Childless village without a birth in 18 years where creepy dolls replace the kids
dailystar.co.uktourist attraction, that has amassed around 3,000 visitors per year. The village is now known for its creepy yet welcoming aesthetics, with smiley knitted models placed in different spots around Iya Valley, who now outnumber human residents ten-to-one.
What looks like elderly people gardening, and families waiting at a bus stop, are actually the figures up close, which have also taken over a derelict school.
Ayano managed to transform the shut down facility into an unofficial "museum" of pretend students after the last two elementary students graduated years and years ago.
The wide-eyed students have been made to look like they are listening to a teacher in a lesson, while scarecrows stand in the huge gymnasium.Ayano confessed that her two-in-one plan to memorialise her father while deterring birds from taking seeds from the family plot, later turned into one of the world's most scariest tourist attractions.When she was growing up in Nagoro, there were over 300 residents which included young people at the time.So, in a bid to replace the dwindling population, she re-created her dead neighbour so she could talk to her, and the idea spiralled from there.The talented resident says each doll is located in a different spot, with each destination based on where most likely resembles them.
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