Doll Village on Japan's Iya Valley a remote tourist attraction emotes mixed feelings 360-s vr locations
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Japan Tokushima Scarecrow Village Weird Strange Locations
193-1 Higashiiyasugeoi, Miyoshi, Tokushima 778-0201, Japan
She has now made over 400 kakashi (scarecrows) effectively repopulating Nagoro with her creations. In recent years these endearing figures have become a noted attraction, drawing in numerous visitors, so in their own way they are also revitalizing Nagoro. This successful strategy to attract tourists has subsequently been adopted by other villages in Japan.
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Nagoro Scarecrow Village is nestled in a more remote area along the Iya River. There are small Buddhist temples and farms to visit nearby, but the main attraction is definitely the scarecrows. If you’re lucky, there’s a chance you might bump into Ayano herself. She’s just one of approximately thirty people still living in the village.
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Nagoro or Nagoru, now known as Nagoro Doll Village, is a village in the Iya Valley on the island of Shikoku in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is known for the large number of realistic dolls positioned throughout the village, which have made it a tourist attraction. The village is located on Route 439 in the Iya Valley, a remote mountainous area. It formerly had about 300 inhabitants, but the decline in Japan's population has caused that to fall to 35 by January 2015, 30 as of August 2016, and 27 by September 2019.
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In the early 2000s, Tsukimi Ayano, whose family left the area when she was a child, moved back to Nagoro to look after her father, and made a doll in his likeness that she placed in a field. She has since made more than 400, including replacements, and about 350 are in the village. Many are also likenesses of residents or former residents, while others are invented people.
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Within The Iya Valley
Aerial View of Scarecrow Village in Japans Awesome Iya Valley
Deep inside the heart of the Iya Valley nestled in the mountains of Tokushima Prefecture, one of the few remaining residents of Nagoro Village 名頃集落, has been trying to hold on to the memory of past residents by making human-like scarecrows and spreading them along the road and around the empty houses, as if to make the village come alive again. For travelers who have the chance to make the trip along the winding Road 439 up to Nagoro, the experience results in mix feelings. Some find it scary while others love the encounter with the scarecrows. In either case, the trip to Nagoro Village and the stroll among the numerous scarecrows is mesmerizing.
