Puppet Village
As younger people have moved away for jobs or education in the small Japanese village of Ichinono, the 60 or so remaining residents have turned to life sized mannequins to populate the town + make it feel less lonely ...
Photos by Philip Fong
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‘We’re probably outnumbered by puppets,’ Hisayo Yamazaki, an 88-year-old widow, told AFP
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In Japan, more than 20,000 communities have a majority of residents aged 65 and above. The demographic crisis can be seen and felt in #Ichinono
Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
#Ichinono is one of the ‘puppet villages’ in Japan where mannequins are used to ease feelings of loneliness due to #depopulation.
Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
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