Inside creepy Japanese village where life-size dolls outnumber humans ten to one to keep ageing locals company

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Inside creepy Japanese village where life-size dolls outnumber humans ten to one

NAGORO may seem at first glance like any other Japanese village but here life-size dolls actually outnumber humans by ten to one.

Located on the island of Shikoku in the Tokushima prefecture the “Scaregrow Village” has become a tourist attraction due to the large number of realistic dolls positioned around the place.In the past around 300 people are said to have lived in the village but with the decline in Japan’s population and people moving away this has fallen to around just 30.

Many of the other dolls are also likenesses of residents or former residents, while others are invented people and her eccentric hobby is part of an offbeat effort to keep the village populated. The near-deserted village has no youngsters meaning the local school closed six years ago and the only resemblance left are child-like dolls.

The dolls are crowded into corners of her farmhouse, perched on fences and trees, huddled side-by-side at bus shelters, the community centre - anywhere a living person might stop.estimate, with 94 percent of people living in urban areas.

 

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