Japanese village has more scarecrows than people
The village of Nagoro in Japan's Shikoku has more scarecrows than living humans. Only 35 people remain in Nagoro, as compared to over 150 life-sized straw doll replicas of former inhabitants who had either left the village or died. Tsukimi Ayano, the dolls' creator, made her first one as a scarecrow to repel birds pecking at seeds in her garden. 