<b>Japan's Nagoro village lost most of its people. One woman replaced them with more than 350 life-size dolls</b>
- Life-size dolls seated in a classroom PC: Fritz SchumannHigh in the mountains of Shikoku, in Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, sits Nagoro, a village that once had over 300 residents and now has fewer than 30.
- What makes Nagoro unusual is not simply its decline, a familiar story across rural Japan, but what one resident chose to do about it.
- Since the early 2000s, local artist Tsukimi Ayano has handcrafted more than 350 life-size dolls, placing them throughout the village to replace neighbours who have died or moved away.
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- Life-size dolls seated in a classroom PC: Fritz SchumannHigh in the mountains of Shikoku, in Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, sits Nagoro, a village that once had over 300 residents and now has fewer than 30.
- What makes Nagoro unusual is not simply its decline, a familiar story across rural Japan, but what one resident chose to do about it.
- Since the early 2000s, local artist Tsukimi Ayano has handcrafted more than 350 life-size dolls, placing them throughout the village to replace neighbours who have died or moved away.
Sources: Times of India