Introducing … the Failed Snowmen of Japan

I love snowmen. I always have. And, to my delight, Japanese people seem to love them too. Curiously, while Western snowmen have three spherical sections (a head, a torso, and a lower “body”) usually of different, but proportionate, sizes, I’ve noticed that Japanese yuki daruma generally only have two sections (presumably, a head and a body) although they still seem to require eyes, a nose, a mouth, and “arms” – along with any other decorations the builder sees fit to add. I’ve also noticed that, in general, any time there’s enough snow to scrape together, someone’s going to use it