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The Japanese village where life-sized dolls outnumber humans 10 to 1 — and the woman who’s been making them since 2003

Nagoro is a village deep in the Iya Valley on Shikoku island in Tokushima ...
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Japanese village struggling with low population creates life-sized dolls to mimic feeling of bustling society

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The ...
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Inside creepy Japanese village where life-size dolls outnumber humans ten to one to keep ageing locals company

Japan's 'Scarecrow Village' is now a tourist attraction thanks to the growing number of life-size dolls NAGORO may seem at first glance like any other Japanese village but here life-size dolls ...
The Sun

Inside the eerie Japanese village where mourners place life-size dolls outside their homes in tribute of their loved ones

Tsukimi Ayano fashions the dolls in Nagoro, southern Japan as an eccentric response to the country's increasing depopulation problem by replacing her neighbours when they die THIS is the inside of an ...