One restaurant diner called the machine "colorful and cute," adding, "I can't help but stop and stare at it." Nishimura set up the kokeshi doll-vending machine in front of the restaurant he runs ...

KYOTO--A huge limbless “kokeshi” doll lying on its side has impressed tourists and local residents at Higashi Honganji temple in Kyoto’s Shimogyo Ward. The 12-meter-long balloon object made ...