Culture Entertainment’s e-commerce site “T Fan Site” has started accepting pre-orders for the deformed version kokeshi dolls of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Naruto TV anime’s broadcast.
These Naruto and Sasuke dolls are produced by “Usaburo no Mago Kokeshi,” a popular workshop of creative kokeshi dolls based in Gunma Prefecture, and the wood used for their raw materials are mainly from Gunma’s giant dogwood and chestnut trees.
Kokeshi dolls have gone from being children’s playthings to one of Japan’s traditional handicrafts.