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  2. Nagoro - Wikipedia

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    Nagoro or Nagoru, now known as Nagoro Doll Village (Japanese: 名頃かかしの里), is a village in the Iya Valley on the island of Shikoku in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.. It is known for the large number of realistic dolls positioned throughout the village, which have made it a tourist attracti

  3. Vanishing village in Japan is now home to more scarecrows ...

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    NAGORO, Japan (Reuters) - Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden. The life-sized straw doll resembled her father, so she made more ...

  4. Abandoned Japanese village home to live-sized dolls

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    A 64-year-old woman in Japan is credited with populating an abandoned village - but not in the way you'd expect. Over the years, people have slowly left the village of Nagoro on Shikoku Island.

  5. List of villages in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture. Villages are larger than a local settlement; each is a subdivision of rural district (郡, gun), which are subdivided into towns and villages with no overlap and no uncovered area. As a result of mergers and elevation to higher statuses, the number of villages in Japan is ...

  6. Takasaki - Wikipedia

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    Takasaki City Hall City view from Takasaki Kannon Takasaki Guanyin. Takasaki (高崎市, Takasaki-shi, [takasakiɕi]) is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.As of 31 August 2020, the city had an estimated population of 372,369 in 167,345 households, [1] and a population density of 810 persons per km 2.

  7. Kokeshi - Wikipedia

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    One of the earliest doll-focused associations in Japan was the Sendai Kokeshi Association (Sendai Kokeshi-kai) established in 1923 by Mihara Ryōkichi (三原良吉) and Amae Tomiya. The two released a 1928 book about kokeshi, Kokeshi Hōko no Hanashi, which introduced the local tradition to the entire Japan. Mihara continued his work as a ...

  8. What we're using: Google Maps while lost in Japan - AOL

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    However, even after installing several rival map and guidance apps, it turned out that Google knew best when it came to directions in Tokyo's spaghetti subway -- and even offered a price estimate.

  9. Google Street View coverage - Wikipedia

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    The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City. By the ...