@ana_delallata_: Skip the Research, Take My Rec · Ep 19 — Katsuo-ji, Osaka ♥️ Every one of these little red dolls is somebody’s wish that came true  🏯 It’s called Katsuo-ji, and katsu means to win. You buy a daruma, you set a goal, and you paint in one eye. When you actually achieve it, you paint the second eye and bring the daruma back to the temple. That’s why every ledge, step and rooftop up there is covered in them — each one is a finished wish somebody carried back up a mountain.  🧿 A mini daruma is ¥500 and there’s a fortune folded up inside it. They go up to about ¥70,000 for the big ones.  🗺️ Grab the postcard at the entrance — there are stamp stations around the grounds and each one fills in part of the picture, so you end up exploring instead of walking straight to the top.  💴 ¥500 to get in. ¥400 students, ¥100 for little ones.  🕗 Open 8 to 5 most days, last entry 4:30. Saturdays it’s open until 6, last entry 5:30.  🍁 In autumn there are evening illumination nights when they stay open until 8:30.  ⛰️ It’s up in the mountains in Minoh, about an hour each way from central Osaka — so give it a whole morning rather than squeezing it in.  What would you paint an eye for? 👀  #katsuoji #daruma #osaka #osakajapan #japantravels

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