The village of Nagoro, located off the southern mountainous area of Japan, was once home to hundreds of families. But currently, there are only 35 people. This is due to premature aging and death, not worth the birth rate.
Now the beautiful villagers and away from this pollution are replaced by hundreds of dolls. This village became a quiet village, silent and here and there only seen big dolls. Being a quiet village with the inhabitants of strange dolls.
The doll was made by an elderly mother named Tsukimi Ayano and some of these villagers to replace her deceased neighbors or leave the village.
In 1965, Tsukimi Ayano was one of the young people in Nagoro Village. He moved back from Osaka to Nagoro. He came to look after his 85-year-old father.
"They (the dolls) bring back memories," Ayano.o said then showed dozens of dolls the size of a human crowd the corners of his house.
If coming to this village, we would feel strange, because there are many dolls of human beings occupying an empty house, on the veranda of houses, a number of dolls at bus stops, perched on fences and trees, huddled in shops and wherever.
"Parents used to drink sake and tell stories, which reminds me of the past when they were alive and well," he said, showing the dolls of old women.
In general, births in Japan dropped sharply, as well as the population experienced premature aging. Nagoro is one of a number of villages in Japan which is a village with very few inhabitants, the once crowded village is now deserted by the inhabitants.
The schools in the village are closed, the houses and shops are locked quiet, shut forever. Lastly, the elementary school in the village was closed two years ago.
Japan's population began to decline in 2010 from its peak of 128 million. Without a drastic increase in birth rates and a growing population of migrations it is expected to fall to 108 million by 2050 and to 87 million by 2060.
