Head to this small historic village in Fukushima Prefecture to discover an off-the-beaten-path destination where life moves ...

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 ...

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.

Some places in the world have a unique way of blending myth and reality. “There’s a village where even the government warns ...

Nakagawa Shopping Center Ciao, a unique commercial outlet inaugurated in 1990 by Nakagawa village, JA, and local cooperative is undergoing significant changes. As the sole shopping destination of the ...

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 ...

As depopulation deepens around the world, a small village in Japan turns to puppets to stitch their community back together. Ichinono is only one of several “doll villages” in Japan where life-sized ...

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 ...

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 ...