雪だるま – Snowman

ゆきだるま

A snowman is called a “yuki daruma” in Japanese. “Yuki” means snow, and “Daruma” is a lucky round doll with no legs.  For more information, see my posting for Daruma.

Interestingly most Japanese yuki daruma is consist of two snow balls; head & body, whereas American snowman is consist of three balls; head, upper body & lower body.