There's a town in Japan where over half the residents are actually life-sized dolls

In the tiny town of Nagoro, Japan, 66-year-old Tsukimi Ayano is hard at work creating an incredibly involved arts-and-crafts project.

Propped up around Nagoro are roughly 115 life-sized dolls, each arranged in a different fashion.

Some plough the fields; others wait for the bus. Inside the village schoolhouse, child-sized dolls sit at their desks while a newspaper-stuffed teacher stands at the blackboard.

Ayano's creation is known as "Scarecrow Village." Here's what life is like inside.

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