The famous Zen-priest Hakuin 白隠禅師also walked the roads of Izu Peninsula. He came to Doi and had a good look at Mt. Fuji. So the official name of this temple is “Daruma-Temple close to Mt. Look-at-Fuji”. It belongs to the group of Hoorin-ji Temple in Kyoto.

One of the famous Daruma statues in the compounds is the“Daruma to cast a vow”願掛け達磨. You write your vow on a slip of paper and paste it on the statue. On January first of every year there is a big celebration where all the slips of the past year will be consecrated.

Statue of Daruma Standing　立ち達磨大師: You can touch any part of his body which hurts on your own body and pray for good health. Daruma san is especially known for his strong legs, after all he walked quite a way if legend is true...
Usually we have a statue of Binzuru-sama ビンズルさま　as a healer to touch (nadebotoke 撫で仏) You rub him on the spot where your own body hurts, but here our Daruma takes the part of the healer. Usually a Binzuru-sama has quite a well-polished, shining head ...

You can find the pictures to these stories on the HP of the temple itself:
日本語の説明や写真がこちら：
http://www1k.mesh.ne.jp/toi/kanko/daruma.html

Shuin 朱印： When you visit a temple, you can get a stamp like the following to prove you have been here, leave your money at the temple and take home the power of the place. Some people have a special book to collect 10000 stamps like this. For the many official pilgrimages, you get a special book or hanging scroll to collect these beautiful stamps. Usually the priest or his wife writes it for you and if it happens to be a lonely mountain temple you even get a coup of tea and sweets instead of paying your fee. For me it is always a good start for a conversation.

朱印について：
http://www.gochomuseum.net/syuin/note.html

Here you can see the stamps and calligraphy of our Daruma Temple

達磨寺　納経印

On the following HP you can look at the Shuin from all over Japan by just clicking on any blinking dot. Even if you do not read Japanese it is a superb collection of calligraphy.
日本全国の朱印集がこちら：
http://www.genbu.net/syuin/index.htm

You can get a special “talisman for a happy couple” at Anraku-ji temple in the town of Doi. The Husband Daruma has no eyes painted yet, so a girl paints one eye and wishes for a nice boyfriend. If she finds her man, she then paints the second eye. Therefore this Daruma is quite popular with lonely girls！

夫婦だるま　　　 Fuufuu Daruma for a happy couple この男だるまには目が入っていない状態で売られています。 これは彼氏ができますようにと男だるまに願いをかけるためで、願いがかなったら、目を入れるようにします。恋人が欲しい女の人にはありがたいだるまですね。 安楽寺にて買うことができます。 http://www1k.mesh.ne.jp/toi/kanko/kanko04.html

Nishi-Izu is a beautiful area to take a hike and enjoy superb views of Mt. Fuji in the distance. It is easily reached on a daytrip from Tokyo, so here are some HPs to get around the Izu peninsula. More tourist spots are introduced in this HP in Japanese:
日本語の観光案内がこちら：
http://www2.izu-kankou.or.jp/izu/index.asp

Nearby is a mountain called Daruma Mountain 達磨山, it takes about 3 houres and 30 Minutes to take this hike in the beautiful nature of Izu Peninsula with a splendid outlook at Mt. Fuji. Have a look at it at this HP:
伊豆山稜線歩道達磨山コース 歩程：約3時間30分
http://www1k.mesh.ne.jp/toi/health/walk-o.html

To get a cheap ticket for a trip around Izu, check here:
西伊豆フリーパス：三島から堂ヶ島、松崎まで西伊豆をめぐる旅に最適
http://www.d-cue.com/benefit/nishiizu.html

Priest Hakuin is quite a famous personality; you can read the complete text of this poem and a lot more about Zazen practice in Hoosen-ji Temple on the following HP:

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　All beings are primarily Buddhas.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 It is like water and ice:
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 There is no ice apart from water;
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 There are no Buddhas apart from beings.

白隠禅師のお言葉や宝泉寺の座禅について：
http://www.zazen.or.jp/index-e.html
Finally let us have a look at some pictures of my visit to this temple more than 10 years ago.