after yesterday’s fact about singapore, we’re remaining in the far east π¬ this time, however, we’re heading to my favourite country – japan π―π΅
(this is a fact about japan … expect a bit of madness, a splash of crazy and a sploosh of weird ππ» … strap in people)
#tdil there is a village in japan that has been almost taken over by dolls π³ (i did warn you about the sploosh of weird π ).
the village is called nagoro and it is situated in the valleys of shikoku. sadly, due to its mad isolated location, it’s kind of a cursed town π
you see, there’s literally nothing in nagoro … meaning that, as people leave (either to move into the city or through death π’) there’s no one to fill their space – there aren’t exactly people lining up to live in the actual middle of nowhere π. for that reason, the village is slowly becoming deserted π’
ayano tsukimi didn’t like this fact when she returned to her home in nagoro 11 years ago. her solution? replace all of those who have left/died with giant dolls! 350 of them to be precise π³
as cute as it sounds … the pictures are pretty creepy π like, there’s no way i’m spending a night there π. think of this – there’s even a school filled entirely with children and teachers that are dolls! π they just sit there silently … generally being creepy.
feel like you need some proof? here’s a video about it ππ»
as creepy as the dolls might be, i can’t help but feel for ayano – it must be mad lonely βΉοΈ whilst she is married, her husband and daughter live away in osaka. ayano lives alone with her 83 year old father and a village filled with dolls π
that’s pretty much all i have to say π providing the video worked, it probably explained everything better that i can π … visual media is the future peeps π€π»
right, i’m out
laterz ππ» #tdil
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that was a pretty weird but interesting fact today π if you feel like you want some more goodness, just go ->here<-
(now, images for this one we’re really difficult π so, i’ve borrowed some from a dude called fritz schumann (his website is ->here<-) . fritz is the dude who made that video and took all of those awesome (creepy) photos … hopefully this counts as enough of a credit to not get sued π)