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Scarecrows outnumber people in Japan village

China Daily | Updated: 2019-04-18 07:32

NAGORO, Japan - In the tiny village of Nagoro, deep in the mountains of western Japan, the wind howls down a deserted street with not a living soul to be seen.

Yet the street appears busy, dotted with life-size dolls that outnumber humans 10 to one, the product of a one-woman bid to counter the emptiness and loneliness felt in Nagoro, like many Japanese villages, decimated by depopulation.

Nagoro, around 550 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, has become known as the valley of dolls after local resident Tsukimi Ayano began placing scarecrows on the street to inject some life into her depopulated village.

Scarecrows outnumber people in Japan village

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