The dolls are everywhere, and they outnumber Nagoros actual residents by a factor of ten.
Scarecrow passengers wait for a bus at a bus stop in Nagoro.
One of the scarecrows, she thought, looked like her father, and an idea sparked.
She then dressed them in old clothes.
Tsukimi needs to attend to them frequently as they get worn out in the sun and rain.
Now that the dolls have started attracting tourists to Nagoro, Tsukimi takes care to keep them immaculately dressed.
Nagoros depopulation is a condition thats been affecting tens of thousands of villages all around Japan.
Forty thousand Japanese are above hundred.
In the same period, Japans population will have fallen under the 100 million mark.
At 65, Ayano Tsukimi is the youngest resident of Nagoro.
The villages school closed in 2012 after its two remaining pupils graduated.
Photo credit: Elaine Kurtenbach
Photo credit: Fritz Schumann
Sources:Reuters/the Verge/The Guardian
