Says Yanagimoto: "All the documentaries have been really well received. Lots of people wrote to me, then reporters started asking for interviews. A community education center in Hino City, Tokyo Prefecture organized a couple of tours to Shoufeng Village.
柳本通彥回想，「報導後的反應都很熱烈，一開始有很多人寄信給我，接著是許多記者的採訪，東京都日野市社會教育中心還號召市民舉辦了兩次『壽村觀光團』」。