In the tiny Japanese village of Nagoro, the number of scarecrows significantly out number the populous of 27.
This picture taken on March 16, 2019 shows local resident Tsukimi Ayano walking in front of an abandoned grocery shop decorated with life-size dolls in the tiny village of Nagoro in western Japan. In the tiny village of Nagoro, deep in the mountains of western Japan, the wind howls down a deserted street with not a living soul to be seen.
It all started 16 years ago when the dexterous Ayano created a scarecrow dressed in her father's clothes to prevent birds eating the seeds she had planted in her garden. The secret to breathing life into the dolls? Applying pink colour to the lips and cheeks with a make-up brush, revealed Ayano. "People gradually left... It's lonely now," she said. "I made more dolls as I remembered the time when the village was lively."
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