This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy root called konjac.
NAGORO, Japan (Reuters) - Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more.
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 Prefectures. To help ...
By John Geddie and Joseph Campbell SHIRAKAWA, Japan (Reuters) -Shiroki Mitsunari does not remember seeing bears in the ...
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 ...
Two fishing villages in Hokkaido are vying to host the final storage facility for half a century of Japanese nuclear waste, splitting communities between those seeking investment to stop the towns ...
NANMOKU, Japan — This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy root ...
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 ...
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