Haunting Dolls Revive Dying Japanese Village, Nagoro

Haunting life-sized dolls sit at desks in a classroom of Nagoro, a depopulated Japanese village.

Haunting life-sized dolls revive depopulated Japanese village, Nagoro.

In Nagoro, a depopulated Japanese village, life-sized dolls occupy desks in an old classroom, their lifelike faces and hand-sewn outfits hauntingly preserving the memory of former residents in this unique cultural phenomenon.