Japanophiles and first-time visitors alike will enjoy this tour off the beaten track in little-known towns and villages that ...

Adopting an innovative way to battle low population, a Japanese village has been placing life-sized dolls to give the place ...

With fewer than 60 people living in the Japanese village ofIchinono, and a majority past retirement age, residents have installed handcrafted stuffed mannequins to recreate the once bustling ...

A village in Japan has become so quiet that the people there make puppets to give the facade of a lively and youthful community. Ichinono, in southern Japan, has a population of just 60 people ...

In Ichinono, Japan, life-sized puppets now occupy the village as a response to population decline and rural depopulation. Once bustling with families and children, the village is now mostly ...

Workers in Japan's western prefecture of Kochi are making ... The brown sugar from Geisei Village is notable for its lighter color. Locally grown sugarcane is mainly used for the village's specialty.