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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Art imitates ... life. Dotting a remote village in western Japan, a population of life-sized dolls outnumber actual humans 10 to ...

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. Until you realize the town's "villagers" are actually life-size scarecrows -- and they ...

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 ...

The short documentary The Valley of Dolls introduces us to a 64-year-old woman in Nagoro, Japan, who is repopulating her village one hand-sewn, life-sized doll at a time. Ayano Tsukimi, age 64, is one ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dotting a remote village in western Japan, a population of life-sized dolls outnumber actual humans 10 to one, a result of ...