Nagoro is a village deep in the Iya Valley on Shikoku island in Tokushima ...
Nagoro, in Japan’s Iya Valley, has fewer than 30 human residents and more than 350 handmade scarecrow dolls — each one made by a single woman, Tsukimi Ayano, to replace neighbors who died or moved ...
Three words can describe Kituza. Mother, refugee and survivor. There’s another term that speaks to her creativity and resilience: doll maker. Kituza began making dolls to earn money to support her ...