It’s the valley of the dolls. Quite literally. According to National Geographic, the village of Nagoro, Japan (called “Kakashi no Sato” or “Scarecrow Village”) has a total of 350 dolls in comparison ...

Art imitates ... life. Dotting a remote village in western Japan, a population of life-sized dolls outnumber actual humans 10 to one, a result of depopulation that has affected areas throughout the ...

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. But yet the street appears busy, dotted with life-sized ...

On the surface, Nagoro is like any other sleepy riverside village in southern Japan’s remote Iya Valley. A winding drive through the small town appears to reveal elderly residents tending to their ...

Tsukimi Ayano stands in a classroom with scarecrows at a closed-down school in the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island in southern Japan on Feb. 24, 2015. Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters Atlas Obscura ...

She has since made more than 400 dolls, including replacements, with about 350 currently displayed in the village. One of the ...

According to Japan's National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan has turned into a decreasing population society, with the country’s population likely to fall below 100 ...

The 350 life-size dolls can be found all around the village in Japan's Nagoro. — AFP/File A village full of dolls exists in Japan's town of Nagoro filling in place of the place's aging and lost ...

The last children were born in the Japanese village Nagoro 18 years ago. Now, its population is about two dozen adults and 350 hand-made, life-size dolls. (Photos by The New York Times. Music and font ...

It’s the valley of the dolls. Quite literally. According to National Geographic, the village of Nagoro, Japan (called “Kakashi no Sato” or “Scarecrow Village”) has a total of 350 dolls in comparison ...