restaurant, or a politician wins an election, one eye will be painted in. The other is left blank to be painted in later once the goal has been attained.
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