A LONELY Japanese village has become overrun by creepy life-size puppets who have been slowly replacing the residents. Eerie ...
The Japanese hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child, is trying to fill the void with stuffed mannequins.
Many younger residents have migrated to cities for education and employment, leaving behind an ageing community.
In Ichinono, Japan, life-sized puppets now occupy the village as a response to population decline and rural depopulation.
Life-Sized dolls fill void in aging Japanese village. To create an illusion of a bustling community, life-sized dolls are ...
With only one child in a village of 60 people, residents of Ichinono create hand-crafted dolls to combat loneliness.
With fewer than 60 people living in the Japanese village ofIchinono, and a majority past retirement age, residents have installed handcrafted stuffed mannequins to recreate the once bustling community ...
The small population of a village in Japan is now "outnumbered by puppets" - after using life-like mannequins to replace ...
A small village in Japan is overflowing by puppets who are being used not to decorate the area but to stave off loneliness ...
A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child ...